John Lennon people attended the "John Sinclair Freedom Rally", a protest and benefit concert with contributions from Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party, and others. Lennon and Ono, backed by David Peel and Rubin, performed an acoustic set of four songs from their forthcoming "Some Time in New York City" album including "John Sinclair", whose lyrics called for his release. The day before the rally, the Michigan Senate passed a bill that significantly reduced the penalties for possession of marijuana and four days later Sinclair was released on an appeal bond. The performance was recorded and
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