John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Two Virgins (1968)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Two Virgins (1968)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one

"Two Virgins Side One": – 14:14

"Two Virgins No. 1"

"Together" performed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocalist: Tony Craig (George "Buddy" DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)

"Two Virgins No. 2"

"Two Virgins No. 3"

"Two Virgins No. 4"

"Two Virgins No. 5"

Side two

"Two Virgins Side Two": – 15:13

"Two Virgins No. 6"

"Hushabye Hushabye" ("I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms" performed by Fred Douglas and his orchestra) (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Fred E. Ahlert)

"Two Virgins No. 7"

"Two Virgins No. 8"

"Two Virgins No. 9"

"Two Virgins No. 10"

Bonus track

"Remember Love" (Ono) – 4:05

John Lennon and Yoko Ono Band Members / Musicians

John Lennon – vocals, spoken dialogue, screaming, piano, organ, mellotron, percussion, guitars, various instruments, tape loops, sound effects

Yoko Ono – vocals, spoken dialogue, screaming, piano, percussion, various instruments, tape loops, sound effects

Pete Shotton – tape loops

Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins is the first of three experimental albums released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Apple Records. It was the result of an all-night session of musical experimentation with Yoko in John's home studio at Kenwood, while his wife, Cynthia Lennon, was on holiday in Greece. Lennon and Ono's 1968 debut recording is known not only for its avant-garde content, but also for its cover, which shows the couple naked. This made the album controversial to both the public and the parent record company EMI, which refused to distribute it. In an attempt to avoid controversy, the LP record was sold in a brown paper bag, and distributed by Track and Tetragrammaton in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. Two Virgins, while failing to chart in the UK, reached number 124 in the US. The album was followed six months later by Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions.