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Vinyl: JOHN LENNON Yoko Ono "Two Virgins" Original 1968 LP Banned Bag Cover
John Lennon / Unfinished Music Vol. 1: Two Virgins - Apple/Tetragrammaton Records T-5001 (Stereo)(US)(1968) ...This auction is for an original Issue Record on U.S. vinyl. Included is the Brown Bag cover (front only/bag has no backing). The cover measures 12 1/4" in size and has (Matrix) numbers 12796 with a machine stamped MR in the trail-off vinyl as well.
At the time of its release, this album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono gained its greatest notice for its cover, a photograph that depicted the two standing before the camera naked. The recording, too, can be described as naked, in that it contains no music that would interfere with one's ability to hear the normal sounds of life. The record is not unlike what you might get if you turned on a tape recorder for a random half-hour in your home -- snatches of inaudible conversation far away from the microphone, footsteps, wind, and so on. Conceptual "music" in the Cage-ian sense, yes, but not popular music of the kind with which John Lennon had been previously associated in any sense at all.
Track listings and review below ...T he Record and Cover are in great ( Very Good+ to Very Good++ ) condition (album shows some cover wear [no writing or split seams] record vinyl looks great and plays very well). Record will include a high quality resealable plastic outer record sleeve. Satisfaction Guaranteed. For payment please use Paypal (other payments are no longer accepted due to eBay’s new policy. If that is a problem, please let them know and contact us to work something out). Payment and Shipping information is listed below but S/H charges will include actual postage rate (plus $1-2 for shipping supplies). All items are shipped worldwide (except Russia*). Specialized shipping is extra ~ Not responsible for uninsured items ~ Insurance (US prices only) is $2.50 for $5.00 to $200.00 in coverage (Foreign Insurance can be expensive and complicated) ...Thank you (*previous USSR bidders are accepted except ????? ?????? who is no longer a trusted/wanted bidder) (Click the (me) file next to the feedback score for our seller profile)
Detailed item info:
| Track listing Side One | |
| 1. Two Virgins Side Two 1. Two Virgins | |
| Details | |
| Contributing artists: | Ono, Yoko & John Lennon |
| Producer: | John Lennon |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Distributor: | Apple/Tetragrammaton Records |
| Recording mode: | Stereo |
| Album notes | |
| Personnel: John Lennon (vocals, various instruments); Yoko Ono (vocals, various instruments). Originally released in 1968 on Apple Records.Subtitled UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1, this was the first of a series of recordings that were released near the beginning of the couple's relationship. Yoko Ono, a member of the Fluxus art movement, was a respected artist and had been producing pieces in non-traditional media (sound, video, conceptual) throughout the '60s--in fact she met Lennon when he came to one of her gallery exhibitions. With The Beatles in often-fractious circumstances at that time, John Lennon poured his energies into collaborations with Yoko Ono. The two long pieces which comprise the bulk of this vinyl record are both sound collages which incorporate found sounds, bits of other recordings, some keyboards and other instruments, as well as Lennon and Ono variously talking and vocalizing. This was the public's first glimpse of Yoko's particular style of singing which included whoops, warbles and shrieks. The verbal exchanges between the couple is often quite charming and occasionally even funny. | |
| Editorial reviews | |
| ...A lovely collage of whistling, tinkling, speaking, piano, guitar, wailing, and whatsit, TWO VIRGINS sounds a bit like the wilder abstractions of Gong or Amon Duul I... Spin (09/01/1997) |