- Here then is THAT Very Party captured on tape by Neil Aspinal. Enjoy. A splendid time was guaranteed.Before the guests arrived, however, Lennon began composing Attica State, which would later appear on the Some Time In New York City album. "It was conceived on my birthday," he later explained. "We ad libbed it, then we finished it off."
he guests included Ringo Starr, Maureen Starkey, Phil Spector, Klaus Voormann, Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, Eric Clapton, Allen Ginsberg and Jim Keltner.
The all-star cast sang drunken versions of songs including What'd I Say, Yellow Submarine, On Top Of Old Smokey, Goodnight Irene, Take This Hammer, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Like A Rolling Stone, a medley of Twist And Shout/Louie Louie/La Bamba, Bring It On Home To Me, Yesterday, Tandoori Chicken, Power To The People, Maybe Baby, Peggy Sue, Bring Out The Joints (a Lennon-Spector composition), My Baby Left Me, Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Crippled Inside, Give Peace A Chance, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, My Sweet Lord, Imagine and Oh Yoko!.
John also send a note to Ringo: "Dear hello Ringo and More-Reen
thankx a lot for coming to my birthday chaos, looks like some good things will come from the Museum Show too!
lost of love to you and yours
from bonnie John + Yogurt"