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Left: Cover of Yoko Ono’s debut solo record album, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, released in December 1970. At the time, it was largely panned — or ignored — by critics but its exuberant jams and multilayered sound collages went on to influence numerous, later musical styles and movements. (Original album photo by Dan Richter, ©Yoko Ono Lennon; photo of the cover courtesy of Secretly Canadian). Right: Cover of the book John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band (Thames & Hudson, 2020)
“YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND”: STILL RADICAL AFTER MANY YEARS
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