🪟 ‘Season of Glass’ to be reissued!

[Beatlesblogger]

Hi everyone,

Not sure if you’ve been collecting the Secretly Canadian reissues of the Yoko Ono back-catalogue. I don’t think I’ve seen these mentioned here because it’s been quite a while since the last release.

I have been getting each of them on vinyl because many of them were formerly Apple Record releases. They’re now on a cool Grapefruit label, cut in half on the b-side just like the Apple labels!!

Anyway, quite a few years ago now Secretly Canadian said they’d be re-issuing all Yoko’s catalogue, and they made a very strong start but it’s been quiet for a while. BUT they’ve just announced that ‘Season of Glass’ is coming soon:

“Happy 93rd birthday to Yoko Ono! Marking the 45th anniversary of its release, her seminal 1981 album 'Season of Glass' will be available this summer in expanded CD and digital versions and, for the first time in more than forty-five years, on black and limited quantities of white vinyl with expanded and enhanced artwork.”

Season of Glass

Available to pre-order now, releasing August 2026. Please note that this will ship on or around release date. Please note that vinyl copies contain the original track listing of 'Season of Glass,' and the newly-expanded CD includes three additional bonus tracks: "Walking On Thin Ice," "I Don’t...

secretlystore.com

 

[nobodytoldme]

One of the most haunting and emotionally raw albums I know. It remains astonishing how she was able to articulate something this fully formed within half a year of the ultimate shock. Recorded with the same musicians, in the same studio, in the same era, on paper it belongs to the same sonic landscape as 'Double Fantasy'. Obviously the emotional axis has entirely reversed, and the album becomes the exact opposite. Her achievement, even in that state, of shaping that atmosphere with such control and translating all those emotions into sound with striking speed and clarity remains extraordinary to me.

It runs through the entire record, not just in the lyrics, but in the production, the arrangements (the guitar stabs in 'No, No, No'!), the atmosphere itself. It is eerie, yet at the same time tender, moving between anger, love, fragility and maybe a quiet sense of acceptance.

Also genuinely looking forward to the Phil Spector mix of 'Dogtown'. One of her finest songs, whether in the early 70s demo, the mid-70s outtake, the version that appeared on 'Season of Glass', the 2016 Sean Lennon remix or the recent Sudan Archives cover. The composition itself holds up in every interpretation.

 

[Beatlesblogger]

Interesting video from Norman Maslov about the announcement. He obviously gets Yoko's music and is very excited about Season of Glass being reissued - especially for the bonus tracks that will be on the CD.

 

[BIBO99]

YES! Can't wait. Let's hope the other albums will get a re-issue, too.

 

[JPGR1964]

Yea glad this series still has life after being seemingly discontinued for a few years. Hopefully they finish up and do the remaining albums promised in the initial press release (up to Starpeace, and I believe, including “A Story”)

 

[JoBeatles]

I have an original copy of the vinyl LP that I bought when it came out all those years ago. It's always been a hard listen for me but I do plan on getting the new CD version because I want those bonus tracks! Perhaps a bit strange, but I bought it when it came out primarily for the cover. While shocking at the time, it somehow made me feel a bit closer to John. I still can't look at the eyeglasses without tearing up, though. I am looking extremely forward to this important release because we all need to be reminded of the violence that took John from us and Yoko's masterful way of relating the message.

 

[BadfingerBarb]

It's a great album.