SEALED LP JOHN LENNON YOKO ONO “Milk +Honey” POLYDOR ’84 hype sticker WOW

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Artist:  JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO                                  

Title:   “Milk and Honey”

Label:   POLYDOR.  Stereo pressing.  Catalog number is 817 160-1 Y-1.

Condition:   Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink wrap is clean and bright, with hype sticker neatly affixed to the front.  There are 2 small breather holes in the shrink wrap on the front. Corners and seams are flawless and crisp.  Not a cut-out.  A stellar copy for the archives.

NOTE:  This disc came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Track Listing:

• I’m Stepping Out
• Sleepless Night
• I Don’t Wanna Face It
• Don’t Be Scared
• Nobody Told Me
• O’ Sanity
• Borrowed Time
• Your Hands
• (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess
• Let Me Count the Ways
• Grow Old With Me
• You’re the One

Review:

“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.”

(courtesy Richard S. Ginell, allmusic.com.) 

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