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.