Lot 27
BEATLES GOLD RECORD PRESENTED TO GLYN JOHNS FOR LET IT BE
27 March 2017, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$3,125 inc. premium
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BEATLES GOLD RECORD PRESENTED TO GLYN JOHNS FOR LET IT BE
Gold-plated LP mounted with red felt backing, above a plaque reading Presented to Glyn Johns for Let it Be and a small facsimile of the album cover.
Provenance: Glyn Johns donation to Sotheby's charity auction for the Nordhoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, 1985, with letter attesting to donation signed by Johns.
Glyn Johns' storied career in the music industry as a recording engineer and producer has included work with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Clash, among others. His distinctive method of recording drums has been dubbed the "Johns Method." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Let it Be was conceived as a return to the Beatles' roots of raw spontaneous music and started as a documentary film of rehearsals shot at Twickenham Studios. Tension among the band members led to George Harrison leaving temporarily and returning only on the condition that they record at their own Apple Records studio, culminating in the rooftop concert on the Apple building. Collectively known as the Get Back sessions, the band hired Johns to put the recordings together into an album. Johns completed the album in May of 1969, but the band could not reach a consensus of opinion on it. After the release date was pushed back, they asked Johns to remaster the album to more closely match the documentary film, but the band again rejected his final effort. Phil Spector was brought in to remix the album, adding orchestra and choir tracks, creating what was ultimately released as Let it Be in May, 1970, after the Beatles had already announced their breakup. In a 2015 New York Times interview, Johns described the final release of Let it Be as "a bunch of garbage."
Overall 20.25 x 16.25 in, framed and glazed.
Provenance: Glyn Johns donation to Sotheby's charity auction for the Nordhoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, 1985, with letter attesting to donation signed by Johns.
Glyn Johns' storied career in the music industry as a recording engineer and producer has included work with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Clash, among others. His distinctive method of recording drums has been dubbed the "Johns Method." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Let it Be was conceived as a return to the Beatles' roots of raw spontaneous music and started as a documentary film of rehearsals shot at Twickenham Studios. Tension among the band members led to George Harrison leaving temporarily and returning only on the condition that they record at their own Apple Records studio, culminating in the rooftop concert on the Apple building. Collectively known as the Get Back sessions, the band hired Johns to put the recordings together into an album. Johns completed the album in May of 1969, but the band could not reach a consensus of opinion on it. After the release date was pushed back, they asked Johns to remaster the album to more closely match the documentary film, but the band again rejected his final effort. Phil Spector was brought in to remix the album, adding orchestra and choir tracks, creating what was ultimately released as Let it Be in May, 1970, after the Beatles had already announced their breakup. In a 2015 New York Times interview, Johns described the final release of Let it Be as "a bunch of garbage."
Overall 20.25 x 16.25 in, framed and glazed.
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