I got this on vinyl yesterday, having never listened to it before. but i'll always fall victim to a good cover. in this case, not only do i love the cover, but i mean, it's the Plastic Ono Band. granted, all i've really listened to is the John Lennon Plasic Ono Band album. and honestly i never really got very into that. so i was pretty interested in what this was going to end up sounding like. i guess the deal is that one side is John and one side is Yoko. John's side consists of some old time rock 'n' roll covers, like Blue Suede Shoes. but also some Lennon originals like Yer Blues and Give Peace a Chance. apparently John was sick and throwing up and other such things before the show, so he wasn't real happy with the final outcome of these recordings. But Eric Clapton's playing guitar, Klaus Voorman's playing bass and Alan White's playing drums, which he would later do for Yes in 1972. so it basically sounds good, old timely rock. The Yoko side only has two songs, one nearly five minutes and the other over twelve. for listening to the soundtrack to a performance piece, it's really pretty good. you have to imagine that the important thing that was going on was what was happening on stage visually. and not that i think that sound doesn't or shouldn't matter, but i understand Yoko's mindset a little bit.
Obviously people are going to favor Lennon's side of this album, but i have to say that i stick by Yoko Ono as an artist, and this album is good enough.
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