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Template:Album infobox 2 Live Peace in Toronto 1969 is a live album recorded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 in Toronto, Canada, at a rock and roll revival show. Featuring Eric Clapton on guitar (fresh from the breakup of Blind Faith), Klaus Voormann on bass and future Yes drummer Alan White on drums, the line-up is filled out by Lennon on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Ono on vocals. The album was credited to The Plastic Ono Band, a conceptual grouping that included Lennon and Ono and whoever happened to be backing them up. Both Lennon and Ono would use the nomenclature for several of their future solo albums.

The album is technically a soundtrack recording, being part of the audio portion of D.A. Pennebaker's documentary movie Sweet Toronto. Lennon and Ono made a deal with Pennebaker to license their portion of the show for record, in exchange for rights to include their appearance. Unfortunately the deal fell through, with Lennon and Ono changing their minds about the inclusion (Lennon had been ill the day of the concert, and it showed on camera), and the movie was never originally released. (HBO ultimately presented the performance during the 1980s, and the full movie appeared later on home video.)

Live Peace in Toronto 1969 was initially split into two parts for LP and tape: John's set, which included some of his favorite 1950's songs, among The Beatles' "Yer Blues" and a preview of the impending "Cold Turkey", and Yoko's set, featuring her trademark caterwauling, which was not as well received as Lennon's performance.

Unlike many Lennon and Beatles albums, the individual guitars are clearly distinguishable in the stereo mix, with Lennon's toward the left channel and Clapton's toward the right. Also, the movie mix of the soundtrack offers stronger vocals by Ono during "Yer Blues", and Clapton during "Give Peace A Chance".

Live Peace in Toronto 1969, though not making the UK listings, was a US hit album, reaching #10 and going gold.

Yoko Ono supervised a remixing of Live Peace in Toronto 1969 for its 1995 CD reissue, though it is currently out of print.

Track listing

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) - 4:06
  2. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Bradford/Gordy) - 3:25
  3. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) - 3:24
  4. "Yer Blues" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) - 4:12
  5. "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon) - 3:34
  6. "Give Peace A Chance" (John Lennon) - 3:41
  7. "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)" (Yoko Ono) - 4:48
  8. "John, John (Let's Hope For Peace)" (Yoko Ono) - 12:38
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