Nothing Is Real (Private Tapes 1965 - 1967)

The Beatles
 
LP cover LP back
Front Cover Back Cover
Label Parlophone (Fake)
Catalogue No. B 656667
Country of origin
Release date After 1992
Total time 63:19
Comments: The idea behind this CD is to collect together all the known pieces of private recordings made by John Lennon when he was still a Beatle. Added to this are some of his more unusual contributions for the Beatles in order to create a more complex aural picture of what was going through his mind during those crucial years 1966/67.

The C.D.

No Tracklisting Notes Time
1 Uncredited on label John sings "We come along on a Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile" 00:07
2 Rockin' And Rollin' John and Paul sing along to the radio 01:37
3 We Can Work It Out Paul solo demo, partly erased by John when recording a 'comedy' skit - the next track 00:41
4 Lucy From Littletown A wierd fairy tale by John, featuring his Peter Sellers impersonation 02:06
5 Michelle Instrumental demo by Paul 01:00
6 He Said, He Said Various attempts by John at a new song 02:05
7 She Said, She Said More attempts - He's getting closer now to the finished song 00:57
8 It's Not Too Bad Three excerpts (0:46, 1:15, 1:25) of the earliest incarnation
(Santa Isabel demo's) of Strawberry Fields Forever
At this stage John only has the opening line
03:32
9 Strawberry Fields Forever Electric guitar demo 02:40
10 Strawberry Fields Forever Another home demo, with primitive organ overdub 01:58
11 Strawberry Fields Forever Unreleased studio take 4 03:11
12 Strawberry Fields Forever John talking backwards, an unused experiment 00:36
13 Good Morning Good Morning Mellotron based Home Demo 01:07
14 Unfinished Mellotron Music No. 1 John's home experimentation 00:29
15 Unfinished Mellotron Music No. 2 John's home experimentation 00:23
16 Unfinished Mellotron Music No. 3 John's home experimentation 01:48
17 Unfinished Mellotron Music No. 4 John's home experimentation 01:47
18 Flying Backwards was originally part of ... next track 02:22
19 Flying Extended studio mono mix 02:36
20 A Stranger In My Arms (Part 1) A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 03:36
21 A Stranger In My Arms (Part 2) A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 01:32
22 Down In Cuba A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 02:09
23 Pedro The Fisherman A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 01:06
24 A Breakdown A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967
"The mike's not on .. the mike's not on ..."
01:45
25 Chi Chi's Cafe A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 03:13
26 Daddy's Little Sunshine Boy A Bizzare afternoon with John and Ringo in the Caribbean, Spring 1967 00:32
27 You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) A combination of Anthology and 1970 'B' side version 05:51
28 She Can Talk To Me Early attempts at "Hey Bulldog" with several false starts 03:19
29 Cry Baby Cry Piano Demo's, incorporating a snatch of next track 02:22
30 Across The Universe Piano demo 01:42
31 You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) Piano demo ... John in search of the lost chord 02:49
32 Step Inside Love Paul's solo demo for Cilla Black ... from very poor quality radio broadcast 02:13



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