Approximately Infinite Universe

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Approximately Infinite Universe
Studio album by Yoko Ono

Publication
(s)

January 8, 1973

Label (s) Apple / EMI , Rykodisc Records

Format (s)

Double LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

LP: 22 / CD: 24

running time

LP: 87 min 12s / CD1: 44 min 33s, CD2: 48 min 15s - total: 92 min 48s

occupation
  • Yoko Ono : vocals, piano at Looking Over from My Hotel Window
  • Ron Frangipane: Orchestration
  • Elephant's Memory Band:
  • Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel: guitar
  • Richard Frank Jr .: drums , percussion
  • Gary Van Scyoc: bass , trumpet

production

Yoko Ono , John Lennon

Studio (s)

chronology
Some Time in New York City (with John Lennon )
1972 		Approximately Infinite Universe Feeling the Space
1973

Approximately Infinite Universe is Yoko Ono's third solo studio album . At the same time, including the three avant-garde albums as well as Some Time in New York City with her husband John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's live album Live Peace in Toronto 1969, it is Yoko Ono's eighth album. It was released on February 16, 1973 in the UK and January 8, 1973 in the US.

On the cover, the artist named Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band .

History of origin

After the relative commercial failure of the joint album Some Time in New York City , which was released in June 1972, Yoko Ono went back to the Record Plant Studios in New York in October to November 1972 and recorded their second double album. Only the songs Catman and Winter Song were recorded in the Butterfly Studios beforehand. It was the last joint studio recordings with the band Elephant's Memory.

For Some Time in New York City , John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector engaged the Elephant's Memory for the first time; after the recording was finished, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had an appearance with the band Elephant's Memory on May 11, 1972 on the Dick Cavett Show , es This was followed by two concerts in Madison Square Garden in New York on August 30, 1971 under the title One to One Concert, the corresponding live album Live in New York City was not released until January 1986. The last joint appearance with Elephant's Memory took place on 6. September 1972 during the benefit television show Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon where they played three songs.

Compared to their first two studio albums, the album Approximately Infinite Universe marks a temporary turning away from the avant-garde and towards melodic rock and pop music. The lyrics are also much more complex and mainly contain feminist themes, which she musically began with the song Sisters, O Sisters on the album Some Time in New York City .

On May 27, 1973, Yoko Ono performed at Town Hall in New York City and played six songs on the album with Elephant's Memory. In June 1973 an appearance on the WBAI radio station in New York followed.

The other recorded but unused song Joseijoi Banzai was released as a single in 1973 in Japan and on the Onobox in 1992 .

A version of the song Now or Never , recorded by Elephant's Memory and John Lennon, in which the Spirit Choir sings instead of Yoko Ono , was released in September / October 1984 on the compilation album Every Man Has A Woman .

Cover

The cover design was done by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as well as Bettina Rossner. The cover photo is from Bob Gruen.

Track list

All tracks on the album were composed by Yoko Ono.

  • page 1
  1. Yang Yang - 3:50
  2. Death of Samantha - 6:22
  3. I Want My Love to Rest Tonight - 5:11
  4. What Did I Do! - 4:12
  5. Have You Seen a Horizon Lately - 1:57
  • Page 2
  1. Approximately Infinite Universe - 3:21
  2. Peter the Dealer - 4:46
  3. Song for John - 2:06
  4. Catman (The Rosies Are Coming) - 5:34
  5. What a Bastard the World Is - 4:35
  6. Waiting for the Sunrise - 2:33
  • Page 3
  1. I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window - 4:09
  2. Winter Song - 3:39
  3. Kite Song - 3:18
  4. What a Mess - 2:41
  5. Shiranakatta (I Didn't Know) - 3:11
  6. Air Talk - 3:22
  • page 4
  1. I Have a Woman Inside My Soul - 5:33
  2. Move on Fast - 3:43
  3. Now or Never - 5:49
  4. Is Winter Here to Stay? - 4:22
  5. Looking Over from My Hotel Window - 3:36

Republication

  • The first release of the full album in CD format by Rykodisc Records took place on July 22, 1997 and includes two additional songs, both of which are not from the recording sessions and are demo recordings. Dogtown is an acoustic demo recorded by John Lennon (guitar) and Yoko Ono (vocals). She Gets Down on Her Knees was recorded by Yoko Ono (vocals and piano) in 1974. The exact recording dates of the two tracks are not listed in the CD booklet. Both demo recordings were made at least twice in the following years, in 1974 for the album A Story and in 1981 for the album Season of Glass . The CD release was by George Marino and Rob Stevens in the Sterling Sound Studios newly remastered .

Ten songs from the album by Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens were remixed for the Onobox , whether or not these were used for the 1997 re-release is not documented.

The double CD was released as follows:

  • CD 1
  1. Yang Yang - 3:50
  2. Death of Samantha - 6:22
  3. I Want My Love to Rest Tonight - 5:11
  4. What Did I Do! - 4:12
  5. Have You Seen a Horizon Lately - 1:57
  6. Approximately Infinite Universe - 3:21
  7. Peter the Dealer - 4:46
  8. Song for John - 2:06
  9. Catman (The Rosies Are Coming) - 5:34
  10. What a Bastard the World Is - 4:35
  11. Waiting for the Sunrise - 2:33
  • CD 2
  1. I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window - 4:09
  2. Winter Song - 3:39
  3. Kite Song - 3:18
  4. What a Mess - 2:41
  5. Shiranakatta (I Didn't Know) - 3:11
  6. Air Talk - 3:22
  7. I Have a Woman Inside My Soul - 5:33
  8. Move on Fast - 3:43
  9. Now or Never - 5:49
  10. Is Winter Here to Stay? - 4:22
  11. Looking Over from My Hotel Window - 3:36
  • CD bonus tracks
  1. Dogtown - 2:51
  2. She Gets Down on Her Knees - 2:45
  • On July 21, 2017, the remastered album was released as a double CD and vinyl double long-playing record (pressed on black and white vinyl) on the Secretly Canadian / Chimera Music labels . The CDs were remastered by Greg Calbi, Ryan Smith and Rob Stevens, the vinyl album was remastered by Greg Calbi and Sean Lennon . The CDs were sold in a hinged cardboard cover. The CD comes with a twelve-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album. The song She Gets Down on Her Knees was no longer used in contrast to the 1997 re-release, so Dogtown is the only bonus track in the 2017 re-release.

Single releases

Now or Never

Yoko Ono's first single Now or Never / Move on Fast was released from the album on November 13, 1972 in the USA, and the single was also released in France. The single was not released in the UK and Germany.

Death of Samantha

The single Death of Samantha / Yang Yang was released in Great Britain on May 4, 1973, in the USA on February 26, 1973 .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 193 (4 weeks) 4th

Both singles mentioned above did not make it into the charts.

literature

  • Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-UP 1970-2001 , ISBN 0-7119-8307-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japanese 7 '' vinyl single: Joseijoi Banzai
  2. ↑ LP: Every Man Has A Woman
  3. ↑ USA -7 '' vinyl single: Now or Never
  4. ↑ French 7 '' vinyl single: Now or Never
  5. ↑ USA -7 '' vinyl single: Death of Samantha
  6. ↑ Chart sources: US