''The Pope Smokes Dope'' is the third album by David Peel and the Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.

History

Peel, along with

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and

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, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on ''The

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Show'', with Lennon playing

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. The trio, joined by

The Lower East Side Band The Lower East Side Band was an American rock band from Manhattan, New York. History Formed to support David Peel in 1967, the Lower East Side Band originally consisted of Harold C. Black and Billy Joe White. They soon became popular enough in N ...

, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972. The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.

Track listing

;Bonus tracks on CD edition #

"Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15 #*''with Yoko Ono'' #"How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07 #*''interview with John Lennon'' #"Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41

Chart positions

Personnel

*Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork *

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–

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* Jack Douglas –

*Bill Ferrara – photography *Robert L. Heimall –

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*Allan Steckler – production supervision *

– production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12) *

– production, percussions (track 1), voice (6) * David Peel – vocals, guitar *Eddie Mottau – guitar *Chris Osborne – guitar *Charlie Wolff – guitar *Eddie Ryan – drums *The Lower East Side Friends –

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*Tom Doyle – guitar, backing vocals *Bruce Bierman – backing vocals *John Robertson – guitar *Billy Minelli – bass *Frank Lanci – drums *Lenny Mars – harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope Smokes Dope, The 1972 albums David Peel (musician) albums Albums produced by John Lennon Albums produced by Yoko Ono Apple Records albums