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Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story – told in revelatory detail – of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in the words of John & Yoko and the people who were there.Features 80% exclusive, hitherto-unpublished archive photos and footage sequences of all the key players in situ, together with lyric sheets, Yoko’s art installations, and exclusive new insights and personal testimonies from Yoko and over forty of the musicians, engineers, staff, celebrities, artists and photographers who were there – including Julian Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim Keltner, David Bailey, Dick Cavett and Sir Michael Parkinson.‘A lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren’t there, so I’m very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of the participants have kindly given their time to “gimme some truth” in their own words and pictures’ Yoko Ono Lennon, 2018In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire, England, in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds, and at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of the title track were inspired by Yoko Ono’s ‘event scores’ in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017.Imagine John Yoko tells the story of John & Yoko’s life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments showcasing Yoko’s closely guarded archive of photos and artefacts, using artfully compiled narrative film stills, and featuring digitally rendered maps, floorplans and panoramas that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John & Yoko introduce each chapter and song; Yoko also provides invaluable additional commentary and a preface. All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks – including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover. With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was created, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to John & Yoko and their place in cultural history.

A Collector's Edition of Imagine John Yoko - the definitive inside story of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it - personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono.In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire, England, in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds, and at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of the title track were inspired by Yoko Ono's `event scores' in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017.Imagine John Yoko tells the story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments showcasing Yoko's closely guarded archive of photos and artefacts, using artfully compiled narrative film stills, and featuring digitally rendered maps, floorplans and panoramas that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John & Yoko introduce each chapter and song; Yoko also provides invaluable additional commentary and a preface.All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks - including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover.With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was created, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to John & Yoko and their place in cultural history.

Described by Lennon as ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’, and widely regarded by critics as his best solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released alongside the remarkable Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band on 11 December 1970. With first-hand commentary by John & Yoko, members of the Plastic Ono Band and other key figures in their lives, and packed with evocative and revealing letters, artworks and photographs, this incisive volume offers new insights into the raw emotions and open mindset of Lennon after marriage to Ono and the break-up of the Beatles. Following their wedding in March 1969, Lennon and Ono decided that their future musical endeavours should be credited to a conceptual vehicle, the Plastic Ono Band. The band featured an ever-changing line-up of musicians, including Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Ringo Starr, Alan White, George Harrison, Billy Preston and Jim Keltner, all of whom played live with Lennon and Ono, and contributed to their recordings. The fearless honesty that John & Yoko inspired in one another in their search for truth, meaning and peace had a huge impact on Lennon’s song writing, resulting in the creation of tracks that are intensely personal and unlike anything previously heard in popular music, including ‘Mother’, ‘Working Class Hero’ and ‘God’. This book takes those lyrics as a starting point and explores Lennon’s life, relationships and world view during this transformative period.

Told in revelatory detail, this is the definitive exploration of the writing, recording and release of John Lennon’s celebrated fourth solo album Mind Games. Described by Yoko Ono as ‘ahead of its time’, Mind Games is a breakthrough album from John Lennon in which he employs a Plastic Ono Band comprising the cream of the crop of New York session musicians – a fan favourite that remains a cult classic ever since its first release on 29 October 1973. This insightful and beautiful book presents handwritten lyrics, letters and artworks by Lennon and Ono, and previously unseen photography alongside their firsthand commentary about the lyrics, songs and album artwork, as well as contributions from the musicians, friends, engineers and key figures involved in the making of this landmark album. Mind Games was the product of an exceptionally turbulent time for the Lennons. While Nixon and Hoover were attempting to have Lennon deported, John and Yoko endured endless litigations, and as the popular press turned on them once again, they bravely rose above it all, continuing their campaigns for non-violent peaceful protest to end the war in Vietnam and for equal rights for women. It was also an exciting time, when they both re-embraced mysticism and magical thinking. In this sumptuous volume, text and images from the key players are woven together to reveal not only the details behind the creation, recording and release of this groundbreaking commercial and skilfully crafted recording, but also to shed new light on a period of transformation and experimentation for Lennon and Ono. Publication of this volume will coincide with extensive publicity surrounding the release of an exceptional, completely remixed and reissued 6 x CD / 2 x BluRay digital edition of Mind Games, together with two deluxe Mind Games boxsets, bringing the album to a new generation of listeners.

