The Words and Music of John Lennon

Series Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv In My Life: The Early Years 1(4) Lyrical Influences 2(1) Musical Influences 2(1) Beatle Moonlighting 3(2) The Ballad of John and Yoko, Late 1968 to Early 1970 5(12) Two Virgins 5(1) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 6(1) Life with the Lions 7(1) ``Give Peace a Chance'' 8(2) Wedding Album 10(1) ``Cold Turkey'' 11(2) Live Peace in Toronto 13(2) ``Instant Karma!'' 15(2) Gimme Some Truth, 1970--1973 17(28) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 17(7) Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band 24(1) ``Power to the People'' 25(1) The Elastic Oz Band: ``God Save Us''/``Do the Oz'' 26(1) Imagine 26(7) ``Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'' 33(1) Fly 34(1) David Peel: The Pope Smokes Dope 35(2) Sometime in New York City 37(5) Live Jam 42(1) The Elephant's Memory Band: Elephant's Memory 43(1) Approximately Infinite Universe 44(1) What You Got, 1973--1975 45(26) Ringo Starr: ``I'm the Greatest'' 46(1) Feeling the Space 47(1) Mind Games 47(7) Collaborations I 54(2) Walls and Bridges 56(7) Collaborations II 63(2) Rock `N' Roll 65(6) Cleanup Time, 1975--1980 71(12) Shaved Fish 72(1) A Final Collaboration: Ringo Starr's ``Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)'' 72(1) Present in Absentia 73(1) Double Fantasy: A Heart Play 74(9) I Don't Wanna Face It, 1981--1988 83(22) Posthumous Releases, 1981--1984 83(11) Posthumous Releases, 1985--1988 94(11) Gone from This Place: The Continuing Legacy 105(16) Lennon 105(1) Playground Psychotics 106(1) Onobox 106(1) Lennon Legend 106(1) Liverpool Sound Collage 107(1) Covered #1 107(1) The Beatles Anthology 107(3) John Lennon Anthology 110(5) Wonsaponatime 115(1) Working Class Hero (Covers Collection) 115(1) John Lennon's Jukebox 115(1) Acoustic 116(1) John Lennon: The Musical 117(1) Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon 118(1) The U.S. vs. John Lennon 119(1) ``Cambridge 1969'' 119(2) Afterword 121(4) Discography 125(10) Notes 135(4) Annotated Bibliography 139(40) Index 179