''A Story'' is an

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, recorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which

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produced ''

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''. It was unreleased until the 1992 box set ''

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'', 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

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. 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 ''

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''. *"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 ''

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''. *"It Happened" was released as a different mix as the B-side to "

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". *"Yes, I'm a Witch" was included on, and gave its title to, ''

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'', 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" *

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– guitar * Gordon Edwards – bass guitar *

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– keyboards *

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– keyboards on "She Gets Down on Her Knees" * Arthur Jenkins Jr. – percussion *

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– tenor saxophone *

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– trumpet * Lew Delgatto – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet * George Young – flute, clarinet *

Rick Marotta Richard Thomas Marotta (born January 7, 1948) is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Hall & Oates, Ste ...

– drums ;Technical * Produced by Yoko Ono and

* 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) *

– vocal and piano * Recorded on cassette, Dakota Period ;"Now or Never" (Rykodisc CD Bonus Live Track) *

– vocal * Recorded live in

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, 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 Roy Joel Cicala (March 28, 1939 – January 22, 2014) was an American producer, engineer, songwriter and musician. His body of work includes over 10 Platinum Records for producing, writing, engineering and management for talent from the 1970s thro ...

– mixing * Black + Copper, Cindy Nelson – design

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* Karla Merrifield – illustration and Tinting

Release History

References

External links

* Musicians, Production
Yoko Ono – A Story (1997, CD)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Story, A 1997 albums Yoko Ono albums Albums produced by David Spinozza Rykodisc albums