Criticism and Editing
Upon its early 1986 release, Ono was criticized by former members of Elephant's Memory for using the first – and weaker – performance instead of the stronger evening show. They also took issue with the simultaneous video release of the concert, which it was alleged had been edited to show Ono as prominently as Lennon. However, in fact, on the album release, Ono's vocal performances on such numbers as "Hound Dog" had been mixed out completely. Additionally, all of her solo performances, which included "Sisters, O Sisters", "Born in a Prison", "Don't Worry Kyoko", "Move on Fast", and "Open Your Box", were deleted from the audio edition of the concert, in order to create a pure John Lennon album. The video release retained the John Lennon complete set-list including Yoko's "Sisters, O Sisters" and "Born in a Prison".
Portions of the evening performance later saw release on the John Lennon Anthology.
Live in New York City reached #55 in the UK, and surprised many with its US appeal where it peaked at #41 and eventually went gold.
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