Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions | ||||
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Studio album by John Lennon & Yoko Ono | ||||
Publication |
May 9, 1969 ( | |||
Label (s) | EMI , Rykodisc Records | |||
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Avant-garde , improvisation , avant-garde rock |
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Title (number) |
LP: 5 / CD: 7 |
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running time |
LP: 50 min 56 s |
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occupation | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | |||
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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
- Cambridge 1969 - 26:31
Page 2
- No Bed for Beatle John - 4:41
- Baby's Heartbeat - 5:10
- Two Minutes Silence - 2:00
- Radio Play - 12:35
Bonus tracks (released: 1997/2016)
- Song for John - 1:29
- Mulberry - 8:47 (1997) / 8:58 (2016)
Chart placements
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
United States (Billboard) | 174 (8 weeks) | 8th |
literature
- Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 .
- Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes ISBN 0-907080-92-8