Ready Or Not: Yoko Ono Albums To Be Reissued
For those of you who feel like maybe it's time you gave Yoko a chance, but
weren't hearty enough to plunk down a half a week's paycheck on 1992's 6-CD
set, Onobox, Rykodisc is splitting the difference. Beginning on May
20th, the label will present 11 different Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band albums,
all of which are being remixed and remastered as needed by Ono herself. Nearly
80% of these tracks were previously available in the box.
The first wave of
releases will be unleashed on May 20 with the four titles, Unfinished Music
#1: Two Virgins, an album or tape manipulation and random noises reportedly
made the night before Ono and John Lennon made love for the first time; its
sequel, Unfinished Music #2: Life With the Lions, which deals with Ono's
subsequent miscarriage and also contains a "song" called "Radio Play," 12
minutes of random radio dial-turning; the collaborative The Wedding
Album, whose second song is a 22 minute drone consisting of the couple
calling each other's name and, finally, the first Plastic Ono Band album,
Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band.
The next set of four releases
(June 10) contains what many considered to be the first post-punk record
(ironic, since it pre-dated punk), the noisy, experimental Fly, credited
to Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. Also released on that day are two other
Plastic Ono Band Yoko titles, and
Feeling the Space. Also included will be Ono's cathartic, personal
album, Season of Glass. July 1st will bring the last set of three
releases, It's Alright (I See Rainbows), Star Peace and A
Story, a previously unreleased album that was included in the box set. Ono
is currently searching for some appropriate bonus tracks for the releases.