Preceded by the single "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", which caused controversy due to its title, Some Time in New York City received scathing reviews on release and performed poorly commercially. Reviewers were especially critical of its politically charged content. Zappa was critical of Lennon and Ono's handling of the recordings of the Mothers performance, eventually releasing his own version of the performance on Playground Psychotics (1992). Some Time in New York City was reissued on compact disc in 2005 as a single album, removing several of the Live Jam songs while adding other non-album singles, and again on CD in 2010 in its original double album format.
01. John Lennon - Woman Is The Nigger Of The World [5:17]
02. John Lennon - Sisters, O Sisters [3:48]
03. John Lennon - Attica State [2:55]
04. John Lennon - Born In A Prison [4:06]
05. John Lennon - New York City [4:32]
06. John Lennon - Sunday Bloody Sunday [5:02]
07. John Lennon - The Luck Of The Irish [2:59]
08. John Lennon - John Sinclair [3:30]
09. John Lennon - Angela [4:08]
10. John Lennon - We're All Water [7:11]
01. John & Yoko - Cold Turkey [8:35]
02. John & Yoko - Don't Worry Kyoko [16:01]
03. John & Yoko - Well (Baby Please Don't Go) [4:41]
04. John & Yoko - Jamrag [5:36]
05. John & Yoko - Scumbag [4:28]
06. John & Yoko - Au [8:02]
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Total time [00:47:23]
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