A Heart Play

John Lennon
 
CD cover CD back
Front Cover Back Cover
CD cover CD back
Inside Liner 1 Inside Liner 2
Label  JL
Catalogue No. JL 5/6
Country of origin England
Release date 1998
Total time Disc 1 : 70:17
Disc 2 : 66:48
Comments: A collection of home demos, studio-outtakes,
and rough mixes for "Double fantasy"

C.D. 1 - The Studio Sessions

Hit Factory, New York, August - September 1980

No Tracklisting Notes Time
1 I'm Stepping Out Take 1 - same as Lost Lennon Tapes 20 (LLT20) 05:00
2 I'm Losing You Alternate take with "Cheap Trick" 04:19
3 Clean-up Time Rehearsal, studio talk and French pastiche 02:25
4 Clean-up Time Early take 04:26
5 Clean-up Time Sound mix with unused effects - same as LLT4
Background has "laughter" running through it
03:24
6 Starting Over (Just Like) Studio talk - Same as LLT5 Track 5 (but a little less at start)
at start, "My feet are hurting and I start to fart"
02:30
7 Starting Over (Just Like) Dry mix - same as LLT5 track 7
at end, "Ok, that's it, lets hear it again"
04:10
8 Beautiful Boy Sweet mix - same as LLT11 track 7
A different edit on the end, which can be found on LLT1
04:06
9 Dear Yoko Full mix with additional overdubs
Spoken at start in posh voice, "Even after all those years, I miss you ..."
03:15
10 Watching The Wheels Early mix 03:35
11 I Am The Walrus Very short parody in Dylanesque voice 00:15
12 Woman Studio Talk - on LLT7 track 5 as "Studio Banter"
"I love double-tracking ..."
02:09
13 Woman Mix 1 - with additional piano - same as LLT19 03:21
14 Dream Lover / Stay Unreleased cover-versions 03:42
15 My Little Flower Princess (Forgive Me) Early take
at end, "It almost had my foot tapping!"
03:38
16 Nobody Told Me Early take
at end, "Stop it, Stop it, If I'm gonna do that, I wanna be louder!"
03:52
17 I Don't Wanna Face it Rock mix
at start, "ein, zwei, hickle ..."
02:55
18 Borrowed Time Rough mix 04:06
19 Woman Mix 2 - with unused choir 03:39
20 I'm Stepping Out Take 2 05:25

C.D. 2 - Home Demos 1979/1980

No Tracklisting Notes Time
1 The Great Wok Words of wisdom 02:03
2 Watching The Wheels Piano demo 01:57
3 Watching The Wheels Blues style on rhythm guitar 02:50
4 Corinna, Corinna Folk-blues traditional (acoustic) 01:16
5 Watching The Wheels As a folk-singer (acoustic) 03:01
6 I Don't Wanna Face It Early demo - acoustic, but in Rock style 00:43
7 Welcome To The Bermudas Spoken announcement 00:09
8 I Don't Wanna Face It Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7 02:05
9 Woman Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT1 03:07
10 I'm Stepping Out Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7 04:33
11 Everybody's Talkin' Early piano version of "Nobody Told Me"
Same as LLT11 ("Everybody's Talkin')
02:21
12 Nobody Told Me Double-tracked Bermuda demo 03:12
13 Beautiful Boy Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT1 02:36
14 Borrowed Time Double-tracked Bermuda demo 03:44
15 Dear Yoko Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7 03:36
16 Too Much Monkey Business/Subterranean Homesick Blues Short Chuck Berry/Bob Dylan rendition 01:17
17 Clean-up Time Piano demo - longer version is on LLT1 02:40
18 Stranger's Room Early piano demo of "I'm Losing You" 03:17
19 I'm Losing You Piano demo 01:31
20 I'm Losing You Acoustic guitar and drum-box demo,
same version is MUCH longer on LLT11
01:36
21 Howling At The Moon Unreleased demo 01:56
22 I`m A Man Blues parody - same as LLT4 01:53
Tracks 23-27 : The Evolution of "Starting Over"
23 I Watch Your Face First incarnation 01:11
24 My Life Acoustic demo Take 3 - same as LLT5 track 2
at start, "Where's the mike ?"
02:33
25 Don't Be Crazy Same as LLT5 track 3 01:37
26 The Worst Is Over Much longer on LLT5 track 4 02:12
27 Starting Over (Just Like) The finished song
(although sounds like someone tapping a cup as backing)
04:48
28 The Best Things In Life Are Free Brief Dylan parody 0:17 - same as LLT8
followed by a couple of minutes of John and Sean "playing"
02:26


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