"John & Yoko", the first side, a recording made on 22 and 27 April 1969, is of Lennon and Ono calling out each other's names, through a range of volume, tempos, and emotions, over the sound of their heartbeats.

[2][3] Lennon described the heartbeats as being "like African drums", and the piece being "like an extended, very extreme John and Marsha that was out years ago by Stan Freberg.

[2] The piece consists of interviews explaining their campaign for peace, conversations and captured sounds during the couple's "Bed-In" honeymoon.

[2][4] Outtakes and interviews from Lennon and Ono's Bed-In were released as promo 7" vinyl acetates by Bell.

[nb 2][2] The record came as an elaborate box set designed by John Kosh, including sets of photos, comic strip drawings by Lennon,[10] a reproduction of the marriage certificate,[nb 3] a picture of a slice of wedding cake (inside a white sleeve), and a booklet of press clippings about the couple.

The album was reissued again in March 2019 on Sean Lennon's Chimera label in collaboration with Secretly Canadian.

[13] Melody Maker critic Richard Williams was given two single-sided test pressings for his review (which appeared on the front page of the November 15th issue).

Lennon and Ono sent a telegram to Williams thanking him for his review and writing: "We both feel that this is the first time a critic topped the artist.