Thames & Hudson to publish ‘Imagine John Yoko’ in October

Imagine John Yoko
by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with contributions from the people who were there
9 October 2018 | $65.00 | Published by Thames & Hudson

Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story—told in revelatory detail—of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in the words of John & Yoko and the people who were there.

Imagine tells the story of John & Yoko’s life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments through artfully compiled narrative film stills, Yoko’s closely guarded archive photos and artefacts, and stitched-together panoramas taken from outtake film footage that recreate the interiors in evocative detail.

Each chapter and song is introduced with text by John & Yoko compiled from published and unpublished sources and complemented by comments from Yoko today. Fresh insights are provided by musicians, engineers and staff who took part, many of whom feature on the inner sleeve’s enigmatic picture wheel, in which the identities are finally revealed. All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks—including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover.