Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
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| Studio album by Yoko Ono | ||
| Released | 11 December 1970 | |
| Recorded | Late September - Mid October 1970 |
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| Genre | Avant-garde, Experimental, Rock | |
| Length | 40:29 | |
| Label | Apple | |
| Producer(s) | John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Phil Spector | |
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| Yoko Ono chronology | ||
| Live Peace In Toronto 1969 (1969) |
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970) |
Fly (1971) |
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band is the avant-garde debut album by Yoko Ono, after recording three experimental releases with John Lennon and a live album with Lennon credited to the Plastic Ono Band. Now considered a pioneering forerunner of punk rock[citation needed], Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band failed to chart in the UK but reached #182 in the US.
It was recorded simultaneously with her husband's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios using the same musicians and production team; much of the material was recorded in a single night of improvisation. The covers of both albums are nearly identical; Lennon pointed out the difference in their 1980 Playboy interview. ("In Yoko's, she's leaning back on me; in mine, I'm leaning on her.") Both photos were taken by the couple themselves on the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, their home at the time, using an Instamatic camera.
Initially released on Apple Records, through EMI, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band was reissued through Rykodisc in 1997 with three bonus tracks from that era.
A Japanese LP replica special edition on V2 Records is also due for release in February 2007[1]
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Yoko Ono.
- "Why" – 5:37
- An edited version became the B-side to Lennon's single "Mother"
- "Why Not" – 9:55
- Excerpted in a 1980 RKO Radio tribute, featuring Lennon's last recorded interview
- "Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City" – 5:38
- The title and lyrics come from Ono's book Grapefruit
- "AOS" – 7:06
- A 1969 rehearsal recording
- "Touch Me" – 4:37
- Also selected as a B-side, to "Power to the People", replacing Ono's "Open Your Box" for the US market
- "Paper Shoes" – 7:26
- Referenced by Lennon during the 1980 RKO interview
CD bonus tracks:
7. "Open Your Box" - 7:35
8. "Something More Abstract" - 0:44
9. "The South Wind" - 16:38
[edit] Personnel
- Vocals - Yoko Ono
- Guitar - John Lennon
- Drums - Ringo Starr
- Bass - Klaus Voormann
- Engineers - Phil McDonald and John Leckie.
On "AOS"
- Trumpet - Ornette Coleman
- Drums - Edward Blackwell
- Bass - David Izenzon, Charles Haden
| Yoko Ono |
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| Studio albums |
| Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | Fly Approximately Infinite Universe | Feeling the Space | A Story Season of Glass | It's Alright (I See Rainbows) | Starpeace Rising | Blueprint for a Sunrise |
| With John Lennon |
| Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins | Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions Wedding Album | Live Peace in Toronto 1969 | Some Time in New York City Double Fantasy | Milk and Honey |
| Compilations |
| Walking on Thin Ice | Onobox |
| Other Albums |
| New York Rock | Every Man Has a Woman | Yes, I'm a Witch | Open Your Box |
