Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions

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Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
Studio album by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Publication
(s)

0May 9, 1969 ( UK ) ,
May 27, 1969 ( US )

Label (s) EMI , Rykodisc Records

Format (s)

LP , CD

Genre (s)

Avant-garde , improvisation , avant-garde rock

Title (number)

LP: 5 / CD: 7

running time

LP: 50 min 56 s
CD: 61 min 30 s

occupation John Lennon & Yoko Ono

production

  • John Lennon,
  • Yoko Ono
chronology
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins
1968 		Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions Wedding album
1969

Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions ( dt. :, Unfinished Music No.2:. Life with the lions') is the second album that John Lennon shared with his partner and later wife Yoko Ono recorded. It was released on May 9, 1969 in the UK and May 27, 1969 in the US .

History of origin

The second part of "Unfinished Music", which documents the life together of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was released on Zapple, a sub-label of Apple Records . Like the previous album Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins, this is an avant-garde album.

The first track on the album, Cambridge 1969 , was recorded live at Lady Mitchell Hall in Cambridge on March 2, 1969 , with Yoko Ono doing the “vocal part” while John Lennon makes feedback noises with his electric guitar . Other musicians were John Tchicai ( saxophone ) and John Stevens ( drums ). The other tracks on the album were recorded on a cassette recorder between November 4 and 25, 1968, with the exception of Two Minutes Silence , which, as the title indicates, consists of two minutes of silence. At No Bed for Beatle John , both sing different newspaper article texts that contain their private life situation at the time. At Baby's Heartbeat you can hear the heartbeat of the unborn child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. With Radio Play , Lennon manually controlled several radio stations with a radio device and recorded these noises.

Cover design

The cover photo of the front of the album was Susan Wood in London photographed Queen Charlotte Hospital in November 1968th It shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono who stayed there from November 4 to November 25, 1968 due to complications during Yoko Ono's pregnancy and her subsequent miscarriage. The back cover was taken from the Daily Mirror ; it shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono who were surrounded by police officers and arrested on October 18, 1968 for possession of hashish .

Re-releases

  • The remastered CD re-release took place on June 3, 1997 by Rykodisc Records and contains the two previously unreleased bonus tracks from the sessions in the Queen Charlotte Hospital Song for John and Mulberry by Yoko Ono. John Lennon plays acoustic guitar and Yoko Ono sings on both tracks. The remastering was done by George Marino and Rob Stevens at Sterling Sound Studios under the supervision of Yoko Ono in New York .
  • On November 11, 2016, the remastered album was released on CD and vinyl long-playing record (pressed on black and white vinyl) on the Secretly Canadian / Chimera Music labels . The CD was remastered by Greg Calbi and Ryan Smith, the vinyl album was remastered by Greg Calbi and Sean Lennon . The CD was distributed in a hinged cardboard cover. The CD comes with a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album.

Track list

page 1

  1. Cambridge 1969 - 26:31

Page 2

  1. No Bed for Beatle John - 4:41
  2. Baby's Heartbeat - 5:10
  3. Two Minutes Silence - 2:00
  4. Radio Play - 12:35

Bonus tracks (released: 1997/2016)

  1. Song for John - 1:29
  2. Mulberry - 8:47 (1997) / 8:58 (2016)

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 174 (8 weeks) 8th

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: US