Live Peace in Toronto 1969

Live Peace in Toronto 1969
Live album by
Released12 December 1969 (1969-12-12)
Recorded13 September 1969
VenueToronto Rock and Roll Revival, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada
Genre
Length39:32
LabelApple
ProducerJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono[2]
Plastic Ono Band chronology
Wedding Album
(John Lennon & Yoko Ono)

(1969)
Live Peace in Toronto 1969
(1969)
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
(1970)

Live Peace in Toronto 1969 is a live album by the Plastic Ono Band, released in December 1969 on Apple Records. Recorded at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, it was the first live album released by any member of the Beatles separately or together. John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono received a phone call from the festival's promoters John Brower and Kenny Walker, and then assembled a band on very short notice for the festival, which was due to start the following day. The band included Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White. The group flew from London and had brief unamplified rehearsals on the plane before appearing on the stage to perform several songs; one of which, "Cold Turkey", was first performed live at the festival. After returning home, Lennon mixed the album in a day.

The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 and was certified a gold album by the RIAA, representing 1,000,000 copies in sales.[3] The album did not chart in the UK. The original LP included a 13-month 1970 calendar. A video of several performances, not just the Plastic Ono Band's set, was released. Since its first release, the album has been reissued a number of times.

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  2. ^ Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (Back cover). Plastic Ono Band. Apple, EMI. 1969.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Live Peace in Toronto RIAA website retrieved 09-12-10 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS Archived 26 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.