[Description by contributor Rob Grayson]
Following the tragic assassination of John Lennon (Monday, December 8, 1980), my station (at that time, WZXR, Memphis) aired a memorial tribute. It aired on the weekend after the tragedy, and included a ten minute period of silence, followed by this piece.
It is a montage of all The Beatles songs, edited from A to Z. The version here has been updated to include material from the Anthology series.
Ironically, I was working on the piece even before the Lennon tragedy. I was moved to complete it in time for the tribute. My inspiration dates back to the WLS Time Capsule pieces, which aired every New Year’s at midnight. The concept of doing a montage stuck with me, and I have applied it to a number of situations.
This exhibit first appeared at REELRADIO on December 3, 2000. In 2006, I created a new digital remix (Version #9), with all music sourced from CDs. REELRADIO debuted the remix on April 28.