The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and the Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.
History Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.
The album was released on April 17, 1972.
The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.
Track listing
Bonus tracks on CD edition "Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15 with Yoko Ono "How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07 interview with John Lennon "Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41
Chart positions Charts (1972) Peakposition US Billboard 200191
Personnel Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork Roy Cicala – engineering Jack Douglas – engineering Bill Ferrara – photography Robert L. Heimall – art direction Allan Steckler – production supervision John Lennon – production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12) Yoko Ono – production, percussions (track 1), voice (6) David Peel – vocals, guitar Eddie Mottau – guitar Chris Osborne – guitar Charlie Wolff – guitar Eddie Ryan – drums The Lower East Side Friends – chorus Tom Doyle – guitar, backing vocals Bruce Bierman – backing vocals John Robertson – guitar Billy Minelli – bass Frank Lanci – drums Lenny Mars – harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10) Peter Grad and Phil Kane - backup harmonies on first version of "I'm A Runaway" (Cut from album after John Lennon took over production.)
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