British Box full of Lennon (and others)

FORMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Lennon, John, et. al., Aspen 7. Spring-Summer. The British Box. In 15 sections. New York: Roaring Fork Press. Compiled and edited by Mario Amaya; Designed by John Kosh; Box cover by Richard Smith. 1970

THIS ITEM IS INCOMPLETE. ONE OF THE NECESSARY "SECTIONS" IS MISSING.

The very important John Lennon records ARE present and are in mint mint condition.

The section missing from this box is "The Lennon Diary 1969."

Though not photographed, the "order form" which is labeled section 3, is present and thus counts as one section. Oddly, there are 2 identical order forms present in this box.

Also, please do not buy this set for the "box" section as it is only good minus.

STARTING WITH:

AN EXTENSIVE CITATION OF THE VERY IMPORTANT RECORDS:

Contained within a black and white paper wrapper labeled section 9 are found 2 SQUARE-SHAPED 8" X 8" black plastic sheets. These are "soundsheets." Each soundsheet has 2 sides like a normal record. On SIDE ONE of each soundsheet there are instructions reading: "To play, place this soundsheet on top of a regular record. This gives it a firm base." These soundsheets are pristine. Only touched by me to photograph. Obviously never played or handled by anyone else, ever.

SIDE ONE:

John Tavenner. Three Songs for Surrealists. [consisting of 3 parts]

For Rene Magritte. [2 min. 9 sec.]

For Max Ernst [3 min. 27 sec.]

For Salvador Dali [3 min. 8 sec.]

Credit: John Tavenner, Edward Lucie-Smith, Honor McKellar EVA-TONE, Deerfield Illinois

SIDE TWO:

Christopher Logue reads New Numbers [consisting of 23 parts]

"This is the final statement..." 2 min. 39 sec.

"A policeman is walking..." 1 min. 7 sec.

"He was a youth from the suburbs..." 4 min. 56 sec.

Credit: Published by Turret Books, London, 1969

The SECOND soundsheet [Labeled section 11]

SIDE ONE:

Yoko Ono, Song for John [consisting of 3 parts]

Let's Go On Flying [ 1 min. 10 sec.]

Snow is Falling All the Time [1 min 28 sec.];

Mum's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow [2 mins. 13 sec.]

Credit: Apple Music, Mfg. in USA by Eva-tone, Deerfield, Illinois

AND

Yoko Ono and John Lennon. No Bed for Beatle John

[ 4 min. 44 sec.] 33 1/3 monaural

Credit: Northern Songs Ltd., Mfg. in USA by Eva-tone, Deerfield, Illinois.

SIDE TWO:

John Lennon. Radio Play

[7 min. 57 secs.] 33 1/3 rpm monaural.

Credit: Northern Songs Limited

THE REMAINDER SECTIONS AND A STATEMENT OF THEIR CONDITION: ALL PAPER COMPONENTS (EXCEPT THE BOX) RANGE FROM NEAR FINE TO VG MINUS CONDITION. BOX IS IN ONLY GOOD MINUS CONDITION. (I AM BEING VERY HARSH ON THE BOX, BUT PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS SET FOR THE BOX!)

Section 1 the box. g-

Section 2 british knickers. sewing pattern. Ossie Clark. vg

Section 3 aspen order form, (2 of them) vg- for toning on one, vg- for bend on lower portion of the other

Section 4 the gay atomic coloring book. drawings. eduardo paolozzi, NF

Section 5 a blue pamphlet. 5 essays. 1 fiction. vg+

Ballard, J. G., Crash

Finch, Christopher, Communicators

Instone, Michael, London Subcultures

Robinson, David, New British Cinema

Lucie-Smith, Edward, British Poetry Now

Amaya, Mario, The 'London' Decade

Section 6 souvenir no. 1 Kitsch found by Peter Blake (beach scene from afar). vg

Section 7-Souvenir no. 2 Kitsch found by Pete Blake (nude woman glamour shot) vg

Section 8-The Lennon diary. (missing)

Section 9-Black and white paper folder with lyrics printed on it. This houses the soundsheets. vg minus for lower edge rubbing and dents in paper

Section 10-First Soundsheet, F

Section 11-Second soundsheet, F

Section 12-Europa & Her Bull by John Furnival, NF

Section 13-Wave/rock. Concrete poetry by Hamilton Fay, NF

Section 14-Notes on Rumplestiltskin. Drawings by David Hockney, NF

Section 15

(THERE IS NO SECTION 15!)

Nobody ever has had a section 15. It does not exist. My research shows that in it's original first edition, 1st state, 1st printing...which this is...the aspen #7 british box never had 15 sections ...only 14..unless of course the second order form which i mentioned above is the 15th element! What i am saying is that this box would be complete with 14 elements, i have 13.