YOKO ONO - Plastic Ono Band (Apple, 1969)

This tetralogy of early albums of Yoko Ono resulted to be a success here, especially "Feeling the space" and "Approximately infinite universe", which are exquisite musical gifts, and also inexplicably absent from the blogs.  Now is the turn of her first solo LP, which is a hard hard proof, even for completists. Personally, I approached this LP in those years because of other reasons, I always LOVED the great Ornette Coleman, who (together with Cecil Taylor) is today practically the last of the greatest old forerunners of Jazz still alive, and when I discovered that he was present with his group in a live performance (on the track named "AOS"), I flinged myself to get this LP.  What else remains to say?  Don't expect to find gems and delicacies like in the LPs of 1972 and 1973, my friends. 

I also decided to scan some of my vinyl 45's, and I added a folder with a small group of singles and bonus tracks, some gathered from this 1969 LP and others from some B-sides of singles by John Lennon, for examples "Listen the snow is falling" or "Who has seen the wind", things that otherwise seem quite hard to find.  After a short research, I learn that some of them (but which of them? just some?  or all? and where?) are today available on anthologies, but frankly I preferred to make it short and get things directly from my good old vinyls,

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YOKO ONO - Fly (2 LP, Apple, 1971) @320

Yoko's "Fly" - not yet the period of the beautiful songs... ;);)

This is the scan of the recent CD reissue, includes two bonus tracks at the end of LP 2, especially "Will you touch me" is a fabulous demo song with John Lennon playing guitar (one of his two Gibsons, most likely his J 200 model!) and guiding his wife for the singing line.  Shame that this wasn't present on the original release, I used to have this LP in the early 70s, but I didn't keep it long, and maybe with this song included, I wouldn't have sold it.  I was happy to re-get it back today on CD.  I regret having given away the original gatefold copy, where also a poster and a sticker were included.

I'm virtually in debt to another blogger, Mr. Earl, whom I had a sympathic exchange of opinions with, on his blog, check this link:

http://earlspsychedelicgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/yoko-ono-fly.html

I name Yoko Ono "the woman who killed the Beatles", after the title of a book published in Italy about 6 years ago (see foto below), which would definitely be interesting for all of you who can read Italian.

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However, apart from my previous plans, this version of "Fly" comes from a CD, hence the high rate.

Talking to Mr. Earl (by the way, a Count?!?!), I mentioned Robert Wyatt's solo LP "The end of an ear", which I'm planning to post here soon, although it's an item that you can also find posted somewhere else in other blogs.  It's an album that I always loved very very much, not made for everybody's ears, I must confess, but surely for crazy people like I am.  Aren't you crazy as well?

Well, how come you're members of this blog then? LOL!!!

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One last thing: Yoko made also a short film named "Fly", which I find really nice, so in the next days I'll see to make a package for you all who are interested ;-)
Stay in touch

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YOKO ONO - Feeling the space (Apple, 1973)

One more good number from Yoko, shame that LPs like this aren't available for d/l.  More of hers are about to come...

UPDATE, 29 April 2011
Please check the comment section. There is a new link for a download, without PW!
As you all know, I had to stop loading albums on servers because this would put me in huge danger, but today an Anonymous visitor was so kind to re-load this album up for you all, visitors and friends!
Many thanks to him/her :-))


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YOKO ONO - Approximately infinite universe (2 LP, Apple, 1972)

A quick research, and seems that this double album is not present in any other blog...  So, give a try to these beautiful songs, from the "woman-who-killed-thebeatles"....  Her voice is by nature really adorable, at times even slightly out of tune, which doesn't disturb the atmosphere at all! This time it's something completely different from her "fork torturing a porcelain plate" howling style!

 The album cover and the inner

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