LENNON, JOHN - A SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (2CDS) FROM THE BBC.

LENNON, JOHN - A TOOT AND A SNORE IN 74 THIS IS THE ONE THAT MCCARTNEY MENTIONED WHEN HE DID HIS TOWN HALL MEETING. CONTAINS LENNON, MCCARTNEY, STEVIE WONDER AND HARRY NILSON.

LENNON, JOHN - AFTER THE REMEMBER/COLLECTION OF STUDIO TRACKS 1970- 1974 35 OUTTAKES MASTER DISC NEWLY FOUND. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS DOUBLE CD IS DISC 1 TRACK 5, THE COMPLETE 8:10 TAKE OF "REMEMBER" SOURCED FROM ACETATE THIS TAKE IS THE SOURCE OF THE COMMERCIAL VERSION, WHICH WAS EDITED DOWN.

LENNON, JOHN - A GUITAR'S ALL RIGHT JOHN, BUT YOU'LL NEVER EARN YOUR LIVING BY IT. AUDIENCE TAPE FROM THE TIME WHEN JOHN JOINED ELTON JOHN ON STAGE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NOVEMBER 1974. TWO SONGS ARE PROBABLY FROM THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST APRIL 18, 1975. OH MY LOVE IS A LENNON OUTTAKE. ALSO DAY TRIPPER COMES FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE (THIS IS NOT THE BEATLES). THE TITLE COMES FROM A SUPPOSED STATEMENT MADE TO JOHN BY HIS AUNT MIMI.

LENNON, JOHN - APPLE 2X1 SIDED ROUGH ACETATE UNICORN RECORDS LABEL, ENGLAND, UC-081 '2001. TRACKS 1-10 TAKEN FROM AN APPLE CUSTOM LABEL ROUGH ACETATE. TRACKS 11-18 EDIT -TAKEN FROM AN APPLE CUSTOM LABEL ROUGH ACETATE.

LENNON, JOHN - Bermuda Shorts - "For the first time the complete unedited demos John Lennon recorded in Bermuda 1980. This is the way John's tape ran from start to finish." (Double Fantasy demos)

LENNON, JOHN - BORROWED TIME 1 I FOUND OUT DEMO 4:02 2 ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE ALTERNATE TAKE 6:01 3 CORINA, CORINA HOME RECORDING 1:18 4 STEAL AND GLASS RUN THROUGH 5:14 5 LIVING ON BORROWED TIME DEMO 4:42 6 HOW ALTERNATE TAKE 3:40 7 TIGHT A$ DEMO 3:22 8 STARTING OVER EARLY MIX 3:33 9 MAKE LOVE NOT WAR DEMO 3:30 10 HOW DO YOU SLEEP ALTERNATE TAKE 8:08 11 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... DEMO 4:42 12 HONEY DON'T / DON'T BE CRUEL / MATCHBOX OUTTAKE 5:00 13 DEAR JOHN DEMO 4:16 14 CRIPPLED INSIDE ALTERNATE TAKE 3:49 15 THE HAPPY RISHIKESH SONG DEMO 1:53 16 JOHN HENRY HOME RECORDING 1:40 17 MY LIFE DEMO TAKE 2 2:37 18 MOTHER ALTERNATE TAKE 3:51

LENNON, JOHN - BRANDY ALEXANDERS AND THE WALL OF SOUND (3CDS) THIS THREE-CD SET BRINGS INTO FOCUS FOR THE FIRST TIME JOHN LENNON'S LEGENDARY ROCK 'N' ROLL SESSIONS, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR. A DOCUMENT OF A TROUBLED TIME IN JOHN'S LIFE, THIS COLLECTION SHOWS BOTH THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK FROM OCTOBER 1973 (WHEN THE PROJECT BEGAN) UNTIL FEBRUARY 1975 (WHEN THE ALBUM WAS FINALLY ISSUED). HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE SEVERAL TRACKING SESSIONS, REHEARSALS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM THE ERA CREATING A FULLY ROUNDED AUDIO PICTURE. ALSO INCLUDED IN ITS ENTIRETY IS THE ADAM VIII ROOTS LP IN ITS FINEST QUALITY TO DATE.

LENNON, JOHN - CHRISTMAS PRESENT (3CDS) Woman Is the Nigger Of The World  Well, Well, Well (08/22/72 Rehearsal) Come Together (08/18/72 Rehearsal) Medley: (08/21/72 Rehearsal)  Hound Dog  Long Tall Sally Dont Let Me Down (different melody & lyrics) Yer Blues (Dirty Mac Jam) Rock And Roll People Mind Games Jealous Guy Imagine (Mike Douglas Show) Give Me Some Truth Power to The People John Sinclair (Crisler Arena, 12/12/71) Instant Karma (Crisler Arena, 12/12/71) Aint That A  Shame (03/72) Caribbean (03/72) Intuition Stand By Me  Oh Yoko I Saw Her Standing There (1974 rehearsal with Elton John) Im Losing You (Bermuda demo, 1980) 1971-2  TELECASTS 1 CD  TV VD A+ John Sinclair  Its So Hard The Luck Of The Irish Sisters Oh Sisters * Were All Water * Woman Is The Nigger Of The World Attica State Midsummer New York * Sakura * Memphis (w. Chuck Berry) Johnny B. Goode (w. Chuck Berry) Imagine 1 & 7 from David Frost show 01/13/71 5 & 6 from Dick Cavett show 05/11/72  2 - 4 and 8 - 12 from Mike Douglas show 02/14 & 02/18/72 * Yoko Ono lead vocal  1970S TOY BOY PART II  1 CD DEMOS VD A-   Serve Yourself  Mucho Mungo #1 Mucho Mungo #2 Stand By Me Slippin & Slidin Yer Blues Mucho Mungo #3 Imagine Radio Peace Love Walking On Thin Ice Give Peace a Chance

