Live in New York City

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Live in New York City
Live album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

January 24, 1986 ( UK ) ,
January 27, 1986 ( US )

Label (s) Capitol Records , EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

11

running time

42 min 30 s

occupation
  • Elephant's Memory:
  • Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel: guitar
  • Gary Van Scyoc: Bass
  • Adam Ippolito: Keyboard
  • Richard Frank Jr .: drums

production

Yoko Ono

Location (s)

Madison Square Garden

chronology
Milk and Honey
1984 		Live in New York City Menlove Ave.
1986

Live in New York City is the second live album of John Lennon after the separation of the Beatles and it is the fourth posthumously released album after Lennon's death in 1980. At the same time it is including eight solo studio albums, three avant -albums with his wife Yoko Ono , the Plastic Ono Band's live album , the interview album and the compilation albums made up John Lennon's 16th album. It was released on February 24, 1986 in the UK and January 27, 1986 in the US .

The concert was Lennon's last own concert.

Emergence

On August 30, 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono wanted to give an evening concert with the other artists Stevie Wonder , Sha-Na-Na and Roberta Flack in Madison Square Garden in New York under the title One to One concert, but due to the large one Ticket demand, another concert was scheduled for the afternoon of the same day. Both concerts were recorded and filmed, and proceeds from the event went to children with disabilities at Willowbrook House. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were musically supported by the band Elephant's Memory and Jim Keltner . With this line-up, the album Some Time was recorded in New York City , which was released in the USA in June 1972. The name of the live band for the performance was 'Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band'. The recordings were directed by Phil Spector . The evening concert was broadcast on the US television station ABC .

Afternoon concert:

  1. Power to the People (Intro)
  2. New York City
  3. It's so hard
  4. Move on Fast (Yoko Ono)
  5. Woman is the nigger of the world
  6. Sisters O Sisters (Yoko Ono)
  7. Well well well
  8. Born in a Prison (Yoko Ono)
  9. Instant karma!
  10. Mother
  11. We're All Water (Yoko Ono)
  12. Come together
  13. Imagine
  14. Open Your Box (Yoko Ono)
  15. Cold Turkey
  16. Don't Worry Kyoko (Yoko Ono)
  17. Hound dog

Evening concert:

  1. Power to the People (Intro)
  2. New York City
  3. It's so hard
  4. Sisters O Sisters (Yoko Ono)
  5. Woman is the nigger of the world
  6. Move on Fast (Yoko Ono)
  7. Well well well
  8. Instant karma!
  9. Mother
  10. We're All Water (Yoko Ono)
  11. Born in a Prison (Yoko Ono)
  12. Come together
  13. Imagine
  14. Open Your Box (Yoko Ono)
  15. Cold Turkey
  16. Hound dog
  17. Give Peace a Chance
Gibson Les Paul guitar that John Lennon used for the concert

The recordings, mostly the afternoon concert, were only released on LP / CD and on video cassette in 1986. The audio recordings were remixed by Rob Stevens, with Yoko Ono as the producer. The video recordings contain two other titles by Yoko Ono: Born in a Prison and Sisters O Sisters, as well as a longer version of Give Peace a Chance . The Yoko Ono titles Move on Fast , We 're All Water , Don`t Worry Kyoko and Open Your Box were not released . Three other recordings of It's So Hard , Woman Is the Nigger of the World and Come Together of the evening concert were released on the John Lennon Anthology box set .

The test recordings for the One to One concert took place in Butterfly Studios (August 18, 21 and 22, 1972) and then in Fillmore East (August 25 and 26, 1972), some of the recordings were released on bootlegs . Songs that were rehearsed but not performed were: Mind Train (Yoko Ono), Tequila , Roll Over Beethoven , Honky Tonk (Part 2) , Unchained Melody and several instrumental songs .

The one to one concert was to be John Lennon's last complete concert, all subsequent live appearances by John Lennon were short appearances, on September 6, 1972, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the band Elephant's Memory performed during the benefit TV show Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon , where they played three songs: Imagine , Now or Never (Yoko Ono) and Give Peace a Chance . On November 28, 1974, John Lennon appeared as a surprise guest at an Elton John concert at Madison Square Garden . In addition to Whatever Gets You thru the Night , Lennon and John played the Beatles songs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and I Saw Her Standing There . On April 18, 1975 John Lennon had his last live appearance on the television show Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman , where he sang the songs Slippin 'and Slidin' , Stand by Me and Imagine , on June 13, 1975 it was televised on the UNITED STATES.

Cover design

The cover design was done by Roy Kohara and John O'Brien. The cover photo is from Bob Gruen. The CD comes with an eight-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album.

Republication

The CD was released in April 1986 and has not yet been remastered . The video recordings of the concert have not yet been legally released on DVD .

Single release

Imagine / Come Together

In the USA, a 12 ″ vinyl promotional single Imagine (Live) / Come Together (Live) was distributed to radio stations, but it did not appear as a regular retail single.

Hound dog

The 7 ″ vinyl promotional single Hound Dog was published in Mexico in March 1986 .

Track list

album

page 1

  1. New York City - 3:38
  2. It's so hard - 3:18
  3. Woman Is the Nigger of the World - 5:30
  4. Well Well Well - 3:51
  5. Instant karma! - 3:40

Page 2

  1. Mother - 5:00
  2. Come Together - 4:21
  3. Imagine - 3:17
  4. Cold Turkey - 5:29 +
  5. Hound Dog - 3:09 +
  6. Give Peace a Chance - 1:00 +

Titles marked with a + come from the recordings of the evening concert (all other live titles are from the afternoon concert)

Video

  1. Power to the people
  2. New York City
  3. It's so hard
  4. Woman is the nigger of the world
  5. Sisters O Sisters (Ono) +
  6. Well well well
  7. Instant karma!
  8. Mother
  9. Born in a Prison (Ono)
  10. Come together
  11. Imagine
  12. Cold Turkey +
  13. Hound Dog +
  14. Give Peace a Chance +

Titles marked with a + come from the recordings of the evening concert (all other live titles are from the afternoon concert)

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 65 (1 week) 1
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 55 (3 weeks) 3
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 41 (11 weeks) 11

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg gold 500,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg 1 × gold
 500,000

Main article: John Lennon / Music Sales Awards

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium , 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 79-84.
  • CD booklet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USA-Promotion-12 ″ -Vinyl-Single: Imagine (Live) / Come Together (Live)
  2. ↑ Mexican Promotion 7 ″ Vinyl Single: Hound Dog
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE UK US