In the 1980’s Yoko got together to work with a famous Japanese director to make a 1/2 hour VHS video that was released only in Japan whereby she portrayed a homeless person In NY. The video was available for only a short time as Yoko had it withdrawn as she did not approve of how the video was being marketed. I was able to find and purchase a copy of the rare VHS tape on Ebay.
A museum-produced book in Japan by the Museum of Modern Art. Earlier editions of the book contained the only official cd release of a Yoko Ono composition to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. (Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue) The full nearly 8-minute version of the composition appeared only on the cd accompanying the book. What is very notable is Paul McCartney and family appear with Sean Lennon backing Yoko on the track. What I found interesting is both Linda and Paul take their turns at making Yoko vocalizations on the track. There are two different cover variations of this book.
The book issued contained the rare Yoko/McCartney recording.
The cd contained in the Museum of Modern Art book:
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NJ Riley, Perhaps. But sometimes art has a more far-reaching effect to change things, given time and viewers. I would have thought she’d have wanted it seen by a greater audience than it was distributed to. Such are artists though; they have their reasons.
Instead of wasting money producing and marketing that video, she should have just donated some of her millions to homeless causes!