Let's Have a Dream – 1974 One Step Festival Live is a live album by singer-songwriter and artist Yoko Ono, recorded with the Plastic Ono Super Band on the opening night of her 1974 tour in Japan. It is the third live album released by Ono following Live Peace in Toronto (1969) and the Live Jam disc of Some Time in New York City (1972), both also recorded with Plastic Ono Band.

Background The live album was recorded on 10 August 1974, the final date of the One Step Festival, held in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. The date was the opening date of a six-date tour by Ono in Japan during August 1974: 10 August 1974 – One Step Festival, Tokyo 11 August 1974 – Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo 12 August 1974 – Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall 13 August 1974 – Shi Kokaido, Nagoya 16 August 1974 – Kenritsu Taikukan, Hiroshima 19 August 1974 – Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka

Fifty thousand people attended the show at One Step Festival.

The tour took place during the "Lost Weekend", when Yoko was separated from her husband John Lennon, and during which time she recorded the album A Story, which remained unreleased until the 1990s due to problems with Apple Records.

Songs The album includes songs from Ono's albums Fly (1971), Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) and Feeling the Space (1973). She also performed her Japanese single "Yume O Motou" (1974) and another Japanese song titled "One Way Road", which never appeared on any of her studio albums and had its first official release through this live album.

Reception Pitchfork magazine gave the album a rating of 8.0 out of 10, noting that it was "the sound of Yoko Ono at her mischievous peak" and showcased "Ono's bizarre genius as well as her warmth, charisma, and downright lovability as a performer" as well as being a "triumphant cap to her early-'70s imperial period".

Track listing

Personnel Yoko Ono – Vocals Andy Mewson – Bass Rick Marotta – Drums Steve Gadd - Drums Steve Khan – Guitar Don Grolnick – Keyboards Michael Brecker – Flute, Saxophone Randy Brecker – Trumpet

Release history CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogRef. Japan 24 August 2022 CD Super Fuji Discs FJSP-470 Worldwide 14 September 2022 Streaming Japan 5 October 2022 LP FJSP-471

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