Het is vandaag al een halve eeuw geleden dat “Some time in New York City” werd uitgebracht, a part-studio, part-live double album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band that included backing by Elephant’s Memory, a local band known for their hard partying and anti-establishment musical style. It is the third album to bear Lennon’s name since he left the Beatles. Like Lennon’s previous solo albums, it was co-produced by Lennon and Phil Spector. The album’s agitprop lyrics are very politically charged compared to its predecessors, discussing political and social issues and topics such as sexism, incarceration, colonialism, and racism.

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