Part Four.
" LETS HOPE FOR
PEACE ".
In August 1977 Klaatu released their 2nd offering to the music Kingdom and the attuned ones were pleased by what they heard from the magic plastic. The new album took the attuned ones away from their dreary village square and transported them to the four corners of the universe.
At last, we had Wings and were "Off the ground".
"At last I found myself in the right place at the right time and as I boarded the huge interplanetary craft with all the other "attunements",At last, we had Wings and were "Off the ground".
I pondered about the marvels soon to confront us all in outerspace. I knew this would be a musical trip that would stay with me for the rest of my life as the first enchanting musical notes of Hope began to saturate my mind".
The story presented on the album is cosmically esoteric and a quantum leap into a multi-dimensional universe that is the fabric of all creation.
Time and Space are one and Past, Present and Future exist within each other.
The album was released with the following introduction;
"Concerning Klaatu and the mystery of the Politzanians.... Now you may remember Chapter One of our story concluded with the total destruction of the planet Klaatu, resulting from the worst, most intense atomic war the universe had ever wittnessed. Our story continues set many millions of years later. The Politzanian people were very complicated and they considered themselves superior to all others inhabitating their planet. It was their desire to be Masters of their world that forced them to go to war and finally destroy not only themselves but all other existing races. Their planet finally broke apart under the stress of this great war".
"The holocaust hurled the purple planet across the Universe to form a huge asteriod belt known as the Space Graveyard. There was one survivor and he lived in a Lighthouse in the remains of the capitol city of Politzania and our story deals with his constant search for a philosophy that could have saved his race and others. For many a long year he lived alone manning the Lighthouse with its laser flares warning interstellar travellers of the inpending dangers of the solar reef. "And when to his end the old man came, death told him "you will not die in vain" for had we heard his parting word we would have known that he had said HOPE".
The album was released with the following introduction;
"Concerning Klaatu and the mystery of the Politzanians.... Now you may remember Chapter One of our story concluded with the total destruction of the planet Klaatu, resulting from the worst, most intense atomic war the universe had ever wittnessed. Our story continues set many millions of years later. The Politzanian people were very complicated and they considered themselves superior to all others inhabitating their planet. It was their desire to be Masters of their world that forced them to go to war and finally destroy not only themselves but all other existing races. Their planet finally broke apart under the stress of this great war".
"The holocaust hurled the purple planet across the Universe to form a huge asteriod belt known as the Space Graveyard. There was one survivor and he lived in a Lighthouse in the remains of the capitol city of Politzania and our story deals with his constant search for a philosophy that could have saved his race and others. For many a long year he lived alone manning the Lighthouse with its laser flares warning interstellar travellers of the inpending dangers of the solar reef. "And when to his end the old man came, death told him "you will not die in vain" for had we heard his parting word we would have known that he had said HOPE".
The album was given simultaneous worldwide release by Capitol Records; their first such release in history. No Beatles albums were given such a global fanfare; this was a unique event.
The album took a year to record and a number of different version were re-corded and re-mixed, yet only two version was ever released.
Upon the release of the album; the bands manager Frank Davies declared " They are not the sort of musicians who want to step back to the 50s, they dont want to retrace their roots. They simply want to pick up where rock music peaked and they want to break new ground. Klaatu is extending the ground broken in such productions as "Sgt Pepper" and "Abbey Road".
Upon the release of the album; the bands manager Frank Davies declared " They are not the sort of musicians who want to step back to the 50s, they dont want to retrace their roots. They simply want to pick up where rock music peaked and they want to break new ground. Klaatu is extending the ground broken in such productions as "Sgt Pepper" and "Abbey Road".
"They want to bring back a little excitement; to bring back concepts and statements". He went on to further state "They want NO PERSONAL PROMOTION, NO VERBAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PHILOSOPHY, NO INTERVIEWS AND NO IDENTITY".
"They have a concept of BEING UNKNOWN and remaining UNKNOWN until they are ready to unveil themselves.
