1972 album by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and the Invisible Strings
Some Time in New York City
Studio album and live album by
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and the Invisible Strings
Released
12 June 1972 (1972-06-12)
Recorded
Studio: December 1971 – 20 March 1972 Live: 15 December 1969, 6 June 1971
Venue
15 December 1969, Lyceum Ballroom, London 6 June 1971, Fillmore East, New York City
Genre
Rock
Length
90:52
Label
Apple
Producer
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector
John Lennon chronology
Imagine (1971)
Some Time in New York City (1972)
Mind Games (1973)
Yoko Ono chronology
Fly (1971)
Some Time in New York City (1972)
Approximately Infinite Universe (1973)
Singles from Some Time in New York City
"Woman Is the Nigger of the World" Released: 24 April 1972
Some Time in New York City[a] is a part-studio, part-live double album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band that included backing by the American rock band Elephant's Memory. Released in June 1972 in the US and in September 1972 in the UK on Apple Records, it is Lennon's sixth album to be released under his own name, and his fourth with Ono. Like Lennon's previous solo albums, it was co-produced by Lennon, Ono and Phil Spector. The album's agitprop lyrics are politically charged compared to its predecessors, addressing political and social issues and topics such as sexism, incarceration, colonialism, and racism.
Recording for the album's studio portion took place between December 1971 and March 1972 while the live portion, released as Live Jam, was recorded on 15 December 1969 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London for a UNICEF charity concert and on 6 June 1971 at Fillmore East in New York City. Musicians who contributed to the 1969 performance included Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Moon and Klaus Voormann, while the 1971 performance featured Frank Zappa and his band the Mothers of Invention.
Preceded by the single "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", which caused controversy due to its title, Some Time in New York City received scathing reviews on release and performed poorly commercially. Reviewers were especially critical of its politically charged content. Zappa was critical of Lennon and Ono's handling of the recordings of the Mothers performance, eventually releasing his own version of the performance on Playground Psychotics (1992). Some Time in New York City was reissued on compact disc in 2005 as a single album, removing several of the Live Jam songs while adding other non-album singles, and again on CD in 2010 in its original double album format.
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