Some Time In New York City


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Released: June 12, 1972(US) and Sept.15, 1972 (UK)
Recorded: March 1 - March 20, 1972
Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
Arranged by: John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Engineered by: Roy Cicala/Danny Turbeville
Sleeve Concept by: John & Yoko, realized by Al Steckler
Sleeve Design by: Michael Gross
This CD label: EMI CDS 7 46782 8



To Know Him Is To Love Him


Highest U.S. chart position
48

Track Listing:

  1. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (5:16)
  2. Sisters, O Sisters {Yoko Ono} (3:48)
  3. Attica State {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (2:55)
  4. Born In A Prison {Yoko Ono} (4:05)
  5. New York City {Lennon} (4:31)
  6. Sunday Bloody Sunday {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (5:02)
  7. The Luck Of The Irish {Lennon/Yoko Ono}(2:59)
  8. John Sinclair {Lennon} (3:30)
  9. Angela {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (4:07)
  10. We're All Water {Yoko Ono} (7:11)


  • CD 1 total playing time 43:24


Disc One Performers:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and The Invisible Strings
John Lennon - lead vocal, guitar, slide guitar(8)
Yoko Ono - lead vocal, drums
Jim Keltner - drums, percussion
Stan Bronstein - saxophone, flute
Richard Frank, Jr. - drums, percussion
Gary Van Scyoc - bass
Adam Ippolito - piano, organ
Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel - guitar
John Las Bosca - piano on (4)


BONUS DISC TWO   (Live jam)
  1. Cold Turkey {Lennon} (8:35)
  2. Donīt Worry Kyoko {Yoko Ono} (16:00)
  3. Well...(Baby Please Don't Go) {Walter Ward}(4:40)
  4. Jamrag {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (5:36)
  5. Scumbag {Lennon/Yoko Ono/Frank Zappa} (4:27)
  6. Au {Lennon/Yoko Ono} (8:02)


  • CD 2 total playing time 47:20


Disc Two Performers:

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded live December 15, 1969 at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, England by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Supergroup
John Lennon - lead vocal on track 1, guitar
Yoko Ono - lead vocal on track 2, bag
Jim Gordon, Keith Moon, Alan White - drums
George Harrison - guitar
Eric Clapton - guitar
Klaus Voormann - bass
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Nicky Hopkins - electric piano (overdubbed)
Billy Preston - organ
Delaney & Bonnie - percussion, guitars, brass

Tracks 3-6 recorded live June 6, 1971 at The Fillmore East, New York, NY by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention
John Lennon - lead vocal, guitar
Yoko Ono - bag, vocal
Frank Zappa - guitar, dialog
Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman - vocals
Ian Underwood - winds, keyboard
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Jim Pons - bass
Bob Harris - second keyboard
Don Preston - mini Moog
Klaus Voormann - overdubbed bass on "Well...(Baby Please Don't Go)"


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