JOHN LENNON TIME CAPSULE
In Honor of John Lennon’s 70th Birthday
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum will seal time capsules not to be opened until 2040
Time Capsules will include official body of work, along with fan contributions submitted online
In honor of John Lennon’s 70th birthday on Saturday October 9, 2010, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum and BoxofVision LLC will create three authorized time capsules of John Lennon’s post-Beatles recordings and fan contributions, which can be submitted via www.BoxOfVision.com/TimeCapsule, to carry his legacy of peace and love to future generations.
With the cooperation of Yoko Ono Lennon, the time capsules will be preserved and stored until they are opened in a ceremonial presentation on October 9, 2040. They will be stored at the Rock Hall in Ohio, and at two additional worldwide locations that have significance to John Lennon’s legacy.
The Rock Hall will host a time capsule dedication ceremony at the Museum on Friday, October 8 at 10:30 a.m. The Museum will continue to celebrate Lennon’s legacy with a weekend of special programs built around John Lennon’s personal items in the Museum’s exhibits including in-depth curator discussions, screenings of Lennon-related Induction content and other special events.
"I am delighted to support this effort to help share John's music and messages of peace and love with the children of today and tomorrow” says Mrs. Ono Lennon, “I know that John's work, life and dreams will help inspire them to bring a better world for everyone. Children Power!"
The general public is invited to submit birthday wishes, commentary, musical performances and personal thoughts on John Lennon’s legacy at can share thoughts beginning today up until ..www.BoxOfVision.com/TimeCapsuleFansSeptember 15th, 2010. Fans who visit the site can also make recommendations about what the time capsules should include to best preserve the Lennon legacy over the next 30 years.
Along with fan contributions the capsules will include John Lennon’s post-Beatles recordings, newly restored art prints of his LP artwork, a newly commissioned essay on his career and other related items.
THE JOHN LENNON TIME CAPSULE PROJECT is being overseen by Jonathan Polk, of BoxofVision LLC, who last year created THE BEATLES Box of Vision.
JOHN LENNON'S Box Of Vision®
“John Lennon's body of work IS our time capsule,” says Polk. “It embodies the ideals that once fueled our absolute belief we could change the world…then led to cynical backlash… but now represent how we wish to be remembered.
“The John Lennon Time Capsule is a gift to our children and grandchildren. It is an effort to pass on those messages of peace and love and personal responsibility; to help ensure that John’s beautiful body of work, what he stood for and how he inspired us, will shine on.”
“John Lennon was one of the most influential figures in rock and roll history, not only in terms of his body of work, but also because of how he used his art and visibility to help make a difference in the world,” said Jim Henke, Chief Curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Boxofvision LLC creates and distributes elegant products for fans to store and display the bodies of work of great recording artists, such as last year’s officially licensed THE BEATLES Box of Vision.
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays, the Museum is open until 9 p.m. Museum admission is $22 for adults, $17 for seniors (65+), $13 for youth (9-12), $18 for adult residents of Greater Cleveland. Children under 8 and Museum members are free. The Museum is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. When you become a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the world of rock and roll becomes yours to explore. Call 216.515.8425 for information on becoming a member. For general inquiries, please call 216.781.ROCK(7625) or visit www.rockhall.com.
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THE BEATLES Box Of Vision®
Finally Available in the UK and Europe
Deluxe Companion to the Re-mastered BEATLES CDs Includes First LP Size Book Of Complete Album Artwork And Storage For The Entire Beatles CD Catalogue
Following hot on the heels of the 09 September 2009 release of The Beatles’ digitally re-mastered catalogue, the highly anticipated THE BEATLES Box Of Vision® is finally available in the UK and Europe through www.boxofvision.co.uk.
