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John Lennon was in the throes of a debaucherous, hedonistic, and at times violent “Lost Weekend” in the mid-1970s, so it’s unsurprising that the recording sessions he scheduled for his fifth and final studio album in 1975 were just as wild and unruly. Rock ‘n’ Roll was one of several albums Lennon worked on alongside infamous producer Phil Spector. And that producer contributed as many intense outbursts and fits of rage as anyone else in the room. As Lennon’s then-girlfriend, May Pang, would later describe it in her memoir, Loving John: “I was overwhelmed by the ugliness of the sessions. I had never before experienced such self-indulgence and basic disrespect for human values. Keeping John calm was my main concern during each of them. I knew I couldn’t stop John’s drinking—the conflicts he felt were too deep. When he did drink, he did not allow himself to lose his head again.”

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Source: The 1975 John Lennon Recording Sessions That Ended in Fighting, Car Wrecks, and “Basic Disrespect for Human Values” – American Songwriter