Live Peace in Toronto 1969
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| Live album by The Plastic Ono Band | ||
| Released | 13 December 1969 | |
| Recorded | 12 September 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 39:49 | |
| Label | Apple/EMI | |
| Producer(s) | John & Yoko | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Plastic Ono Band chronology | ||
| Wedding Album (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) (1969) |
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) |
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) (1970) Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (Yoko Ono) (1970) |
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 is a live album recorded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at a rock and roll revival show as The Plastic Ono Band. Featuring Eric Clapton on guitar (fresh from the breakup of Blind Faith), Klaus Voormann on bass and future Yes drummer Alan White on drums, the line-up is filled out by Lennon on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Ono on vocals. The album was credited to The Plastic Ono Band, a conceptual grouping that included Lennon and Ono and whoever happened to be backing them up. Both Lennon and Ono would use the nomenclature for several of their future solo albums.
The album is technically a soundtrack recording, being part of the audio portion of D.A. Pennebaker's documentary movie Sweet Toronto. Lennon and Ono made a deal with Pennebaker to license their portion of the show for record, in exchange for rights to include their appearance. Unfortunately the deal fell through, with Lennon and Ono changing their minds about the inclusion (Lennon had been ill the day of the concert, and it showed on camera), and the movie was never originally released. (Showtime ultimately presented the performance during the 1980s, and the full movie appeared later on home video and DVD.)
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 was initially split into two parts for LP and tape: John's set, which included some of his favorite 1950's songs, among The Beatles' "Yer Blues" and a preview of the impending "Cold Turkey", and Yoko's set, featuring her trademark caterwauling, which was not as well received as Lennon's performance.
Unlike many Lennon and Beatles albums, the individual guitars are clearly distinguishable in the stereo mix, with Lennon's toward the left channel and Clapton's toward the right. Also, the movie mix of the soundtrack offers stronger vocals by Ono during "Yer Blues", and Clapton during "Give Peace A Chance".
In the Performance of "Give Peace a Chance" on the lyric of the final verse, John changes it:
- Everybody's talkin' about
- John And Yoko, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann,
- Penny Lane, Roosevelt, Nixon,
- Tommy Jones and Tommy Cooper, That's all there.
Live Peace in Toronto 1969, though not making the UK listings, was a US hit album, reaching #10 and going gold. The original LP came with a 13 month 1970 calendar. Those who purchased one of the three tape versions (reel to reel, cassette or 8-track) received a post card for the calendar redeemable by mail.
The album was released to quash any bootleg versions that Lennon was sure would leak onto the market. Yoko Ono supervised a remixing of Live Peace in Toronto 1969 for its 1995 CD reissue. Currently the album is exclusively available from audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDCD 763).
[edit] Track listing
- "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) – 3:50
- "Money (That's What I Want)" (Bradford/Gordy) – 3:25
- "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) – 3:24
- "Yer Blues" (Lennon-McCartney) – 4:12
- "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon) – 3:34
- "Give Peace a Chance" (Lennon-McCartney) – 3:41
- "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" (Yoko Ono) – 4:48
- "John, John (Let's Hope for Peace)" (Yoko Ono) – 12:38
[edit] Personnel
- John Lennon: Electric guitar, vocals.
- Eric Clapton: Electric guitar, vocals.
- Klaus Voormann: Bass guitar, electric guitar.
- Yoko Ono: Feedback, vocals.
- Alan White: Drums, percussion.
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| John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | Imagine | Mind Games | Walls and Bridges | Rock 'n' Roll |
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| Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins | Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions | Wedding Album | Some Time in New York City | Double Fantasy | Milk and Honey |
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| Live Peace in Toronto 1969 | Live in New York City | |
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| Shaved Fish | The John Lennon Collection | Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon | Peace, Love & Truth | Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon |
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| Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | Fly | Approximately Infinite Universe | Feeling the Space | A Story Season of Glass | It's Alright (I See Rainbows) | Starpeace | Rising | Blueprint for a Sunrise |
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| Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins | Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions Wedding Album | Live Peace in Toronto 1969 | Some Time in New York City Double Fantasy | Milk and Honey |
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