INSTANT KARMA (Room 417)
INSTANT KARMA (Room 417)
On January 27th 1970 John went into Abbey Road Studios and wrote Instant Karma in the morning and recorded it in the afternoon. Phil Spector produced the session and John was so impressed by him that he gave Phil the Beatles tapes from the ‘Let It Be’ sessions. However, The Beatles were now not a priority for John. He was in a particularly impulsive period of his career, where he wanted everything to feel spontaneous and fresh. ‘Instant Karma’ was the epitome of this new approach. Write it, record it, get it released, and move on to the next project. He wanted records to be like newspapers. It was important to him to release his songs quickly before his sentiments changed. He wanted the songs to echo his up to minute, contemporary point of view. Yoko was having an increasingly important influence upon the direction he was taking. John was joined in the studio by Yoko, Klaus Voormann on bass, Billy Preston on piano, George Harrison on guitar and Alan White on drums. The Plastic Ono Band was to be a moveable feast, a line up of musicians who were available at the time that John had dreamt up a new project or event. After he had returned from Toronto in September, where he played live with the Plastic Ono Band, he had informed Paul that he was leaving the band. Paul had pleaded with him to keep it private, at least, until both Abbey Road and Let It Be albums were released. John was looking forward and the one thing in his mind that was certain was that it would not be a future as a Beatle.
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INSTANT KARMA (Room 417)
On January 27th 1970 John went into Abbey Road Studios and wrote Instant Karma in the morning and recorded it in the afternoon. Phil Spector produced the session and John was so impressed by him that he gave Phil the Beatles tapes from the ‘Let It Be’ sessions. However, The Beatles were now not a priority for John. He was in a particularly impulsive period of his career, where he wanted everything to feel spontaneous and fresh. ‘Instant Karma’ was the epitome of this new approach. Write it, record it, get it released, and move on to the next project. He wanted records to be like newspapers. It was important to him to release his songs quickly before his sentiments changed. He wanted the songs to echo his up to minute, contemporary point of view. Yoko was having an increasingly important influence upon the direction he was taking. John was joined in the studio by Yoko, Klaus Voormann on bass, Billy Preston on piano, George Harrison on guitar and Alan White on drums. The Plastic Ono Band was to be a moveable feast, a line up of musicians who were available at the time that John had dreamt up a new project or event. After he had returned from Toronto in September, where he played live with the Plastic Ono Band, he had informed Paul that he was leaving the band. Paul had pleaded with him to keep it private, at least, until both Abbey Road and Let It Be albums were released. John was looking forward and the one thing in his mind that was certain was that it would not be a future as a Beatle.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
INSTANT KARMA (Room 417)
On January 27th 1970 John went into Abbey Road Studios and wrote Instant Karma in the morning and recorded it in the afternoon. Phil Spector produced the session and John was so impressed by him that he gave Phil the Beatles tapes from the ‘Let It Be’ sessions. However, The Beatles were now not a priority for John. He was in a particularly impulsive period of his career, where he wanted everything to feel spontaneous and fresh. ‘Instant Karma’ was the epitome of this new approach. Write it, record it, get it released, and move on to the next project. He wanted records to be like newspapers. It was important to him to release his songs quickly before his sentiments changed. He wanted the songs to echo his up to minute, contemporary point of view. Yoko was having an increasingly important influence upon the direction he was taking. John was joined in the studio by Yoko, Klaus Voormann on bass, Billy Preston on piano, George Harrison on guitar and Alan White on drums. The Plastic Ono Band was to be a moveable feast, a line up of musicians who were available at the time that John had dreamt up a new project or event. After he had returned from Toronto in September, where he played live with the Plastic Ono Band, he had informed Paul that he was leaving the band. Paul had pleaded with him to keep it private, at least, until both Abbey Road and Let It Be albums were released. John was looking forward and the one thing in his mind that was certain was that it would not be a future as a Beatle.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON