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Ray Coleman, author of Lennon: The Definitive Biography, tells about an episode at a party at Brian Epstein's, just prior to the release of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper:
We spoke a little about the state of the music scene, and he (Lennon) said there was one 'dope' record which he couldn't get off his mind. He couldn't remember the title. All other pop music of that period was 'crap', one of his favourite words at that time.
Next day John phoned me. 'I remembered after I'd gone what record it is that I can't stop playing,' he said. 'It's that dope song, Procol Harum's Whiter Shade Of Pale. It's the best song I've heard for a while. You play it when you take some acid and ... whoooooooo.'
Marvin Chassman adds,
I came across the following on the web (while I should have been working). It's an excerpt from the liner notes for the upcoming John Lennon anthology.
The John Lennon Anthology offers a rare view into the day-to-day processes of how [Lennon’s] solo career took shape. It is a portrait of the artist in the thick of his work - exploring ideas for songs on home demos, running the show in the studio, performing on-stage, enjoying himself ...
... Imagine, the title song of the 1971 album that followed up Plastic Ono Band, appears on Anthology in an alternative version that features a semi-classical organ part reminiscent of Procol Harum’s 1967 single Whiter Shade of Pale, which Lennon liked a great deal ...
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