Comments on: Cold Turkey

By: Schoolmarm

Schoolmarm — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:44:55 +0000

Except that track wasn”t released at that time. It was first available as a bonus track on the CD reissues.

By: uncle bob

uncle bob — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:30:14 +0000

It was not about Heroin it was about eating a bad Turkey sandwich….everyone jumped to the wrong conclusion. It caused a fever, the runs, he was ill for 24 hours and got better…He knew everyone would think it was about H…..good for John his view on the world was right

By: Golden Slumber

Golden Slumber — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:58:55 +0000

Great Lennon riff, very much like his guitar work on his Plastic Ono Band record. It should have been included.

By: manteau

manteau — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:51:30 +0000

Have you noticed the similarity between the fabulous riff at the beginning of “Cold turkey” and the one on Mc cartney’s “Let me roll it”?

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:27:45 +0000

A radical break by Lennon from the Beatles in releasing this. Documents brilliantly the pain of his heroin withdrawal. Great work by Eric Clapton on guitar.

By: Joseph Brush

Joseph Brush — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:57:44 +0000

Not really. An early version of this song appeared on the 1969 LP Live Peace In Toronto featuring the Plastic Ono Band.
A cover version of Cold Turkey was recorded by hard bop artist Freddie Hubbard in 1970 on an album entitled Red Clay that included Herbie Hancock and Lenny White.

By: bt8257

bt8257 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:40:00 +0000

The first time this song appeared on an album was on the 1975 compilation Shaved Fish.