After getting an A+ in my History of the Beatles class (who has two thumbs and misses college? THIS KID.), I thought I knew all there was to know about the fab four.
I just discovered that there is a rare bootleg that is the last known recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together.

A-la Wikipedia:
A Toot and a Snore in ‘74 is a rare bootleg album of the final recording session in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney played together…Also present, though possibly not playing, at the star-studded session were Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, and Klaus Voorman. Lennon was in his “lost weekend,” kicked out of the house by Yoko for a year; thus he was with his girlfriend May Pang. Sandford paints the scene very vividly, as the room froze when Paul walked in, and remained perfectly silent until John said, “Valiant Paul McCartney, I presume?” Paul responded: “Sir Jasper Lennon [a character John played during an early TV appearance skit], I presume?” Paul extended a hand, John shook it, and the mood was pleasant but subdued, cordial but not especially warm (at least initially). Paul may (says Sandford) have encouraged John to repair his marriage with Yoko, possibly at Yoko’s request. Lennon had been producing Harry Nilsson’s latest album, Pussy Cats, when Paul and Linda McCartney visited on Mar. 28, 1974. On March 31, they were joined by Stevie Wonder, Harry Nilsson, Jesse Ed Davis and Bobby Keys for a jam session at Lennon’s Los Angeles beach house.
Why was it called “A Toot and a Snore”? Because, on the first track, John Lennon asks Stevie Wonder, “You wanna snort, Steve? A toot? It’s goin’ ’round.”
I like how John Lennon offers Stevie Wonder cocaine like I would offer a guest a crudité at a cocktail party.
It’s kind of awesome, but mostly sad. I always considered John Lennon to be sort of a genius, but in this recording I really just want to punch him in the face. There is nothing of artistic merit here, believe me, just a bunch of fucked up rockstars messing around. Amazingly, though, even after some “toots,” Stevie Wonder sounds like a god on Sam Cooke’s “Cupid.” You can listen to the entire recording by scrolling down on this entry of Licorice Pizza and a transcript of the bootleg here..
June 12th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Its downloading as we speak. I cant wait to hear it :)
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June 13th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
What did you think?
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