Complete Lost Lennon Tapes - Vol. 7 & 8 Front Cover |
Complete Lost Lennon Tapes - Vol. 7 & 8 Selected Picture From Booklet |
Label | Walrus |
Catalogue No. | WALRUS 017/018 |
Country Of Origin | Holland |
Release Date | December 1997 |
Total Time | C.D. 1 - 76:57 C.D. 2 - 76:59 |
Comments: (from the sleeve) |
This double C.D. brings together all the tracks from the original vinyl bootlegs of the Lost Lennon Tapes, volumes 11, 12, 13 and 14. Superb Quality and carefully mastered.
All of the tracks remain in the exact order of the original vinyl releases. Lost Lennon Tapes - Volume Twelve covers tracks 14 to 28. Track 29 of disc 1 is neither on LLT 12 or LLT 13. Lost Lennon Tapes - Volume Thirteen - tracks 1 to 15 of disc 2. Lost Lennon Tapes - Volume Fourteen - tracks 16 to 27 of disc 2. Track 28 of disc 2 is neither on LLT 14 or LLT 15.
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For a complete cross reference index of the tracks featured on the Complete Lost Lennon Tapes
and the offical release Anthology click here John Lennon Outtakes Index.
No | Tracklisting | Comments | Time |
1 | Mother | Take 1 | 3:21 |
2 | I Found Out | Alternate take At start John says, "Just play how you feel, because it's Carl Wolf (?)" |
3:56 |
3 | What'd I Say | Party outtake recorded at John's birthday gathering of 9th October 1971 (see Volume 22) | 0:36 |
4 | How ? | Demo Take 1 | 3:36 |
5 | Yellow Submarine | Party outtake recorded at John's birthday gathering of 9th October 1971 (see Volume 22) | 0:36 |
6 | Chi-Chi's Cafe | John and Ringo late 1967 doing a comic improvisation | 3:28 |
7 | Beautiful Boy | Demo 2 - The Bermuda tape (complete) At start John says, "Take 1 - Darling Boy, now known as Beautiful Boy" |
2:44 |
8 | Howling At The Moon | Guitar and drum machine demo - Later developed into Tennessee | 1:56 |
9 | Memory/Howling At The Moon | Piano Demo - a demo version of song that became "Tennessee" | 2:33 |
10 | Stranger's Room | (I'm Losing You) Demo 4 - Bermuda - Guitar and drum machine | 3:14 |
11 | Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Talking | Piano and drum machine demo #1 which later became "Nobody told Me" | 2:20 |
12 | Nobody Told Me | Alternate early take (3) - Latest take found on CLLT. (Just slightly different to that on "Anthology") |
3:18 |
13 | Beautiful Boy | Alternate early studio take | 3:22 |
14 | New York City | Acoustic Demo | 2:10 |
15 | Don't Be Cruel | Jamming with Elephants Memory at One-to-One Same as on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 16, but CLLT 7 version is better quality. |
1:29 |
16 | Hound Dog | Jamming with Elephants Memory at One-to-One Same as on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 16, but CLLT 7 version is better quality. |
2:54 |
17 | Send Me Some Lovin' | Blues Jam | 2:33 |
18 | I Found Out | Demo 1 - Acoustic | 4:00 |
19 | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | Original acoustic demo | 3:14 |
20 | John & Yoko's Happy Xmas Ditty | Home recording At start John says, "Greetings from Ascot." |
1:32 |
21 | Tobias Casuals (#2) | Advert performed by John in a scottish accent. | 1:10 |
22 | Borrowed Time | Alternate studio take Cleaned up and edited from take on |
3:01 |
23 | God | Acoustic demo #3 - with preacher style intro | 2:41 |
24 | Serve Yourself | Slow and bluesy piano outtake John says, "Dedicated to phallic worshippers" |
4:45 |
25 | Imagine | Studio outtake, prior to any proper take | 2:43 |
26 | Mucho Mungo | Acoustic guitar and electric piano version 45 seconds of chat at the start including John saying, "Right, I'm going to keep it as pure as I thought it was. I'm freelance now. I finished it once with Phil." |
2:10 |
27 | Mount Elga | Continued from previous track - Acoustic guitar and electric piano version |
1:17 |
28 | Gone From This Place | Dakota recording - Acoustic demo | 3:15 |
