As this scribe suggested as far back as in last February – and was confirmed by Sean Lennon in his comment to that suggestion on X – the “Power To The People” EP that hit the shelves on Record Store Day and the “One to One: John & Yoko” film that also saw its premiere in April will indeed be followed by a box set documenting the two shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono played at “Madison Square Garden” on August 30th, 1972 as part of “One to One” benefit concerts.
PLASTIC ONO BAND –
Power To The People
To be out on October 10th, also titled “Power To The People” and containing all the 31 live tracks from that date as well 92 bonus cuts – spread over nine CDs and three Blu-Rays, housed under a lenticular cover photo, and accompanied by 204-page hardback book and replicas of memorabilia – it comprises the “Sometime In New York City” album, up-to-now excluded from Lennon’s reissue series and but recently “reimagined” under the title of “New York City” and augmented, like the previous John’s box sets, with “Evolution” and “Elements” mixes. What’s missing, though, is “Woman Is The Nigger Of The World” – excluded from both studio and on-stage discs – and, as usual, the remaster of the original album. But there are also the previously unreleased rock ‘n’ roll covers from the 1972 sessions, an expansion of “Live Jam” LP featuring George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Keith Moon, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann and other guests, and acoustic demos, four of those with Phil Ochs.
It’s not cheap, of course – the cheaper variants come on four LPs, two LPs, two CDs and single CD – but it’s the most interesting version, whose contents look like this:
CD 1 – The One To One Concert – Hybrid “Best Of” Show:
1. Power To The People (intro) †
2. New York City *
3. It’s So Hard *
4. Move On Fast * †
5. Well Well Well †
6. Born In A Prison * †
7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) *
8. Mother *
9. We’re All Water †
10. Come Together †
11. Imagine *
12. Open Your Box * †
13. Cold Turkey * †
14. Don’t Worry Kyoko * †
15. Hound Dog
16. Law And Order
17. Give Peace A Chance
* afternoon show, other performances are from the evening show
CD 2 – The One To One Concert – Afternoon Show:
1. Power To The People (intro) †
2. New York City
3. It’s So Hard
4. Move On Fast †
5. Well Well Well
6. Born In A Prison †
7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
8. Mother
9. We’re All Water †
10. Come Together
11. Imagine
12. Open Your Box †
13. Cold Turkey †
14. Don’t Worry Kyoko †
15. Hound Dog †
CD 3 – The One To One Concert – Evening Show:
1. Power To The People (intro) †
2. New York City †
3. It’s So Hard †
4. Move On Fast †
5. Well Well Well †
6. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) †
7. Mother †
8. We’re All Water †
9. Born In A Prison †
10. Come Together
12. Open Your Box †
13. Cold Turkey
14. Hound Dog
15. Law And Order
16. Give Peace A Chance
CD 4 – New York City (The Ultimate Mixes):
1. New York City
2. Sisters, O Sisters
3. Attica State
4. Born In A Prison
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (extended)
6. The Luck Of The Irish
7. John Sinclair (extended)
8. Angela
9. We’re All Water
CD 5 – New York City (The Evolution Documentary) †:
1. New York City
2. Sisters, O Sisters
3. Attica State
4. Born In A Prison
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. The Luck Of The Irish
7. John Sinclair
8. Angela
9. We’re All Water
CD 6 – New York City (Studio Jam) †:
1. Jazz Freakout
2. You Can’t Sit Down
3. Roll Over Beethoven
4. Honey, Don’t
5. Ain’t That A Shame
6. My Babe
7. Send Me Some Lovin’
8. Fools Like Me
9. Down In The Caribbean
10. Happy Birthday Yoko Ono
11. That’s Right
12. Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog
13. Yoko’s Rhythm
14. Whole Lotta Shakin’ / It’ll Be Me
15. Yakety Yak
16. Road Runner
CD 7 – Live Jam 1
PLASTIC ONO BAND – Peace and Love for Christmas –
Lyceum Ballroom, London – December 15th 1969:
1. Cold Turkey
2. Don’t Worry Kyoko
PLASTIC ONO BAND with Frank Zappa and THE MOTHERS –
Fillmore East, New York – June 6th, 1971:
3. Well (Baby Please Don’t Go)
4. Jamrag [Say Please / King Kong / Aawk]
5. Scumbag
6. Aü
CD 8 – Live Jam 2
PLASTIC ONO BAND with David Peel and The Lower East Side –
John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Ann Arbor – December 10th, 1971:
1. Attica State †
2. The Luck Of The Irish
3. Sisters, O Sisters †
4. John Sinclair
PLASTIC ONO BAND – the Benefit for the Attica State victims’ families –
Apollo Theater, NYC – December 17th, 1971:
5. Attica State
6. Sisters, O Sisters †
7. Imagine
PLASTIC ONO BAND – the David Frost TV Show –
The Little Theatre, NYC – December 16th. 1971:
8. Attica State †
9. Sisters, O Sisters †
10. John Sinclair †
PLASTIC ONO BAND ELEPHANT’S MEMORY BAND – the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon –
Americana Hotel, NYC – September 4th, 1972:
11. Imagine) †
12. Now Or Never †
13. Give Peace A Chance †
CD 9 – Home Jam †
St. Regis Hotel, New York – September 10th, 1971:
1. Shazam
2. Honey, Don’t
3. Glad All Over
4. Lend Me Your Comb
5. Wake Up Little Susie
6. New York City
7. Wake Up Little Susie
8. ‘Hey, que pasa?’
9. You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)
10. Vacation Time
11. Heartbeat
12. Peggy Sue Got Married
13. Peggy Sue
14. ‘Phone call from Henry Gotsello’
15. Peggy Sue
16. ‘Now we’d like to change the mood a little…’
17. Maybe Baby
18. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
19. Rave On!
20. Twelve Bar Blues
St. Regis Hotel, New York – October 27th, 1971:
21. I Got You
22. Hi-Heel Sneakers
23. Slippin’ And Slidin’
24. Gone From This Place
Campus Inn, Ann Arbor – December 10th, 1971:
25. Send Me Some Lovin’
26. He Got The Blues
27. When The Teacher
28. Pill
29. It’s Real (previously released)
Campus Inn, Ann Arbor – December 10th, 1971 – with Phil Ochs:
30. I Ain’t Marching Anymore
31. Joe Hill
32. Chords Of Fame
33. Ringing Of Revolution
Blu-ray 1 – 5.1 HD Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos mixes:
as CDs 1-3
Blu-ray 2 – 5.1 HD Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos mixes:
as CDs 4-6
Blu-ray 3 – 5.1 HD Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos mixes:
as CDs 7-9
† never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
