Walls And Bridges - Front Cover | Walls And Bridges - Front Cover With Flaps Over |
Walls And Bridges - Rear Cover | Walls And Bridges - Rear Cover With One Flap Over |
Walls And Bridges - Rear Cover With Other Flap Over | Walls And Bridges - Rear Cover With Last Flap Combination |
Walls And Bridges - Front of Booklet | Walls And Bridges - Rear of Booklet |
Walls And Bridges - Inner Sleeve Front | Walls And Bridges - Inner Sleeve Rear |
Label | Apple | ||||||
Catalogue No. | PCTC 253 | ||||||
Release date | 4th October 1974 | ||||||
Total time | 46:05 | ||||||
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Detail : | John's ninth solo album release. Credited to John Lennon Produced and arranged by John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band/Little Big Horns/and the Philharmanic Orchestrange.
The 44th Street Fairies, are :
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York from 17th June thru July 1974, except "Nobody Loves You" which was recorded in
Los Angeles. Alternative versions of several of these tracks will later appear on "Menlove Avenue" in 1986.
The splendidly original cover designed by Roy Kohara, is divided into three equal parts with two fold-out sections to
create different covers ! ... You can see all the combinations above.
The whole production is very light-hearted and John is clearly in a jovial and happy mood throughout. "Possession is nine-tenths of the problem" - Dr. Winston O'Boogie. On the 23rd August 1974 at 9 o'clock I saw a U.F.O. - J.L.
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Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Going Down On Love | Lennon | Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin - Vocals and guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Electric piano Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns. |
3:54 |
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night | Lennon | Hon. John St. John Johnson - Vocals and guitar Elton John - Organ, piano and vocal harmony Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Clavinet Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Bobby Keys - Tenor Sax |
3:25 |
Old Dirt Road | Lennon-Nilsson | Rev. Thumbs Ghurkin - Vocals and piano Harry Nilsson - Backing vocals Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Electric piano Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass |
4:09 |
What You Got | Lennon | Kaptain Kundalini - Vocals and guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Clavinet Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns. |
3:08 |
Bless You | Lennon | Rev. Fred Ghurkin - Vocals and acoustic guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Electric piano and mellotron Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion |
4:37 |
Scared | Lennon | Mel Torment - Vocals and piano Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Electric piano Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns starring Howard Johnson on Baritone. |
4:39 |
Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
#9 Dream | Lennon | Dr. Dream - Vocals and acoustic guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Clavinet Nicky Hopkins - Electric piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion The 44th Street Fairies. |
4:48 |
Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) | Lennon | Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin - Vocals (No Instrument) Elton John - Vocal harmony Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Clavinet Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns plus added attraction Lolly and Stan. A song written about Yoko. In the 60's she worked in a restaurant in Greenwich Village called "Paradox". |
2:55 |
Steel And Glass | Lennon | Dr. Winston O'Reggae - Vocals and acoustic guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Eddie Mottau - Acoustic guitar Ken Ascher - Clavinet Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns. This is allegedly a vicious attack on Allen Klein. |
4:37 |
Beef Jerky | Lennon | Dr. Winston and Booker Table and the Maitre d's - Guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Klaus Voorman - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Percussion Little Big Horns. |
3:27 |
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) | Lennon | Dwarf McDougal - Vocals and acoustic guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Ken Ascher - Organ Nicky Hopkins - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Little Big Horns. |
5:10 |
Ya Ya | Robinson-Dorsey-Lewis | Julian Lennon on Drums and Dad on piano and Vocals. |
1:06 |
Original pressings with fold-out cover and booklet, is worth about £20.
The album was deleted October 1979.
Second Pressing (1985)
"Walls And Bridges" is re-issued on Parlophone, catalogue number ATAK 43 (+ TCATAK 43).
This re-issue was deleted 1988.
Third Pressing (1999)
Walls And Bridges - Millennium Edition Label Issued in 1999, in readiness for the new 21st century Millennium, this was an official Apple vinyl release.
This Special Limited Edition EMI Millennium Release had the catalogue number of MILL 99 (a shortened version of Millennium 1999).
The album was pressed on Virgin Audiophile heavyweight 180 gm Vinyl on the Custom APPLE label.
Most impressively, the complete set recreated the original packaging !
This package is then protected in a plastic wallet displaying an official blue EMI Millennium sticker adhered to the front.
20th July 1987 the C.D. was first issued on catalogue number CDP 7 46768 2 with no bonus tracks.
The C.D. is on Parlophone, with no mention of Apple.
4th October 2010, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of John's birth a campaign was launched with all John's original albums remastered.
They were each available singularly or as part of the eleven c.d. boxset: The Signature Box
This album was issued with no extra tracks on EMI with a catalogue number of 906 5082
It failed to chart.