A Story Explained

A Story
Type:	Album
Artist:	Yoko Ono
Cover:	Yoko_Ono_A-Story.jpg
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	Record Plant, New York City
Label:	Rykodisc
Producer:	Yoko Ono, David Spinozza
Prev Title:	Rising
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Blueprint for a Sunrise
Next Year:	2001

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

Bonus tracks

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 [CD Package]
• Karla Merrifield – illustration [Hand Tinting]

Release History

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog
United States	1 July 1997^[1]	CD	Rykodisc	RCD 10420^[2]
United Kingdom	1997
Japan				VACK-5376^[3]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ready Or Not: Yoko Ono Albums To Be Reissued. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218211908/http://www.mtv.com/news/509113/ready-or-not-yoko-ono-albums-to-be-reissued/. dead. February 18, 2018. Gil. Kaufman. Mtv.com. 20 December 2021.
2. Web site: Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD). 20 December 2021. Discogs.com.
3. Web site: Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD). 20 December 2021. Discogs.com.