Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Live in New York City is a posthumous live album by English rock musician John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band. It was prepared under the supervision of his widow, Yoko Ono, and released in 1986 as his second official live album, the first being "Live Peace in Toronto 1969". Recorded on 30 August 1972 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lennon performed two shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, a benefit concert for the Willowbrook State School for Retarded Children in New York,
The John Lennon Collection week, and 1 million by its third week in the UK. In the UK, "Love" was excerpted as a single in the UK, (featuring a version of the song without the slow fade-ins) and managed to reach number 41. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" was released as the B-side to "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", which was released by Geffen, in a brand-new picture sleeve, in the US. The front and back cover photographs for "The John Lennon Collection" were taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz on 8 December 1980; Lennon was murdered later that evening. All songs by John Lennon,