It funny really; they could be ANYONE, they could be FROM ANOTHER PLANET".
Parts of the above information originates from an article by Ritchie York published in the Australian music magazine RAM on the 27 Jan 1978
Parts of the above information originates from an article by Ritchie York published in the Australian music magazine RAM on the 27 Jan 1978
. I also contributed to this article titled "The Klaatu Mystery" submitting the section entitled "This man says he knows the answer".
Strangely is the fact that this individual Ritchie York worked as John Lennons Press Officer and Photograher from 1969-1976.
He helped John with the arrangements for the The Plastic Ono Bands appearance at the Toronto Peace Festival in 1969.
York at the time was living in Toronto which co-incidently is the home town of the mysterious Klaatu members.
For several years Mr York was a paid employee of John Lennon and also a close friend and yet strangely he played a huge part in promoting the music of the mysterious Klaatu.
For several years Mr York was a paid employee of John Lennon and also a close friend and yet strangely he played a huge part in promoting the music of the mysterious Klaatu.
It was also in Toronto where John and Yoko held their famous "bed-ins" and where John was reported to have shared a joint (reefer) with the then Prime Minister of Canada.
Many years later, it
was reported that at the close of a concert by Paul McCartney and Wings in Toronto, Paul declared "see you when the Earth Stands Still"; being a clear reference to the movie from which the name KLAATU originates.
Okay, its time we began to investigate and interpretate a few of the songs from the album and to discover the numerous Beatle connections.
"HOPE".
The lyric line "Now the path before us lies before our very eyes" could be interpretated as a reference to The Beatles song "The long and winding road."
Could the line " Then come and take my hand" be another reference to The Beatles " I want to hold your hand" or to the George Harrison song "Give me Love" where we find the lyric line "Please take hold of my hand".??
Another lyric line from Hope reads; "A ray of Peace a shining on me" could be associated with John and Yokos "Peace Crusades" during the late 1960s. In the video of the Lennon song "Instant Karma" Yoko is seen holding up placards with the words "HOPE" and "PEACE" written upon them.
In the Lennon song "Gimme some truth" John sings " with just a pocket full of HOPE", which can be found on his "Imagine" album. Meanwhile on the album "The Plastic Ono band Live in Toronto" we find a song titled " John, John, lets HOPE for Peace .
was reported that at the close of a concert by Paul McCartney and Wings in Toronto, Paul declared "see you when the Earth Stands Still"; being a clear reference to the movie from which the name KLAATU originates.
Okay, its time we began to investigate and interpretate a few of the songs from the album and to discover the numerous Beatle connections.
"HOPE".
Musically this song is reminiscent of many of the songs found on The Beatles "Abbey Road" especially the George Harrison song "Something".
Featuring a delicate and sensetive guitar work similiar to Harrisons style of playing. The backing vocals are very Beatleish, whilst the lyrics are extremely compareable to the Lennon lyrics found on the song "Across the universe". Overall, the song is the most Beatleish sounding song on the album and is saturated with lyrics that contain Beatle connections.
The lyric line "Now the path before us lies before our very eyes" could be interpretated as a reference to The Beatles song "The long and winding road."
Could the line " Then come and take my hand" be another reference to The Beatles " I want to hold your hand" or to the George Harrison song "Give me Love" where we find the lyric line "Please take hold of my hand".??
Another lyric line from Hope reads; "A ray of Peace a shining on me" could be associated with John and Yokos "Peace Crusades" during the late 1960s. In the video of the Lennon song "Instant Karma" Yoko is seen holding up placards with the words "HOPE" and "PEACE" written upon them.
The philosophy of believing in HOPE can be found expressed in numerous Beatle songs and songs by McCartney, Lennon and Harrison as solo artists; for example;
Paul sings; "Hope of deliverance".
"I HOPE someday you will join us". John Lennon. Imagine.
"I HOPE you have fun". John Lennon from the song "Happy Xmas".
"We HOPE you will enjoy the show". The Beatles. Sgt Peppers.
