New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) David Peel, who is name checked in "New York City," recorded a companion piece, "The Ballad of New York City (John Lennon–Yoko Ono)" on his 1972 album "The Pope Smokes Dope", produced by Lennon and Ono. Elephant's Memory, who provided the backing music for "New York City," also recorded a companion song "Local Plastic Ono Band" on their 1972 album "Elephant's Memory", also produced by Lennon and Ono. Bielen and Urish claim that two other songs on the "Elephant's Memory" album, "Power Boogie" and "Liberation Special," are powerful rockers reminiscent of "New York City." Personal on the "Some Time in
Mind Games (John Lennon album) on "Mind Games", "Meat City" contains a Lennon curse, "Fuck a pig!", sped up and backwards, while the mix used as the B-side to the "Mind Games" single gave the same treatment to the phrase "Check the album!" "Rock and Roll People" was also recorded during the album's sessions and given to Johnny Winter for his "John Dawson Winter III" album. Lennon's version remained unreleased until 1986's posthumous "Menlove Ave." album. Tony King, vice-president of Apple Records in Los Angeles at the time, convinced Lennon to promote "Mind Games", arranging interviews for Lennon with "Billboard" and "Record World". He also