29 | Stand By Me | Last John and Paul gig - 31st March 1974 At John's Beach House in Santa Monica, L.A. - John on guitar, Paul on drums, Linda, Stevie Wonder, Jesse Ed Davis and others record a few numbers. At start John says, "Let's do a 12 part harmony, let's not get too serious, we're not getting paid !" At end John says, "Mal, get us a drink" which is repeated at the start of the last track on Vol.8. |
2:25 |
No | Tracklisting | Comments | Time |
1 | The Great Wok | 1979 New year's resolutions spoken in amusing Himalayan accent | 2:02 |
2 | Yer Blues | Rock 'n' Roll Circus rehearsal More or less an instrumental, John's voice can be EXTREMELY faintly heard. Sounds like an exerpt from Take 1 found on CLLT 14 |
1:29 |
3 | I Found Out | Demo 2 - Acoustic | 3:19 |
4 | Oh Yoko | Piano Demo | 0:55 |
5 | People Get Ready/How ? | Piano Demo - very raw. | 2:59 |
6 | Pill | Recorded at John and Yoko's Greenwich Village home at 105, Bank Street. The pill referred to is Methadone, the substance that John used to combat Heroin. | 1:39 |
7 | Out Of The Blue | Basic track with rough vocals. No instrument overdubs and longer than the released take. | 4:13 |
8 | #9 Dream | Acoustic demo - Raw A longer and slightly overdubbed version can be found on CLLT 9. |
1:21 |
9 | Tobias Casuals (#3) | Advert in Stanley Unwin style. | 1:03 |
10 | John Henry | Dakota acoustic demo | 0:59 |
11 | She Is A Friend Of Dorothy | Dakota piano demo | 2:36 |
12 | Real Love | Take 1 - Dakota piano demo John says at start "Take 1". This does have the first airing of the full words, so must follow earlier demos as John goes for a serious take. |
3:54 |
13 | Dear Yoko | Rough take - unfinished version John speaks some lines in a posh voice before the song start. |
3:09 |
14 | (Just Like) Starting Over | Longer fade-out final overdub mix with choir. | 4:15 |
15 | The Return Of Maurice Dupont | Report number 3 - March 27th 1978 John doing spoof sketch. Talking in a French accent with La Marseilles in the background he discusses foreign policies etc. |
2:41 |
16 | Wedding Album Commercial | Rare (and brief) radio ad for "The Wedding Album" | 0:12 |
17 | Stay In Bed (Grow Your Hair) | A musical interlude from the above album, Yoko singing while John is strumming "Because". | 0:48 |
18 | Because | Accapella harmony - NO instruments at all. | 2:12 |
19 | Oh Yoko | Alternate Take 2 with count-in (same as on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
5:48 |
20 | Grapefruit Excerpts | Yoko and John read excerpts from Yoko's book | 6:19 |
21 | Imagine | Take 3 - Alternate take (Take 2) with extra piano notes at the end. | 2:46 |
22 | Give Me Some Truth | Alternate take (same as on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
3:37 |
23 | How ? | This is the second to last pass (with count-in) At end John says, "OK, let's do it one more time." (same as on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
3:42 |
24 | San Francisco Bay Blues | While engineers were setting up, John performs an impromptu
acoustic guitar ditty. (this version is longer than same take on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
1:13 |
25 | Oh My Love | Tittenhurst studio outtake (same as on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
2:24 |
26 | How Do You Sleep (Rude Version) | Take 5 - This is the "rude" version (same as on "Imagine - The Alternate Album - SWA 3379") |
5:52 |
27 | Tobias Casuals (#4) | Radio ad. | 1:10 |
28 | Stand By Me | Last John & Paul gig - 31st March 1974 This is mostly studio chat before a take with John complaining bitterly about the headphones. At start John says, "Mal, get us a drink", so this directly carries on from the last track of Vol.7. During his diatribe he does shout, "McCartney's doing harmony on the drums." Paul can clearly be heard. |
3:40 |
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