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Musketeer Gripweed

Comes from 'UK' 7" vinyl

How I Won The War - Stock Copy - Factory Sample stickered

MUSKETEER GRIPWEED & THE THIRD TROOP How I Won The War (Ultra rare 1967 United Artists solid centre 7" vinyl single taken from the Dick Lester film of the same name starring John Lennon & Michael Crawford. This amazing factory sample stickered STOCK copy,also featuring Aftermath, has come from the vast personal collection of a former music reviewer & journalist & has been safely locked away in storage for over thirty years.Still in the original EMI die cut catalogue paper company sleeve, it is in incredible MINT condition - You will not find a copy with better vinyl than this! UP1196)

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Release Year 1967 - 57 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label United Artists
Complete Stock List Go to Musketeer Gripweed
Product Catalogue No UP1196
Music Genre 00s Artists, 60s Beat, Film & TV
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

1. How I Won The War
2. Aftermath

It is mid 1966. The Beatles have stopped touring & Dick Lester asks John Lennon if he wants to come to Spain to be in a film. John is bored. John agrees & his role in the only non-Beatles film in which he appeared is set.
John is to play Musketeer Gripweed in the film which is shot in late 1966 in Almería, Andalucía, Spain.

Directed by Dick Lester & written by Charles Wood (The team also responsible for HELP!), the film is a biting & sometimes surreal anti-war satire & also featured Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear, Ronald Lacey & Michael Hordern. It was a commercial & critical failure at the time, perhaps too ambitious for the audience of the day, although now it is lauded for its bravery & visionary direction.
The film, as far as John Lennon fans are concerned, is a triumph, with John turning in a superb performance as the hapless Musketeer.
It is also notable for being the first time John wore what were later to become his trademark NHS spectacles & it was also where, during the time between filming, he wrote Strawberry Fields.
Both the A & B side were penned by Ken Thorne.
Condition :-
This copy is in staggering MINT condition. Coming from the vast personal collection of a former music journalist & reviewer, it was played once for review then safely tucked away for over thirty years.
It has long been a hard to get item for Beatles / Lennon completists & seldom surfaces for sale as it sold in very small numbers at the time, even though The Beatles were still at the height of their popularity.
An amazing, once in a lifetime, find.





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Recording Artist Musketeer Gripweed
Product Title How I Won The War - Stock Copy - Factory Sample stickered
Product Information Musketeer Gripweed How I Won The War - Stock Copy - Factory Sample stickered UK 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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