Rock 'n' Roll
An album of covers of late 1950s and early 1960s songs, with a Hamburg photograph on the cover.
John Lennon, 1975
- Released
- 17 February 1975
- Recorded
- October 1973 and October 1974
- Studio
- A&M Studios, Los Angeles, and Record Plant East, New York
- Label
- Apple Records
- Producer
- Phil Spector and John Lennon
Released on 17 February 1975 in the United States and a few days later in the UK, it is a covers album of rock and roll songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Recording was spread across two sessions: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced sessions from 21 October 1974 at the Record Plant East in New York, finishing the tracks in a few days.
The cover photograph by Jurgen Vollmer was taken in Hamburg and shows Lennon in a doorway. It reached number 6 in both Britain and the United States and later went gold in both. "Stand by Me" was the single, peaking at 20 in the US and 30 in the UK. The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Lennon "lends dignity to these classics".
Track listing
- Be-Bop-a-Lula2:39
- Stand By Me3:26
- Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy1:33
- You Can't Catch Me4:51
- Ain't That a Shame2:38
- Do You Want to Dance2:53
- Sweet Little Sixteen3:01
- Slippin' and Slidin'2:16
- Peggy Sue2:06
- Medley: Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'3:41
- Bony Moronie3:47
- Ya Ya2:17
- Just Because4:25
Personnel
- John Lennon vocals, producer
- Phil Spector producer
- Jurgen Vollmer cover photograph
- Roy Kohara art direction
- Shelly Yakus engineer
- Roy Cicala engineer
More from John Lennon
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Imagine (1971), Walls and Bridges (1974), Double Fantasy (1980)
Sources
- Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album), Wikipedia
- Rock'N'Roll, johnlennon.com