Editing Plastic Ono Band (section)

===''Plastic Ono Band'' albums to "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1970–1971)===
During the summer of 1970, Lennon and Ono undertook [[primal therapy]] under the guidance of [[Arthur Janov]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=Diary>{{cite book|editor1=Miles, Barry |editor2=Badman, Keith |title=The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970–2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Music Sales Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7119-8307-6 |edition=reprint}}</ref> This therapy had a great effect on Lennon's writing. In the meantime, the Beatles had publicly broken up, and the pair returned to London at the end of September to begin recording on a pair of studio albums, ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' and ''[[Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band]]''. The core of the Plastic Ono Band backing the two was Klaus Voormann on bass and Ringo Starr on drums. Phil Spector co-produced Lennon's record, and he and Billy Preston played keyboards on some tracks. George Harrison contributed [[sitar]] to Ono's album.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spizer|first=Bruce|title=The Beatles Solo on Apple Records|publisher=498 Productions|location=New Orleans, LA|year=2005|isbn=0-9662649-5-9|page=343}}</ref> Lennon's record consisted of straightforward, stripped down rock, while Ono's featured experimental and avant-garde music. Both albums were released on 11 December.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11529 |title=Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=James |last=Chrispell |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r67636 |title=Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band – Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-08-24}}</ref> The single "[[Mother (John Lennon song)|Mother]]" / "[[Why (Yoko Ono song)|Why]]" was issued, the songs coming from ''John Lennon'' and ''Yoko Ono'' respectively. In early 1971, Lennon recorded "[[Power to the People (song)|Power to the People]]" with a line-up of Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Klaus Voormann and Alan White. Ono's B-side "[[Open Your Box]]" featured Voormann and Jim Gordon. The single was released in March, with the sides credited to "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" respectively.

In the spring and summer of 1971, Lennon and Ono recorded their respective albums ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'' and ''[[Fly (Yoko Ono album)|Fly]]''. Using the same "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" artist credits,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Castleman|first1=Harry|last2=Podrazik|first2=Walter J.|title=All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York, NY|year=1976|isbn=0-345-25680-8|page=104|url=https://archive.org/details/alltogethernowfi0000cast}}</ref> the albums featured contributions from George Harrison, [[Nicky Hopkins]], Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon, and Phil Spector co-produced ''Imagine''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spizer|first=Bruce|title=The Beatles Solo on Apple Records|publisher=498 Productions|location=New Orleans, LA|year=2005|isbn=0-9662649-5-9|pages=53–54, 58, 343}}</ref> On 6 June, Lennon and Ono performed with [[Frank Zappa]] and [[the Mothers of Invention]] in New York City, later dubbing the collaboration "John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with The Mothers of Invention".<ref name="New York City 1972">Some Time in New York City (Inner sleeve). John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory & Invisible Strings. Apple, EMI. 1972.</ref>

The next use of the Plastic Ono Band name was the 1971 Christmas single "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]". Credited to "John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band", the recording featured drummer Jim Keltner, pianist Nicky Hopkins and guitarists Hugh McCracken, Chris Osbourne (who had played on ''Fly''), Teddy Irwin and [[Stuart Scharf]]. The B-side, "[[Listen, the Snow Is Falling]]", featured the same musicians as "Happy Xmas", with the addition of Klaus Voormann on bass. Co-produced by Phil Spector, the single was issued on 1 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/happy-xmas-war-is-over/ |title=John Lennon: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) |date=7 August 2010 |publisher=The Beatles Bible |access-date=2015-08-24}}</ref>