"The HOPELESSNESS around you". George Harrison from the song "Beware of Darkness" off the album "All things must pass".
"The cat with the most HOPE to fill the Fillmore". George Harrison from his song "Miss Odell".
"So i HOPE you dont mind". Paul McCartney from the song "On the way".
"I HOPE you are not too far away" . Paul McCartney from the song "Children, Children". london Town album.
"But I HOPE to see much clearer". George Harrison from his song "Living in the Material World".
"Give me love, give me HOPE, give me peace on Earth". George Harrison from his song "Give me Love" from his "Living in the Material World" album.
The lyrics begin with "we are off you know to a distant land" ; perhaps "Pepperland" or the mysterious distant land found expressed in the theme of Paul McCartneys classical album "Standing Stone"?.
Released many years after the HOPE album, 'Standing Stone" has a theme based on the History of life on Earth via the ancient Standing Stones of the Celts. It relates the tale of an early Man who " sails on a crystal ship to a distant land where he saves the inhabitors from invaders".
Paul sings; "Hope of deliverance".
"I HOPE someday you will join us". John Lennon. Imagine.
"I HOPE you have fun". John Lennon from the song "Happy Xmas".
"We HOPE you will enjoy the show". The Beatles. Sgt Peppers.
"The HOPELESSNESS around you". George Harrison from the song "Beware of Darkness" off the album "All things must pass".
"The cat with the most HOPE to fill the Fillmore". George Harrison from his song "Miss Odell".
"So i HOPE you dont mind". Paul McCartney from the song "On the way".
"I HOPE you are not too far away" . Paul McCartney from the song "Children, Children". london Town album.
"But I HOPE to see much clearer". George Harrison from his song "Living in the Material World".
"Give me love, give me HOPE, give me peace on Earth". George Harrison from his song "Give me Love" from his "Living in the Material World" album.
From this same album, in the song "The light that has lighted the world" can be found the lyric line " Thank you for giving me HOPE".
Lastly, we find McCartney singing " Hope for the future".
There exists dozens more of examples I could quote but space does not exist here to do so; these examples should give the reader some idea though.
Here I sit in the year 2020 reading through the hundreds of pages of my original 600 page manuscript daunted by the prospect of sifting through the mass of information I collected during my 6 years of researching the original rumour "Are Klaatu The Beatles"?.
Having to re-type much of the material into my computer seems never ending and having to choose what to include in my "The Greatest Story Never Told" blogg an endless task.
"WERE OFF YOU KNOW".
There exists dozens more of examples I could quote but space does not exist here to do so; these examples should give the reader some idea though.
Here I sit in the year 2020 reading through the hundreds of pages of my original 600 page manuscript daunted by the prospect of sifting through the mass of information I collected during my 6 years of researching the original rumour "Are Klaatu The Beatles"?.
Having to re-type much of the material into my computer seems never ending and having to choose what to include in my "The Greatest Story Never Told" blogg an endless task.
"WERE OFF YOU KNOW".
The lyrics begin with "we are off you know to a distant land" ; perhaps "Pepperland" or the mysterious distant land found expressed in the theme of Paul McCartneys classical album "Standing Stone"?.
A similiar "storyline/theme" can be found throughout the HOPE album.
In the film "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles, the Beatles "went in search of a distant land, known as Pepperland".
In the film "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles, the Beatles "went in search of a distant land, known as Pepperland".
In the film "Magical Mystery Tour" The Beatles set off for "some uncharted shore/destination".
Magical trips abound in the Beatles/Klaatu mythology; both and the same parties are constantly "sailing" the oceans of Time and Space.
Both residing in a Quantum universe where One can be Here, There and Everywhere at the same Time within the same space.
Multidimensional realities often experienced during states of enlightenment or psychedelic drugs; the later experienced by all parties concerned.
The lyric line "Our journey begins come the Sun" could be interpretated as a reference to George Harrisons song "Here come the Sun" from The Beatles "Abbey Road" album.