A powerful collection of quotations from iconic artist and activist Yoko OnoOno-isms is a collection of provocative and powerful quotations from influential artist, musician, songwriter, and peace activist Yoko Ono, providing a richer understanding of this important cultural icon. Since emerging on the international art scene in the early 1960s, Ono has made profound contributions to visual and performance art, filmmaking, and music in work that often radically questions the division between art and the everyday. In recent years she has embraced social media to communicate her artistic and activist messages to even broader audiences around the world.Gathered from interviews, books, song lyrics, social media, and other sources, this nuanced book sheds new light on a complex and multifaceted artist who has shaped our culture in countless ways. The quotations—close to 300 in all—are arranged by subject: art, life, creativity, nature and the environment, love, music, women in society, and peace and social justice. The book also features an introduction and a chronology of Ono’s life and work.“I’ve never seen a line between music and art and performance. And that’s a problem for some people.”“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them.”“I think if you have a persona you show the world that’s separate from your true personality, the strain becomes too much. What [John Lennon and I] decided was just to be ourselves. We didn’t have a conference about it or anything. It’s just the most relaxing way to be.”“I can take hatred, because I don’t believe that people are capable of real hate. We are too lonely for that. We vanish too quickly for that. Do you ever hate a cloud?”“Concentrate your mind on giving, loving, and thanking. Each time you give, you are in less pain. Give as much as you can. Find something you can love. Love as much as you can. Thank as much as you can.”

The last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conducted by New York Times bestselling author David Sheff, featuring a new introduction that reflects on the fortieth anniversary of Lennon's death.Originally published in Playboy in 1981 just after John Lennon's assassination, All We Are Saying is a rich, vivid, complete interview with Lennon and Yoko Ono, covering art, creativity, the music business, childhood beginnings, privacy, how the Beatles broke up, how Lennon and McCartney collaborated (or didn't) on songs, parenthood, money, feminism, religion, and insecurity. Of course, at the heart of the conversation is the deep romantic and spiritual bond between Lennon and Ono.Sheff's insightful questions set the tone for Lennon's responses and his presence sets the scene, as he goes through the kitchen door of Lennon and Yoko's apartment in the Dakota and observes moments at Lennon's famous white piano and the rock star's work at the stove, making them grilled cheese sandwiches. Sheff's new introduction looks at his forty-year-old interview afresh, and examines how what he learned from Lennon has resonated with him as a man and a parent. This is a knockout interview: unguarded, wide-ranging, alternately frisky and intense.

Med boken följer en intressant bonus-DVD med utdrag ur två av Yokos filmer. Det är dels filmen Bottoms, inspelad 1966. Allt man ser är folks nakna rumpor i närbild som rör sig som när man går. Originalfilmen är 80 minuter och innehåller 365 personers rumpor. Detta utdrag är 7 minuter, tillräckligt för att väcka den fascinerande tankeställaren "vad skiljer egentligen rumpor från ansikten?" Den andra filmen är Fly från 1970, en film om en fluga i extrem närbild som går omkring i ett landskap – och när kameran backar lite ser vi att landskapet är en naken kvinna som ligger utsträckt på rygg och att det är flera flugor som utforskar hennes kropp. Utdraget är 7 minuter av originalfilmens 25 minuter.

En friskt blandad kompott av material från Johns och Yokos många uppfinningsrika projekt för freden. Teckningar, foton, tankeväckande utspel, kloka ord, humoristiska överraskningar, fräna provokationer. Med boken följer utan extra kostnad en bonus-DVD med två filmer, dels en film med dokumentärt material från John & Yokos Bed-In-projekt, dels en kortfilm om fred och kärlek som Yoko gjorde häromåret: Onochord. OBS! Boken är helt och hållet på engelska!

En friskt blandad kompott av material från Johns och Yokos många uppfinningsrika projekt för freden. Teckningar, foton, tankeväckande utspel, kloka ord, humoristiska överraskningar, fräna provokationer. Med boken följer utan extra kostnad en bonus-DVD med två filmer, dels en film med dokumentärt material från John & Yokos Bed-In-projekt, dels en kortfilm om fred och kärlek som Yoko gjorde häromåret: Onochord. OBS! Boken är helt och hållet på engelska!

