Editing Elephant's Memory (section)

===Work with Lennon and Ono, and later career (1972–1976)===
Known around the [[Greenwich Village]] area as a politically active street band, Elephant's Memory backed Lennon and Ono on their album ''[[Some Time in New York City]]'' during recording sessions in March 1972. The album was released in June 1972 in the United States, and in September 1972 in the UK.

Later in 1972, they were billed as the '''Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band''' and performed with Lennon and Ono on various TV shows, albums and concerts. On August 30, 1972, with the addition of John Ward on bass and [[Jim Keltner]] on drums, the band played with Lennon and Ono at the famous One to One Concert organized by [[Geraldo Rivera]], to benefit the [[Willowbrook State School]] for children with intellectual disabilities. The concert was filmed and recorded, later released in February 1986 as the album ''[[Live in New York City (John Lennon album)|Live in New York City]]''. On September 4, they played live again with Lennon and Ono at the ''[[MDA Show of Strength|Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon]]'', performing "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]", "[[Now or Never (Yoko Ono song)|Now or Never]]" and "[[Give Peace A Chance]]".<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd 
| location= London
| page= 234
| id= CN 5585}}</ref>

In April and May 1972, the band recorded their second self-titled album, co-produced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnlennon.com/music/collaborations/elephants-memory-elephants-memory/|title=Elephant's Memory – Elephant's Memory|website=Johnlennon.com|access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> and released on the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' [[Apple Records]] label, together with an accompanying single "Power Boogie."  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "selection of good, strong unpretentious rock."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2020-08-02|title=Billboard Album Reviews|date=September 30, 1972|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1972/BB-1972-09-30.pdf|page=63}}</ref> It also contains various contributions by Lennon himself on guitar and vocals. This album has never been re-issued on compact disc. From October to November, the band recorded material for Ono's double album ''[[Approximately Infinite Universe]]'', released in January 1973.

On September 5, 1973, the band appeared at the [[Hells Angels Motorcycle Club|Hells Angels]] "Pirate Party" held on the SS ''Bay Belle'', together with a band featuring [[Jerry Garcia]].<ref name=Garcia>{{cite book|title=Garcia: An American Life|first=Blair|last=Jackson|year=2000|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=9780140291995|quotation=Garcia also agreed to appear in the film ... playing with the Saunders-Garcia band during a September '73 Hell's Angels "Pirate Party" aboard the ferryboat SS ''Bay Belle'' circling around Manhattan ...|page=257|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3y3PbFPNe4C&pg=257}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1973-09-05-ss-bay-belle-new-york-city-harbor-new-york-ny/|title=Jerry Garcia And Merl Saunders: SS Bay Belle (New York City Harbor)|website=JerryGarcia.com}}</ref> This performance was later featured in the 1983 documentary film ''Hells Angels Forever''.<ref name=Garcia/>

The line-up of Elephant's Memory included at various times, Daria Price on [[castanets]], Robert O'Leary on bass, and John La Bosca on piano. However, the line-up that recorded ''Angels Forever'' in 1974, was Stan Bronstein and Richard Frank, plus Gary Van Scyoc on bass, [[Chris Robison]] and Jon Sachs.

In 2010, Van Scyoc and Ippolito appeared in ''[[LENNONYC]]'', a documentary about John Lennon for the PBS [[American Masters]] series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cavernclub.com/beatleweek-bands-guest-speakers/gary-van-scyoc/ |title = Gary Van Scyoc | website = The Cavern Club}}</ref>

In May 2010, guitarist Wayne "Tex" Gabriel died at the age of 59.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=wayne-gabriel-tex&pid=150055720 |title=Wayne "Tex" Gabriel Obiturary |website=[[Legacy.com]] |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051514/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=wayne-gabriel-tex&pid=150055720 |url-status=dead }}</ref>