Imagine (the ultimate edition)

~ Release by John Lennon (see all versions of this release, 49 available)

Annotation

The release of the complete works of John Lennon "John Lennon: Imagine: The Ultimate Collection" was held on USM / Universal label (UMGI) on October 5, 2018 - on the eve of the 78th birthday of the musician. Lennon Yoko Ono's widow personally oversaw the remixing, remastering and compilation of the box set. 140 tracks will be presented on six discs: four CDs and two Blu-ray. In addition to studio albums, it will be possible to find individual singles, demos, previously unreleased tracks, as well as Yoko and John’s 1971 film “Imagine” and the documentary “Gimme Some Truth: The John of Imanine Making”.

Annotation last modified on 2018-10-21 14:36 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Blu-ray: The Ultimate Mixes
2▶Blu-ray: In the Studio and Deeper Listening
3▶CD: The Album / The Ultimate Mixes (disc 1)
4▼CD: The Ultimate Mixes (disc 2)
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1Imagine (strings only)
engineer:
Roy Cicala (on 1971-07-04), Jack Douglas (on 1971-07-04) and Shelly Yakus (on 1971-07-04)
bass:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1971-07-04), George Duvivier (on 1971-07-04) and Jack Lesberg (on 1971-07-04)
cello:
Charles McCracken (cellist) (on 1971-07-04), Kermit Moore (on 1971-07-04), George Ricci (on 1971-07-04) and Anthony Sophos (on 1971-07-04)
viola:
Alfred Brown (viola) (on 1971-07-04), Harold Coletta (on 1971-07-04), Theodore Israel (on 1971-07-04) and Emanuel Vardi (on 1971-07-04)
violin:
Julius Brand (on 1971-07-04), Frederick Buldrini (on 1971-07-04), Peter Buonconsiglio (on 1971-07-04), Paul Gershman (on 1971-07-04), Harry Glickman (on 1971-07-04), Emanuel Green (on 1971-07-04), Leo Kahn (on 1971-07-04), Harry Katzman (on 1971-07-04), Joseph Malignaggi (on 1971-07-04), David Nadien (on 1971-07-04), John Pintavalle (on 1971-07-04), Raoul Polikian (on 1971-07-04), Matthew Raimondi (on 1971-07-04), Aaron Rosand (violinist) (on 1971-07-04), Julius Shachter (Violinist) (on 1971-07-04) and Stanley Karpienia (violinist) (on 1971-07-04)
conductor:
Torrie Zito (on 1971-07-04)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1971-07-04)
instrumental recording of:
Imagine (on 1971-07-04)
lyricist:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!) and Lenono Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2)
2:15
2Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
instrumental recording of:
Jealous Guy
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music, Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2
revision of:
Child of Nature
4:15
3Oh My Love (vocals only)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Oh My Love
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs (ended), Lenono Music and Ono Music
1:58
4How? (strings only)
bass:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist), George Duvivier and Jack Lesberg
cello:
Charles McCracken (cellist), Kermit Moore, George Ricci and Anthony Sophos
viola:
Alfred Brown (viola), Harold Coletta, Theodore Israel and Emanuel Vardi
violin:
Julius Brand, Frederick Buldrini, Peter Buonconsiglio, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Joseph Malignaggi, David Nadien, John Pintavalle, Raoul Polikian, Matthew Raimondi, Aaron Rosand (violinist), Julius Shachter (Violinist) and Stanley Karpienia (violinist)
conductor:
Torrie Zito
instrumental recording of:
How?
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
3:38
5Imagine (demo)
engineer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) (on 1971-05-23) and Phil McDonald (engineer and producer) (on 1971-05-23)
piano:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1971-05-23)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1971-05-23)
recorded at:
Ascot Sound Studios (Tittenhurst Park) in Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom (on 1971-05-23)
demo recording of:
Imagine (on 1971-05-23)
lyricist:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!) and Lenono Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2)
3:19
6Imagine (take 1)
engineer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) (on 1971-05-27) and Phil McDonald (engineer and producer) (on 1971-05-27)
bass:
Klaus Voormann (on 1971-05-27)
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer) (on 1971-05-27)
electric piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist) (on 1971-05-27)
harmonium:
John Barham (English pianist, composer, arranger) (on 1971-05-27)
piano:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1971-05-27)
vibraphone:
John Tout (on 1971-05-27)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1971-05-27)
recorded at:
Ascot Sound Studios (Tittenhurst Park) in Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom (on 1971-05-27)
recording of:
Imagine (on 1971-05-27)
lyricist:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!) and Lenono Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2)
3:06
7Crippled Inside (take 3)
acoustic guitar:
Rod Lynton and Ted Turner (of Wishbone Ash)
double bass:
Steve Brendell and Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Crippled Inside
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
3:52
8Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
acoustic guitar:
Rod Lynton and Ted Turner (of Wishbone Ash)
double bass:
Steve Brendell and Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Crippled Inside
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
3:49
9Jealous Guy (take 9)
acoustic guitar:
Tom Evans (UK guitarist for Badfinger), John Lennon (The Beatles) and Joey Molland
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
harmonium:
John Barham (English pianist, composer, arranger)
piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
vibraphone:
Alan White (Yes drummer)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Jealous Guy
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music, Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2
revision of:
Child of Nature
2:18
10It’s So Hard (take 6)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
It’s So Hard
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30)
2:33
11I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 11)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
saxophone:
Bobby Keys (American saxophonist)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
4:36
12Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Gimme Some Truth
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Lennon Music (ended) and Lenono Music
3:38
13Oh My Love (take 6)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
electric piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
piano:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Oh My Love
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs (ended), Lenono Music and Ono Music
2:50
14How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles), Rod Lynton and Ted Turner (of Wishbone Ash)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer)
electric piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
piano:
John Tout
slide guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
How Do You Sleep?
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Lenono Music
5:59
15How? (take 31)
acoustic guitar:
Andy Davis (guitarist on “Imagine”) and Rod Lynton
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Alan White (Yes drummer)
electric piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
piano:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
vibraphone:
John Tout
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
How?
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
3:47
16Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
recording of:
Oh Yoko!
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Lenono Music
5:02
17Power to the People (take 7)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
piano:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
saxophone:
Bobby Keys (American saxophonist)
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
Power to the People
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
Lenono Music and Chappell Music (UK) (in 1971)
3:28
18God Save Us (demo)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
congas:
Steve Brendell
vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
recording of:
God Save Us
composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
2:58
19Do the Oz (take 3)
bass:
Klaus Voormann
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
electric piano:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
saxophone:
Dave Coxhill, Geoff Driscoll (saxophonist), Phil Kenzie and Bobby Keys (American saxophonist)
vocals:
Michael Ramsden and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
recording of:
Do the Oz
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
6:51
20Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)
acoustic guitar:
Chris Osbourne, John Lennon (The Beatles), Hugh McCracken, Stuart Scharf and Teddy Irwin (guitarist)
bell [sleigh bells] and drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
glockenspiel, piano and tubular bells:
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
vocals:
The Harlem Community Choir, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and Ono Music
3:23
5▶CD: Raw Studio Mixes
6▶CD: The Evolution Documentary