Yoko Ono är konstnär, musiker, fredsivrare, miljökämpe och mycket mer. I sin nya bok - som nyligen utkom i Japan och redan nu kommer på svenska på Bakhåll, innan den kommer ut i USA - tar hon upp angelägna livsfrågor i 26 korta kapitel. Det handlar bland annat om konsten att använda den inre kraft vi alla har, och inte vara rädd för förändring. Inte låta sig hindras i onödan, inte låta sig mobbas, inte låta sig drunkna i sorg. Om att den som är svag på vissa sätt också är stark. Om att slå vakt om sina drömmar. Direktöversatt till svenska från det japanska originalet av Eiko och Yukiko Duke.

Grapefruit är Yoko Onos konstnärliga loggbok och huvudnyckeln till hennes konstnärskap. Den är redan en klassiker inom den moderna konsten. Dubbelspråkig svensk-engelsk utgåva i översättning av Ulf Claesson. (Ny upplaga! Nu inbunden.)

"Något av det olydigaste, motståndskraftigaste som finns! ... Tackar ödmjukast för denna pedagogiska exposé över Onos liv." Alice Kassius Eggers, Aftonbladet "Revansch för Onos zen-feminism! Äntligen börjar världen förstå det hon försökt göra under en karriär som varat i över ett halvt sekel... Vad kan vara mer aktuellt i vår konsumtionsdrivna, jäktade tidsålder än uppmaningen att ligga kvar i sängen, älska och låta håret växa?" Ida Theren, Svenska Dagbladet "Yoko tycker att allt i livet är konst, från att röka sitt könshår till att titta på solen tills den blir fyrkantig... Yoko är obesvärat förargelseväckande. I positiv mening!" Hanna Jedvik, Göteborgsposten Yoko Onos alldeles nya bok har världspremiären förlagd till Sverige. Titeln är Woman Power. OBS! Boken är helt och hållet på engelska. I decennier har Yoko hållit fanan högt för fred och frihet, för kärlek, för icke-våld, för jämlikhet mellan könen. I decennier har hennes visionära utkast till lösningar av de mest gigantiska världsproblemen trotsat den blaserade och uppgivna hållning som så många pessimister framhärdar i. Yoko tror på exemplets makt, på att goda tankar smittar och sprider sig, på att godheten vinner i längden. Och Yoko Ono håller stilen. I denna bok kommer hennes djupa tilltro till kvinnans kraft, till kvinnans oövervinneliga förmågor fram. Woman Power är en bok full av insikter och möjligheter, av provocerande iakttagelser, av annorlunda angreppsvinklar, av nya tänk. En bok full av konst i konstens finaste bemärkelse, det vill säga konsten som en fokusplats för friska omvälvande tankar och nya synsätt.

Every woman has a song to sing. Every woman has a story to tell. And make no mistake about it, brothers. We women have the powers to move the Mountains.

Omslagsfotot visar det kanske mest kända av de många performancekonstverken, Cut Piece. Yoko sitter på scengolvet med sina kläder sönderklippta ? det som just har hänt är att personer i publiken erbjudits att klippa bort bit efter bit av hennes kläder. Denna bild valde hon till omslag för en bok med titeln Woman Power. Är det paradoxalt? Kanske inte. Cut Piece is my hope for world peace. Ett annat av hennes verk, Mend Piece, ger uttryck för den hjälpande, reparerande, helande kraft vi alla har inom oss och har möjlighet att dagligen exekvera, i stort som i smått. En sak, t ex en kopp, är slagen i skärvor. Du lagar den genom att klistra och pussla ihop skärvorna.

Think about mending the world while you mend a broken cup or saucer.

Tänk på att:

Everything you do in life is an event.

Och att:

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality.

Boken har tillkommit i nära samarbete mellan Bakhåll och Yoko personligen. Bakhåll har tidigare publicerat följande Yoko-titlar: Grapefruit, Yes Box, Imagine Yoko, Give Peace A Chance, Funderingar som jag delar med dig samt Ekollon.