In short, if you needed a guitar part in L.A., you were probably calling Larry Carlton. Larry Carlton with his guitar of choice, a Gibson ES-335, in the 1970s. For years, even reputable compendiums like The Beatles Bible listed Larry Carlton as a guitarist on the Larry Williams cover. Lennon would eventually finish the album in New York, producing the last sessions himself at Record Plant East. It would be Lennon’s last true solo album before 1980’s collaborative effort with Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy.