The intensity of interest in the music of John Lennon coupled with the push by the estate to revitalize the music created by him has been resurgent and enormous. With that, the estate will now look to mine the impactful John Lennon combined set studio and live set, Some Time In New York City. Released in 1972, Some Time In New York City was not well-received during the time of its initial release. With four sides, the 2LP package presented ten new Lennon tracks (three penned by Yoko Ono), while two live sets created the space for the second LP. (One side featured two live performance tracks from the December15, 1969 UNICEF show with George Harrison at London’s Lyceum Ballroom, and the other side with four performance tracks from the June 6, 1971 show at NYC’s Fillmore East with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. A massive update of this set along with a treasure of bonus materials and extras was planned for 2022. This box will look at the live sets from the original album and add exponentially to it.
Now scheduled for October 10, the Box to be known as Power To The People, will contain 9CDs and 3Blu-ray discs, and will be packed with a 204-page book, 2 postcards, 2 sheets of stickers, a poster, and an envelope that includes two replica tickets from the show, a replica backstage pass, and a replica after show pass. This set will contain 31 liv performance tracks from the two One To One concert sets at Madison Square Garden in NYC on August 30 of 1972.
Also included are 92 bonus tracks that bring new mix versions of Some Time In New York City, alongside unreleased classic Rock covers. Live Jam is an expanded edition of 1972’s Live Jam with George Harrison, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, and Keith Moon. A set referred to as Home Jam will offer 33 acoustic demos from the Lennon private collection. All in all, the box set will be extensive and definitive for collectors of Lennon works.
Power to the People will be offered as the above explained 9CD/3BD Box, 4LP Black Vinyl (One To One Concert – Afternoon (LP1/2) and Evening Shows (LP3/4)), 2LP Black Vinyl (best of choices from both sets), 2LP Transparent Green color vinyl), DD, 2CD (with Afternoon and Evening sets and 20-page booklet) and a single CD Edition (with best of selections from both sets and 20-page booklet).
Many of the tracks found on the Blu-ray discs will be represented in Hi-Resolution HD Stereo, Dolby Atmos, and 5.1 Surround.
Power To The People – John Lennon (with Yoko Ono, Elephant’s Memory, Plastic Ono Band)
CD1/BD1 (Best of Selections – Live At One To One Concert Afternoon Set/Evening Set -MSG, NYC – August 30, 1972)
01 Power to the People (Intro) [Afternoon Show]
02 New York City (Afternoon Show)
03 It’s So Hard (Afternoon Show)
04 Move On Fast (Afternoon Show)
05 Well Well Well (Evening Show,)
06 Born in a Prison (Afternoon Show)
07 Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) [Afternoon Show]
08 Mother (Afternoon Show,)
09 We’re All Water (Evening Show)
10 Come Together (Evening Show)
11 Imagine (Afternoon Show)
12 Open Your Box (Afternoon Show,)
13 Cold Turkey (Afternoon Show)
14 Don’t Worry Kyoto (Afternoon Show)
15 Hound Dog (Evening Show)
16 Law and Order (Evening Show)
17 Give Peace a Chance (Evening Show)
CD2/BD1 (Afternoon Show)
01 Power To The People (intro)
02 New York City
03 It’s So Hard
04 Move On Fast
05 Well Well Well
06 Born In A Prison
07 Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
08 Mother
09 We’re All Water
10 Come Together
11 Imagine
12 Open Your Box
13 Cold Turkey
14 Don’t Worry Kyoko
15 Hound Dog
CD3/BD1 (Evening Show)
01 Power To The People (intro)
02 New York City
03 It’s So Hard
04 Move On Fast
05 Well Well Well
06 Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
07 Mother
08 We’re All Water
09 Born In A Prison
10 Come Together
11 Imagine
12 Open Your Box
13 Cold Turkey
14 Hound Dog
15 Law And Order
16 Give Peace A Chance
CD4/BD2 (New York City (The Ultimate Mixes)
01 New York City
02 Sisters, O Sisters
03 Attica State
04 Born In A Prison
05 Sunday Bloody Sunday
06 The Luck Of The Irish
07 John Sinclair
08 Angela
09 We’re All Water
CD5/BD2 (New York City – The Evolution Documentary)
01. New York City
02. Sisters, O Sisters
03. Attica State
04. Born In A Prison
05. Sunday Bloody Sunday
06. The Luck Of The Irish
07. John Sinclair
08. Angela
09. We’re All Water
CD6/BD2 (New York City Studio Jam/Elements Mixes)
Studio Jam
01 Jazz Freakout
02 You Can’t Sit Down
03 Roll Over Beethoven
04 Honey, Don’t
05 Ain’t That A Shame
06 My Babe
07 Send Me Some Lovin’
08 Fools Like Me
09 Down In The Caribbean
10 Happy Birthday Yoko Ono
11 That’s Right
12 Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog
13 Yoko’s Rhythm
14 Whole Lotta Shakin’ / It’ll Be Me
15 Yakety Yak
16 Road Runner
Elements Mixes
17 Sisters, O Sisters
18 Born In A Prison
19 The Luck Of The Irish
20 Angela
CD7/BD3 (Live Jam 1)
Peace and Love For Christmas: UNICEF – Lyceum Ballroom, London – December 15, 1969
01 Cold Turkey
02 Don’t Worry Kyoko
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band/Frank Zappa and The Mothers – Fillmore East, NYC – June 6, 1971
03 Well (Baby Please Don’t Go)
04 Jamrag [Say Please / King Kong / Aawk]
05 Scumbag
06 Aü
CD8/BD3 (Live Jam 2)
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band w/ David Peel and The Lower East Side – John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena. Ann Arbor, MI – December 10, 1971
01 Attica State (live) †
02 The Luck Of The Irish (live)
03 Sisters, O Sisters (live) †
04 John Sinclair (live)
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band – Live Benefit For Families of Riot at Attica Correctional – Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC – December 17, 1971
05 Attica State
06 Sisters, O Sisters
07 Imagine
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band – David Frost Show at Little Theatre, NYC – December 16, 1971
08 Attica State
09 Sisters, O Sisters
10 John Sinclair
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band – Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon – Americana Hotel, NYC – September 4, 1972
11 Imagine
12 Now Or Never
13 Give Peace A Chance
CD9/BD3 (Home Jam/Demos: St. Regis Hotel, NYC – September 10, 1971/October 27, 1971/Campus Inn, Ann Arbor – December 10, 1971)
September 10, 1971
01 Shazam
02 Honey, Don’t
03 Glad All Over
04 Lend Me Your Comb
05 Wake Up Little Susie
06 New York City
07 Wake Up Little Susie
08 ‘Hey, que pasa?’
09 You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)
10 Vacation Time
11 Heartbeat
12 Peggy Sue Got Married
13 Peggy Sue
14 ‘Phone call from Henry Gotsello’
15 Peggy Sue
16 ‘Now we’d like to change the mood a little…’
17 Maybe Baby
18 Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
19 Rave On!
20 Twelve Bar Blues
October 27, 1971
21 I Got You
22 Hi-Heel Sneakers
23 Slippin’ And Slidin’
24 Gone From This Place
December 10, 1971
25 Send Me Some Lovin’
26 He Got The Blues
27 When The Teacher
28 Pill
29 It’s Real
With Phil Ochs
30 I Ain’t Marching Anymore
31 Joe Hill
32 Chords Of Fame
33 Ringing Of Revolution