The "SUN" can be found on the Harrison "Gone Troppo" album
and on the Lennon "Shaved Fish" album.
The Beatles have been refered to as The Sun Kings in a number of publications and the album featured a song titled "Sun Kings". This Sun symbol can be found on all the Klaatu albums and represents the Giver of Life.
Other Klaatu lyric lines in this song make references to "sailing"; "to journeys"; "the north Star" and to "sleepy heads" which all have Beatle connections.
Both McCartney and Lennon were/are experienced Sailors who were often "sailing the seven brine" and relying on the North Star for their navigation. Both spent some time during the 1970s sailing their yachts/ships to some "uncharted shore" and many of their experiences can be found expressed in their song lyrics of that period.
The "North Star" could also be a taken as a reference to the Beatles publishing company "Northern Songs". The Beatles also originate from North England, Liverpool which exists in the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanwhile the reference to "Sleepy heads" could be a reference to the Beatles song "Goodnight" off the White album.
This fine song features many lyric lines with Beatle connections, the first being that its theme is similiar to The Beatles song "Across the Universe" from the "Let it Be" album.
Lennon whom wrote the song once claimed that "Its one of the best lyrics I have ever written". (Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner).
In this Klaatu song we find the lyric line "All life in space must learn to live as one" which echoes the same sentiments expressed in many of the lyrics found in the ab-fab Lennon song "Imagine".
Whilst the Klaatu lyrics "a hole in the fabric of the very being of the Universe" directly relates to The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" film where all four Beatles reach an area known as "the sea of holes"
In the beginning of the film "Yellow Submarine" we find Ringo wandering down "HOPE ST"
Another lyric line reads; "In a warp where Time and Space are one" are remarkably similiar to many of the lyric lines and concepts expressed in the Lennon song "Mind Games"; check it out for yourself .
The Klaatu song itself indicates that their Spaceship is an "atomic powered sub-space machine" ( Yellow SUBmarine-under water) which travels under space and through space via a black hole or (sea of holes).
Whilst travelling through space they can no longer see the Sun for Time and Space are One.
They also disclose that their spacecraft is "nuclear powered" which clearly connects with with John Lennons 1974 album "Walls and Bridges"
On the same album, in the song "Nobody Told Me" we hear Lennon sing "Theres UFOs over New York and I aint too surprised".
whilst in the film "Give my regards to Broad St" the members of Wings are seen dressed as "Aliens".
The lyric line "Our journey begins come the Sun" could be interpretated as a reference to George Harrisons song "Here come the Sun" from The Beatles "Abbey Road" album.
The "SUN" can be found on the Harrison "Gone Troppo" album
/ on the McCartney "Back to the Egg" album
and on the Lennon "Shaved Fish" album.
The Beatles have been refered to as The Sun Kings in a number of publications and the album featured a song titled "Sun Kings". This Sun symbol can be found on all the Klaatu albums and represents the Giver of Life.
Other Klaatu lyric lines in this song make references to "sailing"; "to journeys"; "the north Star" and to "sleepy heads" which all have Beatle connections.
Both McCartney and Lennon were/are experienced Sailors who were often "sailing the seven brine" and relying on the North Star for their navigation. Both spent some time during the 1970s sailing their yachts/ships to some "uncharted shore" and many of their experiences can be found expressed in their song lyrics of that period.
The "North Star" could also be a taken as a reference to the Beatles publishing company "Northern Songs". The Beatles also originate from North England, Liverpool which exists in the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanwhile the reference to "Sleepy heads" could be a reference to the Beatles song "Goodnight" off the White album.
The vocals on "We are off you know" seem to be primarily those of Paul McCartney whilst the songs style is right out of the 1967-1968 period. The musical structure reminds me of The Beatles Sgt Pepper song "When Im 64"; especially the instrumental ending. Similarities in style can also be found on The Beatles "Yellow Submarine".
The songs has a Christmas feel to it, with jingle bells resounding throughout. The same tempo of these "jingle bells" can also be found on the Paul McCartney song "Having a wonderful Christmas time". Both songs contain the same rythmic pattern; the similiarities are unbelieveable.
