Post subject: [2025-10-10] John Lennon And Yoko Ono/The Plastic One Band "Power To The People" 9CD/3BD box set (Mercury)
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:46 am
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Golly. It looks as if a song has been left off. I guess that only certain musicians can use that word. John's coolness must have expired some time in the last 53 years.
Post subject: [2025-10-10] John Lennon And Yoko Ono/The Plastic One Band "Power To The People" 9CD/3BD box set (Mercury)
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Larry wrote:
Golly. It looks as if a song has been left off. I guess that only certain musicians can use that word. John's coolness must have expired some time in the last 53 years.
Thanks for confirming. The opening track at that. An instant pass for me for that alone. It is IMO an appropriate (perhaps only) use of the word given the context/power of the song, which is - again IMO - the strongest track on a weak album (though I do like John Sinclair quite a bit). Intended to be stark and abrasive. Within the context of the song, the word's inclusion was intended to shock/offend - not in a way of superficial 'shock value' - but to draw the attention to the issue: 'woman is the slave of the slaves' It works.
Considering its inclusion on the 2010 (! - where have the years gone) Signature box, it simply is egregious to exclude (no issue with any critical commentary within the book ect., but to strip it outright simply defeats the purpose of this type of release).
Post subject: [2025-10-10] John Lennon And Yoko Ono/The Plastic One Band "Power To The People" 9CD/3BD box set (Mercury)
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THAT song should be included in all its versions (studio, live, elements, evolution) as hidden tracks. Meanwhile, disc 1 is a distillation of discs 2 and 3, which is a waste of space. It's not as annoying as five alternate mixes of the same 12 songs (one of which was three seconds of silence) that made up the Mind Games box, but still.
Post subject: [2025-10-10] John Lennon And Yoko Ono/The Plastic One Band "Power To The People" 9CD/3BD box set (Mercury)
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wardo wrote:
THAT song should be included in all its versions (studio, live, elements, evolution) as hidden tracks. Meanwhile, disc 1 is a distillation of discs 2 and 3, which is a waste of space. It's not as annoying as five alternate mixes of the same 12 songs (one of which was three seconds of silence) that made up the Mind Games box, but still.
I mentioned that first disc in a post on another board. Really?
Post subject: [2025-10-10] John Lennon And Yoko Ono/The Plastic One Band "Power To The People" 9CD/3BD box set (Mercury)
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:17 pm
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There was actually a teaser image released three years ago for this:
The outrage about the track you're all discussing -- as well as the original cover art -- might be what caused the planned Sometime In New York City project to be reworked into the Power To The People box.
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Amazon pre-order links for the 9CD/3BD Super Deluxe Edition box are now in the first post. (The USA link is already live; the UK and Canada links should be active soon.)
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