Released in 1984, Milk and Honey occupies a tender and complicated place in the John Lennon catalog. Drawn from the same final recording sessions that produced Double Fantasy, the album documents Lennon's return to songwriting after five years devoted largely to family life with Yoko Ono and their son Sean. Following his death, Ono spent the next several years completing the unfinished recordings, preserving the spirit of the original sessions while bringing the project to its eventual release.
The official pressing arrived in standard black vinyl, but a small number of unauthorized green-vinyl copies reportedly slipped from the same manufacturing facility using the original stampers. Factory overruns, employee pressings, withdrawn sleeves, and undocumented color variants occupy one of record collecting's most obsessive territories, where the smallest production irregularity can reshape an album's history.
Reportedly numbering no more than fifty copies, this rare U.S. Polydor LP has become one of those elusive editions whose reputation has grown steadily through decades of collector conversation. It is accompanied by a sealed U.S. stock copy with original cover and hype sticker, representing a striking artifact from the final chapter of vinyl's golden age.
Milk and honey (1984), john lennon and yoko ono
950 USD
Released in 1984, Milk and Honey occupies a tender and complicated place in the John Lennon catalog. Drawn from the same final recording sessions that produced Double Fantasy, the album documents Lennon's return to songwriting after five years devoted largely to family life with Yoko Ono and their son Sean. Following his death, Ono spent the next several years completing the unfinished recordings, preserving the spirit of the original sessions while bringing the project to its eventual release.
The official pressing arrived in standard black vinyl, but a small number of unauthorized green-vinyl copies reportedly slipped from the same manufacturing facility using the original stampers. Factory overruns, employee pressings, withdrawn sleeves, and undocumented color variants occupy one of record collecting's most obsessive territories, where the smallest production irregularity can reshape an album's history.
Reportedly numbering no more than fifty copies, this rare U.S. Polydor LP has become one of those elusive editions whose reputation has grown steadily through decades of collector conversation. It is accompanied by a sealed U.S. stock copy with original cover and hype sticker, representing a striking artifact from the final chapter of vinyl's golden age.
Original 1984 U.S. Polydor pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Milk and Honey, featuring a rare unauthorized green vinyl LP pressed in an edition of approximately 50 copies. Includes a bonus sealed U.S. stock copy with original cover and hype sticker.
Each Reserve collectible is thoughtfully custom-packaged to Jacques Marie Mage standards, with tailored care to each artifact. Each collectible is accompanied by a JMM Certificate of Authenticity and ID card.
