SOLO AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : SOA009
PRICE : $22,500

S O L D !!
08/13/10

the record plant
STUDIO recording track sheet
AUTOGRAPHED ON REVERSE BY
JOHN LENNON
TREMENDOUS 7" SIGNATURE
USED SPECIFICALLY AS THE
EXACT TEMPLATE ON THE
INSERT BOOKLET FOR THE
SEPTEMBER 1974 LP ALBUM
"WALLS AND BRIDGES"

IN DECEMBER OF 1973, JOHN LENNON PARTED WAYS WITH
PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR - THEN SHIFTED GEARS AND
BEGAN RECORDING A COLLECTION OF NEW COMPOSITIONS.
THE RESULTING ALBUM, "WALLS AND BRIDGES" WAS
RECORDED IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 1974, DURING HIS ONE-YEAR
SEPARATION FROM YOKO.  HE DESCRIBED THIS PERIOD IN HIS
LIFE AS "EXTRAORDINARY", "PECULIAR" AND "SCHIZOPHRENIC,"
ADDING THAT HE WAS AMAZED HE GOT ANYTHING OUT. BUT WHEN
JOHN ENTERED THE RECORD PLANT STUDIOS IN NEW YORK
TO RECORD "WALLS AND BRIDGES",  HE WAS
CLEARLY FOCUSED AND READY TO WORK.
THE ALBUM'S TITLE SPRANG FROM A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
JOHN HEARD IN NEW YORK. "IT REGISTERED AS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH COMMUNICATION AND MAYBE WALLS THAT KEEP YOU IN
OR SEPARATE PEOPLE AND BRIDGES BRINGING THEM TOGETHER".
THE LP WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1974
IN AMERICA, AND OCTOBER 4 IN ENGLAND.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS VERY PROUD TO OFFER THIS MAGNIFICENT
JOHN LENNON AUTOGRAPH, SIGNED ON THE REVERSE OF A 13" x 8½"
STUDIO RECORDING TRACK SHEET FROM THE RECORD PLANT.

IT IS JOHN'S  MAJESTIC, BOLD, MERELY PERFECT
 7" SIGNATURE USED SPECIFICALLY
AS THE EXACT TEMPLATE ON THE 11" x 11"
INSERT BOOKLET FOR THE ALBUM.

in addition, AT THE LOWER LEFT HAND AREA OF THE PAGE
THEre is JOHN'S WRITTEN NOTE signifying
where the signature should be placed :
"INSERT FOR END OF 'LENNON' ARTICLE".

IN Another hand, there are written NOTES IN PENCIL HAVING
TO DO WITH MEASUREMENTS AND NUMBERS, PRESUMABLY FOR
THE REDUCTION SIZE OF THE SIGNATURE FOR THE BOOKLET.
ALSO WRITTEN IN PENCIL IS "JOHN LENNON BOOKLET".

TO BETTER DISPLAY THE TREMENDOUS SIZE AND CLARITY OF THE
SIGNATURE, WE HAVE COMPARED IT TO THE 11" x 11" LP BOOKLET.

FRANK CAIAZZO
THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED AND PREMIER EXPERT
OF BEATLES AUTOGRAPHS, DESCRIBES THIS SIGNATURE'S
SIGNIFICANCE AND BEAUTY IN THE ACCOMPANYING
LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY :

FOR APPEARANCE SAKE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT,
THE BOOKLET'S DESIGNER HAD SHIFTED JOHN'S "OH YEh ?" TO THE
RIGHT SO THAT IT WOULD BE CENTERED ABOVE JOHN'S ACTUAL SIGNATURE.

ALSO INCLUDED IS the ORIGINAL
8 page color BOOKLET
FROM THE U.S. ISSUE OF THE LP ALBUM
in NEAR MINT CONDITION.

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES