Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions (2016 Vinyl)＜完全生産限定＞

今作は1969年作品。A面は1969年3月2日ケンブリッジ・フェスティヴァルでのヨーコの絶叫とジョンのアヴァンギャルドなギターでの演奏のライヴ録音。B面はロンドンのクイーン・シャルロッツ&チェルシー病院の病室でヨーコが入院中に録音されたドキュメント。オリジナル・マスターテープからの新リマスター盤。

This album, subtitled UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 2, is linked to its predecessor (TWO VIRGINS: UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1) by name only. Though both offer recordings that found John Lennon happily stepping into the avant-garde world of his paramour, this album departs from the sound collage approach of their debut and instead offers a range of real time recordings. The improvisational 26-minute "Cambridge 1969" is from a live performance and primarily features Yoko Ono's vocals and Lennon's feedback guitar. Four subsequent pieces (originally comprising side two of the album) were recorded at the Queen Charlotte Hospital in London. Yoko occupied a room there at a critical juncture in a difficult pregnancy (ultimately suffering a miscarriage) and John took up on the floor beside her. This documents their desire to draw poetry and emotional resonance from their life together as well as to make art from their surroundings. The five minutes of "Baby's Heartbeat" followed by the "Two Minutes Silence" may not be a riveting traditional listening experience, but it is conceptually moving.