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A Story
Studio album by Yoko Ono
Released	1 July 1997 (1997-07-01)
Recorded	1974
Studio	Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Pop rock experimental
Length	43:30
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Yoko Ono, David Spinozza
Yoko Ono chronology
Rising (1996) A Story (1997) Blueprint for a Sunrise (2001)

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A Story is an album by Yoko Ono, recorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which John Lennon produced Walls and Bridges. It was unreleased until the 1992 box set Onobox, which featured material from A Story on disc six. It was only properly released as an individual album 23 years later in 1997, with the reissuing of Ono's back catalogue by Rykodisc. The reissue added three bonus tracks, including home demos and a live recording from the Starpeace tour.

Track listing

1. "A Story" – 2:38
2. "Loneliness" – 3:33
3. "Will You Touch Me" – 2:39
4. "Dogtown" – 3:32
5. "Tomorrow May Never Come" – 2:52
6. "Yes, I'm a Witch" – 3:11
7. "She Gets Down on Her Knees" – 4:50
8. "It Happened" – 3:52
9. "Winter Friend" – 3:17
10. "Heartburn Stew" – 2:09
11. "Hard Times Are Over" – 4:37

Bonus tracks

12. "Anatano Te" (Demo) – 3:35
13. "Extension 33" (Demo) – 1:27
14. "Now or Never" (Live) (A cappella) – 1:18

Track information

Many of the tracks on A Story made it onto subsequent albums in a re-recorded form:

• "Loneliness" and "Tomorrow May Never Come" were included on It's Alright (I See Rainbows).
• "Will You Touch Me", "Dogtown" and "She Gets Down on Her Knees" were included on Season of Glass.
• "Hard Times Are Over" was included on Double Fantasy.
• "It Happened" was released as a different mix as the B-side to "Walking on Thin Ice".
• "Yes, I'm a Witch" was included on, and gave its title to, Yes, I'm a Witch, a remix album of songs from Ono's back catalogue.

Personnel

• Yoko Ono – vocals, backing vocals
• Ann E. Sutton, Erin Dickins, Gail Kantor, Louise Messina – backing vocals on "Heartburn Stew", "Hard Times are Over" and "Tomorrow May Never Come"
• Something Different – background vocals on "Tomorrow May Never Come"
• David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
• Kenneth Ascher – keyboards
• Leon Pendarvis – keyboards on "She Gets Down on Her Knees"
• Arthur Jenkins Jr. – percussion
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Lew Delgatto – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• George Young – flute, clarinet
• Rick Marotta – drums

Technical

• Produced by Yoko Ono and David Spinozza
• Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y., 1974
• Ed Sprigg, Jack Douglas – recording engineers
• Ed Sprigg, Roy Cicala – mix engineers
• Kevin Herron – assistant engineer

"Anatano Te" & "Extension 33" (Rykodisc CD Bonus Demo Tracks)

• Yoko Ono – vocal and piano
• Recorded on cassette, Dakota Period

"Now or Never" (Rykodisc CD Bonus Live Track)

• Yoko Ono – vocal
• Recorded live in Budapest, 1986

Production

• David Spinozza, Rob Stevens, Yoko Ono – producers
• Ed Sprigg, Jack Douglas – recording
• George Marino, Rob Stevens – remastering
• Kevin Herron – engineer
• Ed Sprigg, Roy Cicala – mixing
• Black + Copper, Cindy Nelson – design
• Karla Merrifield – illustration

Release History

References

1. A Story at AllMusic
2. Kaufman, Gil. "Ready Or Not: Yoko Ono Albums To Be Reissued". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
3. "Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
4. "Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

External links

• Musicians, Production : Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD)

• 1997 albums
• Yoko Ono albums
• Albums produced by David Spinozza
• Rykodisc albums