“Power To The People” is the multiscreen concert film of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s legendary one-to-one concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1972, played with Elephant’s Memory and special guests. These were the only full-length concerts that Lennon gave together with Yoko Ono after the end of The Beatles; in front of a total of 40,000 visitors, over 1.5 million US dollars were collected for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The film was restored, re-edited and remixed by the seven-time GRAMMY-winning team of the Lennons; It was directed by Simon Hilton, and the restoration of the material, shot by Steve Gebhardt in 1972, took over twenty years.

The music was produced by Sean Ono Lennon and mixed and supervised by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon. Based on the original multitrack tapes, which Rob Stevens re-transferred in high resolution, mixes were created in stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos. The spatial Dolby Atmos mix puts the listener right in the middle of the action in Madison Square Garden. Among others, “New York City”, “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)”, “Mother”, “Imagine”, “Come Together” and “Hound Dog” as well as Yoko Ono’s “Open Your Box” and “Don’t Worry Kyoko” can be heard; in the “Give Peace A Chance” finale, Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and Melanie, among others, are on stage.

The edition also includes the outstanding documentary “One To One: John & Yoko” by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, which explores the couple’s first year in New York City and the creativity and activism that led to these concerts. The edition includes two Blu-ray discs featuring the hybrid version of the concert film and the documentary, and comes in a gatefold sleeve with a 20-page booklet.

Tracklist:

Blu-ray 1 – The One To One Concert: Hybrid Show

1. Power To The People (intro)
2. New York City
3. It’s So Hard
4. Move On Fast
5. Well Well Well
6. Born In A Prison
7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
8. Mother
9. We’re All Water
10. Come Together
11. Imagine
12. Open Your Box
13. Cold Turkey
14. Don’t Worry Kyoko
15. Hound Dog
16. Law And Order
17. Give Peace A Chance

Blu-ray 2 – One To One: John & Yoko (Dokumentation)

1. Power To The People
2. How You Doing, New York City?
3. Come Together
4. John Sinclair
5. Kyoko
6. Trouble With The Flies
7. Rock Liberation Front
8. Free The People
9. Cold Turkey
10. Mother
11. One To One Concert
12. Waking Up
13. Give Peace A Chance
14. Credits