Elephant's Memory

Я решил открыть эту тему потому что очень люблю и ценю эту группу. Они сыграли не последнюю роль в творчестве Джона и Йоко, да и не только, неапример саксофонист Stan Bronstein играл на некоторых альбомах Aerosmith ("Get Your Wings" например, где сыграл блестящее соло на саксофоне в песне "Same Old Song And Dance").
Я слышал только один их сольный альбом "Elephant's Memory" 1972 года (был записан при участии Джона, Йоко и Фила Спектора). Альбом просто отпадный- с самого начала альбома и до конца драйв не исчезает! Стэн Бронстайн, оказывается не просто суперсаксофонист, но и человек с "луженой глоткой"- диапазон его голоса просто немыслим- он берет и очень низкие и очень высокие ноты, просто супер! Гитарист Уэйн Тэкс Гэбриэл- это тоже отдельный разговор! Он одним из первых в те годы начал думать о технической стороне гитарных соло. Послушайте финальный пассаж 16-ми при темпе 165 в соло из "Liberation Special"- да это просто новаторство, нужно хорошенько поучиться, чтобы так сыграть! В последствии многие гитаристы использовали подобные ходы- и Рэнди Роадс (из группы Оззи Осборна), и Стив Вай, и Браян Мэй (в соло из моей любимой песни "Queen" "Headlong"). Не знаю был ли Тэкс Гэбриэл в этом первым, но во всяком случае до него я ни у кого этого не слышал. Вообще именно благодаря Тэксу Гэбриэлу я взялся за гитару. Я услышал его соло на альбоме Леннона "Live In New York City" еще в 1990-м и подумал, что я тоже так хочу играть. Правда играть я начал лишь в 1995-м году и учился именно на его соло, прослушивая их на замедленной скорости. Это я всё к тому, что говорю о мастерстве Тэкса Гэбриэла со знанием дела, хладнокровно и не руководствуясь эмоциями.
В барабанных вопросах я не столь силен, но у меня есть подозрение, что барабанщик EM Рик Франк играет со сдвоенной педалью! Это особенно заметно в композиции "Gipsy Wolf".
Вещь "Power Boogie" вообще достоина вхождения в золотой фонд рок-н-роллов всех времен и народов, наряду с "Blue Suede Shoes", "Johnny B. Goode" и т. д.
Теперь у меня вопрос- а издавалось ли что-нибудь из "Elephants Memory" на компактах? Я что-то ни разу не встречал.

Я тоже не встречал...

France

UK

ELEPHANT'S MEMORY Liberation Special (Original 1972 Italian Apple 7", b/w Power Boogie, picture sleeve 3c006-94064).

BDS 5033 - Elephants Memory - Elephants Memory [1969] (5-69, #200) Don't Put Me On Trial No More/Crossroads Of The Stepping Stones/Jungle Gym At The Zoo/Super Heep/R.I.P./Band Of Love//Takin' A Walk/Hot Dog Man/Old Man Willow/Yogurt Song/Brief Encounter

BDS 5038 - Songs From Midnight Cowboy - Elephant's Memory [1969] Everybody's Talkin'/Old Man Willow/Midnight Cowboy/Jungle Gym At The Zoo//Crossroads Of The Stepping Stones/Don't Put Me On Trial No More/Super Heep/R.I.P./Yogurt Song/Band Of Love/Takin' A Walk

UK: SAPCOR 22 (NOV, 1972)
Produced By JOHN & YOKO.
(Never Re-Issued)
1. Liberation Special 5:25
2. Baddest Of The Mean 8:34
3. Cryin Blacksheep Blues 4:26
4. Chuck’n Bo 4:27
5. Gypsy Wolf 4:07
6. Madness 3:16
7. Life 3:15
8. Wind Ridge 3:24
9. Power BoogieE 3:48
10. Local Plastic Ono Band 2:04

HOLLAND 5C 006-94 064

US 1854

1856 Everglade Woman/?? Elephant's Memory
This number was never issued but may have been reserved for the above named single. Acetate copies of the (unnumbered) single exist.

Label Apple
Catalogue No. PCSP 716
Release date 15th September 1972
Total time 90:55
U.K. Album Chart Detail : Entry Date : 14th October 1972
Highest Position : 11
Weeks in Chart : 6

Detail : John's seventh "solo" album release, and first double album.
Record One was credited to John and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephants Memory and Invisible Strings.
Record Two was credited to John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with The Mothers of Invention and star studded cast of thousands !!

The first thing to mention is that the album is called "Some Time In New York City" and NOT "Sometime In New York City".

This double album was frustratingly released in America THREE MONTHS before here in the U.K. which meant that import copies were appearing before it`s release, which then means lower sales figures are achieved here. The reason for the delay was again copyright problems with Yoko's name appearing as co-writer on some songs. Northern Songs refused to acknowledge this claim.
Also the album was meant to be a single album WITH a FREE bonus album of the "Live Jam", but as usual, it was assigned a catalogue number pushing it into a higher retail price bracket.

