披头士乐队1966年新闻发布会录音将被拍卖
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The only known audio recording1 of a 1966 Beatles press conference, in which John Lennon is grilled2 about saying the band was more popular than Jesus, is expected to sell for about $20,000 at auction3 in June.

1966年披头士乐队一次新闻发布会的唯一一份现存已知的录音带将于下月拍卖,目前估价约为2万美元。在这次发布会上,该乐队主唱约翰·列侬因其之前发表的有关披头士比耶酥更受欢迎的言论而受到记者的盘问。

Beatles, from left, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr are shown Aug. 11, 1966 at a Chicago news conference. A Toronto press conference from the same month has survived on audio tape.
Beatles, from left, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr are shown Aug. 11, 1966 at a Chicago news conference. A Toronto press conference from the same month has survived on audio tape.

Auction house Bonhams & Butterfields said the 14 minute reel-to-reel(双卷盘的) tape recording was the only known surviving audio record of the August 17, 1966 press conference by the Fab Four at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

It includes John Lennon and Paul McCartney joking about how long The Beatles would stay together.

"We're obviously not gonna go around holding hands forever," Lennon is heard to say. McCartney adds "...it would be a bit, you know, embarrassing at (age) 35..."

Bonhams said journalists also had lots of questions about Lennon's controversial "Jesus" remark months earlier, and that Vietnam and the generation gap were also discussed.

The press conference was well reported at the time but there is no known television or audio record.

"We do know what they said that day. We have just never heard it," Margaret Barrett, director of entertainment memorabilia(大事记) at Bonhams & Butterfields said.

She said the tapes were made by a young photojournalist(新闻摄影记者) and Beatles fan who attended the press conference.

"He tried to sell them in 1966, but no-one thought they were important," Barrett said.

The two reels lay in a drawer for over 40 years but now carry an estimated price of $20-25,000 and are among the most expensive items at the June 13 auction in Los Angeles.

Also up for sale is a rare watercolor(水彩画) from the animated4 1940 Walt Disney film "Pinocchio," estimated at $30,000-$40,000, and another of Michael Jackson's white rhinestone5(莱茵石) gloves ($14,000-$16,000).



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1 recording UktzJj     
n.录音,记录
参考例句:
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
2 grilled grilled     
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后,警察才放他走。
  • He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问,直到他承认为止。
3 auction 3uVzy     
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
参考例句:
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
4 animated Cz7zMa     
adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的
参考例句:
  • His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
  • We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
5 rhinestone zXcxx     
n.水晶石,莱茵石
参考例句:
  • She often wears that cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.她经常戴那个廉价艳丽的水晶手镯。
  • Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing,当她发现一个缺了几颗人造钻石的手镯时,有些孩子鄙笑起来。
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