Fly (Yoko Ono album)

Fly
Studio album by Yoko Ono
Released	12 March 1971
Recorded	1970–1971
Genre	Protopunk, avant-garde, experimental, rock
Length	94:52
Label	Apple (Reissued on Rykodisc)
Producer	John Lennon, Yoko Ono
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Yoko Ono chronology
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970) Fly (1971) Some Time in New York City (1972) (with John Lennon)

Fly is the second album by Yoko Ono. It was produced by John Lennon and Ono, and released in 1971. It was a complete avant-garde/Fluxus package in a gatefold sleeve that came with a full-size poster and a postcard to order Ono's book Grapefruit. Notable songs include the singles "Midsummer New York" and "Mrs. Lennon", "Hirake" aka "Open Your Box" and "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow)", dedicated to Ono's daughter Kyoko Cox.

"Airmale" is the soundtrack to John Lennon's film Erection, showing a building being erected in time lapsed photography, while "Fly" is the soundtrack to Ono's film "Fly".

Personnel

• Yoko Ono – vocals, claves on "Airmale" and "Don't Count the Waves"
• John Lennon – guitar, piano, organ
• Klaus Voorman – bass, guitar, bells on "Mrs. Lennon", cymbal on "O'Wind", percussion on "Don't Count the Waves"
• Bobby Keyes – claves on "O'Wind"
• Eric Clapton – guitar on "Don't Worry, Kyoko"
• Jim Keltner – drums, tuned drum, tabla, percussion
• Ringo Starr – drums on "Don't Worry, Kyoko"
• Jim Gordon – drums on "Hirake", tabla on "O'Wind"
• Chris Osborne – dobro on "Midsummer New York", "Mind Train"

Track listing

Side one

1. "Midsummer New York" – 3:51
2. "Mind Train" – 16:52

Side two

1. "Mind Holes" – 2:47
2. "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" 4:55
3. "Mrs. Lennon" – 4:12
4. "Hirake" – 3:31
5. "Toilet Piece/Unknown" – 0:30
6. "O'Wind (Body Is the Scar of Your Mind)" – 5:22

Side three

1. "Airmale" – 10:43
2. "Don't Count the Waves" – 5:24
3. "You" – 8:59

Side four

1. "Fly" – 22:52
2. "Telephone Piece" – 0:37

Reissue bonus tracks

• "Between the Takes" – 1:58
• "Will You Touch Me" – 2:45

Singles

• "Mrs. Lennon"/"Midsummer New York" (7") (did not chart)
• "Mind Train" (edit)/"Listen, The Snow Is Falling" (7") (did not chart)