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John Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris Levy)
Subject: John
Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris Levy)
From: cropdustersal@cs.com (Cropdustersal)
Date: 9/27/04 4:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <20040927043424.25357.00000631@mb-m22.news.cs.com>
Many Beatle books conceal facts about John Lennon's
death (Peter Brown, for example) and some misrepresent
other facts, particularly those related to John. For
example, many books tell how John sued Morris Levy
in the Seventies for releasing preliminary rock 'n' roll songs
John had recorded for an album that was eventually
released under the name, "Rock 'n' Roll." Books which
mention the Lennon vs. Levy suit generally state that
John won, which he did. But what none of the
books I've read tell you is Morris Levy was organized
crime; more specifically: JEWISH MAFIA. It's common
knowledge within the recording industry that Levy was
Jewish Mafia, but I have not found a single Beatles
book which states it that clearly. While I admire John
Lennon a great deal, this is one thing he did that wasn't
very bright: He sued a ranking member of Jewish Mafia
(even worse, he won). A few years later, John was dead.
Do you think perhaps there was a connection, or are people
going to continue hiding their heads in the sand crying,
Conspiracy Theory?
My point is many Beatles books are completely
full of nonsense. When John Lennon sued Morris
Levy, he essentially took on the Jewish Mafia,
but I have not found any Beatle or Lennon book
that treats this important bit of information with
the significance it deserves.
Salvador
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Francine Schwartz compliments Salvador on his
article
NOTE: Francine
Schwartz is Paul McCartney's former girlfriend. She was present at several
Beatles' recording sessions in the late Sixties.
Subject: Re: John Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris
Levy)
From: waronsex@yahoo.com (MacBeatle)
Date: 9/28/04 8:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <23e30c12.0409280403.390e061f@posting.google.com>
[...]
The truth of Sal's post (and there is some truth
to what he says, esp. in this particular post) is
just too tough for you to deal with, isn't it?
It only took a moment for him to type up something
that not one of you spent even ten seconds reading
much less thinking about!
Even my poor friend ripper misses the point.
Oh well... carry on, people. It's your world, but
the time has long since passed for idle jokes
about the Pop Culture of 35 years ago (and
for idiotic trollposts and ha ha funny flames
about those of us who happened to be born
in the late forties, and yes, about Frannie or
Schwartz who no longer exists) but not one
of you seems to have noticed.
You're actually pitiful. Never thought I'd stick
around even long enough to say so, but you
are.
Have fun.
;-(
Salvador provides more history of Jewish
influence on early Rock 'n' Roll
From: Salvador
Astucia (cropdustersal@cs.com)
Subject: Re: John Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris Levy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Date: 2004-09-30 04:52:42 PST
[...]
[Francine Schwartz]
> The truth of Sal's post (and there is some truth
> to what he says, esp. in this particular post) is
> just too tough for you to deal with, isn't it?
>
> It only took a moment for him to type up something
> that not one of you spent even ten seconds reading
> much less thinking about!
I have to disagree with you there, Francie. I'm quite sure
they read it. Perhaps they were too stupid to grasp
the importance, but they were certainly smart enough
to realize it was a BIG deal. So they probably had to hold
back and wait for instructions from someone more informed.
Then they were probably advised to change the subject
with silly conversation that has nothing to do with the
late Morris Levy.
Notice that these guys are suggesting there's no
such thing as Jewish Mafia and some even
suggest Levy was not Jewish and not a gangster
either. Get a grip, guys.
John may have trusted Levy to a degree, despite
his reputation as a gangster, because Levy had
financed someone Lennon apparently admired as
a teenager: Alan Freed (aka, The Moondog, as
in "Johnny and the...").
When Freed was ruined during the payola scandal
in 1959/60, Levy paid his bills while he drank himself
to death. Of course Levy had also stabbed Freed in the
back with earlier testimony.
Makes one wonder if it's true that Rock 'n' Roll was
originally a Jewish effort to create racial turmoil,
thereby further weakening America's social fabric
and making it easier for "them" to seize power.
Freed originally dealt exclusively with black R & B
artists and he gave the genre the most vulgar
name one could imagine, Rock 'n' Roll, because
amongst many blacks the term was slang for sex.
Of course few whites ever caught on so the joke
was on Freed and Levy.
But when whites like Elvis, Eddy Cochran and
Buddy Holly began playing Rock 'n' Roll, something
unexpected happened. It exploded into a rebellious
art form, something the Talmudists wanted to avoid
at all costs.
So what happened next? That's when they sacrificed
Alan Freed. The man has since been turned into
a saint by many within the music industry. But he
wasn't a saint; he was a drunk and a bit of a crook,
but nothing like Morris. Freed stuck to smalltime
criminal activity like ripping off poor, ignorant
blacks. Like many Jewish crooks in the music
business, Freed put his name on songs he didn't
write so he could collect royalties. But what goes
around eventually comes around. Levy and his pals
in due course used Freed the same way Freed had
used so many others. Freed had been a driving force
in the promotion of early Rock 'n' Roll, but the
payola scandal forced Freed from his throne,
replaced by Rock 'n' Roll eunuch, Dick Clark. Elvis
too had been neutered and drafted, Buddy Holly
was killed in a plane crash (for which a cause
has never been found), Eddy Cochran was killed
in an auto accident, and Chuck Berry was sent
to jail on trumped up charges.
But at least Levy had the decency to pay Freed's
bills after stabbing him in the back. It must have
been the Sicilian influence; certainly not the other.
