John Lennon December 1971

Title: Attica Prison Benefit Concert
Type: Home Movie
Filming Location: Apollo Theatre, New York City, New York
Filming Date: December 17th 1971
Broadcast Date: December 1971
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 10:358 Minutes
Quality: B ("Imagine" & "Sisters"); C- ("Attica State")
Source: "John Lennon Remastered Archives 1971 Vol 5" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "John Lennon Miscellaneous Collection Vol 2 1971-1972" (BedHead Productions)
Notes: Another day, another benefit concert. This one was for the families of the 43 men killed in a riot at Attica State Prison in September 1971.
The concert was held at the famous Apollo Theatre in New York. John & Yoko performed "Attica State", "Sisters O Sisters"
and "Imagine" with an acoustic only line-up that featured two other guitarists plus Jerry Rubin on percussion.
French Journalist, Jean-Francois Vallee filmed the event with a 16mm colour camera. John`s performance of "Imagine" was included in full as a bonus on
the DVD of "Imagine: John Lennon" in Dec 2005 and Yoko uploaded her performance of "Sisters O Sisters" onto Youtube in March 2011.
A reasonable black and white quality copy of "Attica State" is available on bootleg DVD. The entire 3 song performance, in black and white, is in the hands of some collectors in good quality.