John Lennon

Plastic Ono Band

Classic Albums

Label: Eagle Vision EREDV 674

Release date: 28th April 2008

Total time: 88 minutes 29 seconds

Contents
The Original T.V. Production - Total Time 52:50
1. Introduction - John: "I think it's the best thing I've ever done." 4:10
2. The Plastic Ono Band 1:35
3. Give Peace A Chance 1:06
4. Cold Turkey 3:11
5. Instant Karma 2:05
6. Mother 5:05
7. Hold On 3:00
8. Isolation 8:23
9. I Found Out 4:46
10. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band 2:51
11. Love 3:39
12. Working Class Hero 3:24
13. God 8:45

Bonus Material - Total Time 35:39
1. Remember Remember 7:22
2. Working Klaus Hero 1:54
3. Well Well Well 4:32
4. Well Well Well Hidden Praise 1:33
5. Class Divide 4:53
6. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band 3:18
7. God Is Alive and living in the Eiffel Tower 3:24
8. Mother - Live at Madison Square Garden 5:08
9. Instant Karma - Top of the Pops - Original Version 3:23

Comments
There is a fantastic series of TV programmes examining Classic Albums in considerable detail.
This DVD presents the definitive authorised edition examining the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album. This issue
includes the original T.V. broadcast along with almost 37 extra minutes of bonus material prepared for the original
show but was unused because of the restraints of the TV schedules. And some of this extra material is fantastic.

Executive Producer - Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin and Jamie Rugge-Price
Series Producers - Nick de Grunwald and Martin R. Smith
Director and Editor - Matthew Longfellow

This DVD examines John's 1970 first post-Beatle solo album with exclusive interviews with:
Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, Dr. Arthur Janov and Jan Wenner.
Through the use of stills, and rare audio archive and footage, and by re-visiting the original multi-track recordings and demos
with Abbey Road engineers Phil McDonald and Richard Lush, the film tells the story of the creativity behind the conception and
recording of the songs featured on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was former Beatle John Lennon's first official solo album.
It was released in 1970 after having issued some experimental albums with Yoko Ono, which I think were
terrible, and Live Peace in Toronto 1969, which was really good; except for Yoko's screaming which were
her attempts to sing.

This album was recorded simultaneously with Yoko Ono's debut album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. It was recorded at
Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios using the same musicians and production team for each album.

It is said that Lennon was suffering as a tortured individual when this album was created. He was done with
The Beatles and all that they stood for, and was looking for music that was much more real, and perhaps less
plastic. He had begun to see Dr. Arthur Janov whose controversial "Primal Scream" psychiatric treatments had
the medical establishment raising their eyebrows. Lennon took this therapy into the studio and produced a
primal masterpiece.

Classic Albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band examines in detail the creation of this album and the effect
it had on music, and the people who created it. This included Ringo Starr on drums, Klaus Voormann (a member
of Manfred Mann, and old friend from the early Hamburg years of the Beatles) on bass, and Billy Preston;
sometimes referred to as the fifth Beatle on piano. And of course Lennon himself on guitar.

The video uses detailed analysis and new interviews with Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, and Abbey Road
studio engineers Phil McDonald and Richard Lush. Also included is Dr. Arthur Janov, and Rolling Stone founder
Jan Wenner.

Along with interspaced live footage, this DVD also includes interviews with peers and relevant fixtures in the
music scene, as well as with those who were just part of the party. The track listing include excerpts from
"Mother," "Hold On," "Isolation," "I Found Out," "God," and "Working Class Hero."

Classic Albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is entirely entertaining. There are quite a few "little seen"
clips of John Lennon at different events. One really rare segment is John and Yoko's appearance on "Parkinson"
in July of 1971.

One of the coolest parts of Classic Albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the time with the engineers. Here
they pull out the multi-track tapes, and while playing them they isolate out specific tracks so you can hear
Voorman's bass riffs, Starr's drum lines, or even Lennon's blood curdling screams. There are even shots of the
EMI Tape boxes which show the dates of the recordings. Very cool inside stuff.

If you are a Lennon fan, a fan of rock musical history, or even just a history buff, Classic Albums:
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is really a must own DVD. It is extraordinarily well done, and definitely worth
the price of admission.

This is truly a Classic Album.

The DVD is cheaply packaged, being presented in a standard plastic box with a single sheet insert containing little more than a
list of songs featured and a few small photographs.