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Released
  
April 17, 1972

Release date
  
17 April 1972

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Label
  
Nibelung Records

Producers
  
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Recorded
  
1972 at Record Plant Studios, New York City

Length
  
42:01 (vinyl edition)56:04 (CD edition)

The Pope Smokes Dope(1972)
  
Folk rock albums
  
Have a Marijuana, Wonderwall Music, Bound by the Beauty, Red & Gold, Carrossel

The pope smokes dope david peel and the lower east side


The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.

Contents

History

Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.

The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 (by Orange Records International).

Track listing

All tracks written by David Peel.

Bonus tracks on CD edition
  1. "Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15
  2. with Yoko Ono
  3. "How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07
  4. interview with John Lennon
  5. "Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41

Personnel

  • Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork
  • Roy Cicala – engineering
  • Jack Douglas – engineering
  • Bill Ferrara – photography
  • Robert L. Heimall – art direction
  • Allan Steckler - production supervision
  • John Lennon – production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12)
  • Yoko Ono – production, percussions (track 1), voice (6)
  • David Peel – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Mottau – guitar
  • Chris Osborne – guitar
  • Eddie Ryan – drums
  • The Lower East Side Friends – chorus
  • Tom Doyle – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bruce Bierman – backing vocals
  • John Robertson – guitar
  • Billy Minelli – bass
  • Frank Lanci – drums
  • Lenny Mars – harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10)
  • Songs

    I'm a RunawayDavid Peel & the Lower East Side3:41
    Everybody's Smoking MarijuanaDavid Peel & the Lower East Side4:39
    The Ballad of Bob DylanDavid Peel & the Lower East Side4:00

    References

    The Pope Smokes Dope Wikipedia