, ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁dispute ▁with ▁Northern ▁Songs ▁over ▁publishing ▁rights ▁on ▁songs ▁co - written ▁by ▁L enn on ▁and ▁O no . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁pack aged ▁like ▁a ▁newspaper ▁( an ▁approach ▁previously ▁employed ▁on ▁The ▁Four ▁Se asons ' ▁The ▁G enu ine ▁Im itation ▁Life ▁Gazette , ▁Jefferson ▁Air plane ' s ▁Vol unte ers ▁and ▁J eth ro ▁T ull ' s ▁Th ick ▁as ▁a ▁Br ick ), ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁events ▁covered ▁in ▁the ▁album ' s ▁songs , ▁causing ▁even ▁more ▁const ern ation ▁with ▁an ▁alter ed ▁photo ▁of ▁Richard ▁N ixon ▁and ▁Ma o ▁Z ed ong ▁dan cing ▁n ude ▁together . ▁( The ▁photo ▁was ▁st icker ed ▁over ▁on ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁issued ▁copies , ▁with ▁a ▁non - rem ov able ▁se al .) ▁ ▁With ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁gate fold ▁cover ▁space ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁printed ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁photograph s , ▁the ▁album ▁cred its ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁disc ' s ▁inner ▁sle e ve . ▁The ▁custom ised ▁label , ▁featuring ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁L enn on ▁morph ing ▁into ▁O no ' s , ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁I ain ▁Mac mill an . ▁The ▁inner ▁sle e ve ▁for ▁Live ▁Jam ▁featured ▁L enn on ' s ▁do od ling ▁over ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁Z appa ' s ▁album , ▁F ill more ▁East ▁- ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁adding ▁his ▁cred its ▁and ▁comment ary ▁to ▁Z appa