LENNON, JOHN - CLOCK SOUND QUALITY IS GOOD TO VERY GOOD. THE MATERIAL IS MORE FOR THE DIE-HARD LENNON-COLLECTOR WITH HISTORICAL INTEREST THAN THE ONE WHO WANTS A PIECE FOR JOYFULL LISTENING. THE TRACKS WERE RECORDED IN MID-SEPTEMBER 1971 IN A SUITE OF THE ST. REGIS HOTEL, NYC. THE COVER NOTICE "JUNE 1971" IS WRONG. IT'S THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FILM "CLOCK". IN WHICH ONE CAN SEE AN HOUR PASSING BY ON A WATCH ON THE HOTEL WALL. THE SOUNDTRACK CONSISTS OF YOKO'S PHONE CALLS, WHO JUST COMPILED EXPONATES FOR HER EXHIBITION "THIS IS NOT HERE" IN EVERSON ARTS MUSEUM IN SYRACUSE/NEW YORK IN OCTOBER 1971. YOU CAN HEAR HER PERMANENTLY CHATTING ON THE PHONE IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE JOHN PLAYS SOME OF HIS FAVE SONGS FROM THE 50'S ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR. THE FILM PREMIERED AT THE EVERSON EXHIBTION. THIS CD - ALBEIT VERY SHORT - IS VERY INTERESTING. THE MATERIAL COMES FROM A TAPE SOURCE (FILM?) AND CONTAINS SOME NEW TRACKS OF THIS SOUNDTRACK, NOT KNOWN BY NAME 'TILL NOW. AND IN COMPARISON TO THE ALREADY AVAILABLE TRACKS ON OTHER BOOTLEGS, THERE ARE LONGER INTROS & OUTROS AND MORE CHAT ON THIS CD. THOSE TRACKS, SAID TO BELONG TO THIS SOUNDTRACK: "SEND ME SOME LOVIN' " (CD DREAMING OF THE PAST BZW. LP LLT10, "J. J. (ANGELA)" (CD SERVE YOURSELF BZW. LP LLT21), "NEW YORK CITY" (LP LLT10) SOUND VERY DIFFERENT IN THEIR HOLE 'PICTURE". EVEN "NOT FADE AWAY" (ON LP LLT8) SOUNDS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. IMO THEY DON'T BELONG TO THIS TAPE. MAYBE THEY WERE AT THE FILM SOUNDTRACK, BUT NOT FROM THE SAME RECORDING SITUATION. THE TAPE OFFERS HALF AN HOUR, WITH A MENTION OF "THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO A QUARTER TO..." DURING TRACK 7, SO IT SEEMS TO BE THE 2ND HALF OF THE FILMED HOUR. THE FIRST HALF HAS NOT APPEARED 'TILL NOW.

LENNON, JOHN - COMPLETE MAY PANG TAPES ORANGE FIFTEEN (1994) STUDIO RECORDINGS, OCTOBER 1974 SLIPPIN'& SLIDIN', RIP IT UP, BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, SEND ME SOME LOVING #1, BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, SEND ME SOME LOVING #2, PEGGY SUE #1, AIN'T THAT A SHAME #1, AIN'T THAT A SHAME #2 BE BOP A LULA #1, YA YA#1, DO YOU WANT TO DANCE #1, STAND BY ME #1, BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, SEND ME SOME LOVING #3, YA YA #2, THAT'LL BE THE DAY, DO YOU WANT TO DANCE #2, STAND BY ME #2, PEGGY SUE #2, BE BOP A LULA #2, SLIPPIN' & SLIDDIN' #2, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE, THIRTY DAYS .

