John Lennon soundtrack coming in September

The soundtrack to the upcoming documentary The U.S. vs John Lennon is due out on September 26th, and will feature 19 Lenon classics, including two never-before-released tracks. The documentary chronicles Lenon's four-year fight to stay in the U.S., while facing deportation by the Nixon administration for his outspoken anti-war beliefs. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono said that, "Never in a million years, did we think that promoting world peace could be dangerous. Were we naive? Yes, on that account, we were. John sings: 'Nobody told me there'd be days like these.'That was his true confession."

Ono added that, "These songs have become relevant all over again. It's almost as if John wrote these songs for what we are going through now... John would have loved this film. It's the kind of cool film he would have liked even if it were about somebody else. It's not tabloid, but rather it tells it like it was."

July 27th, 2006, marked the 30th anniversary of Lenon being awarded his green card, which granted him permanent resident status to remain in the United States.

In addition to Lennon solo classics such as "Imagine," "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)," "Nobody Told Me," and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," the soundtrack will feature a previously unreleased acoustic version of "Attica State," recorded live on December 10th, 1971 in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, and an instrumental version of Lennon's 1971 personal attack against Paul McCartney, titled "How Do You Sleep." Yoko Ono will provide the liner notes for the album.

The U.S. vs John Lennon is co-written, directed and produced by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. Leaf wrote and directed the critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated documentary Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson & The Story of SMiLE. Scheinfeld recently premiered the critically acclaimed documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin'About Him???).

Leaf spoke about the use of Lennon's music within the film, explaining that, "We were allowed to 'strip'lead vocals from Lennon's original recordings, so that we could use his own instrumental work as the score for the movie. I think it's the first time that John's solo catalog can be heard in this way."

The U.S. vs John Lennon will opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 15th, followed by a wider release at the end of September. For more information, log on to theusversusjohnlennon.com.
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