Salvador
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Salvador replies to critics who question Levy's
ties to Organized Crime
From: Salvador Astucia (cropdustersal@cs.com)
Subject: Re: John Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris Levy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Date: 2004-10-04 22:23:51 PST
[Salvador]
>> >> ...some even suggest Levy was not Jewish and not
>> >> a gangster either.
[Laura Stoll (9/30/2004)]
>> > I'm very curious to know what was posted that you
>> > interpet that way.
[Salvador]
>> Your comment suggests you are acknowledging the fact
>> that Morris Levy was Jewish and a gangster, which in
>> my view made him "Jewish Mafia".
[spurofthemoment]
> wrong assumption.....being a gangster does not make
> you a member of the mafia.......your view is therefore
> flawed....
>
>
> In fact it is even further flawed because you push that
> he is a member of jewish mafia, not just mafia...therfore,
> you have gone to not only mafia, but jewish mafia...a
> subset of mafia groups?
Organized crime is a mix of different ethnic groups
including but not limited to Jewish and Sicilian families.
If you are offended by my use of the term "Jewish Mafia,"
then I would suggest you are a bit too pedantic for your
own good, too obsessed with political correctness. I refer
to Moishe "Morris" Levy as Jewish Mafia because he was a
Sephardic Jew (a Turk) with close ties to the Genovese
family of New York.(1)
Obviously the Genovese connection is an Italian one,
but my point is Levy was an organized crime figure, of the
Jewish flavor, regardless of who his mob ties were. And
Levy was a powerful force in the recording industry, a
field dominated by Jews at the management level. One of
Levy's Jewish pals in the music industry was Walter
Yetnikoff, former president of CBS Records, who was not
overtly organized crime, but was a big supporter of mobsters
like Joseph Isgro and Fred DiSipio, not to mention Levy
himself.
[spurofthemoment]
> Even going back further we have to take for granted
> that this music publisher is a crook ...Why is he a
> crook?? what are his prior convictions?
Levy wasn't really a music publisher per se, but he
realized copyrights were a valuable commodity. So he
obtained as many as possible, including rights to Chuck
Berry songs and countless others. Levy's direct claim to
fame in the music business was he founded Roulette Records
in 1956. Why do I call Levy a crook? Besides attempting
to rip off John Lennon in the Seventies, in 1988, Levy
was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit
extortion. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, but
died of cancer at the age of 62, on May 21, 1990, before
serving a single day.(2)
Is it so difficult to believe that a man like Levy might
have supplied certain right-wing factions within the FBI
with a hit man to kill Lennon in Dec. 1980, a month before
Ronald Reagan's inauguration? Of course, pinning the
crime on Chapman wasn't a mob operation. Grooming a
patsy and getting the news media to cover up the crime
was clearly the work of US intelligence working jointly
with Jewish media moguls.
Salvador
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SOURCES:
(1) Fredric Dannen, "Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money
Inside the Music Business" (2003 edition); p 33
(2) ibid; references: founded Roulette Records in 1956
(p 32); convicted in 1988 (p 52); died in 1990 (p 57)
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Salvador recommends book containing Levy's ties
to Organized Crime
From: LongTallSally11 (longtallsally11@aol.com)
Subject: Re: John Lennon vs. Jewish Mafia (aka, Morris Levy)
View: Complete Thread (56 articles)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Date: 2004-10-07 21:31:37 PST
[Salvador]
>> You went on to ask why I would refer to a swell
>> guy like Morris Levy as a crook. I replied by reminding
>> folks how only a crook would do what Levy did to
>> John Lennon regarding the "Rock & Roll" (LP) recording
>> sessions. (Levy snatched a cassette tape from
>> Lennon and released it prematurely as an album
>> without Lennon's permission. Lennon sued Levy and
>> won. Now why would anyone ever think Levy was a
>> crook? :-) )
[spurofthemoment]
> immoral yes....criminal probably....sued yes...he lost yes....
> end of story.....
> Does everybody who steals a cassette tape and sells it for
> their own personal gain a member of the mafia????
It depends. If he stole from John Lennon and the local
district attorney didn't prosecute him as a criminal,
then he's most likely Mafia, or some sort of organized
crime figure who does the government's dirty work and is
therefore "protected."
BTW, the tone of your question reveals that you were
not raised in a Christian environment. A Christian
would never consider asking a question which openly
condones theft, but one particular group (that pretends
to be a religion) has no problem with such immoral
behavior.
[Salvador]
>> I also pointed out that in 1988, Levy was convicted
>> of two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion. He
>> was sentenced to ten years in prison, but died of
>> cancer at the age of 62, on May 21, 1990, before
>> serving a single day. Unless you have evidence
>> that Levy's extortion conviction was incorrect,
>> I'd say that's another reason to believe Levy was
>> a crook.
[spurofthemoment]
> [referring to Morris Levy] Crook yes, convicted felon,
> yes...mafia??? no...you need evidence, you don't have
> any evidence....
At least we can agree that Morris Levy was a crook
and a convicted felon.
Regarding the Mafia connection, I did not know Mr. Levy
personally, and I doubt that he carried a badge that said
"Jewish Mafia," "Italian Mafia," or whatever, but I have
found two books about Levy which leave little doubt that
he was in fact a mobster.
One such book, written by Fredric Dannen, is named
"Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music
Business" (2003 edition).
Read page 33 to learn about Levy's mob connections to
the Genovese family of New York.
Dannen has an entire chapter devoted to Levy. After
reading it, I think most reasonable people would
agree that Morris was a bona fide mobster.
Salvador
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