LENNON, JOHN - COMPOSITIONS ON THEIR LATEST RELEASE, VIGITONE LETS US LISTEN TO JOHN LENNON'S HOME DEMO'S, RECORDED ON A TAPE RECORDER IN THE LATE FALL OF 1970, ACCORDING TO THE BOOKLET'S NOTES. I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT OF LENNON BOOTLEGS, SO IT CAME AS A NICE SURPRISE TO FIND THAT MANY VERSIONS WERE NEW TO ME. THE RECORDINGS ARE IN GOOD MONO, THEIR QUALITY IS CERTAINLY ACCEPTABLE. AS MY COMMENTS IN THE TRACK LIST SHOW, A BUNCH OF SONGS APPEARED ON WALRUS' LOST LENNON CD'S, BUT THE VERSIONS HERE ARE LONGER AND THEIR SOUND QUALITY IS BETTER. OVERALL, THE CD IS RATHER MONOTONOUS AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO IT EVERY DAY. IT'S JUST JOHN LENNON PLAYING --SOMETIMES ONLY HAMMERING-- CHORDS ON HIS PIANO IN HIS MECHANIC MANNER, OFTEN WITH A LOT OF ECHO AND FALSE CHORDS HERE AND THERE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE CAN HEAR A FEW SONGS GETTING BORN, IDEAS EVOLVING FOR THE IMAGINE ALBUM, AS WELL AS REPRISALS FROM THE TIME OF HIS PREVIOUS JOB AS A BEATLE ('HELP' AND 'MAILMAN...'). JOHN LENNON DOODLING ON THE PIANO, TRYING TO REMEMBER MELODY AND CHORDS, WITH OCCASIONAL YOKO HERE AND THERE. SOME OF THIS STUFF WAS HEARD BEFORE, SOME NOT. THIS TAPE APPEARS MOSTLY UNEDITED. REMINDS ME SOMEWHAT OF PAUL'S PIANO TAPE(MISTRAL) - ONLY PAUL HAS MORE SONGS, SINGS BETTER, PLAYS BETTER, PLAYS FASTER .... AND STILL BOTH RECORDINGS ARE SOMETHING THAT WAS CLEARLY NOT MEANT TO BE HEARD BY ANYONE LATER

LENNON, JOHN - DEFENDING LENNON (RADIO SHOW)

LENNON, JOHN - DJ ON WNEW FM 1974 ALL TRACKS FROM RADIO WNEW-FM 102.7 NEW YORK, HOSTED BY DENNIS ELSAS 28.9.74 WITH DJ.WINSTON O'BOOGIE.A RARE FM STEREO BROADCAST OF A WNEW RADIO SPECIAL WITH JOHN LENNON. JOHN BROUGHT IN FOUR OF HIS FAVORITE ALL TIME SINGLES, AND PLAYS OTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE BEATLES AND THE 'WALLS & BRIDGES' ALBUM. ALSO INCLUDED ARE IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND COMMERCIAL BREAKS WITH JOHN READING THE WEATHER.

LENNON, JOHN - THE FILLMORE TAPES WITH FRANK ZAPPA. THIS IS THE UNEDITED VERSION. IT RUNS 53:45 AND IS ON THE MASTER OF ORANGE LABEL. 1 THIS IS THE AUDIO TUNE FROM A FILM, WHICH WAS SHOT ILLEGALLY BY FILLMORE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER AMALIE ROTHSCHILD. SHE FILMED NEARLY THE WHOLE LENNON/ONO PART ON TWO 11 MINUTES ROLLS OF 16 MM FILM WITH A ZOOM LENSE FROM THE SOUND CABIN. IT WAS LATER OBTAINED BACK BY THE LENNONS, BUT IS TRADED ON VIDEO AMONGST COLLECTORS. IT'S UNFORTUNATELY EDITED HERE. THE WHOLE TAPE IS CA. 22,5 MIN INSTEAD OF 16:06. ON THIS CD SET IT MISSES MORE THAN 2 MIN AT THE START, AS WELL AS IN THE MIDDLE & THE END. YOU CAN HEAR THE EDITS CLEARLY AT CA. 7:06 AND 14:06. 2 DEFINATELY PIRATED FROM FRANK ZAPPA'S REGULAR 2CD-SET "PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS".3 DEFINATELY PIRATED FROM LENNON/ONO'S REGULAR SET "SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY".4 THIS IS COMMONLY LABELLED AS WLPJ-FM RADIO NEW YORK 6? JUN 71: JOHN & YOKO W/HOWARD SMITH. A KIND OF AVANTGARDE HAPPENING & PHONE CALLS. MISSES CA. 5 MIN AT START, AND A BUNCH OF STUFF AT END. YOU CAN HEAR 4 EDITS WITH SOME OVERLAPS. A MORE COMPLETE (DOUBLE AS LONG) VERSION IS TRADED AMONGST TAPE COLLECTORS.

LENNON, JOHN - FREE AS A BIRD A 14 DEMO FAB FREE AS A BIRD, REAL LOVE, STARTING OVER (PROMO VERSION), OH MY LOVE REHEARSAL W/G.HARRISON, I NEED YOUR LOVING, OPEN YOUR BOX, GREENFIELD MORNING, DON'T LET ME DOWN

LENNON, JOHN - FREE AS A BIRD/THE DAKOTA BEATLE DEMOS 76- 80 NY, USA 22 DEMO PEG BOY RECORDS FREE AS A BIRD (2TAKES), REAL LOVE (2TAKES)

LENNON, JOHN - FOR THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY (2CDS) DOUBLE FANTASY OUTTAKES.

