| | John Lennon Unfinished Music, No. 2: Life With The Lions CD John Lennon Discography of CDs
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Recorded live at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, England on March 2, 1969 and at Queen Charlotte Hospital, London, England on November 4 & 25, 1968.
This album, subtitled UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 2, is linked to its predecessor (TWO VIRGINS: UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1) by name only. Though both offer recordings that found John Lennon happily stepping into the avant-garde world of his paramour, this album departs from the sound collage approach of their debut and instead offers a range of real time recordings. The improvisational 26-minute "Cambridge 1969" is from a live performance and primarily features Yoko Ono's vocals and Lennon's feedback guitar.
Four subsequent pieces (originally comprising side two of the album) were recorded at the Queen Charlotte Hospital in London. Yoko occupied a room there at a critical juncture in a difficult pregnancy (ultimately suffering a miscarriage) and John took up on the floor beside her. This documents their desire to draw poetry and emotional resonance from their life together as well as to make art from their surroundings. The five minutes of "Baby's Heartbeat" followed by the "Two Minutes Silence" may not be a riveting traditional listening experience, but it is conceptually moving.
Personnel: John Lennon (vocals, acoustic guitar); Yoko Ono (vocals, wind); John Tchicai (saxophone); John Stevens (percussion).
Audio Remasterer: George Marino.
Recording information: Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, England (03/02/1969-11/04/1986); Queen Charlotte Hospital, London, England (03/02/1969-11/04/1986).
Photographer: Susan Wood.
Personnel: John Lennon (acoustic guitar); Yoko Ono (vocals); John Tchicai (saxophone); John Stevens (percussion); Mal Evans.
Reissue producers: Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens.
Spin (9/97, p.157) - "...Lennon's feedback textures sound startlingly contemporary--the way he plays against Ono's mantric form-warbles, sinking into free-jazz gush, could be mistaken for something newly struck by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore..."
Melody Maker (6/28/97, p.58) - "[This] is, assuming you're relatively strong of stomach, fantastic...for all its improvised imprecision, it actually sounds subtle, structured even....tremendously listenable." Unfinished Music, No. 2: Life With The Lions Music John Lennon Unfinished Music, No. 2: Life With The Lions Songs Unfinished Music, No. 2: Life With The Lions Music Review Average Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars)   total crap.
you can call this 'avant' if you want, but in reality this was released to show the ignorance of the buying public in 1969. 'two minutes of silence' is just that. 'cambridge' is guitar noise and yoko screaming. 'no bed for beatle john' is just plain awful - yoko a capella.
Submitted by dave (bluffton, sc, usa)
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I'll start by saying that I bought this CD one sunny Wednesday afternoon, whilst I was living in Cambridge, the raison d'etre of the entire first side of this album, if you;re lucky enough, or albeit rich enough to own it on vinyl! I must say that I'd spent all afternoon in the pub and the mixture of sunshine and lager was reason enough to purchase 'lions..'
I guess what helps with this album is that I'm a real advocate of Lennon's work and moreover I consider myself fairly open minded. In lay terms, this certainly ain't Imagine, but if you are interested in the man behind the music, this album perhaps gives a close insight into this period of Lennon's life, which despite this being the year he was married to Yoko, sent Lennon his fair share of angst too! The most haunting piece is 'Baby's Heart beat,' which is a recording of the heart beat of Yoko's unborn child, which she miscarried. Significantly, I do believe that Cambridge 1969 is a recording of the first ever 'Concert' that John and Yoko performed together in the prestigious Lady Mitchell hall on Sidgwick Avenue..I'd love to know how this was advertised and who attended? This whole thing, I suppose is a bit like an audio diary the concept of which inspired me to produce an 'Avant Garde ' album with my friend Rob when I was only 14! I seem to recall that we even called one of the tracks Radio Play in homage, there's dedication for ya! Enjoy, and experience what life was like for J&Y! Tim Hallam. Leicester, England
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