The Cover of John Lennon's Album 'Some Time in New York City' Was Censored

Yoko Ono made a cover for John Lennon’s album Some Time in New York City that John called “beautiful.”
Part of the cover was censored.
John compared the reaction Some Time in New York City received to the reaction a Beatles album received.

Yoko Ono designed the cover for John Lennon‘s album Some Time in New York City. John felt an image of two politicians that Yoko made for the album was “beautiful.” Despite this, the album cover got censored, which upset the former Beatle.

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono contains a 1980 interview. During the interview, John was asked about Some Time in New York City. “You see how they banned the picture here,” John said. The “Imagine” singer pointed to a copy of the album that had a gold seal pasted on the side.

Source: cheatsheet.com

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