Lerxster Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 John Lennon's only full-rehearsed concert from 1972 is getting a drastic overhaul. Producer Jack Douglas, best known for his work with Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, and Lennon's final 1980 songs on Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey, revealed to us that plans are in the early stages to restore the show for an upcoming release. On August 30th, 1972, Lennon and Yoko Ono were backed by Elephants Memory for two full concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden. The performances, known as the One To One concerts, included an afternoon matinee and an evening performance, benefited the Willowbrook House, with the proceeds from the shows going to help establish new accommodations for the mentally handicapped inhabitants of the former Willowbrook institution in Long Island, New In an exclusive interview, Douglas, who was behind the boards for the 2010 Double Fantasy Stripped Down collection, says that unlike the 1986 LP and VHS versions of the '72 show -- called, Live In New York City -- he plans to include material from both the afternoon and evening charity concerts. Douglas told us that he wants fans to be able to relive the moment with the benefit of modern technology: "What I'm proposing is that we get the One To One concert, get it to be at its proper status and sound and do a stereo and 5.1 (mix) that are worthy of the experience and make a proper DVD and get it to the fans. I would hope that we would do everything that I could get my hands on as far as footage and sound. That event really deserves more than, than we have right now." The songs performed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono over the two MSG shows on August 30th, 1972 were:"Power To The People (intro)," "New York City," "It's So Hard," "Move On Fast (Yoko)," "Woman Is The N!gger Of The World," "Sisters O' Sisters (Yoko)," "Well, Well, Well," "Born In A Prison (Yoko)," "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)," "Mother," "We're All Water (Yoko)," "Come Together," "Imagine," "Open Your Box (Yoko)," "Cold Turkey," "Don't Worry Kyoko (Yoko)," "Hound Dog," and "Give Peace A Chance." There's been no release date for the 1972 live collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Question: Is it even possible to play 'Woman Is The N!gger Of The World' on the radio, given its current status as the most heinous word in the English language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushCanuck Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Too much Yoko. I will pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Too much Yoko. I will pass. Indeed. I appreciate that John was married to Yoko and loved her... but why on earth did he think that anyone would appreciate her screeching other than him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 John Lennon - Yoko Oh-no - Lerxster - thanks for the tag! :ebert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Live in New York City is not a good album. Lennon and Elephant's Memory were terribly under rehearsed. Let's see if modern technology can work wonders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Live in New York City is not a good album. Lennon and Elephant's Memory were terribly under rehearsed. Let's see if modern technology can work wonders...Elephants Memory is Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel – lead guitar, Gary Van Scyoc – bass guitar, John Ward – bass guitar, Stan Bronstein – saxophone, Adam Ippolito – keyboards and Richard Frank Jr. . – drums. A bunch of scrubs if you ask me. They would have needed weeks of rehersals to sound professional. Lennon was not good about picking top flight session musicians to work with during his solo years, until Double Fantasy (Keltner, Voorman and Jesse Ed Davis excluded), which Jack Douglas actually assembled. It's also incredibly sad that he didn't get a chance to tour to support DF like he planned- his first proper post-Beatles tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Live in New York City is not a good album. Lennon and Elephant's Memory were terribly under rehearsed. Let's see if modern technology can work wonders...Elephants Memory is Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel – lead guitar, Gary Van Scyoc – bass guitar, John Ward – bass guitar, Stan Bronstein – saxophone, Adam Ippolito – keyboards and Richard Frank Jr. . – drums. A bunch of scrubs if you ask me. They would have needed weeks of rehersals to sound professional. Lennon was not good about picking top flight session musicians to work with during his solo years, until Double Fantasy (Keltner, Voorman and Jesse Ed Davis excluded), which Jack Douglas actually assembled. It's also incredibly sad that he didn't get a chance to tour to support DF like he planned- his first proper post-Beatles tour. I know. Being the type of fan I am, I like to imagine what a tour would've been like. I think it would've been incredible if Lennon got Cheap Trick to back him up on a tour. Their version of "Losing It" is kick-ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I'm definitely for this. Let it happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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