John Lennon - Imagine...All The Outtakes (3 CD's)

DISC 1 - VT 118

1. Imagine (3:14)
version 2, take 1

2. Crippled Inside (3:47)
take 17

3. Jealous Guy (4:25)
take 2

4. It's So Hard (2:28)
take 2

5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (5:37)
take 2

6. Gimme Some Truth (3:36)
alternate vocal

7. Oh My Love (2:55)
take 2

8. How Do You Sleep? (6:45)
alternate vocal

9. How? (3:42)
alternate vocal a

10. Oh Yoko (5:46)
take 9

11. "Just A Little Story..." (0:34)
studio monologue

12. Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (5:51)
take 1

Total running time: 48:43 min.

DISC 2 - VT 119

1. Imagine (3:07)
take 1

2. Imagine (2:55)
take 2

3. Imagine (3:11)
take 3

4. Imagine (3:11)
alternate vocal

5. Crippled Inside (3:49)
take 2

6. Jealous Guy (4:12)
take 1

7. Jealous Guy (4:08)
take 7

8. Jealous Guy (4:13)
vocal take 20

9. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (5:46)
take 1 with sax

10. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (5:53)
alternate mix

11. Oh My Love (2:48)
alternate rake 1a

12. Oh My Love (2:50)
alternate take 1b

13. How? (3:49)
take 12

14. How? (3:43)
alternate vocal b

15. How? (3:42)
original take 2

16. Oh Yoko (4:11)
take 7

17. I'm The Greatest (2:42)
piano demo

18. Imagine (2:57)
rehearsal

19. San Francisco Bay Blues (1:15)
impromptu studio solo

Total running time: 68:23 min.

DISC 3 - VT 120

1. How Do You Sleep (1:52)
rehearsal 1

2. Tuning Jam (0:40)
3. How Do You Sleep? (4:22)
rehearsal 2

4. How Do You Sleep? (7:36)
rehearsal 3

5. How Do You Sleep? (5:46)
version 2

6. How Do You Sleep? (8:11)
take 2

7. How Do You Sleep? (6:34)
version 3

8. How Do You Sleep? (6:15)
alternate vocal b

9. Oh My Love (1:26)
acoustic demo a (late 1968)

10. Oh My Love (1:23)
acoustic demo b (late 1968)

11. How? (4:33)
piano demo (late 1970)

12. People Get Ready/How? (3:04)
piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971)

13. Medley:How?/Child Of Nature/Oh Yoko! (4:26)
piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971)

14. Oh Yoko! (4:37)
acoustic demo (mid 1969)

15. Oh Yoko (0:57)
piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971)

16. It's So Hard (6:54)
sax overdub (7-4-71 NYC)

17. How Do You Sleep? (reprise) (0:19)

Total running time: 73:22 min.

Imagine... the best known Lennon song. Maybe his most appreciated album. Now we can hear it in its 'pre-Spectorised' stadium: home demo's, studio rehearsals and outtakes. Some of the tracks were broadcast on The Lost Lennon Tapes radio show but appear here in a better soundquality and longer.The CD's are housed in a cardboard box which also contains A 36 page booklet with photo's, an interview with John, an article by John Robertson (The Art & Music Of John Lennon) and a listing of all the tracks including the musicians and their instruments on the different numbers. The songs on this CD set are said to be taken from a tape source which explains the excellent, crisp sound. A truly fantastic Vigotone release !

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