LENNON, JOHN - GONE FROM THIS PLACE. VIGITONE

LENNON, JOHN - GUEST APPEARANCES MP3CD

LENNON, JOHN - HUSHED BELLS

LENNON, JOHN - IMAGINE ALL THE OUTTAKES (3CDS)LENNON, JOHN - IMAGINE MORE SESSIONS (2 CDS) 71 UK 42 SESSION VIGOTONE NEW FOUND (HOW DO YOU SLEEP? IT'S SO HARD; I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER ETC.) IMAGINE... IF MORE SESSION TAPES FROM 1971 SURFACED - OF COURSE YOU'D EXPECT THEM TO BE ADDED TO VIGOTONE'S ON-GOING SERIES EXAMINING THE RECORDED WORK OF JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, MBE (RET.). THIS LATEST OFFERING IS ACTUALLY A COMPANION TO VIGOTONE'S EARLIER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 3CD SET JOHN LENNON: IMAGINE... ALL THE OUTTAKES (VT118-120), THE THERE THE LISTENER WILL FIND AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF THE IMAGINE ALBUM, ALONG WITH A BROAD RANGE OF ALTERNATE TAKES, REHEARSALS AND DEMOS. ON THIS SET WE OFFER A NARROWER FOCUS, EXAMINING A BIT MORE CLOSELY THE ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO MAKING AN ALBUM -- NAMELY THE REHEARSALS AND OVERDUBS THAT MUST BE DONE AS PART OF THE WORKING MUSICIANS' WORLD. ADMITTEDLY, THE REPETITIVE NATURE AND START AND STOP ELEMENTS DON'T ALWAYS LEND THEMSELVES TO THE CASUAL LISTENING FOR PLEASURE THAT ONE MIGHT WANT AT TIMES, BUT AS A WAY OF LOOKING INTO THE MIND AND SOMETIMES THE HEART OF THE ARTISTS, THEY CAN BE QUITE REVEALING. AFTER THE SEARING PERSONAL ANGUISH OF PLASTIC ONO BAND, LENNON RETURNED TO CALMER, MORE CONVENTIONAL TERRITORY WTIH IMAGINE. WHILE THE ALBUM HAD A SOFTER SURFACE, IT STILL WAS ONLY SOMEWHAT LESS CONFESSIONAL. JOHN HAS STATED THAT "THE FIRST RECORD WAS TOO REAL FOR PEOPLE, SO NOBODY BOUGHT IT. IMAGINE... BECAUSE IT IS SUGAR COATED IS ACCEPTED. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO." IF IMAGINE DOESN'T CUT AS DEEPLY AS POB, IT IS STILL A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT LENNON WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO BETTER AGAIN. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE TRACKS HAVE APPEARED BEFORE, THEY ARE OFFERED HERE IN MORE COMPLETE FORM AND IN CORRECT SEQUENTIAL ORDER FROM A NEWLY ACQUIRED MONO MONITOR SOURCE TAPE. DISC ONE, TRACKS 1-16 HOW DO YOU SLEEP? (REHEARSALS AND FILMING SESSION) FROM THE RECORDING SESSIONS AT THE LENNONS' TITTENHURST HOME, JOHN LEADS THE MUSICIANS THROUGH SEVERAL REHEARSAL RUN-THROUGHS OF HIS SCATHING ODE TO HIS FORMER PARTNER. AS THE REHEARSALS PROCEED, ONE CAN HEAR LENNON TAKING THE BAND SLOWLY THROUGH THE VARIOUS RIFF CHANGES, CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND NUANCES THAT HE OBVIOUSLY FELT THIS SONG REQUIRED. AT THIS STAGE, MOST OF THE WORK IS GEARED TOWARD THE INSTRUMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE SONG; WHEN HE DOES ADD VOCALS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY INTENDED JUST TO GUIDE THE PLAYERS THROUGH THE SONG AND NOT AS PROPER PERFORMANCES. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION A SLATE NUMBER IS CALLED OUT FOR THE FILM CREW DOCUMENTING THE SESSIONS FOR AN ACCOMPANYING FILM VERSION OF THE ALBUM. SOME OF THIS FOOTAGE WAS ALSO UTILIZED IN THE IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON DOCUMENTARY.(JOHN LENNON: ELECTRIC GUITAR AND PIANO; GEORGE HARRISON: SLIDE GUITAR; NICKY HOPKINS: ELECTRIC PIANO; KLAUS VOORMAN: BASS; ALAN WHITE: DRUMS; UNKNOWN: ACOUSTIC GUITAR; UNKNOWN: PIANO)TRACK 17 IMAGINE THIS VERSION OF IMAGINE FEATURES THE SAME BACKING AS THE RELEASED VERSION BUT HAS AN ALTERNATE VOCAL MARKED TAKE 7. ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE SAME VERSION THAT OPENS LOST LENNON TAPES VOLUME 33, THIS IS ITS FIRST APPEARANCE FROM A TAPE SOURCE. (JOHN LENNON: PIANO; KLAUS VOORMAN: BASS; ALAN WHITE: DRUMS)TRACK 18 HOW THIS TRACK LIKE THE PREVIOUS IS THE SAME VERSION AS THAT WHICH APPEARED ON THE OFFICIAL IMAGINE ALBUM BUT WITH AN ALTERNATE VOCAL. THIS TAPE SOURCE VERSION SUPERCEDES ITS PREVIOUS AVAILABILITY ON LOST LENNON TAPES VOLUME 14 WHICH WAS TAKEN FROM A VINYL TRANSCRIPTION DISC. (JOHN LENNON: PIANO; JOHN BARHAM; ELECTRIC PIANO; KLAUS VOORMAN: BASS; ALAN WHITE: DRUMS)TRACK 19 I'M THE GREATEST THIS VERSION OF I'M THE GREATEST IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT