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3 unusual facts about Cold Turkey


Bush Tetras

"Punch Drunk" and a cover of John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" appear on Start Swimming (1981, Stiff Records), a live record documenting a one-night showcase of New York bands at the Rainbow in London on February 20, 1981.

Cold turkey

The phrase's use in popular culture includes John Lennon's song "Cold Turkey", about kicking heroin, and Norman Lear's 1971 movie Cold Turkey, about a small town that gives up smoking to win $25,000,000.

Cold Turkey

Freddie Hubbard recorded an instrumental version in 1970, as an outtake from his CTI Records album, Red Clay.


Greenfield, Iowa

Greenfield was the primary location for the filming of the 1971 satirical comedy film Cold Turkey, produced by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke.

Shaved Fish

The compilation includes many of Lennon's most popular solo recordings, five of which had not yet appeared on an album: "Cold Turkey," "Instant Karma!," "Power to the People," the holiday single "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," and "Give Peace a Chance."


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Cold Turkey Press

Bellaart's achievements have been marked by an exhibition of the Cold Turkey Press archive by Sea Urchin Editions's Ben Schot for the Historische Museum in Rotterdam May 2006.

Hit by Hit

All tracks composed by The Godfathers, except for "Sun Arise" and "Cold Turkey".