John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Rare original 1970 UK 1st Pressing)
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Artist & Title: John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by English rock musician John Lennon. It was released in 1970 after Lennon issued three experimental albums with Yoko Ono and Live Peace in Toronto 1969, a live performance in Toronto credited to the Plastic Ono Band. The album was recorded simultaneously with Yoko Ono's debut avant garde solo album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios using the same musicians and production team, and featured nearly identical cover artwork. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is generally considered one of Lennon's finest solo albums, documenting with honesty and artistic integrity his emotional and mental state at that point in his career.
Catalogue Number: Parlophone PCS7124
Release date: 11th December 1970
Overall Grade: EX+/EX+ (LP/Cover)
Matrix: YEX827-1U / YEX828-1U
UK First press. The record and sleeve are immaculate. They genuinely look like they were bought just yesterday. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1970 (not reprints or individual items put together to ‘complete’ the album). The LP is the original UK First Pressing issue 11-track LP on the black and white Apple label.
A fantastic time warp copy of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!
John Lennon’s first real solo album after the breakup of the Beatles.
1."Mother" – 5:34
2."Hold On" – 1:52
3."I Found Out" – 3:37
4."Working Class Hero" – 3:48
5."Isolation" – 2:51
6."Remember" – 4:33
7."Love" – 3:21
8."Well Well Well" – 5:59
9."Look at Me" – 2:53
10."God" – 4:09
11."My Mummy's Dead" – 0:4
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Guitar, Piano, Vocals - John Lennon
Other [Wind] - Yoko Ono
Producer - John & Yoko, Phil Spector
Written-By - John Lennon
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was recorded at Abbey Road Studios during September and October 1970 using Lennon, Klaus Voormann and Ringo Starr as the core musicians, with Phil Spector and Billy Preston each playing piano on a track. "Plastic Ono Band" refers to the conceptual band Lennon and Ono had formed in 1969 of various supporting musicians they would use on their various solo albums.
Lennon asked Spector, who had produced Lennon's hit "Instant Karma!" earlier that year, to co-produce the album. Spector played piano on "Love", but Lennon and Ono produced the album largely on their own, as Spector was unavailable during most of the recording sessions.
"Look at Me" dates from The Beatles period, and is built on a finger-picking guitar pattern very similar to the one Lennon used in "Dear Prudence", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and "Julia". Lennon learned this guitar technique from Donovan while the two were in Rishikesh. The album was released in Japan under the title "John's Soul".
Lennon's album cover is almost identical to Ono's companion piece; the subtle difference being that on Ono's cover, she is lying on Lennon's body. The photo was snapped with a consumer-grade Instamatic camera by actor Dan Richter who also worked as an assistant for the Lennons at the time. The back cover shows a school photo of Lennon in his youth (circa 1946).
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