The US vs John Lennon soundtrack released

Out on September 26th is the soundtrack to the recently released documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon. The film documents Lennon's four-year battle against deportation by the Nixon administration, and features rare footage and interviews with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, Geraldo Rivera, counter-culture revolutionaries Angela Davis and Bobby Seale,1972 Democratic Presidential nominee Senator George McGovern, and Nixon administration and Watergate veterans G. Gordon Liddy and Howard Dean.

For more information on the film, log on to theusversusjohnlennon.com.

Joe Raiola, the writer/director of the annual John Lennon tribute at New York's Lincoln Center, told us that Lennon's solo work stands up today due to its honesty and idealism: "The thing about 'Imagine' is that it's such a powerful and sweet expression of something fine. I guess it will always be what he's most remembered for in his solo work, because of its shining idealism."

The tracklisting for the soundtrack:

"Power To The People," "Nobody Told Me," "Working Class Hero," "I Found Out," the previously unreleased song snippet "Bed Peace," "The Ballad Of John & Yoko," "Give Peace A Chance," "Love," a previously unreleased live "Attica State," "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," "I Don't Want To Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Want To Die," "Imagine," a previously unreleased instrumental mix of "How Do You Sleep?," "New York City," a live "John Sinclair," "Scared," "God," "Here We Go Again," "Gimme Some Truth," "Oh My Love," and "Instant Karma!" Some of the tracks begin with interview snippets.

The soundtrack, which features the Beatles' 1969 hit "The Ballad Of John & Yoko," is only the second time that a Beatles track has been included on a Lennon album. The last time was on the 1988 soundtrack to the John Lennon: Imagine documentary, which featured ten Beatles songs included with Lennon solo material.
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