Officially licensed by The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd., the stunning collection, previously only available in North America, includes the following Beatles’ collectible content:
Book One - ‘The LP Sized Album Artwork Book’
The book includes 200 pages of The Beatles’ LP artwork, brilliantly restored in pristine new art prints. This marks the first time all the Beatles U.K. and U.S. album artwork has been collected together in a single LP sized book. From Please Please Me and Meet The Beatles through Love, the book includes front covers, back covers, gatefolds, inserts, and the complete LP booklets from Magical Mystery Tour, Let It Be…Naked and Love.
Book Two - ‘The Catalography’
An extensive, all-new, full color discography guide jam-packed with photos, text and track-listings providing the first-ever side-by-side presentation of the U.K. albums and their U.S. counterparts. A must for all Beatles completists!!
Book Three - ‘The Box of Vision Storage Book’
A highly collectible, unique and stylish way for Beatles fans to organize and display all 32 discs of The Beatles’ core catalog. Beatles fans will have the opportunity to insert CDs and booklets from their existing Beatles collections or the recently released digitally re-mastered versions. The Box of Vision storage book was specifically designed to store and display the digi-pack boxes that house the newly re-mastered CDs.
Ideal for fans, collectors and Christmas gift giving, all three Beatles books are housed in an elegant black, linen-covered box with silver embossed Beatles logos and faux Beatles LP spines. The 13” x 13” box features the iconic image of The Beatles photographed by Robert Freeman for the original album cover for With The Beatles.
Once a fan inserts their CDs into the Box of Vision storage book, they’ll be able to store and display the entire body of work of The Beatles in one complete book.
THE BEATLES ‘Box of Vision’ was conceived by Jonathan Polk, a music industry veteran with more than 20 years experience. “It’s the ultimate fan piece,” says Polk, who served as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer for Capitol Records during the time when they released The Beatles Love album, Let It Be…Naked, and The Beatles Capitol Albums Vol.1 and Vol.2. “The Beatles invented the rock album format and it was my goal to help ensure that fans can continue to discover and appreciate this single greatest catalog of music the way it was originally created.”
“I have always been frustrated with the available options for organizing and storing CDs,” continues Polk, who is also the inventor of the Box of Vision’s patented CD storage structure. “And, I hated the fact that the beautiful LP artwork I grew up with was reduced to almost postage stamp size on CDs. The Box of Vision gives fans the best of all worlds.”
The first printing of THE BEATLES ‘Box of Vision’ sold out in North America based entirely on pre-orders leading up to the 09 September release, temporarily delaying its worldwide availability. The second printing is now finally available for immediate shipment throughout the UK and Europe.
Early consumer feedback has been outstanding; to see what fans have had to say about THE BEATLES Box of Vision, visit http://store.boxofvision.com/pages/reviews.
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What the press are saying about
The Beatles Box of Vision –
“If you’re a Beatles fan – and this is a good time to be one – Box of Vision will keep your eyes full as you listen to the Beatles’ remastered CDs…. Strumming through Box of Vision was a real treat. This is the actual art from the Beatles’ albums, the way the Beatles wanted us to see them – not reduced to baseball-card size and stuck behind hard plastic on a CD.” - HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“John Polk was thinking ‘inside’ the box when he envisioned The Beatles Box of Vision nearly 10 years ago. His elaborate companion to the newly remastered Beatles CDs holds a 200-page linen-covered book of album artwork, a comprehensive discography and storage for 32 discs, providing a single lavish receptacle for storing and displaying the band’s entire body of work” - USA TODAY
“Can’t wait to open those new Beatles re-mastered single CDs or box sets that Amazon’s already sold out of? Try opening the extraordinary Beatles ‘Box of Vision’ box. But please, don’t call it a box. According to the much-needed instructional insert that pops out of the box that contains the Box of Vision box, the massive, monumental, 13 x 13-inch 13-pound coffee table slab is a patented “CD Storage Structure.” And once you unravel several layers of bubble wrap and unpeel the protective clear plastic wrapper, you understand why.” - MANHATTAN EXAMINER
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