John Lennon - Sunday Bloody Sunday

John's seventh "solo" album release, and first double album.
Record One was credited to John and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephants Memory and Invisible Strings.
Record Two was credited to John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with The Mothers of Invention and star studded cast of thousands !!

The first thing to mention is that the album is called "Some Time In New York City" and NOT "Sometime In New York City".

This double album was frustratingly released in America THREE MONTHS before here in the U.K. which meant that import copies were appearing before it`s release, which then means lower sales figures are achieved here. The reason for the delay was again copyright problems with Yoko's name appearing as co-writer on some songs. Northern Songs refused to acknowledge this claim.
Also the album was meant to be a single album WITH a FREE bonus album of the "Live Jam", but as usual, it was assigned a catalogue number pushing it into a higher retail price bracket.

Record One was recorded between 1st March and 20th March 1972 in New York with John and Yoko and Phil Spector producing.
As well as the tracks for record one, a number of unreleased tracks are also recorded with Elephants Memory which are :
"Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog", "Send Me Some Lovin", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On", "It'll Be Me", "Not Fade Away", "Ain't That A Shame", and "Caribbean".
Elephants Memory were a New York rock band who were best known at the time for their musical contribution to the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" which starred Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight (George once owned a car previously owned by Jon Voight).

Record two details are listed below with the tracklisting.

The album cover is designed to look like a newspaper, and along with the lyrics has a few political statements too.
The face in the apple top left is Phil Spector, and underneath the picture it says, "To know him is to love him".
On the rear it says, "This album was completed on March 20th 1972, our third wedding anniversary".
Sleeve concept was by John and Yoko and realized by Al Steckler.
The sleeve design was by Michael Gross.
The record labels do not feature an Apple, but have the John and Yoko "merging heads" design.
The double album also came with a postcard of the Statue of Liberty and a petition about John's expulsion from the U.S. (not included in the American release)
CREDITS:
John - Lead Vocal, guitar, (slide guitar on "John Sinclair").
Yoko - Vocals, drums.
Jim Keltner - Drums, percussion.
Elephants Memory.
Stan Bronstein - Saxophone, flute.
Richard Frank Jr. - Drums, percussion.
Gary Van Scyoc - Bass.
Adam Ippolito - Piano, organ.
Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel - Guitar.

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[TheDunne1969]

top lyrics mr lennon,why does n't british media ever play this song?????? ha ha cos they  are ashamed

[Foxyarse2]

Its what a social conscience does to you

[zoso7889]

@TheDunne1969 You do know that Red Flag 74 claimed responsibility for that bomb and those Irish trialed for it were wrongly imprisoned?

[DeclanCorkerry]

Let's be fair, the British are occupying N.I, those who wanted to march as an act of hatred for such occupation did, and the Brit Army (cowardly fuckers) shot rubber bullets at peaceful protest marchers. Those still siding with the sympathy for the Brits, lost cause people we're still finding out today some of the vile acts the soldiers comitted on the innocent and oppressed in N.I!!!! Tiocfaidh ár lá.....

[DeclanCorkerry]

@TheDunne1969 Cameron didn't apologise for fuck all!!! Stop chatting shit!

[macunfraidh]

@IsleOfAlbion I'm pretty sure the PIRA apologised for the Birmingham bomb. As for the Bloody Sunday march itself, it certainly was peaceful. No one that was marching was initially violent. There were however, republicans that began throwing bricks and bottles, but they weren't on the march.

[IsleOfAlbion]

and weres our apology from the IRA ,the birmingham 21 got no justice ,no world support , without provocation you say , the soldiers were being bricked and bottled , it wasnt a peaceful march , the soldiers were wrong ,yes , now weres the IRAs apology and the people who support them

[IsleOfAlbion]

@TheDunne1969 and im saying ,if your going to tell the story,tell both sides you had irish americans funding the IRA thinking they were freedom fighters , as you said terrorists , bloody sunday was an illegal march ,parts who rioted ,birmingham, was and ordinary night out ,in a civilian town, young people ,some with irish surnames even, blown to bits , the IRA represented and were supported by most nationalists , if lennon spoke out against the army he should have also spoke out against the IRA

[IsleOfAlbion]

@TheDunne1969 the irish dont see them as terrorists , and lennon said he,d side with the IRA , so he,d side with terrorists would he ,who have killed soldiers from his own city and murdered 21 people in birmingham, so you say the lives of birmingham people are worth less than the ones on bloody sunday ,are you ,lennon came out and said he supported the republicans , the world knows ,through the media about bloody sunday, they know little of the birmingham bombings

[TheDunne1969]

@IsleOfAlbion Birmingham pub bombing victims were innocent people killed by terrorists,bloody sunday victims were innocent unarmed civil rights protesters killed without provocation by the British army,which David Cameron had to apoligise for in june 2010 after the Saville inquiry,whats even about that????