Live in New York City (John Lennon album) and "Open Your Box", were deleted from the audio edition of the concert, to create a pure Lennon album. The video release retained the Lennon complete set-list including Ono's "Sisters, O Sisters" and "Born in a Prison". Portions of the evening performance later saw release on the "John Lennon Anthology". "Live in New York City" reached No. 55 in the UK, and No. 41 in the U.S., and eventually went gold. The concerts documented on "Live in New York City" were Lennon's only rehearsed and full-length live performances in his solo career, and his first – and last – formal,
John Lennon the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1957, he formed his first band, the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Lennon began to record as a solo artist before the band's break-up in April 1970; two of those songs were "Give Peace a Chance" and "Instant Karma!" Lennon subsequently produced albums that included "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine", and songs such as "Working Class Hero", "Imagine" and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". After he married Yoko Ono in 1969, he added "Ono" as one of his middle names. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975