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John Lennon March 1975

Title: The Old Grey Whistle Test (Original Broadcast)
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: The Dakota, New York, USA
Filming Date: March 11th 1975
Broadcast Date: April 14th 1975
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 29:34 Minutes (Interview Only); 35:45 Minutes (with "Slippin` & Sliding" at start and "Stand By Me" at the end. See entry for April 8th)
Quality: B+
Source: "John Lennon Forty Years Later" (BedHead Productions) (2020 Upgrade)
Other Sources: "The Old Grey Whistle Test (The Definitive Collection)" (DVD 2005) (edited to 17:10 mins but no songs)
Notes: John was interviewed in New York at the Dakota for the UK music show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" by Bob Harris.
The original broadcast interview (without the two songs) has been uploaded on the BBC website and is now on bootleg DVD.
A 17 minute edit of the interview is officially available on a best of The Whistle Test DVD released in 2005. Both songs are on official John releases.
In 2020 as part of John`s 80th Birthday celebration Sky TV showed the complete episode as part of a pop up tv channel.

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