"AROUND THE UNIVERSE IN 80 DAYS".
The songs has a Christmas feel to it, with jingle bells resounding throughout. The same tempo of these "jingle bells" can also be found on the Paul McCartney song "Having a wonderful Christmas time". Both songs contain the same rythmic pattern; the similiarities are unbelieveable.
"AROUND THE UNIVERSE IN 80 DAYS".
This fine song features many lyric lines with Beatle connections, the first being that its theme is similiar to The Beatles song "Across the Universe" from the "Let it Be" album.
Lennon whom wrote the song once claimed that "Its one of the best lyrics I have ever written". (Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner).
In the book "The Penquin Lennon" can be found an article titled "Kods der Revolution" in which we find the statement by Lennon "Do you remember when I had dinner with that super sniffing showdog Mike 9 ( Around the wall in 80 days)". Strange indeed.
Whilst the Klaatu lyrics "a hole in the fabric of the very being of the Universe" directly relates to The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" film where all four Beatles reach an area known as "the sea of holes"
and these holes are part of "the fabric of the Universe" being black holes; where Time and Space are one.In the beginning of the film "Yellow Submarine" we find Ringo wandering down "HOPE ST"
Another lyric line reads; "In a warp where Time and Space are one" are remarkably similiar to many of the lyric lines and concepts expressed in the Lennon song "Mind Games"; check it out for yourself .
The Klaatu song itself indicates that their Spaceship is an "atomic powered sub-space machine" ( Yellow SUBmarine-under water) which travels under space and through space via a black hole or (sea of holes).
Whilst travelling through space they can no longer see the Sun for Time and Space are One.
They also disclose that their spacecraft is "nuclear powered" which clearly connects with with John Lennons 1974 album "Walls and Bridges"
where we find that his backing band is "The Plastic Ono NUCLEAR Band".
Again, could all these strange co-incidences just be a co-incidence? I doubt it.
Again Lennon declares " Put on my Spacesuit, Ive got to look my best" in his song "Stepping Out" from his "Milk and Honey" album.
Again, could all these strange co-incidences just be a co-incidence? I doubt it.
Again Lennon declares " Put on my Spacesuit, Ive got to look my best" in his song "Stepping Out" from his "Milk and Honey" album.
On the same album, in the song "Nobody Told Me" we hear Lennon sing "Theres UFOs over New York and I aint too surprised".
The Space theme can be found within the lyrics of many songs by McCartney, Lennon and Harrison which clearly co-incides with the similiar themes expressed in the songs of Klaatu.
From my research, I have discovered that at least Lennon and McCartney had "Personal experiences with UFOS" and that Lennon had a direct "Close Encounter of the 3rd kind" in 1973-1974.
The Klaatu lyric "For our planet is the 2nd from the Sun" ties in with the title of the Wings "Venus and Mars" when we discover that Astrologically Linda McCartney was ruled by the planet Venus (the 2nd from the Sun) whilst Paul McCartney is ruled by the planet Mars.
In the Wings video for "Back to the Egg" the band is seen aboard a "Spaceship" travelling through space
From my research, I have discovered that at least Lennon and McCartney had "Personal experiences with UFOS" and that Lennon had a direct "Close Encounter of the 3rd kind" in 1973-1974.
The Klaatu lyric "For our planet is the 2nd from the Sun" ties in with the title of the Wings "Venus and Mars" when we discover that Astrologically Linda McCartney was ruled by the planet Venus (the 2nd from the Sun) whilst Paul McCartney is ruled by the planet Mars.
In the Wings video for "Back to the Egg" the band is seen aboard a "Spaceship" travelling through space
whilst in the film "Give my regards to Broad St" the members of Wings are seen dressed as "Aliens".
Strangely, between the songs "Around the universe" and "Long live Politzania" can be found the following sleeve notes; "Through a fortunate turn of events, this original transcription has been acquired of a dissertation given by the late Professor Charles Pamplemouse. Professor Pamplemouse was a distinguished anthropologist of his time, whom many believed to be the world's authority on the subject of extinct civilizations".