APPEARED ON THE EARLIER VIGOTONE SET BUT IS FROM THE SAME SESSION. IT HAS APPEARED PREVIOUSLY ON THE SCARSE AFTER THE REMEMBER CD, BUT IS TAKEN HERE FROM A SUPERIOR TAPE SOURCE. (JOHN LENNON: PIANO; KLAUS VOORMAN: BASS; POSSIBLY ALAN WHITE: DRUMS)DISC TWO AFTER THE BASIC TRACKS FOR IMAGINE HAD BEEN RECORDED AT THE LENNONS' TITTENHURST ASCOT SOUND STUDIOS, THEY WERE THEN SUBJECT TO OVERDUBBING SESSIONS AT RECORD PLANT IN NEW YORK CITY DURING JULY 1971. WHILE SOME OF THE SONGS WERE JUST GIVEN STRING OVERDUBS, LENNON DESIRED SOME GRITTIER HORN SOUNDS ON TWO OF HIS HARDER-SOUNDING SONGS ON THE ALBUM, IT'S SO HARD AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER. IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT FOR SOME AUTHENTIC R&B HORN PARTS THAT LENNON SHOULD WANT A TOP-FLIGHT R&B ARTIST, AND IT (WASN'T) SO HARD TO FIND A GOOD ONE IN SAX PLAYER KING CURTIS. KING CURTIS (BORN CURTIS OUSLEY) WAS THE LAST OF THE GREAT R&B TENOR SAX GREATS. HE CAME TO PROMINENCE IN THE MID-50'S AS A SESSION MUSICIAN IN NEW YORK, RECORDING AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST R&B LABELS. A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH ATLANTIC/ACTO BEGAN IN 1958 AND HIS PLAYING IS HEARD ON HIT RECORDINGS BY THE COASTERS AMONG MANY OTHERS. HE RECORDED SINGLES UNDER HIS OWN NAME FOR MANY SMALL LABELS IN THE 1950'S -- HIS OWN ACTO SESSIONS ('58/'59), THEN PRESTIGE/NEW JAZZ AND PRESTIGE/TRUSOUND FOR JAZZ AND R&B ALBUMS IN 1960 AND 1961. IN 1962 CURTIS ALSO ENJOYED A #1 R&B HIT WITH SOUL TWIST ON ENJOY RECORDS. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED THE SAX SOLO ON BUDDY HOLLY'S REMINISCING, A SONG COVERED BY THE BEATLES IN THEIR HAMBURG DAYS. CAPITOL SIGNED HIM FOR TWO YEARS, (1963-64) WHERE HE MAY HAVE COME INTO EARLY CONTACT WITH THE BEATLES THROUGH COMMON LABEL CONNECTIONS. HE CERTAINLY MADE THEIR ACQUAINTANCE DURING THE BEATLES 1965 U.S. TOUR, APPEARING WITH THEM AT THEIR FAMED SHEA STADIUM CONCERT. HE LATER LED ARETHA FRANKLIN'S BACKING BAND AND TOOK AN ACTIVE STUDIO ROLE AT ATLANTIC RECORDS, CONTRACTING SESSIONS AND PRODUCING. HE WAS MURDERED A MONTH AFTER DOING OVERDUB WORK FOR THE IMAGINE ALBUM, STABBED TO DEATH DURING A PUNCH-UP IN FRONT OF HIS APARTMENT. IT WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH, AUGUST 1971. TRACKS 1-13 IT'S SO HARD AS EVIDENT FROM THIS OFFLINE SESSION TAPE, LENNON IS IN A RELAXED, REFLECTIVE MOOD AS HE GREETS KING WITH REMEMBRANCES OF THEIR LAST MEETING FROM THE SHEA STADIUM APPEARANCE. HE'S ALSO IN A PRODUCTIVE MOOD AS WORK BEGINS RIGHT AWAY ON THE OVERDUBS FOR IT'S SO HARD. JOHN CLEARLY KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS ALTHOUGH, AS GEORGE MARTIN ONCE POINTED OUT, HE IS NOT AS TECHNICALLY EXPRESSIVE AS BROTHER PAUL COULD BE. HENCE, HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO KING COME IN THE FORM OF A LOT OF "OOH-OOHS" AND "AH-AHS" AS HE TRIES TO VOCALIZE THE PARTS HE WANTS FOR THE SONG. FORTUNATELY KING PICKS UP ON IT RATHER EFFORTLESSLY, SOON NAILING THE OPENING SAX BIT, AND RIFFING THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF PLAYBACKS WITH AN EXCITED JOHN CALLING OUT DELIGHTED ENCOURAGEMENT ("...SOME GREAT STUFF ON THE SOLO!") CERTAINLY A GOOD WORKING ATOMOSPHERE IS EVIDENT THIS DAY. TRACKS 14-23 I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER NEXT UP COMES A FARILY STRAIGHTFORWARD STAB AT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TRACK ON THE ALBUM, AFTER FURTHER REMINISCING BY JOHN. THIS TIME IT'S ABOUT THE SCARE THE BEATLES HAD ON STAGE IN THE BIBLE BELT DURING THE LAST 1966 TOUR, WITH FIREWORKS BEING THROWN AT THE STAGE, AND EACH OF THE FABS LOOKING ABOUT TO SEE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. JOHN SEEMS AMUSED AS HE REMEMBERS THINKING THAT RINGO HAD GOT IT! AGAIN THE TAPE SHOWS WORK WAS DONE VERY EFFICIENTLY FOR WHAT WOULD PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE LAST RECORDING SESSIONS FOR KING CURTIS. HE DELIVERS WHAT JOHN CALLS FOR DURING NUMEROUS PLAYBACKS... A TRUE PROFESSIONAL TO THE END. IN ALL, A BRIEF, BUT INTERESTING "FLY ON THE WALL" LISTENING EXPERIENCE THAT CAN ONLY MAKE ONE APPRECIATE EVEN MORE ONE OF THE BEST POST-BEATLE ALBUMS BY ANY OF THE FAB FOUR. WHAT MORE COULD ANYONE WANT?

