"JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND"
APPLE SW-3372
RELEASED: 12/11/70

WITH ULTRA-RARE 4½" X 1" RECTANGLE DAY-GLO
"FOR ADULTS ONLY NOT FOR AIRPLAY"
RED 'WARNING' STICKER WITH BLACK PRINT ADHERED TO FRONT

ACCOMPANIED BY LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: JL069
PRICE: ------


 
  DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL IMAGES)

AFTER SHARING FOUR ALBUMS WITH YOKO ONO, JOHN FINALLY RELEASED WHAT IS REGARDED AS HIS FIRST TRUE SOLO ALBUM TOWARDS THE END OF 1970, ENTITLED "JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND".  THE SESSIONS FOR THE ALBUM TOOK PLACE AT ABBEY ROAD DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1970. MOST OF THE TRACKS WERE RECORDED WITH JOHN ON VOCALS AND EITHER GUITAR OR PIANO BACKED BY KLAUS VOORMANN ON BASS AND RINGO STARR ON DRUMS. THE ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY JOHN AND YOKO AND PHIL SPECTOR.

THE ALBUM WAS A MUCH MORE CHALLENGING LISTEN THAN THE TYPICAL RECORDS OF THE DAY.  JOHN HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED FOUR MONTHS OF INTENSE PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY WITH DR. ARTHUR JANOV AT THE PRIMAL SCREAM INSTITUTE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.  THE CONTROVERSIAL TECHNIQUE WAS AIMED AT BRINGING OUT REPRESSED EMOTIONS AND ENCOURAGING THE PATIENT TO LET LOOSE WITH A PRIMAL SCREAM. THE EXPERIENCE PROMPTED JOHN TO WRITE AND RECORD A VERY PERSONAL COLLECTION OF SONGS COVERING SUCH DIFFICULT TOPICS AS THE PAIN OF BEING ABANDONED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, HIS MOTHER'S DEATH AND HIS LOSS OF FAITH IN POPULAR ICONS, INCLUDING THE BEATLES.  THE MUSIC WAS VERY STARK.  THE SONGS WERE MORE SUITABLE FOR FM AND COLLEGE RADIO THAN THE AM STATIONS THAT STILL DOMINATED THE POP AND ROCK MARKETS IN 1970.

ALTHOUGH "JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND" RECEIVED EXCELLENT REVIEWS, IT DID NOT SELL. POWERS THAT BE AT APPLE ATTRIBUTED THE ALBUM'S RELATIVELY DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE TO IMPROPER PROMOTION. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE RECORD. THEY JUST DIDN'T GET IT, AND AM RADIO AIRPLAY WAS HARD TO COME BY.

PRESENTED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL PRISTINE, "FACTORY FRESH" STILL SEALED FIRST PRESSING OF "JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND".  THIS EXAMPLE FEATURES AN ULTRA-RARE 4½" X 1" RECTANGLE DAY-GLO RED 'WARNING' STICKER WITH BLACK PRINT THAT READS  "FOR ADULTS ONLY NOT FOR AIRPLAY", ADHERED TO THE FRONT COVER SHRINK ALONG THE TOP CENTER. ONLY A HANDFUL OF THESE STICKERS HAVE SURFACED OVER THE YEARS, WHICH WAS PRINTED AND APPLIED VERY LIKELY AT THE DISTRIBUTOR LEVEL BACK IN 1970. THE STICKER IS IN IMMACULATE AND BRIGHT NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THE SIMPLY STUNNING SEALED COVER HAS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL CORNER TO CORNER, ESPECIALLY AT MOUTH OPENING. ALL FOUR CORNER ARE SHARP. .THE SPINE IS SOLID, SQUARE AND LEGIBLE THROUGHOUT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD IMPRESSION ANYWHERE ON THIS COVER.  THERE ARE 2 FACTORY SHRINK "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT ON THE FRONT.

THIS VERY SPECIAL "JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND" ALBUM COVER IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, PROMINENT BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.
 

    

 

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