Two Virgins - Front Cover with Brown Paper | Two Virgins - Rear Cover with Brown Paper |
Two Virgins - A-Side Label Showing "Track Records" Catno. | Two Virgins - B-Side Label Showing "Track Records" Catno. | |
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Two Virgins - Front Cover | Two Virgins - Rear Cover |
Label | Apple |
Catalogue No. | SAPCOR 2 or .... Track Records 613 012 |
Release date | 29th November 1968 |
Total time | 29:07 |
U.K. Album Chart Detail : | Did NOT Chart. |
Detail : | John's first solo album release, and first of his "experimental" outings. Credited to John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
The original premise of the "Unfinished Music" series was that John and Yoko
Recorded one May morning between midnight and dawn in 1968 at John's Kenwood mansion in Weybridge (probably Sunday 19th May 1968).
More interesting than the "music" (sorry, John) was the album cover.
Not surprisingly, it sold only around 5,000 copies and did not enter the charts.
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Track | Composer | Recording Information |
Two Virgins 1 | Lennon-Ono | Mostly whistling, piano, and guitar strings being hit, and Yoko shrieking. Key timings for side 1 : 0-3:30 Whistling (like "Clangers") and random instrumentation. 4:40 Yoko starts shrieking. 6:12 John can be heard talking. 6:50 Big piano chord, then repetitive single note .. over and over. 7:53 John shouts. 9:06 "Together" can be heard. 12:25 Yoko says, "Hey there, is that you ?" 12:34 John says, "No f***ing tin-opener you see" 12:55 John says, "It's just me Hilda, I`m home for tea" 14:03 John ends with, "Excuse me - thank you." |
Together | De Silva-Brown-Henderson | |
Two Virgins 2 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 3 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 4 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 5 | Lennon-Ono |
Track | Composer | Recording Information |
Two Virgins 6 | Lennon-Ono | Mostly wierd random instrumentation, and Yoko shrieking. Key timings for side 1 : 0-3:33 Piano, shrieking and feedback. 3:43 John says, "Stop laughing". 3:53 "Hushabye Hushabye" - an old 78 ? 9:10 John says, "and from Wiltshire". 12:12 John says, "That's right dear, spit it out" 12:18 John says, "It is true dear, you've won a major prize" 12:26 John says, "Are you ready ? ... as we did before" 13:20 Yoko says, "Corny" |
Hushabye Hushabye | Not listed | |
Two Virgins 7 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 8 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 9 | Lennon-Ono | |
Two Virgins 10 | Lennon-Ono |
APCOR 2 - Mono versionFirst pressings (1968) - Stereo
black inner sleeve
NO track listing
"Merrie In England" on the front cover.
SAPCOR 2 - Stereo version
black inner sleeve
WITH track listing
"Merrie In England" on the rear cover.
PLUS a "Track" logo on the label.
Released in January 1993 on the "Rock Classics" label with catalogue number SSI 9999 this had the same tracklist as above.
Two Virgins - C.D. Front Cover | Two Virgins - The C.D. |
A further CD release occured on 9th June 1997 on the Rykodisc label with catalogue number RCD 10411.
It was digitally remastered under the supervision of Yoko.
It also has a BONUS track ! .... giving it a run time of 33:14.
Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Remember Love | Ono | Recorded 1st June 1969 in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal during their bed-in. This was the same day that "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded. John plays acoustic guitar, whilst Yoko sings. |
4:05 |
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