Strangely, I recently discovered that the word "Pamplemouse" in French refers to a "Grapefruit".
Now even stranger, in the late 1960s, Yoko Ono launched her first book titled "Grapefruit".
"LONG LIVE POLITZANIA".
Some of the lyrics are very Lennonish whilst the musical composition is very McCartneyish, compare able to his classical albums, such as "Standing Stone".
The whole album could possibly be a secret McCartney project. It was recorded just around the corner from Paul's London home with an orchestra he often worked with.
Perhaps other musicians and vocalists were brought in to complete the project?
Later in this story we will discover that the mysterious Klaatu members didn't play on their "Endangered Species" album. Session musicians were used.
The below also featured on the sleeve of the Hope album.
"Through a fortunate turn of events, this original transcription has been acquired of a dissertation given by the late Professor Charles Pamplemouse R.C.B. at the Eighteenth Assembly of the Heirs of the Politzanian Empire. Professor Pamplemouse was a distinguished Anthropologist of his time whom many believed to be the worlds leading authority on the subject of extinct civilizations."
The above piece reminds me of " The Broadcast" from the Wings album "Back to the egg"
The above piece reminds me of " The Broadcast" from the Wings album "Back to the egg"
During the mid 1960s strangely The Beatles recieved a Medal of Honour by Queen Elizabeth 11 and given MBEs; in other words they were made "Members of the British Empire", which is strangely similiar to the Professor Pamplemouses "Heirs of the Politizania Empire"..
The above is some of the original sleeve notes issued with the original Promotional release of the HOPE album which was only issued to Radio stations around the globe. The statement is an Introduction to the above song and which presents a very interesting connection to a Statement made by John Lennon in September 1980.
On the 29th September the Australian Newsweek magazine published an article in which Lennon was asked " What have you been doing for the past 5 years"? to which Lennon replied "Im an avid reader, mainly reading books on History, Archeology and Anthropology".
His answer has a great bearing on the whole concept of the HOPE album; for its concept is built entirely around the theme of "ancient civilizations, archeology and anthropology" which Lennon had spent the past 5 years studying.
The song "The Politzanian National Anthem" also has strong Lennon connections, which can be found on his 1973 "Mind Games" album.
This album contains a song titled "The Nutopian International Anthem" which is really 0.03 seconds of silence. The inner sleeve notes of the album include a fact sheet on the latest brainwave of Lennons, who had earlier sang "imagine no more countries" on the song "Imagine"; now he gave us the conceptual "Nation of Nutopia". Everyone was cordially invited to pledge their allegiance to a state without boundaries or passports; governed only by Cosmic Law. "Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of Nutopia", Lennon proclaimed.
The theme of John and Yokos "Nation of Nutopia" certainly runs along the same theme lines of the whole concept of the HOPE album. Both themes are based on "Cosmic Law" and "how the Universe will be our new home"; for the Lennons certainly considered themselves as "Citizens of the Universe" and NOT simply just citizens of planet Earth.
Note the incredible similarity to both titles (1) "The Politzanian National Anthem" and "The Nutopian International Anthem"; could this just be another strange co-incidence Ive been quoting throughout my story so far??
"Imagine all the world living life in Peace".
A Masterpiece of composition and arrangement. Equal in production quality as on the Beatles "Sgt Pepper" album.
Many of the other excellent songs found on the HOPE album contain numerous Beatle connections which I shall disclose when the full manuscript is published. There are many other areas I wish to cover in this format which includes the Artwork on the album and details on the recording of the album.
The information already presented must by now have the reader questioning whether there is any truth to the rumour that the recordings of Klaatu are possibly the "secret" recordings of The Beatles or at least some of the ex-Beatles.
As my story unfolds, much more startling evidence will be presented that will blow your little minds; including the possible "real" story behind Lennons assassination and the Klaatu connection and my "private" associations" with both Harrison and McCartney.