LENNON, JOHN - IN MY LIFE (LENNON REMEMBERED) (2CDS)

LENNON, JOHN - IT'S NOT TOO BAD WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS IS THE DISC OF 1997. WANT NEARLY 20 MINUTES OF UNHEARD STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER STUFF? THEN THIS DISC IS A MUST. NOT ONLY DO THE STUDIO TAKES SOUND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE (AND THEY EVEN APPEAR TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF STUDIO BANTER BEFORE/AFTER THE TAKES), WE FINALLY GET TO HEAR THOSE DEMOS MENTIONED BY SULPY (THAT WERE ON THE MYSTERIOUS "ENTOMOLOGY" BOOTLEGGER PROMO DISC) AND EVEN MORE OF THEM! LET ME SAY THAT BEFORE THIS DISC, WE ONLY KNEW THE SO-SO DEMOS. NOW WE GET TO HEAR THE GOOD ONES TOO, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!

LENNON, JOHN - IT'S HARD TO BE BUTTERFLIES (2CDS) THE RECORDINGS PRESENTED IN THIS TWO CD SET, THE FIRST RELEASE IN A PLANNED SERIES TO CHRONICLE THE DOUBLE FANTASY / MILK AND HONEY SESSIONS, HAVE BEEN SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES COMPILED FOR THE LOST LENNON TAPES RADIO SHOW, RATHER THAN FROM THE TAPES ACTUALLY USED FOR THE BROADCASTS. THUS THESE TAPES, UNLIKE OTHER VERSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FEATURED FROM THE BROADCAST, ARE COMPILED SESSION BY SESSION, RATHER THAN IN AN AD HOC MANNER. THE TAPES HAVE BEEN COMPILED FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES: HOME DEMOS: RECORDED ON DOMESTIC CASSETTE RECORDERS BY JOHN, SOMETIMES EMPLOYING THE SAME PRIMITIVE OVERDUB METHODOLOGY HE HAD USED BACK IN 1967 FOR HIS EARLY STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER DEMOS. PUT SIMPLY, JOHN WOULD PLAY ALONG TO A PREVIOUS RECORDING HE HAD MADE WHICH WAS BEING PLAYED ON A (DOMESTIC) CASSETTE RECORDER. A SECOND (DOMESTIC) CASSETTE RECORDER WOULD BE EMPLOYED TO RECORD THE SUM TOTAL, EFFECTIVELY PRODUCING AN OVERDUB ONTO THE ORIGINAL RECORDING. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT NOISE, HISS, REVERB AND LACK OF CLARITY WOULD ALL FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THESE RECORDINGS. JOHN, UNLIKE OTHER MUSICIANS WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, ALWAYS APPEARED TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEEL OF THE MUSIC RATHER THAN THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE RECORDINGS. STUDIO MULTITRACK RECORDINGS: STUDIO MULTITRACK RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN SOURCED, INCLUDING BASIC RECORDINGS, MIX DOWNS, ALTERNATE VERSIONS, ALTERNATE MIXES, EDIT VERSIONS & OVERDUB SESSIONS VOCAL BOOTH RECORDINGS: VOCAL BOOTH RECORDINGS ARE RECORDINGS MADE IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO MONITOR MIXES OR EVEN THE TAPES USED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE GET BACK SESSION BOOTLEGS, WHICH HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE OVER THE YEARS. AN EXTERNAL MICROPHONE / RECORDING SYSTEM USED TO CAPTURE ON MAGNETIC TAPE THE PROCEEDINGS DURING A RECORDING SESSIONS OR MIX DOWN SESSION. THEY ARE USUALLY NOT TAKEN (PATCHED IN) FROM THE CONTROL / MIXING DESK OR IN LINE WITH ANY INSTRUMENTATION. THE SONGS THREE SONGS ARE FEATURED ON THIS FIRST TWO CD RELEASE: I'M STEPPING OUT, HARD TIMES ARE OVER AND EVERY MAN HAS A WOMAN WHO LOVES HIM. I'M STEPPING OUT DEMOS, VOCAL BOOTH RECORDINGS IN MONO AND STEREO, STEREO MIX DOWNS FROM MASTER TAPES, ALTERNATE VERSIONS ARE INTERSPERSED WITH CHOIR OVERDUB SESSIONS FOR HARD TIMES ARE OVER & EVERY MAN HAS A WOMAN WHO LOVES HIM VOCAL OVERDUB SESSIONS AND VARIOUS MIXES WITH ALTERNATE LEAD VOCALISTS.

