JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO Milk And Honey 1984 JAPAN w/OBI + LYRIC INSERT NEAR MINT
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JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO Milk And Honey 1984 JAPAN w/OBI + LYRIC INSERT NEAR MINT
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONOMilk And Honey
1984 JAPAN Polydor ?(25MM 0260) ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH OBI AND GATEFOLD LYRIC INSERT
The first posthumous release of Lennon's music, recorded in the last months of his life around the sessions for the 1980 album Double Fantasy.
BEAUTIFUL AS-NEW COPY WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED
Matrix Side One: 25MM - 0260 A, A-1-14
Matrix Side Two: 25MM - 0260 B, A-1-14
The sessions for 1980's Double Fantasy were supposed to yield two albums, the second to be released at a future time, but Lennon's assassination tragically halted the project in its tracks. A bit over three years later, Yoko Ono issued tapes of many of the songs planned for that album under the title Milk and Honey, laid out in the same John-Yoko-John-Yoko dialogue fashion as its predecessor. Not unexpectedly, it's a rougher, less polished product, lacking the finishing touches and additional takes that Lennon most likely would have called for. Nevertheless, Lennon's songs at this point in their development were often quite strong, tougher than those on Double Fantasy in general, and the ad libs and studio chatter that might not have made the final cut give us more of a glimpse of Lennon's delightfully quirky personality. "Nobody Told Me," the advance single off the album, is a rollicking, quizzical piece of work, maybe the best thing to come out of John's 1980 sessions, despite the unfinished-sounding transition to the chorus. "Borrowed Time," another single, is a thoughtful, sparely worded meditation on growing older attached to a Caribbean beat. Yoko's contributions, while not as strong as John's, are surprisingly listenable -- the reggae-based "Don't Be Scared," in particular -- and more current in texture, and her lyrics do tend to answer John's songs. As the album comes toward the close, the tone turns sentimental, culminating with one of John's loveliest tunes, "Grow Old With Me," as presented on a home-recorded cassette in lieu of a studio recording. The ironies of this song and some of the other Lennon material are obviously poignant in the light of the cruel events of December 8, 1980; that and the fact that these songs haven't been as exposed as much as those on Double Fantasy lead some to prefer this sequel.
Side 1:
John Lennon I'm Stepping Out (4:05)
Yoko Ono Sleepless Night (2:33)
John Lennon I Don't Wanna Face It (3:21)
Yoko Ono Don't Be Scared (2:44)
John Lennon Nobody Told Me (3:35)
Yoko Ono O'Sanity (1:04)
Side 2:
John Lennon Borrowed Time (4:30)
Yoko Ono Your Hands (3:04)
John Lennon (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess (2:28)
Yoko Ono Let Me Count The Ways (2:16)
John Lennon Grow Old With Me (3:05)
Yoko Ono You're The One (3:56)
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels free from any spindle traces. Looks unplayed
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays like new throughout with superb sound quality and practically nothing to fault.
A slight touch of static between some of the tracks but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so this will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins
SLEEVE: MINT
The gatefold sleeve and obi are in perfect condition
INSERT: MINT
The gatefold insert with English and Japanese logics is again, like new
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