All of the information in my Revealations have NEVER been published or revealled before and will surely rock the music world. For years I have remained silent and kept my story hidden from the world but now as I enter my Twilight Years I feel its time I told my story before its too late.
The album was reportedly recorded at both the Abbey Road and Air Studios in St Johns Wood , London during 1976-1977 and employed the 60 piece London Symphony Orchestra for the many months of recoording.
The song "The Politzanian National Anthem" also has strong Lennon connections, which can be found on his 1973 "Mind Games" album.
The theme of John and Yokos "Nation of Nutopia" certainly runs along the same theme lines of the whole concept of the HOPE album. Both themes are based on "Cosmic Law" and "how the Universe will be our new home"; for the Lennons certainly considered themselves as "Citizens of the Universe" and NOT simply just citizens of planet Earth.
Note the incredible similarity to both titles (1) "The Politzanian National Anthem" and "The Nutopian International Anthem"; could this just be another strange co-incidence Ive been quoting throughout my story so far??
"Imagine all the world living life in Peace".
"The loneliest of creatures".
The multi layered vocals are refered to as Polyphonics ( a composition of music in parts each with an independent melody of its own.)
The vocals have a Harrison sound , whilst the musical production remind me of songs from the Beatles "Yellow Submarine".
It's all too much.
This song is a masterpiece and one of their best.
" Can you find any Beatle links?.
"PRELUDE".
A beautiful piece of music.
So said the lighthouse keeper.
A Masterpiece of composition and arrangement. Equal in production quality as on the Beatles "Sgt Pepper" album.
Many of the other excellent songs found on the HOPE album contain numerous Beatle connections which I shall disclose when the full manuscript is published. There are many other areas I wish to cover in this format which includes the Artwork on the album and details on the recording of the album.
The information already presented must by now have the reader questioning whether there is any truth to the rumour that the recordings of Klaatu are possibly the "secret" recordings of The Beatles or at least some of the ex-Beatles.
As my story unfolds, much more startling evidence will be presented that will blow your little minds; including the possible "real" story behind Lennons assassination and the Klaatu connection and my "private" associations" with both Harrison and McCartney.
Paul's home in St. Johns Wood, London.
The album was reportedly recorded at both the Abbey Road and Air Studios in St Johns Wood , London during 1976-1977 and employed the 60 piece London Symphony Orchestra for the many months of recoording.
A rather bold and expensive adventure for a bunch of relatively unknown musicians I would say. The production costs would have been enormous .
Around the early 1980s I managed to have a phone conversation with "a member of the LSO" who claimed to have worked on the recordings of the "Hope" album and when I asked him who the members of the "band" were? he claimed that everyone "had been sworn to secrecy" and that he "couldnt" reveal that information to me.
Around the early 1980s I managed to have a phone conversation with "a member of the LSO" who claimed to have worked on the recordings of the "Hope" album and when I asked him who the members of the "band" were? he claimed that everyone "had been sworn to secrecy" and that he "couldnt" reveal that information to me.
Strangely the LSO were regularily used by The Beatles on many of their recording; for example "All you need is Love" and "A day in the life".
The orchestral score found on the "Hope" album is beyond awesome; its a Masterpiece and strangely similiar to a number of compositions by a number of classical Russian composers.
Perhaps such an appreciation of these composers was the inspiration for The Beatles "Back in the USSR" from the "White album". ?
One also has to question whether the Orchestrial arrangements on the "Hope" album is the work of Sir Paul McCartney when one considers his own classical albums " Liverpool Oratoria"
Perhaps the reader might like to conduct a personal musical comparison to the above mentioned McCartney albums and the "Hope" album and perhaps they will discover many similarities?
Again I must confess that the "Hope" album blew me away when I first heard it "all those years ago" and still remains my favourite album of all time.
If you have never heard the album, then dont delay and obtain a copy of the album asap and take a wonderful musical journey.
The Beatle/Klaatu connections are mindboggling and far too many to express here in this Blogg form and perhaps one day these revealations will surface in Print form.
