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Musketeer Gripweed How I Won The War - Stock Copy - Factory Sample stickered UK 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
1. How I Won The War
2. Aftermath
It is mid 1966. The Beatles have stopped touring & Dick Lester asks John Lennon if he wants to come to Spain to be in a film. John is bored. John agrees & his role in the only non-Beatles film in which he appeared is set.
John is to play Musketeer Gripweed in the film which is shot in late 1966 in Almería, Andalucía, Spain.
Directed by Dick Lester & written by Charles Wood (The team also responsible for HELP!), the film is a biting & sometimes surreal anti-war satire & also featured Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear, Ronald Lacey & Michael Hordern. It was a commercial & critical failure at the time, perhaps too ambitious for the audience of the day, although now it is lauded for its bravery & visionary direction.
The film, as far as John Lennon fans are concerned, is a triumph, with John turning in a superb performance as the hapless Musketeer.
It is also notable for being the first time John wore what were later to become his trademark NHS spectacles & it was also where, during the time between filming, he wrote Strawberry Fields.
Both the A & B side were penned by Ken Thorne.
Condition :-
This copy is in staggering MINT condition. Coming from the vast personal collection of a former music journalist & reviewer, it was played once for review then safely tucked away for over thirty years.
It has long been a hard to get item for Beatles / Lennon completists & seldom surfaces for sale as it sold in very small numbers at the time, even though The Beatles were still at the height of their popularity.
An amazing, once in a lifetime, find.
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Year of Release: |
1967 - 58 years old |
| Artist: |
Musketeer Gripweed (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
How I Won The War (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45) |
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| Record Label: |
United Artists |
| Catalogue No: |
UP1196 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
Deleted
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
MUV07HO449446 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
00s Artists, 60s Beat, Film & TV
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| Complete Stock List: |
Musketeer Gripweed |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
MUSKETEER GRIPWEED & THIRD TROOP |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number MUV07HO449446 |
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(Ultra rare 1967 United Artists solid centre 7" vinyl single taken from
the Dick Lester film of the same name starring John Lennon & Michael
Crawford. This amazing factory sample stickered <B>STOCK</b>
copy,also featuring Aftermath, has come from the vast personal
collection of a former music reviewer & journalist & has been safely
locked away in storage for over thirty years. Still in the original EMI die cut catalogue paper company sleeve, it is in incredible <B>MINT</b> condition - You will not find a copy with better vinyl than this! UP1196))