Record One was recorded between 1st March and 20th March 1972 in New York with John and Yoko and Phil Spector producing.
As well as the tracks for record one, a number of unreleased tracks are also recorded with Elephants Memory which are :
"Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog", "Send Me Some Lovin", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On", "It'll Be Me", "Not Fade Away", "Ain't That A Shame", and "Caribbean".
Elephants Memory were a New York rock band who were best known at the time for their musical contribution to the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" which starred Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight (George once owned a car previously owned by Jon Voight).

Record two details are listed below with the tracklisting.

The album cover is designed to look like a newspaper, and along with the lyrics has a few political statements too.
The face in the apple top left is Phil Spector, and underneath the picture it says, "To know him is to love him".
On the rear it says, "This album was completed on March 20th 1972, our third wedding anniversary".
Sleeve concept was by John and Yoko and realized by Al Steckler.
The sleeve design was by Michael Gross.
The record labels do not feature an Apple, but have the John and Yoko "merging heads" design.
The double album also came with a postcard of the Statue of Liberty and a petition about John's expulsion from the U.S. (not included in the American release).

Some Time In New York City - Inner Gatefold

John Lennon
Willowbrook Rehearsals
Willowbrook Rehearsals
(CDR's transferred from vinyl)

2 CD's

CD 1:
1. Radio promos
2. New York City
3. Unchained Melody
4. Instrumental
5. New York City
6. It's So Hard
7. Woman is the Nigger of the World
8. Give Peace a Chance
9. Instrumental

CD 2:
1. Unchained Melody
2. Well Well Well
3. Instant Karma
4. Mother
5. Come Together
6. Cold Turkey
7. Instrumental
8. Instrumental
9. Roll Over Beethoven
10. Give Peace a Chance

On Aug. 30, 1972, John Lennon appeared on stage in New York for the "One To One Benefit Concert For The Children Of Willowbrook". It was his last "real" concert appearance. He teamed up with The Elephant's Memory Band for that occasion. The rehearsals for these shows have been bootlegged over the years and have become commonly known as the "One To One Rehearsals".

A few songs are available more than once. Especially to make sense of these songs, I have numbered them for my own collection and my CD-Inlay's.

Here is the list of all available bootlegged songs from the One To One Rehearsals:

Come Together (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instrumental No. 1
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

New York City
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

It's So Hard
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Move On Fast
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Back Off Boogaloo
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Breakdown)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Sisters, O Sisters
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Give Peace A Chance (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instrumental No. 2
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Unchained Melody/It's Only Make Believe/Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-Bomp-Bomp)?
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Well, Well, Well (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Born In A Prison
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Mother (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Mother (Version 1) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Come Together (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Come Together (Version 2) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Open Your Box
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Cold Turkey
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Don't Worry Kyoko
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Don't Worry Kyoko (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Instrumental No. 3
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Instrumental No. 4
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (False Start)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 3)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 3) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Roll Over Beethoven
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Give Peace A Chance (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Honky Tonk (Part 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mind Train (False Start)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mind Train (Breakdown)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mind Train
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 1)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 3)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Version 4)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Breakdown 1)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Version 5)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Breakdown 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Tequila
Goodnight Vienna (Vinyl)

Instrumental No. 5
Goodnight Vienna (Vinyl)

Come Together (Version 3)
My Love Will Turn You On (CD)

Well, Well, Well (Version 2)
Christmas Present (CD)

Hound Dog
Christmas Present (CD)

Long Tall Sally
Christmas Present (CD)

Sorted Alphabetically
(Sorted by Song-Line-Up from Disc) Back Off Boogaloo
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Born In A Prison
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Cold Turkey
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 1)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Breakdown 3)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Come Together (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Come Together (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Come Together (Version 2) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Come Together (Version 3)
My Love Will Turn You On (CD)

Don't Worry Kyoko
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Don't Worry Kyoko (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Give Peace A Chance (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Give Peace A Chance (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Honky Tonk (Part 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Hound Dog
Christmas Present (CD)

Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instrumental No. 1
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instrumental No. 2
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Instrumental No. 3
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Instrumental No. 4
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Instrumental No. 5
Goodnight Vienna (Vinyl)

It's So Hard
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Long Tall Sally
Christmas Present (CD)

Mind Train
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mind Train (Breakdown)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mind Train (False Start)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Mother (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Mother (Version 1) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Move On Fast
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

New York City
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Open Your Box
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Roll Over Beethoven
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

Sisters, O Sisters
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Tequila
Goodnight Vienna (Vinyl)

Unchained Melody/It's Only Make Believe/Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-Bomp-Bomp)?
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Well, Well, Well (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Well, Well, Well (Version 2)
Christmas Present (CD)

We're All Water (Breakdown 1)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Breakdown 2)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (False Start)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 1)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 2)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 3)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 3) (Reprise)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 2 (CD)