My main concern is simply to publish an "edited version" of my full manuscript in Blogg form whilst I am able and in fine health to achieve the goal.
I have not been of good health for awhile, which has slowed me down and made my task difficult and like everyone my age one questions "how much time" do i have left?
Im hoping to complete my Blogg version of "The Greatest story never told" by the end of 2015 and then perhaps I can either return to "recording some new UTAALK compositions" or "begin a new literary project".?
At times it seems that I still have much I want to do and experience in my life and time is passing me by so quickly.
The 70s brought us The Harmonic Conversion and World Contact Day and gave me personally a number of strange Alien encounters.
A secret "undercover" operation was undertaken to locate a "secret underground ufo base" in the Blue Mountains near Sydney where a number of "flying saucers" were witnessed emerging from this "secret" base and we had a run-in with an "alien" .
As John Lennon stated in his song "Nobody Told me", they were "strange days indeed".
In Part Five I shall be taking a closer look at the Artwork of the "Hope" album and exploring new exciting Beatle/Klaatu connections, so please stick around and follow me on the long and winding road less travelled to further discoveries. We still have a long way to travel before my story is fully told and all the questions have been asked and answered. ???
One also has to question whether the Orchestrial arrangements on the "Hope" album is the work of Sir Paul McCartney when one considers his own classical albums " Liverpool Oratoria"
released in 1991 and "Standing Stone" released in 1997.
On the later, Paul used the 300 piece London Symphony Orchestra to record his "score" and Paul claims that he worked on the score for close on 4 years. "Standing Stone" describes " the way Celtic Man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mysteries of human existence. It relates the tale of early Man who sails on a crystal SHIP to a distant land where the inhabitants welcome him and he saves them from invaders".
The storyline is echoes of Klaatus "Lighthouse Keeper" and the themes expressed throught the "Hope" album.
On the later, Paul used the 300 piece London Symphony Orchestra to record his "score" and Paul claims that he worked on the score for close on 4 years. "Standing Stone" describes " the way Celtic Man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mysteries of human existence. It relates the tale of early Man who sails on a crystal SHIP to a distant land where the inhabitants welcome him and he saves them from invaders".
The storyline is echoes of Klaatus "Lighthouse Keeper" and the themes expressed throught the "Hope" album.
Perhaps the reader might like to conduct a personal musical comparison to the above mentioned McCartney albums and the "Hope" album and perhaps they will discover many similarities?
Again I must confess that the "Hope" album blew me away when I first heard it "all those years ago" and still remains my favourite album of all time.
If you have never heard the album, then dont delay and obtain a copy of the album asap and take a wonderful musical journey.
The Beatle/Klaatu connections are mindboggling and far too many to express here in this Blogg form and perhaps one day these revealations will surface in Print form.
My main concern is simply to publish an "edited version" of my full manuscript in Blogg form whilst I am able and in fine health to achieve the goal.
I have not been of good health for awhile, which has slowed me down and made my task difficult and like everyone my age one questions "how much time" do i have left?
Im hoping to complete my Blogg version of "The Greatest story never told" by the end of 2015 and then perhaps I can either return to "recording some new UTAALK compositions" or "begin a new literary project".?
At times it seems that I still have much I want to do and experience in my life and time is passing me by so quickly.
The 70s brought us The Harmonic Conversion and World Contact Day and gave me personally a number of strange Alien encounters.
A secret "undercover" operation was undertaken to locate a "secret underground ufo base" in the Blue Mountains near Sydney where a number of "flying saucers" were witnessed emerging from this "secret" base and we had a run-in with an "alien" .
As John Lennon stated in his song "Nobody Told me", they were "strange days indeed".
In Part Five I shall be taking a closer look at the Artwork of the "Hope" album and exploring new exciting Beatle/Klaatu connections, so please stick around and follow me on the long and winding road less travelled to further discoveries. We still have a long way to travel before my story is fully told and all the questions have been asked and answered. ???
