{"id":192478,"date":"2025-09-01T21:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192478\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:45:10","slug":"watch-previously-unseen-video-of-john-lennon-performing-a-classic-solo-song-during-his-historic-1972-one-to-one-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192478\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Previously Unseen Video of John Lennon Performing a Classic Solo Song During His Historic 1972 One to One Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

A previously unseen video of John Lennon<\/a> performing his solo hit \u201cInstant Karma! (We All Shine On)\u201d during the afternoon set of his historic 1972 One to One Benefit Concert has debuted on the late Beatles<\/a> legend\u2019s official YouTube channel<\/a>. The video premiered on Saturday, August 30, the 53rd anniversary of the event.<\/p>\n

The One to One shows took place in the afternoon and evening of August 30, 1972, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. They were organized by Lennon and wife Yoko Ono<\/a> to raise money to help support children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Massive John Lennon & Yoko Ono Box Set, Power to the People, to Focus on the Couple\u2019s Early-1970s Work]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The video captures Lennon performing \u201cInstant Karma\u201d on an electric piano with Ono playing the same instrument while sitting next to him. Lennon is accompanied by the New York-based rock band Elephant\u2019s Memory, as well as acclaimed session drummer Jim Keltner. Elephant\u2019s Memory sax player Stan Bronstein contributes a soulful, rocking solo about halfway through.<\/p>\n

The video includes split-screen segments featuring footage of Lennon, Ono, and various band members, as well as shots of audience members singing along and playing small tambourines.<\/p>\n

As previously reported, remastered audio of the two One to One performances will be featured on the upcoming box set Power to the People. The expansive collection, which will be released on October 10, focuses on the politically charged music Lennon and Ono made together during the early 1970s after they moved from the U.K. to New York City.<\/p>\n

More About the Power to the People Box Set<\/p>\n

The Super Deluxe Edition Power to the People box set features nine CDs and three Blu-ray discs. Besides the remastered audio of both One to One concerts, the collection includes a new version of John and Yoko\u2019s 1972 album Sometime in New York City, and a treasure trove of rare demos, home recordings, jam sessions, live performances, and unique mixes.<\/p>\n

Packaged with the recordings will be a 204-page book, and various pieces of replica memorabilia. Among the latter are postcards, sticker sheets, a poster, concert tickets, and a backstage pass.<\/p>\n

Power to the People was produced by Lennon and Ono\u2019s son, Sean Ono Lennon, along with his team of studio collaborators that previously has worked on his parents\u2019 various \u201cUltimate Mixes\u201d reissues.<\/p>\n

Less-expansive versions Power to the People also will be released featuring just recordings from the One to One concerts. They include four-LP and two-CD sets featuring all 31 performances from both shows, and two-LP and single-CD collections boasting 17 highlights culled from the two concerts.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order<\/a> the Power to the People releases now. For more information, visit JohnLennon.com.<\/p>\n

More About the One to One Concerts<\/p>\n

Lennon and Ono were inspired to organize the One to One benefit concerts after watching a TV expos\u00e9 by news reporter Geraldo Rivera focused on the awful conditions and questionable medical care endured by mentally and physically handicapped children at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York, a state-supported institution.<\/p>\n

One evening concert was initially scheduled, but a matinee performance was added after the first announced show sold out.<\/p>\n

John and Yoko were backed by Elephant\u2019s Memory and Keltner at the shows. The couple played versions of songs from their solo and collaborative albums, The Beatles\u2019 \u201cCome Together,\u201d and more. The concerts, which were attended by a total of about 40,000 people, raised more than $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

The One to One shows were the only full-length concerts Lennon ever played after leaving The Beatles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat Madison Square Garden gig was the best music I enjoyed playing since [The Beatles\u2019 early concerts at] The Cavern or even Hamburg [Germany],\u201d Lennon told NME in 1972. \u201cIt was just the same kind of feeling when The Beatles used to really get into it. That was when we played music. That\u2019s what I enjoy and remember best about those days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cInstant Karma\u201d clip is the third video preview of the Power to the People box set. The other two featured restored footage of performances of \u201cCome Together<\/a>\u201d and \u201cWell Well Well<\/a>,\u201d both from the evening One to One concert.<\/p>\n

Footage of all three performances also will appear in the upcoming Power to the People concert film, due in 2026.<\/p>\n

More About \u201cInstant Karma! (We All Shine On)\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInstant Karma! (We All Shine On)\u201d was Lennon\u2019s third solo single, released in February 1970, before The Beatles broke up. The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the first million-selling solo single by a member of The Beatles.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A previously unseen video of John Lennon performing his solo hit \u201cInstant Karma! (We All Shine On)\u201d during…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[976,171,7657,975,978,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-192478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-classic-rock","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-john-lennon","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-the-beatles","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115131234788221153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}