This Sunday John Lennon would have been 71, and so I thought some of his music from ’71 would be a good thing for this week’s VOW (video of the week).

Between 1969 and 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono released fourteen films, and the last of these, Imagine, made its world premier on December 23, 1972. Its purpose was not to promote the album of the same name, as it had already been released 15 months earlier, in September 1971. However, it does include separate video spots for each of the songs on the Imagine album, as well as a couple tracks from Yoko’s Fly album, also released in September 1971 (and to think this was all well before anyone had even thought about anything called MTV).

This clip of John’s “Give Me Some Truth” is from this film and begins with a short segment of his earlier single, “Power To The People”. It includes scenes of John and Yoko in the streets leading a peace rally as well as footage from their book signing event for Yoko’s Grapefruit paperback. We also see a little bit of John at his Ascot Sound Studios (or possibly the Record Plant in New York), during the Imagine album sessions (Imagine sessions occurred in both places).

Much of the footage from this film was restored years later for use in the 1988 box office movie Imagine – John Lennon as well as the DVD released in 2000 titled Gimme Some Truth – The Making Of John Lennon’s Imagine Album. The song “Give Me Some Truth” has a great political sentiment, and no definition of its message need be stated for most people reading. It also has some sizzling guitar licks by George Harrison. Enjoy…

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Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) Imagine – 2010 remastered CD of original 1971 Imagine album by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

2) Imagine – John Lennon (Deluxe Edition) – deluxe edition of Imagine – John Lennon 1988 movie (100 minutes), featuring much of the original 1972 Imagine film

3) Gimme Some Truth – The Making of John Lennon’s “Imagine” – 2000 DVD feature on the making of John Lennon’s Imagine album (around 63 minutes)

4) Fly (2cd Slim) 1997 remastered 2-CD set of Yoko Ono’s original 1971 double Apple album – with contributions from John Lennon

5) More Amazon links for any of your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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