Released: May 26, 1969 (UK) and May 26, 1969 (US)
Label: Zapple ST-3357/Apple Zapple 01
Produced by: John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Cover Design by: John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Cover Photos by: Susan Wood
Reissued on CD: 20 May 1997 - RYKO RCD 10412
"Unfinished Music No. 2 - Life with the Lions" bylo druhé ze tří avantgardních alb
Johna Lennona a Yoko Ono. Fotografie z obalu tohoto alba zachycují oba protagonisty
ve dvou krizových okamžicích r.1969 - Johna ležícího v nemocnici na nafukovací
matraci vedle lůžka s Yoko po potratu a dále jak jsou obklopeni policií, která je chrání před dotěrnými
novináři a fanoušky poté co v jejich londýnském bytě provedla razii za účelem najít drogy(18.10.1968).
Bylo nalezeno pár gramů kanabisu, za což byli oba odsouzeni a po týdnu propuštěni na kauci.
Slábnoucí tep dítěte John nahrál na magnetofon a použil na tomto albu ve skladbě s
názvem Babe´s Heartbeat. Úvodní skladba Cambridge zachycuje záznam z
jejich živého vystoupení v Cambridge (2.3.1969) v niž za doprovodu hudebníků Johna
Tchicaie a Johna Stevense Yoko přes burácivý zvuk Johnovy kytary vykřikuje co ji právě
napadne. Další "skladby" na tomto albu tvoří No Bed For Beatle John kde zase
oba recitují výňatky z novinových výstřižků pojednávajících o nich samých. V Radio
Play si pro změnu oba hrají s rádiem.
V reedici tohoto alba(opět si jeho vydání vzala na starost firma RYKO) v roce 1997 byly
na CD přidány Song For John a Mulberry - obě od Yoko ...V přiloženém
minibookletu si můžete prohlédnout několik fotografií.
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No bed for Beatle John!
Beatle John Lennon lost his hospital bed yesterday to a patient.
It happened at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London
Where John was keeping vigil in the room
Where his girlfriend, Yoko Ono
Is being kept under observation.
When he realized his bed was needed for an urgent case
John sent out for a sleeping bag.
And last night
He was once more happily kipped down alongside Yoko
In the sleeping bag.
Yoko who expects her baby next February
Will remain in the hospital for another few days.
A Beatles spokesman said
"There is a good chance for the baby's survival."
The Beatles win battle of the nude LP!
The Beatles have won their fight to put out an LP record
With a sleeve showing John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the nude!
EMI, the world's biggest recording company
Whose artists includes the Beatles
Refused to handle the LP called 'Two Virgins'
Because of the sleeve.
So did the group's American outlet, Capitol Records.
But the record with its controversial sleeve
Will be released in both countries next month.
An official of The Beatles Apple company said last night
The sleeve has not been censored or altered in any way.
We are pleased it is being distributed
But it may be that some record shops
Will still refuse to handle it.
Song For John
Yoko Ono
On a windy day
Let´s go on flying
There may be no trees to rest on
There may be no clouds to ride
But we´ll have our wings and the wing will be with us
That´s enough for me
That´s enough for me.
On a windy day
We went out flying
There was no sea to rest on
There were no hills to glide
We saw an empty bottle rolling down the street
And on a cupboard stand at the corner of the street
Wrinkled souls piled up like grapefruits
