The US vs. John Lennon

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The US vs. John Lennon
Soundtrack by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

September 25, 2006

Label (s) EMI Group

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

21st

running time

75 min 38 s

occupation
  • various musicians

production

Studio (s)

various

chronology
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
2005 		The US vs. John Lennon Remember
2006

The US vs. John Lennon ( English 'The United States vs. John Lennon') is a soundtrack album released in 2006 for a documentary about John Lennon . It is the 16th posthumously released album after Lennon's death in 1980 and including the eight solo studio albums, the three avant-garde albums with his wife Yoko Ono , the two live albums, the two interview albums and the compilation albums, it is John Lennon's 28th album . It was released on September 25, 2006 in the UK and on September 26, 2006 in the US .

History of origin

In September 2006, the John Lennon documentary called The US vs. John Lennon at the Venice International Film Festival premiere. The 96-minute film was directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. The film deals with the political and peace activities of John Lennon and Yoko Ono ; some former political companions are shown in current interviews. Furthermore, the growing fears of the CIA about a “radicalizing” artist John Lennon are listed, which culminated in a threatened expulsion of Lennon from the USA.

The album includes a recording of John Lennon with the Beatles ( The Ballad of John and Yoko ), otherwise Lennon appears as a solo artist. Three tracks are unpublished recordings: Bed Peace is a twelve-second string of the terms Hair Peace and Bed Peace . Attica State is a live recording of the john sinclair freedom rally on December 10, 1971; How do you sleep? is an instrumental version of the song from the album Imagine . Here We Go Again was remastered for the first time by Rob Stevens and three other titles, namely Give Peace a Chance , Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) begin with dialogues from John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken from the film. In Oh My Love , Yoko Ono speaks into the beginning of the song. The CD is accompanied by a twelve-page booklet that includes an explanation by Yoko Ono.

Cover design

The design of the cover was done by Steve Silvas.

publication

There was no publication in LP format.

The film was released on DVD on February 13, 2007 . The sound tracks were mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Track list

  1. Power to the People - 3:22
  2. Nobody Told Me - 3:34
  3. Working Class Hero - 3:48
  4. I Found Out - 3:37
  5. Bed Peace (John Lennon / Yoko Ono) - 0:12
  6. The Ballad of John and Yoko ( Lennon / McCartney ) - 3:00
  7. Give Peace a Chance - 4:50
  8. Love - 3:23
  9. Attica State (Live) - 3:46
  10. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon / Yoko Ono) - 3:37
  11. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama - 6:05
  12. Imagine - 3:02
  13. How do you sleep? (Instrumental Score) - 3:06
  14. New York City - 4:30
  15. John Sinclair (Live) - 3:43
  16. Scared - 4:35
  17. God - 4:09
  18. Here We Go Again (John Lennon / Phil Spector ) - 4:47
  19. Gimme Some Truth - 3:15
  20. Oh My Love (John Lennon / Yoko Ono) - 2:44
  21. Instant karma! - 3:20

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
2006 The US vs. John Lennon - - - - -

literature

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

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