The Pope Smokes Dope Rare LP Album David Peel prod by John Lennon & Yoko Ono A+
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The Pope Smokes Dope Rare LP Album
David Peel and the Lower East Side produced by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
A true Rock And Roll Statment
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ROCK LIBERATION FRONT
NOT FOR SALE ANYWHERE ON EBAY! SUPER RARE
Released on April 17, 1972.
LP-nr mint- no scratches..looks unplayed. not sure, so graded as NEAR MINT Cover-near mint. Excellent-album ring,, but cover is in great shape & is still bright & colorful, clean, not a mark, just a slight smaller than pencil eraser size crease on bottom back maybe from manufacturer. Inside sleeve is Very good condition. very cool & unique. one side excellent condition
All Music Review by Bruce Eder:
David Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.
The Pope Smokes Dope managed to push the buttons of almost everyone in authority around the world back in 1972, with the result that it was ultimately banned almost everywhere except the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Listeners plunge into a phantasmagoria of countercultural images, sensibilities, phrases, and humor, and this album is arguably the finest piece of musical agitprop ever to emerge from the '60s counterculture (even if it took till 1972 to appear). Under John Lennon and Yoko Ono's production, Peel is presented without compromise with the most rudimentary of guitar and percussion accompaniment, none of it amplified, yet it does hold together as a coherent and cohesive statement, musical and otherwise. It's funny where it should be, serious in all the right places, scary sometimes, and the result is a listening experience that's ultimately laugh-provoking and savage. Some elements of the album recall Lennon and Ono's Sometime in New York City, but there's a much greater resemblance to the Country Joe & the Fish Rag Baby EPs from mid-'60s Berkeley, only with some more subtle edges and quietly sophisticated attributes -- and other parts of this album will recall the work of rival/contemporary Lower East Side denizens the Fugs. Perhaps the high point (so to speak) is "F Is Not a Dirty Word," in which Peel goes through the origins and usages of the word in question, and he's not only etymologically correct throughout but musically adept and engaging -- and damned funny. And he almost tops himself with "The Birth Control Blues," an account of youthful ingenuity and improvisation concerning the subject at hand set in an early-'60s rock idiom -- specifically recalling "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" -- that evolves into a stunning spoken word piece with musical accompaniment. And after all of that, "The Pope Smokes Dope" is almost anticlimactic, except that it's so outrageous a song and filled with such irreverent conceits that it carries listeners to the end successfully.
RECORD GRADING-unless otherwise stated, these albums are visually graded. MINT: The record itself is in brand new or near new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed. EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. COVER GRADING MINT: The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect or near new condition. EXCELLENT:The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing. VERY GOOD:The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.:Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable. GOOD:The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc. FAIR:The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced. POOR:The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
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