The Pope Smokes Dope

The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and the Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.

History
Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.

The album was released on April 17, 1972.

The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.

Track listing

 * Bonus tracks on CD edition
 * 1) "Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15
 * 2) *with Yoko Ono
 * 3) "How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07
 * 4) *interview with John Lennon
 * 5) "Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41

Personnel

 * Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork
 * Roy Cicala – engineering
 * Jack Douglas – engineering
 * Bill Ferrara – photography
 * Robert L. Heimall – art direction
 * Allan Steckler – production supervision
 * John Lennon – production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12)
 * Yoko Ono – production, percussions (track 1), voice (6)
 * David Peel – vocals, guitar
 * Eddie Mottau – guitar
 * Chris Osborne – guitar
 * Charlie Wolff – guitar
 * Eddie Ryan – drums
 * The Lower East Side Friends – chorus
 * Tom Doyle – guitar, backing vocals
 * Bruce Bierman – backing vocals
 * John Robertson – guitar
 * Billy Minelli – bass
 * Frank Lanci – drums
 * Lenny Mars – harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10)