Imagine John Yoko

In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire, England, in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds, and at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of the title track were inspired by Yoko Ono's "event scores" in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017. Imagine John Yoko tells the story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments showcasing Yoko's closely guarded archive of photos and artifacts, using artfully compiled narrative film stills, and featuring digitally rendered maps, floor plans and panoramas that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. John & Yoko introduce each chapter and song; Yoko also provides invaluable additional commentary and a preface. All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks - including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover. With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was created, this landmark publication is a fitting tribute to John & Yoko and their place in cultural history. Featuring a bookplate signed by Yoko Ono, this special signed collector's edition is clothbound, debossed with tipped in "polaroids" front and back, and has a ribboned portfolio containing a numbered print exclusive to the special signed collector's edition. Personally signed by Yoko Ono in a numbered edition of 300. Expanded: an additional 128 pages from the trade edition, more than 150 new illustrations, more artworks from the "This Is Not Here" exhibition, an entirely new chapter devoted to the singles from the period, and six, almost 1 meter-long gatefolds of panoramas stitched together from rare film outtakes. Features even more exclusive, previously unpublished archive photos of all the key players in situ, together with lyric sheets, Yoko's art installations, and more new insights and personal testimonies.