John Lennon in Bravo Posters magazine of January 1974.
John Lennon 1974
John Lennon
John Lennon 1981
The recently murdered John Lennon on a photo spread with autograph card in Bravo of 9 April 1981.
John Lennon 1971
Coinciding with the release of John Lennon’s Imagine LP, Bravo of 15 November 1971 reproduces some lyrics, leading with “How Do You Sleep”, Lennon’s mean-spirited attack on Paul McCartney..
John Lennon 1967
John Lennon on the cover of Bravo 21 August 1967.
Ringo Starr 1971
Ringo Starr, a bit over a year after The Beatles broke up, on the back-cover of Bravo of 21 June 1971. The caption notes that Ringo is drumming with John & Yoko’s Plastic Ono Band.
John & George 1966
George Harrison and John Lennon with the “Otto” statue for winners in the annual readers’ poll in Bravo of 28 February 1966.
John Lennon interview 1973
John Lennon is interviewed in LA in the Bravo issue dated 1 January 1974 (but published in the last week of 1973).
What we learn:
- John smokes French cigarettes.
- John is short on cash because all his money is invested in the UK and difficult to export. So he presently lives in producer Lou Adler’s house.
- He loves the US and New York, but can imagine living elsewhere in five or ten years.
- He’d love to visit Liverpool or Scotland, but can’t leave the US.
- He is looking back with fondness to his Reeperbahn days and is sad to know that the Star Club has closed down..
- He dismisses rumours that he and Yoko have split (HA!), and professes to love her just like he did on the first day.
- He speaks daily with Ringo, works occasionally with George, and talked to Paul before he went to Nigeria. But a Beatles reunion isn’t on the cards. One shouldn’t try and turn back the time.
John Lennon RIP 1980
40 years ago John Lennon was murdered. Bravo marked his death in the issue of 23 December 1980, which we covered in 2016.
John Lennon 1966
John Lennon on the cover of Bravo of 12 September 1966.
John Lennon 1966
John Lennon with a French flag on the cover of Bravo of 30 May 1966. The headline, based on a horoscope, asks: “Is John leaving The Beatles”? (Answer; not yet. First he’ll meet Yoko, when Mars is in the moon of two Virgos, and then…oh, you know how it ends)
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