Wedding Album

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Wedding Album
Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam
Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Length47:38
LabelApple
ProducerJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono
John Lennon and Yoko Ono chronology
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
(1969) 		Wedding Album
(1969) 		Live Peace in Toronto 1969
(with The Plastic Ono Band)
(1969)

Wedding Album is the third and final in a succession of three

albums by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It followed Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins and Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
. In Britain, the album was released credited by "John and Yoko", without last names mentioned. In the United States, it was released credited by "John Ono Lennon & Yoko Ono Lennon."

Recording

"John & Yoko", the first side, a recording made on 22 and 27 April 1969, is of Lennon and Ono calling out each other's names, through a range of volume, tempos, and emotions, over the sound of their heartbeats. The two recorded on individual microphones.[2][3] Lennon described the heartbeats as being "like African drums", and the piece being "like an extended, very extreme John and Marsha that was out years ago by Stan Freberg. It really makes your hair stand on end."[2] Lennon edited the two together on 1 May 1969.[4]

"Amsterdam", the second side, had been recorded first, in a hotel room at the

Bed-In" honeymoon.[2] An early form of what would become "John John Let's Hope for Peace" forms the beginning of "Amsterdam".[2] There were also four other musical interludes including Lennon performing a blues-style composition on acoustic guitar, featuring the words "Goodbye Amsterdam Goodbye". Ono sings "Grow Your Hair", a song regarding peace. Lennon sings a brief excerpt in a cappella of the Beatles song "Good Night".[5] The last interlude is a short recitation of the words "Bed peace" and "Hair peace".[2][4]

Outtakes and interviews from Lennon and Ono's

Bed-In were released as promo 7" vinyl acetates by Bell.[6]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
MusicHoundwoof![8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Wedding Album was initially released on

The Plastic Ono Band composed by Ono. The album was reissued again in March 2019 on Sean Lennon's Chimera label in collaboration with Secretly Canadian. This edition was released with the two original tracks. The release commemorated the 50th anniversary of the famous Bed-In in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in March 1969.[12]

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Track listing

All pieces by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."John & Yoko"22:44
Side two
No.TitleLength
2."Amsterdam"25:00
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
3."Who Has Seen the Wind?" (Ono)2:05
4."Listen, the Snow Is Falling" (Ono)3:25
5."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" (Demo) (Ono)2:15
  • The bonus tracks are not present on the 2019 Reissue.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position 		Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 178 3

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ US Apple SMAX 3361
  2. ^ UK Apple SAPCOR 11
  3. ^ Lennon and Ono's marriage was held in Gibraltar on 20 March 1969.[2]
Citations
  1. ISBN 9780826463210
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "John Lennon Discography". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ^ William Ruhlmann. "Wedding Album - Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Wedding Album". beatlesbible.com. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Good Night Song". beatlesbible.com. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ISBN 9781440216497
    .
  7. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Wedding Album - John Lennon, Yoko Ono". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  8. ISBN 1-57859-061-2
    ), p. 667.
  9. ^ "John Lennon: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  10. ^ "John Lennon & Yoko Ono Wedding Album". rarebeatles.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Wedding Album - Lennon/Ono". discogs. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Yoko Ono Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary with Reissue of 1969 Release 'Wedding Album'".
  13. ^ John Lennon: listen to this book, by John Blaney
  14. ^ Calkin, Graham. "The Wedding Album". Jpgr.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

External links

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