Shaved Fish

1975 Art Rock Ballad Pop Rock

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Tracklist

A1 Give Peace A ChanceLennon-McCartney 0:58
A2 Cold TurkeyLennon 5:03
A3 Instant Karma!Lennon 3:16
A4 Power To The PeopleLennon 3:08
A5 MotherLennon 5:08
A6 Woman Is The Nigger Of The WorldOno 4:35
B1 ImagineLennon 3:03
B2 Whatever Gets You Thru The NightLennon 3:05
B3 Mind GamesLennon 4:13
B4 #9 DreamLennon 4:47
B5a Happy Xmas (War Is Over)Ono 3:33
B5b Give Peace A Chance (Reprise)Lennon-McCartney 0:45

Production

Also credited. Written-By: Lennon-McCartney. Art Direction: Roy Kohara. Design: Roy Kohara. Illustration: Michael Bryan.

Release notes

This is the original UK ‘-1U/-1U’-cut release in fully-laminated cover, with McCartney co-writing credit for A1, and Phil Spector co-producing credit for A2.
• This was omitted on all subsequent UK releases, except for, wich has a slightly later side A cut.
Top-opening cardboard lyrics inner sleeve with a thumb cut-out, and G & L printer stamp. 3 of the 4 corners are cut.
First catalogue number on cover spine, inner sleeve & labels, 2nd (EMI international Cat.#) on cover rear, 3rd on cover rear.

A1 Recorded in Room 1742, Montreal, Canada

Artist/Title variations:
• “SHAVED FISH • LENNON, PLASTIC ONO BAND” on cover front;
• “JOHN LENNON • SHAVED FISH” on cover spine;
• “SHAVED FISH, (COLLECTABLE LENNON)” on cover rear.
• “SHAVED FISH • JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND” on labels.

An Apple Record • An EMI Recording • Available on Tape [cover]
An Apple Record • An E.M.I. Recording • Mfd. in U.K. [labels]

℗ 1969 - A1, A2
℗ 1970 - A3, A5
℗ 1971 - A4, B1, B5a
℗ 1972 - A6
℗ 1973 - B3
℗ 1974 - B2, B4
℗ 1975 - B5b

Publishing:
• Northern Songs - A1 to A5, B1, B5b.
• Ono Music/ATV Music - A6. B5a.
• Lennon/ATV Music - B2 to B4.

“A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words” -

Tracks durations not given on this release; all timings have been manually taken while the disc was played on a Technics SL 1200.
Runouts are stamped. ‘MCR [...] SW-1-3421-Z9’ and ‘MCR [...] SW-2-3429-Z9’ is etched.