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MUNICH, Germany, October 8, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Norman Candler reinterprets John Lennon

Tribute to John Lennon: If the former Beatles star was still alive, he would have been

80-years old tomorrow. On the occasion of his birthday as well as the 40th anniversary

of his death, INTERSOUND re-releases the legendary album 'A TRIBUTE TO JOHN -

NORMAN CANDLER PLAYS JOHN LENNON' from 1981 on its label MEMORYLANE.

'A TRIBUTE TO JOHN - NORMAN CANDLER PLAYS JOHN LENNON' was immediately

considered a masterpiece when it was first released in 1981 and celebrated

worldwide successes. Original sound engineer Gerhart Frei took the tapes out of

the INTERSOUND archives, thoroughly modernized the recordings and adapted the

sound to the present. The newly mixed tracks by Norman Candler and his band

MAGIC STRINGS now shine with strong drum and bass elements. The reduced reverb

makes the songs appear delicate and even more powerful.

Candler had already based the instrumentation in 1981 on the Lennon originals:

In "Power to the People" he uses rocking electric guitars, in "Happy Xmas (War

is over)" a folky pan flute takes over the vocal melody - fitting to the double

meaning of the piece, which is both a classical protest song and a Christmas

carol. For Beatles fans, the album also includes two bonus tracks from Candler

albums from the early 70s with "Hey Jude" and "Eleanor Rigby".

As arranger, conductor and bandleader of the MAGIC STRINGS, Norman Candler

already created a distinctive style of grandiose symphonic and contemporary pop

in the early 70s. The double sound of two powerful string orchestras combined

with driving pop rhythms established him over decades in the easy listening

programs of ARD and many worldwide radio stations.

Listen to it now:

Spotify -

https://open.spotify.com/album/5QL8ZcTPQIn97mfo2XPkwP?si=5pYsbbWJTYWy0nBFmK4VUA

Amazon Music -

https://www.amazon.de/Norman-Candler-Plays-John-Lennon/dp/B08H5WRXK7

Apple Music / iTunes -

https://music.apple.com/de/album/1530933576%20/%20https:/itunes.apple.com/de/al

bum/1530933576

Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/album/170579922

About Intersound:

INTERSOUND  [http://www.intersoundmusic.de/ ] is a music publisher, music

producer and music distributor based in Munich. Through its internal label

MEMORYLANE, the company releases freshly mastered versions of music albums

recorded in the 1970s with legendary soloists and orchestras such as Franck

Pourcel, Acker Bilk, Nelson Riddle (known for his collaboration with Frank

Sinatra) or Norman Candler.

- Picture is available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com ) -

Press contact:

Kruger Media GmbH

Torstraße 171 I 10115 Berlin I Deutschland

Marlene Ryba

E-Mail: marlene.ryba@kruger-media.de

Telefon: +49 30-30 64 54 8-0

Source: INTERSOUND