Yoko Ono / OPEN YOUR BOX "Risqué Lyrics banned in UK & US" / 1971 Apple 45 / NM
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Yoko Ono with John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band / OPEN YOUR BOX "Risqué Lyrics banned in UK & US" / 1971 Apple 45 / NM
Songs: Open Your Box by Yoko Ono & Power To The People by John Lennon
Apple Records vinyl UK 45rpm pressing. In 1971, Ono's "Open Your Box" risqué lyrics were received in controversy ("box" is slang for ). Ono sings, "Open your box, open your trousers, open your sex, open your legs, open open open open open". The record was banned from radio in Britain, and was played on-air only when echo was added to blur the lyrics. , which distributed music by in the United States, initially refused to issue the recording, and it was replaced as the B-side by another Ono track, "". The B-side is Power To The People by John Lennon. 45 is in NM condition, great clean sound and veery glossy (see photos).
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