We're All Water (Version 4)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

We're All Water (Version 5)
S.I.R. Winston Ono Lennon (CD)

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Breakdown)
The One To One Rehearsals Vol. 1 (CD)

1. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono) 2:05
Acoustic Demo
2. Sisters O Sisters (Ono) 03:44 Rehearsal Madison Square Garden.
3. Attica State (Lennon/Ono) TV David Frost Show 16 Dec 1971
4. Born In A Prison (Ono) 04:06 Rehearsal Madison Square Garden
5. New York City (Lennon) 02:11 Acoustic Demo
6. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) 02:26 Take 2
7. John Sinclair (Lennon) 02:26 TV David Frost Show 16 Dec 1971
8. Angela (Lennon/Ono) 01:55 Acoustic Demo ("People") 1971
9. We're All Water (Ono) 05:55 Rehearsal Madison Square Garden
10. Cold Turkey (Lennon) 04:14 Madison Square Garden
11. Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow) (Ono)
06:26 Madison Square Garden
12. Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (Ward) 05:52 Outtake 1971
Available (edited) on Anthology.
Liner notes: "Ward Studio Rehearsal For Zappa Gig".
Madinger/Easter do not mention such a rehearsal. More probably the studio outtake from Imagine sessions.
13. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono) 05:36 TV Dick Cavett Show
3 May 1972
14. Sisters O Sisters (Ono) TV 1972
15. Attica State (Lennon/Ono) 02:54 Concert Ann Arbor 10 Dec 1971 Live At Ann Arbour, Michigan
16. New York City (Lennon) 01:14 Acoustic Demo
17. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) Concert Ann Arbor 10 Dec 1971
Live In Ann Arbour, Michigan Benefit Concert For John Sinclair
18. John Sinclair (Lennon) 02:47 Concert Ann Arbor 10 Dec 1971
Live In Ann Arbour, Michigan Benefit Concert For John Sinclair
19. Angela (Lennon/Ono) 01:11
20. We're All Water (Ono) 04:27 TV Dick Cavett Show 3 May 1972 TV.720503.02
Live On Dick Cavett Show
21. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) 02:35 Liner notes: "TV David Frost Show 1972"
Tilleul's note: according to Madinger/Easter, "The Luck Of The Irish" was very briefly performed during the "David Frost Show" and it has not been bootlegged at the time of writing. So chances are very high this is another performance.
22. Attica State (Lennon/Ono) 00:44 TV David Frost Show 16 Dec 1971 TV.711016.03
David Frost Show
23. (Medley) (unknown) John Speaks Japanese (unknown)
Give Peace A Chance (Lennon/McCartney)

P.S. На этом бутлеге можно найти немного материала подходящего по данной теме.

ORANGE Orange Sixteen STUDIO 13tracks 71'55'' 1994
"ONE TO ONE" REHEARSALS VOL.1

1. Come Together 3'40''
2. Tequila 3'02''
3. New York City 3'32''
4. It's So Hard 4'59''
5. Move On Fast / Back Of Boogaloo 3'52''
6. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World 4'48''
7. Sisters O Sisters 4'01''
8. Give Peace A Chance 2'25''
9. Instrumental Jam 2'27''
10. Unchained Melody 2'48''
11. Well Well Well 2'57''
12. Born In A Prison 2'41''
13. Instant Karma 4'05''
All songs performed live in the studio
by John Lennon & The Elephants Memory Band

ORANGE Orange Seventeen STUDIO 12tracks 73'29'' 1994
"ONE TO ONE" REHEARSALS VOL.2

1. Mother 5'12''
2. We're All Water 6'36''
3. Come Together 5'41''
4. Open Your Box 3'30''
5. Cold Turkey / Don't Worry 10'44''
6. Jam #1 5'48''
7. Jam #2 9'12''
8. We're All Water #2 6'25''
9. Roll Over Beethoven 3'22''
10. Give Peace A Chance 7'42''
11. Tequila 3'53''
12. Jam #3 5'14''

All songs performed live in the studio
by John Lennon & The Elephants Memory Band

А вот отличный тройник, включающий в себя полностью как утреннее, так и вечернее выступление. Просто отличнный по содержанию, но увы качество звука не на высоте.

ONE TO ONE CONCERT 3CD 1999 ZEUS Z 904001/2/3)

1. Geraldo Rivera Introduction
2. Power To The People (Intro)-NY City
3. It's So Hard
4. Move On Fast
5. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
6. Sisters O Sisters
7. Well Well Well
8. Born In A Prison
9. Instant Karma
10. Mother
11. We're All Water
12. Come Together
13. Imagine
14. Open You're Box
15. Cold Turkey
16. Don't Worry Kyoko
17. Hound Dog

1. Geraldo Rivera Introduction
2. Power To The People (Intro)-NY City
3. It's So Hard
4. Sisters O Sisters
5. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
6. Move On Fast
7. Well Well Well
8. Instant Karma
9. Mother
10. We're All Water