LENNON & ONO: LENNON JOHN (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles & ONO YOKO (1933- ) Japanese ...

LENNON & ONO: LENNON JOHN (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles & ONO YOKO (1933- ) Japanese Artist, Singer & Peace Activist, wife of John Lennon 1969-80. A rare signed and inscribed album record sleeve by both Lennon and Ono individually for Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968), being the first of three experimental albums by Lennon and Ono released with Apple Records and parent company EMI. Contained in the original cellophane wrapper and signed by Lennon and Ono individually in black inks with their first names (Lennon adding an inscription in his hand, 'Greg - love') directly beneath the controversial front cover image depicting the couple standing together in full length naked poses. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 15.5 x 15.5. Together with a selection of unsigned related material and printed ephemera including the Wedding Album (1969) box set, being the third and final experimental albums recorded by Lennon and Ono, a white vinyl Bagism slip sleeve containing a cardstock image of a single slice of wedding cake, two printed folding booklets of images and newspaper reports of Lennon & Ono entitled The Wedding and The Press, a printed double-sided folding booklet of Lennon & Ono's cartoon drawings recounting the story of their wedding, two postcards of the couple, several single records, an 8vo printed War Is Over! Christmas card etc. Some light overall age wear, generally about VG, Sml. Qty. Provenance: The present album was signed and inscribed by Lennon and Ono for Greg Sams (1948- ) American-born Fractal Artist, Author & Publisher who, in 1968, opened SEED, a macrobiotic restaurant in London which became popular in the psychedelic scene in the late 1960s and was frequented by John Lennon (who drew a cartoon about his experiences there) and Yoko Ono. £2000-3000