Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Elephant's Memory, who had served as Lennon and Ono's backing band on "Some Time in New York City". Although the material Lennon performed was largely drawn from his three most recent albums of the period ("John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", "Imagine" and "Some Time in New York City"), he also included in the setlist his Beatles hit "Come Together" and paid tribute to Elvis Presley with "Hound Dog" before leading the audience in a singalong of "Give Peace a Chance". "Come Together", originally in the key of D minor, was performed in E minor. Upon its early 1986 release, Ono was
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,