John & Yoko 'Wedding Album' 50th Anniversary reissue edition coming in March 2019

I'm getting the vinyl release IF my $15.98 Amazon pre-order holds up. By most accounts, the packaging is pretty nice. As far as listening, it's likely a one-and-done prospect for me.

I guess we can't all gush over these Unfinished Music releases.

 

I'm not gushing over them. Look they aren't my favorite in the Yoko discography (since I'm not really a John/Beatles fan), but if you don't like them, you don't have to buy them -- you also don't have to be a dick about it like most of the snarky posters here.

 

There was only one post that I saw that could be described as dickish and it was deservedly gorted.

The Wedding Album was as much about packaging as it was about the contents of the record, if not more so. I think that it's totally fair for someone to state that they won't buy this because the music itself isn't good, in spite of the elaborate packaging. None of the Unfinished Music albums are known for their listenability so I'm not really sure what you expect in a thread about The Wedding Album.

 

The amazon price is for the box set there is no stand alone vinyl I emailed the company that make the vinyl they replied . So let’s hope the orders don’t get cancelled
This is the email I got back

Hi Adam,
Thanks for reaching out! This is only available in the boxset, and we do not currently have plans for a standalone.
Best,
Rachel

 

Yes, it only sold for $7.98 IIRC

 

Good points, although there is some evidence that Two Virgins is actually John and Yoko overdubbing some sounds on top of home recordings John already had, and allegedly IIRC Pete Shotten (?) or someone like that contributed some too, and John and Yoko added their "sounds" to the recordings when they first "hooked up."

As for who drove the project, I mean yes Yoko has a lot of input and ideas on the three Unfinished albums, but as far as the whole idea of Zapple and released odd audio verite and spoken word things through APPLE, surely that general idea was John's when the whole concept of Apple was created, before Yoko was really in the picture. Once he and Yoko were solidified, John probably saw this as a great vehicle for Yoko's art and a way to collaborate with her through Apple. Makes sense to me.

Of course once the idea was started, she took it and ran with it. I doubt it was John's idea to have their miscarried child's heartbeat on a record, for instance. That's pure Yoko. And I think John allowed her to do whatever she wanted to do, knowing that with his name on it, a few more people who see her art and at least attempt to engage with it.

It's like Andy Warhol having his name on the first Velvet's album. It's like "John Lennon presents...Yoko!" That kind of vibe. But things like just recording "Amsterdam" is right from the Get Back sessions documentary style playbook, and there's no reason to think that couldn't have been John's idea to film and record their every move.

 

It's amazing how similar all these albums we buy to sit on a shelf sound the same. That being the silent sound of our collections, waiting to be played.

 

Hey man, I've read all the dull stuff that's fallen out of your skull in this thread without being a dick. Live and let live!

 

I have a Japanese vinyl box set on Odeon records from I think it was the 1980s or early 90s. The only thing that I was unhappy about was the fact that it didn't have the Apple label. I also have the Ryko CD and a Japanese mini album box set, I think that's also on Ryko or whoever distributed the Ryko version in Japan.

I'm looking forward to this forthcoming white vinyl reissue!

 

Yes it was but those LPs from England were basically a price gouge for community record stores & local head shops...I paid 16.99 each for Two Virgins , Life With The Lions & Electronic Sound & Wonderwall Music...

Remember that TWA was the 1st box set of any kind even it did contain only 1 LP & that was reason enough to increase & it was a favorite Beatle as well...again the sellers knew they could get those prices...

I also paid 9.99 for the Live Peace orig. w / calendar...

In the 80s when the Beatles had their 3rd Beatlemania the new represses were selling for $20-$25 & TWA $50...

My wife paid $100 for an orig. Japanese pressing in 83...

Shops charged those prices because 1st generation Beatle-niks like myself could / would pay it...

Just like new vinyl today , same principle , different era & of course quality was A+ (for the most part)

I can't recall having to ever return a 60s orig. Beatle 45 or LP import or domestic

 

John was a admirer of Capt.Beefhearts avant-garde psychedelic musings & especially fond of Safe As Milk...

And John being John always pushing the musical envelope fancied himself as a respectable (through Yokos encouragement) Avant-garde genius...

3 LPs later proved that he was wrong...

Must haves for collectors only

 

I don't know....those tapes could be "worn out" from all the pressings over the years of this 'classic'.

 

I have a fifteen-minute version called 'Carnival of Silence'.

 

They should reissue the actual wedding cake on the next Record Store Day.......serve it to the fans waiting in line to happily pay $100 for a yellow vinyl POS.

 

As promised.

 

@apple-richard the calendar belongs to Live Peace in Toronto I believe.

 

And John staying mono in the subwoofer?

 

True!

 

Nope same one in both of them but the Wedding album did not have a spiral. The Live Peace came with a metal or plastic spiral. Since it was dinging the record the calendar was removed and a post card was put in to send for one. I have a few; German, French 2 USA and a sealed USA.

 

Nope.

 

Nice! I have the UK first pressing, but unfortunately no calendar in there.

 

Sorry Richard but the calendar came inside Live Peace in Toronto. You would see all the thick spiral part sticking out and wrapped in shrink near the opening of the LP cover, We sold them in our stores in the 70s and the calendar was included for a long time. It did not come in the Wedding Album.....

Im confused. Thought you said it didn't come in Peace. Never mind......

 

I just opened this sealed one without a calendar I bought in 1982 for $10.

 

Read post 170 then post 174.