(Tuesday December 23, 2008 05:40 PM)
A cassette capturing John Lennon drunkenly singing a cover version has been bought for £20,000.
The tape dates from 1973 and finds the former Beatle working his way through Lloyd Price's"Just Because" in a recording studio.
It went under the hammer at Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles, with the auction house describing the content as "debauched".
During the performance, Lennon can be heard indulging in "slurred warbling" and singing "just a little cocaine will set me right".
"The background band speeds up or slows down, trying to keep up with him until a male voice finally calls an end to the session after a little over six minutes", explained Bonhams & Butterfields.
The tape has never been heard in public before and the buyer has not been disclosed.
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