A Sad Song and Make It Better

Julian Lennon

To show the kindness and wonderful character of Julian Lennon, I had inquired if Julian would like a rare audio copy of his grandfather Freddie singing a song in the Dutch language taken from a rare 45. His early web designer who is now deceased, forwarded my inquiry to Julian personally as to whether he would like a CD copy of his grandfather’s recording that was released to capitalize on his son, John’s, immense fame.

Julian was very interested in acquiring a copy of the song, so I mailed it to him. A couple of months later I received the handwritten thank you note shown above from him. I quickly noticed that Julian had written the note on the 5th of November which is “Guy Fawkes” day in England and the date was famously mentioned by Julian’s dad on his song “Remember.”

Freddie Lennon – In Dutch!

This is the rare recording that I sent to Julian and resulted in the kind note he sent me above. This is the Dutch picture sleeve of the song. Many have heard the English language version of the song, but only a comparative few have heard the Dutch language version. A historical oddity about this recording is that both Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience played on this record. One other oddity is that Life is misspelled as Live on the 45’s sleeve. Freddie actually made an appearance on Dutch TV to lip-sync the number. Too bad a film of that does not exist!

Julian

This wonderful item in the collection was acquired by me by asking a Brazilian friend of mine, who has since passed on, to attend a Julian photography exhibit in São Paulo. She did, as she was a great Julian fan and she asked Julian if he could inscribe my name on the lyrics of a song he had performed on the radio while on tour in the late 90’s. Although he has never stated directly who the song is about, it is certainly clear who he is referring to. When the item arrived from Brazil, I quickly had the lyrics framed with a white feather to highlight the magical significance of what Julian’s dad told him the white feather might indicate or should be interpreted by his son to mean one day!

Julian Lennon – Loving Is Easy When You Don’t Count The Costs

White Feather Foundation

Julian’s White Feather Foundation has done such superb work in many philanthropic causes around the world. He is to be commended as his activism is supporting the goal to make the world a better place!