If you can find the VH1 Classic channel on your cable box, they are airing a one-hour special tomorrow night at 7:00 PM EDT devoted to one of my favorite albums - John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band.This was Lennon's first solo studio album (I'm not counting the avant-garde stuff he did with Yoko - she was wisely kept to a minimum here). It was very edgy stuff for a Beatle - with angry songs like "God", "Working Class Hero" and "Mother", I think it really redefined how Lennon would be regarded for the rest of his career.
Interestingly - the lineup of musicians on this record was once floated by Lennon as a possible "New Beatles", with Ringo on drums, Klaus Voorman replacing Paul on bass, and Billy Preston reprising his "Get Back" role on piano. (George Harrison is absent, but he appears on Lennon's follow-up Imagine).
The great (at the time) Phil Spector produced it.
