John Lennon romantically hooked up with Yoko Ono,now divorced from her second husband. Lennon was separated and not-yet-divorced from his first wife Cynthia Powell,when this album was recorded in May 1968. You can see some detailed footage regarding the making of this album in the 1988 Warner Bros. documentary IMAGINE-THE DEFINITIVE PORTRAIT OF JOHN LENNON. While honeymooning in Canada in 1969 after their wedding on March 20 that year,John and Yoko were paid a visit by now-deceased Al Capp,who created the L'il Abner comicstrip. Capp tells the Lennons,"One thing that interested me was you said you were very shy people in the Globe. And yet...". That was when Capp showed the TWO VIRGINS cover photo to the Lennons. Capp also said,"Only the shyest people in the world would take pictures like this! If that isn't a picture of two shy people,I'd like to know what shyness is. Oh,what filth!". John asked Capp,"You think that's filth?". Capp replies,"Certainly not,I'm denouncing people who think it is. I think everybody owes it to the world to prove they have pubic hair. And you've done it and I applaud you for it! I really don't think there's any great interest in this. Clearly,you must have felt the world wanted to know what your private parts look like and now the world knows! And I tell you that is one of the greatest contributions to enlightenment and culture of our time!". Some others in the room even applauded! Some copies of this album were distributed by Apple Records,founded by The Beatles in 1968 and others were distributed by Tetragammaton Records,a small independent label partially owned by comedian-actor Bill Cosby. At first,the album was released with no barrier concealing the full frontal nudity. But those copies were reclaimed by police departments and later returned to retail stores with the barriers. I saw a book,with the cover photo in it and the word "boobs" appears near Yoko's bare breasts. The quoted word did not appear while the book was pressed. It was handwritten by some interested young boy,obviously. Sorry,I can't say the other handwritten words. Anyway,this is a cool album. Very subtle and enjoyable.