The book is out Oct. 9 (John Lennon's birthday). Pre-order now.
Details from Amazon:
Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko
is the definitive inside story-told in revelatory detail-of the making
of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the
creative team, the artworks and the films, in the words of John &
Yoko and the people who were there.
Features 80% exclusive,
hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage sequences of all the key
players in situ, together with lyric sheets, Yoko's art installations,
and exclusive new insights and personal testimonies from Yoko and over
forty of the musicians, engineers, staff, celebrities, artists and
photographers who were there-including Julian Lennon, Klaus Voormann,
Alan White, Jim Keltner, David Bailey, Dick Cavett and Sir Michael
Parkinson.
"A lot has been written about the creation of the
song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren't
there, so I'm very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so
many of the participants have kindly given their time to 'gimme some
truth' in their own words and pictures" -Yoko Ono Lennon, 2018
In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine
at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire,
England, in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds, and
at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of the title track were
inspired by Yoko Ono's "event scores" in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017.
Imagine John Yoko
tells the story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during
this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and
working environments showcasing Yoko's closely guarded archive of photos
and artifacts, using artfully compiled narrative film stills, and
featuring digitally rendered maps, floorplans and panoramas that
recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John & Yoko introduce
each chapter and song; Yoko also provides invaluable additional
commentary and a preface.
All the minutiae is examined: the
locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production
techniques and the artworks-including the creative process behind the
double exposure polaroids used on the album cover.
With a
message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was
created, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to John &
Yoko and their place in cultural history.
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