LENNON, JOHN - JOHN'S LOST HOME DEMOS

LENNON, JOHN - LENNON TRIBUTE (2 CDS)

LENNON, JOHN - LOST LENNON TAPES VOL 1. BASIC GOOD ROCK AND ROLL IS THE MAJOR THEME OF THIS INSTALLMENT OF THE LOST LENNON TAPES. TO KICK THINGS OFF, JOHN AND THE ELEPHANTS MEMORY RIP THROUGH CHUCK BERRY'S ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, CONTINUING ALONG IN THE SAME VEIN, THEY NEXT TACKLE JERRY LEE LEWIS WITH A MEDLEY OF HIS NUMBERS WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' AND IT'LL BE ME. SOME NEVER BEFORE AIRED OUTTAKES OF RADIO SPOTS FOR THE ONE TO ONE CONCERTS ARE NEXT. BEATLE JOHN AND ROLLING STONE MICK INTRODUCE JOHN'S BACK UP BAND ON THE LEGENDARY ROLLING STONES ROCK'N ROLL CIRCUS (ERIC CLAPTON, LEAD - KEITH RICHARDS, BASS - MITCH MITCHELL, DRUMS - LENNON, RHYTHM). AN INSTRUMENTAL JAM BY THAT LINE UP IS THEN PERFORMED. BUDDY HOLLY'S INFLUENCE ON JOHN IS IN EVIDENCE ON THE NEXT SONGS OF THIS COLLECTION. FOR STARTERS WE GO BACK TO 1958 AND PRESENT THE ONE OF A KIND ACETATE BY THE QUARRYMEN (JOHN LEAD VOCAL) THAT'LL BE THE DAY. UNFORTUNATELY ONLY THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF THIS TRACK ARE AVAILABLE, BUT THE LEAST IT'S PRESENTED HERE IN THE BEST QUALITY AND LONGEST VERSION TO DATE. THE NEXT GROUP OF SONGS (TRACKS 8-13) ALL ORIGINALLY MADE FAMOUS BY HOLLY, WERE PERFORMED LIVE WITH ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN THE ST. REGIS HOTEL IN NEW YORK 1969. BUT THE REAL COUP ON THIS ALBUM IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE OUTTAKES OF JOHN'S APPEARANCE IN BOB DYLAN'S FILM "EAT THE DOCUMENT".JOHN ONLY APPEARS IN THE FINISHED FILM FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT ALL OF THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND BOB THAT WAS FILMED IS PRESENTED HERE. YOU WON'T HEAR THIS STUFF ON THE RADIO. DYLAN IS SUPRESSING IT AND WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO BE AIRED. HE PROBABLY DOESN'T LIKE THE PART WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HIM VOMIT. THE TWO FINAL TRACKS ON THE ALBUM ARE SOME OF JOHN'S BOB DYLAN PARODIES.

LENNON, JOHN - LOST LENNON TAPES VOL 2 - 23 LIVING LEGEND

LENNON, JOHN - MISCELLANEOUS TRACKS 1.) IMAGINE 3:54 US TV 09/06/72 2.)NOW OR NEVER 4:20 US TV 09/06/72 3.) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 7:36 US TV 09/06/72 4.) SLIPPIN'AND SLIDIN'2:36 US TV 06/13/75 5.)STAND BY ME 3:43 US TV 06/13/75 6.)IMAGINE 3:05 US TV 06/13/75 7.)I'M LOSING YOU 4:25 "DOUBLE FANTASY" SESSIONS 08/12/80 8.) BEAUTIFUL BOY 4:11 "DOUBLE FANTASY" SESSIONS 08/12/80 (UNBOOTED) 9.)I'm Moving On 2:42 "Double Fantasy" sessions 08/12/80 (unbooted) 10.) Stand By Me 4:25 US TV 04/18/75 11.)Slippin' And Slidin' 2:28 US TV 04/18/75 12.) Mucho Mungo #1 & #2 4:28 demo for Harry Nilson '74 13.)Mucho Mungo #3 2:58 demo for Harry Nilson '74 14.)Goodnight Vienna 3:01 demo for Ringo, summer '74.

LENNON, JOHN - NEWS OF THE DAY HOW DO YOU SLEEP (ALTERNATE EXTENDED VERSION) EVERYBODY'S TALKING, NOBODY'S TALKING (PIANO DEMO) NOBODY TOLD ME (ROUGH MIX) WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD (ACOUSTIC DEMO) SALLY & BILLY (PIANO DEMO) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ... (ACOUSTIC DEMO) STEPPING OUT (ACOUSTIC DEMO) OH! YOKO (ALTERNATE VERSION) NEW YORK CITY (ACOUSTIC DEMO)WOMAN (ACOUSTIC DEMO)OUT THE BLUE (ROUGH MIX, ALTERNATE VOCAL) MOTHER (ALTERNATE TAKE) BEAUTIFUL BOY (ACOUSTIC DEMO, DOUBLE-TRACKED GUITAR) MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR (PIANO DEMO) I FOUND OUT (ACOUSTIC DEMO, VERSION 1) THE NEWS OF THE DAY (DYLAN PARODY) WELL (BABY PLEASE DON'T GO) (STUDIO JAM)

LENNON, JOHN - "ONE TO ONE"REHEARSALS VOL.1 08/22/72 NY, USA 13 REHEARSAL ORANGE

LENNON, JOHN - "ONE TO ONE"REHEARSALS VOL.2 08/22/72 NY, USA 12 REHEARSAL ORANGE

LENNON, JOHN - OUT OF THE BLUE CONDOR 1968 RELEASED IN 1989. A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME IS THE SONG OUT OF THE BLUE. IT IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ONE LEGITIMATELY RELEASED. I USED THIS VERSION AT MY OWN WEDDING AS OUR SONG.

