Rykodisc to reissue Yoko albums: Update (7/28/97): Here are the bonus tracks from the rest of Ryko's Yoko reissues: "Fly": "Between The Takes" 1:56 (Previously unreleased) Yoko Ono: voice. Ringo Starr: drums. Klaus Voormann: Bass. Recorded in 1970 and "Will You Touch Me?" 2:45 (Previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: voice. John Lennon: acoustic guitar. Recorded on cassette, Bank Street period. "Approximately Infinite Universe": "Dogtown: 2:49 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal. John Lennon: acoustic guitar. Recorded on cassette, Bank Street period. "She Gets Down On Her Knees" 2:45 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal and piano. Recorded on cassette, 1974. "Feeling The Space": "I Learned To Stutter"/"Coffin Car" 6:51 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocals and piano. John Lennon: guitar. Recorded live on 1/4" at The First International Feminist Conference, Cambridge, MA 1973. "Mildred, Mildred" 3:36 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocals. John Lennon: acoustic guitar. Recorded on cassette, Bank Street period. "A Story": "Anatano Te"/"Your Hands" 3:35 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal and piano. Recorded on cassette, Dakota period. "Extension 33" 1:27 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal and piano. Recorded on cassette, Dakota period. "Now Or Never" -1:18 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal. Recorded live in Budapest, 1986. "Season of Glass": "Walking On Thin Ice" 6:56 (Single version) Yoko Ono: vocal. John Lennon: guitar, keyboards. Hugh McCracken: rhythm guitar. Earl Slick: rhythm guitar. Tony Levin: bass. Andrew Newmark: drums. Jack Douglas: percussion. "I Don't Know Why" 2:11(Previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal. Recorded at home on cassette, December 9th, 1980. "It's Alright (I See Rainbows)": "Beautiful Boys" 2:00 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal and piano. Recorded on cassette, Dakota period. "You're The One" 4:50 (previously unreleased version) Yoko Ono: vocal. From the Milk And Honey sessions produced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and included the following musicians. Guitars: John Lennon, Hugh McCracken, Earl Slick, John Tropea, Elliot Randall, Steve Love. Bass Guitar: Tony Levin, Neil Jason, Wayne Pedziwiatr. Drums: Andy Newmark, Yogi Horton, Allan Schwartzberg. Piano: George Small. Synthesizer and Keyboards: Paul Griffin. Percussion: Arthur Jenkins, Jr., Jimmy Maelen. Synthesizers: Pete Cannarozzi, Ed Walsh. Baritone Saxophone: Howard Johnson. Background vocals: Bordon Grody, Kurt Yahijan, Carlos Alomar, Billy and Bob Allessi, Pete Thorn. "Starpeace": "Imagine" (no session information).
Update (6/18/97): Here are the bonus tracks from the first set of Ryko's Yoko reissues (thanks, Matthew): Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (John and Yoko) with "Remember Love," the B-side to "Give Peace A Chance;" Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions (John and Yoko) with "Song For John," an unreleased ballad by Yoko with John on acoustic guitar, and "Mulberry," a jam in which Yoko improvises a vocal over John's guitar; Wedding Album (John and Yoko) with "Who Has Seen The Wind?," the B-side to "Instant Karma," an unreleased alternate take of "Listen, The Snow Is Falling," the B-side to "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," and an unreleased acoustic version of "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)," the B-side to "Cold Turkey," with John on guitar; and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with an unreleased, 7-minute take of "Open Your Box," the B-side of "Power To The People," with John, Ringo and Klaus; "The South Wind," a 16-and-a-half-minute jam in which Yoko improvises a vocal over John's guitar, and "Something More Abstract," which Ice describes as "a brief, amusing bit of studio interplay involving Lennon and Starr following a musical suggestion from Ono."
(2/8/97, updated 2/13/97 with infomation from Rykodisc) Rykodisc, which issued the Yoko Ono boxed set "Onobox" a few years ago, plans a series of re-releases of her albums that will include some John and Yoko albums on Apple never before on legitimate CDs, and the first separate release of "A Story," which made its debut in the boxed set. Each will be in a jewelcase and the artwork will approximate the original releases as close as possible (except, of course, for "A Story," since that was never released outside of "Onobox"). These will be released by Rykodisc worldwide.