"The Pope Smokes Dope" - David Peel and the Lower East Side

9th October 1972

David Peel and the Lower East Side: "The Pope Smokes Dope" - featuring backing and production from John Lennon, released on Apple records, following an Elektra Records release, "Have A Marijuana" that was supposedly recorded live on a New York City street corner.

After this brush with major labels, Peel put out his own albums.

Songs:

I’m A Runaway

Everybody’s Smoking Marijuana

F Is Not A Dirty Word

The Hippie From New York City

McDonald’s Farm

The Ballad Of New York City / John Lennon-Yoko Ono

The Ballad Of Bob Dylan

The Chicago Conspiracy

The Hip Generation

I’m Gonna Start Another Riot

The Birth Control Blues

The Pope Smokes Dope

Produced by John Lennon & Yoko Ono