JOHN LENNON – APPLE RECORDS, One of the four ‘God Save Oz’ acetate

An eight-inch Audiodisc acetate, 45 rpm, bearing the title God Save Oz on its green label. Preserved in its original Audiodisc sleeve, it is accompanied by a letter signed by George Peckham, a recording engineer at Apple Studios, confirming the circumstances of its production in 1971. God Save Oz came about in April 1971, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono came to the defence of the British magazine Oz, which was being prosecuted for obscenity following the publication of an issue produced with the participation of teenagers. Lennon composed a song intended to provide financial support for the magazine’s defence. Originally titled God Save Oz, it was eventually released under the title God Save Us in July 1971, performed by Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band. This record comes from those early recording sessions, carried out in Lennon’s private studio at Tittenhurst Park, near Ascot, shortly before the recording of the album *Imagine*. Its history is detailed by George Peckham in a signed letter accompanying the acetate. In it, he confirms that he personally cut the acetate at Apple’s premises at 3 Savile Row in London, using the master tape provided by Claude Harper, the session’s sound engineer. Four acetates were produced during this pressing. According to Peckham, the other three copies were intended for John Lennon, Geoff Emerick and Phil Spector. This record, preserved by Claude Harper, thus comes from a particularly limited run, directly linked to the key figures involved in the recording. Record condition: strong VG

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