Adam VIII

[1] Adam VIII specialised in mail order issues and reissues of popular music, including works originally appearing on Roulette Records, also owned by Morris Levy.

[5] Lennon originally undertook the project as a way to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit, over his song "Come Together", which had borrowed noticeably from Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" (published by Levy).

[6] As part of the settlement, Lennon agreed to record three songs that were owned by Levy's publishing house, Big Seven Music.

[6] Levy later opined that "I lost because the judge fell in love with John Lennon, and Yoko knitted all day long, as a pregnant lady in the first row of the court".

[6] After Adam VIII suspended sales of the album, naturally, the copies that had already been purchased became a collectors item.