LENNON, JOHN - ROCK & ROLL SESSIONS (FEATURING THE JESSE ED DAVIS TAPES) (3CDS)

FEATURES WHAT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS "THE JESSE ED DAVIS TAPES"?

LENNON, JOHN - STUDIO TRACKS VOL 3 OUTTAKES AND HOME-DEMOS 1971-1980

LENNON, JOHN - WARSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY 1975 TRACKS 1 & 2 "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST" UK TV BROADCAST VERSION, MONO, REC. FEB. 75, NEW VOCALS OVER AN EDITED BACKING TRACK FROM THE CV "ROCK 'N' ROLL SESSIONS". MUSICIANS IN THE STUDIO MIMED ONLY FOR THE VIDEO, LENNON SANG LIVE, REMIXED MAR 75, BR. 18 APRIL 1975, WAS ON SEVERAL OLD BOOTLEGS. THE TRANSMITTED VERSION OF "STAND BY ME" IS EDITED FROM TAKE 1 & 2, ONE CAN WATCH IT IN THE VIDEO. TRACKS 3 & 4 "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST" REHEARSAL VERSION # 1. TR. 3 "STAND BY ME" IS TRUE STEREO WITH LENNON'S VOICE IN THE RIGHT CHANNEL AND THE BACKING TRACKS LEFT. SIGNIFICANT ALTERNATIVE PARTS ARE AT 2:30 "HELLO JULIAN, MY LOVE, MY ONE ..." AND AT 3:15 THE "HELLO TO ALL THE FOLKS IN ENGLAND" IS MISSING. THAT VERSION WAS TRANSMITTED IN THE LOST LENNON TAPES RADIOS SHOWS AND 1ST PRESUMABLY TAKE 1, WAS BOOTLEGGED BEFORE(SEE ALSO "THE 910 OUTTAKES GUIDE"). LATER IN EARLY 1997 ALSO RELEASED IN BETTER SOUND QUALITY ON THE LP THE LOST LENNON TAPES VOL. 33. TR. 4 IS NOISY AND FADES OUT TOO EARLY, NOT STEREO. LENNON'S VOICE IS OFF MIKE, IMO NO ALTERNATE TAKE. TR. 5 & 6 "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST" IS THE UNCUT VIDEO VERSION WITH STUDIO CHAT, MONO, WAS ON CD "MISCELLANEOUS TRACKS AND THE "JOHN LENNON JOURNALS PART 2". TR. 5 "STAND BY ME" IS TAKE 2 AND, HAS THE "HELLO TO ALL THE FOLKS IN ENGLAND"-REMARK. "SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'" IS THE BROADCAST VERSION.

TR. 7-12 "SALUTE TO SIR LEW GRADE", REC. MARCH 1975 WITH "ETC. BAND", BROADCAST US TV 13 JUN 75. TR. 7 HAS A DIFFERENT DAVE ALLEN ANNOUNCE AND LESS APPLAUSE OVERDUBBED, COMMERCIAL VERSION FROM "THE JOHN LENNON VIDEO COLLECTION", MONO. TR 8 & 9 ARE THE BROADCAST VERSION, MONO, WERE ON SEVERAL OLD BOOTLEGS, TR. 10-12 MONO AUDIENCE TAPE, WERE IN BETTER SOUND QUALITY ON CD "MISCELLANEOUS TRACKS SOUND: VG-FAIR.

LENNON, JOHN - YOUR DADDY'S HERE

1.	Living On Borrowed Time	guitar demo	4:54
2.	Watching The Wheels	guitar demo	3:01
3.	Real Love	double vocal track	2:41
4.	Beautiful Boy	hand clap version	4:10
5.	Serve Yourself	includes cursing	3:51
6.	I Don't Want To Face It	double vocal track	2:05
7.	I Don't Want To Face It	rhythm box version	2:53
8.	I'm Losing You	double vocal track	2:58
9.	I'm Stepping Out	alternate lyrics	4:48
10.	Watching The Wheels	breakdown version	0:32
11.	Watching The Wheels	take 2 / second batch	4:20
12.	Watching The Wheels	after lunch take one	4:40
13.	Watching The Wheels	emotional wreck take 1	7:32
14.	Watching The Wheels	slower version	2:43
15.	Watching The Wheels	another take	1:04
16.	Watching The Wheels	take 19	2:21
17.	Watching The Wheels	I'm no longer writing	0:28
18.	Watching The Wheels	take 91	4:15
19.	Watching The Wheels	okay take 1	3:13
20.	Don't Be Afraid	piano version	2:43
21.	Woman	acoustic version	4:05
22.	This One's Probably For Mr. Richard Starkey		0:04