Mainly inspired by John, who happened to be on acid while watching the Paris student riots in the summer of ’68, this collection was recorded in one night between dusk and dawn, in a “very collective” session (John speaking). Its release was blocked by Yoko One, who, being a Jap, doesn’t like Chinks. Main cuts: Love Mao Do, (Won’t You) Please Police Me, The Long and Winding Capitalist Roaders, Happiness Proceeds Out of the Barrel of a Warm Gun, Rice Paddies Forever.

—National Lampoon, the magazine, from a special “Beatles Edition”, October 1977.