| Sex Pistols? Pshaw... The Stooges or MC5? |
| Nope, it was David Peel, a New York street poet/rocker whose songs about pot & cops started it all. John Lennon signed Peel to Apple Records and produced the album The Pope Smokes Dope, which was banned almost world-wide. Lennon & Peel performed together at the One-To-One concert, among others. David started his own record label, Orange Records, so his music could be recorded uncensored. |
Note: No singles released (two promos on Apple in 1972—see 45Cat link below)
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David Peel & The Lower East Side: Have A Marijuana |
| Elektra EKS-74032 | |
| 11/68 BB [UK: 6/69] | |
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 Side One | ||
| Mother Where Is My Father | Peel | 3:00 |
| I Like Marijuana | Barnum-Cooper-Goldsmith-Peel-Smith | 5:05 |
| Here Comes A Cop | Peel | 2:30 |
| I've Got Some Grass | Peel | 0:30 |
| Happy Mother's Day | Peel | 2:10 |
| Up Against The Wall | Peel | 2:31 |
| Side Two | ||
| I Do My Bawling In The Bathroom | Peel | 6:50 |
| The Alphabet Song | Peel | 2:24 |
| Show Me The Way To Get Stoned | Peel | 2:36 |
| We Love You | Peel | 3:06 |
Note: Recorded live on the streets of New York
Cannabis Sativa courtesy of The American Museum Of Natural History
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David Peel & The Lower East Side: The American Revolution |
| Elektra EKS-74069 | |
| 2/70 [UK: 3/70] | |
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| Side One | ||
| Lower East Side | Peel-White | 3:14 |
| Pledge of Allegiance | Peel | 0:35 |
| Legalize Marijuana | Peel | 2:52 |
| Oink, Oink | Peel | 4:30 |
| I Want to Get High | Peel | 2:27 |
| Side Two | ||
| I Want to Kill You | Peel | 4:18 |
| Girls, Girls, Girls | Peel | 3:55 |
| Hey, Mr Draft Board | De Lory-Peel-Van Winkle | 3:42 |
| God | Peel | 2:23 |
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David Peel & The Lower East Side: The Pope Smokes Dope |
| Apple SW-3391 | |
| 4/72 BB [UK: 5/72] | |
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| Side One | ||
| I'm A Runway | Peel | 3:39 |
| Everybody's Smoking Marijuana | Peel | 4:06 |
| F Is Not A Dirty Word | Peel | 3:12 |
| The Hippy From New York City | Peel | 3:01 |
| McDonalds Farm | Peel | 3:13 |
| The Ballad Of New York City (John Lennon And Yoko Ono) |
Peel | 3:19 |
| Side Two | ||
| The Ballad Of Bob Dylan | Peel | 4:12 |
| The Chicago Conspiracy | Peel | 3:47 |
| The Hip Generation | Peel | 1:50 |
| I'm Going To Start Another Riot | Peel | 2:37 |
| The Birth Control Blues | Peel | 4:48 |
| The Pope Smokes Dope | Peel | 2:15 |
Links!
John Lennon, David Peel and rock’s greatest flattery @ The Villager