Shaved fish

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Shaved fish
Compilation album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

October 24, 1975

Label (s) Apple Records , EMI Group

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

11

running time

41 min 55 s

occupation
  • various musicians

production

Studio (s)

various

chronology
Rock 'n' Roll
1975 		Shaved fish Double Fantasy
1980

Shaved Fish ( English , Shaved Fish ') is the first compilation album of John Lennon after the separation of the Beatles and also the only one that was published before his death in 1980th At the same time, including the six solo studio albums, the three avant-garde albums with his wife Yoko Ono and the live album by the Plastic Ono Band, it is John Lennon's eleventh album. It was released on October 24, 1975 in the UK and on October 27, 1975 in the US .

The interpreter was given on the cover as John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band .

History of origin

In October 1975, EMI released a compilation album by John Lennon; The following month followed a compilation album by Ringo Starr ( Blast from Your Past ) and again a year later (November 1976) The Best of George Harrison followed . The three ex-Beatles did not renew their contract with EMI and released their next studio album on a different label. The compilation includes all US singles released to date, excluding Stand by Me . The following tracks were edited (shortened) especially for the album: Give Peace a Chance (shortened to 58 seconds), Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) , Mother , Power to the People , Woman Is the Nigger of the World and Whatever Gets You thru the Night . In Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Give Peace a Chance (Reprise) is a medley. It consists of the abridged studio version of Happy Xmas (War Is Over) which merges into the live version of Give Peace a Chance , which was recorded on August 30, 1972.

The album was released on the Amiga label in the GDR in 1983 ; instead of the shortened version of the song Give Peace a Chance , it contains the full single version of 4 minutes and 50 seconds. A text by Ingolf Haedicke was printed on the back cover. After Double Fantasy, it was the second and last album by John Lennon to be released in the GDR .

Cover design

The cover design was done by Roy Kohara. The drawings are by Michael Bryan.

Republication

It was first published in CD format in May 1987. The CD comes with an eight-page booklet containing the lyrics. The CD release from 1987 has not yet been remastered .

Single release

Imagine / Working Class Hero was released as a single from the album in October 1975 (Great Britain: 6th place, Germany: 46th place, no release in the USA).

Track list

page 1
  1. Give Peace a Chance - 0:58
  2. Cold Turkey - 5:01
  3. Instant karma! - 3:21
  4. Power to the People - 3:21
  5. Mother - 5:03
  6. Woman Is the Nigger of the World - 4:37
Page 2
  1. Imagine - 3:02
  2. Whatever Gets You thru the Night - 3:03
  3. Mind Games - 4:12
  4. # 9 Dream - 4:47
  5. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Give Peace a Chance (Reprise) - 4:15

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1975 Shaved fish - 5 - 8th 12

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg1 × platinum
 1,100,000

literature

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GDR edition of the album