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John Lennon – Complete Lost Lennon’s Tapes Vols 13 & 14 ( Walrus )
Volume 13
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1 Imagine Take 4 – Alternate mix – Excellent backing, voice has lots of echo.
At start John says “OK ?”, followed by a breathy pause. 3:04
2 J.J. St. Regis hotel 1972 – Early acoustic version of “Angela” 1:08
3 Attica State Acoustic demo – Take 2 with count-in.
30 seconds of take then a break, down, a false start, then a full run through.
At end, John, “OK, let’s hear it”
Yoko, “That wasn’t bad”
John, “Well, we don’t know do we.” 3:33
4 Woman Is The Nigger Of The World Alternate version with count-in 5:33
5 Sweet Little Sixteen Alternate take 4:00
6 Bless You Early rehearsal – 30 seconds practice, then
John says, “It’s harder to play slow, isn’t it ?”
Followed by a take of 5:19 length. 5:56
7 Many Rivers To Cross Home recording – guitar and drum machine 2:58
8 Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love) Piano demo of a song given to Ringo 2:31
9 My Life Composing piano demo of Starting Over
At start John says, “Let’s have a little of this then” 3:12
10 I Watch Your Face The earliest incarnation of Starting Over.
An acoustic composing demo, with the barest hint of the basic melody. 2:10
11 Serve Yourself Piano demo
At start John is singing, “I’ve got a story to tell”. 6:07
12 The Worst Is Over Home demo of Starting Over – guitar and drum machine 2:16
13 Watching The Wheels Rolling blues guitar demo version (excellent)
This version is also on CLLT 12 !
Note that John also used the exact same style on Corrina Corrina on CLLT 5. 2:49
14 Beautiful Boy Demo 1 – Early composing tape, lyrics starting to take shape
Piano, guitar and drum machine 11:28
15 I Don’t Want To Face It Acoustic demo – Take 1 1:41
16 Medley :
Beautiful Boy (0:30)
Howling At The Moon (0:40)
Dakota Rap
Across The River Guitar and drum machine medley, in fact
exact same beat set-up as track 14 above, so probably a continuation. 5:04
17 Real Love Acoustic demo – Take 5 (Demo #2 in this series ?) 2:42
18 Beautiful Boy Demo 6 – Take 2 (?) Acoustic and bongo’s.
“Fritz and Heinz” introduction. 3:58
19 Stepping Out Take 1 – Alternate take
At end John says, “OK, he stepped out.” 4:38
Volume 14
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1 Clean-up Time Rehearsal version with John directing the studio musicians.
French at start.
At end John says, “I get shorter fingers every day” 7:50
2 Beautiful Boy Alternate mix 3:50
3 Watching The Wheels Alternate mix 3:28
4 Dear Yoko Alternate mix 2:24
5 Clean-up Time Alternate mix 4:20
6 You Saved My Soul Post Double Fantasy guitar demo 2:35
7 Illusions Unreleased acoustic track 2:39
8 He Said He Said 1966 composing tape for She Said She Said (acoustic) 1:59
9 She Said She Said Acoustic demo with finished lyrics 0:54
10 Yer Blues Take 1 from the Rolling Stones Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus film of 11th December 1968
More or less an instrumental, John’s voice can be EXTREMELY faintly heard. 4:28
11 Oh My Love Acoustic demo #1 with preliminary lyrics referring to Yoko’s miscarriage 1:23
12 Oh My Love Acoustic demo #2 with preliminary lyrics referring to Yoko’s miscarriage 1:19
13 Because 25th May 1969 Canadian bed-in recording from King Edward Hotel Toronto (acoustic) 0:37
14 Happiness Is A Warm Gun 25th May 1969 Canadian bed-in recording from King Edward Hotel Toronto
John says, “Mama you’re so beautiful this morning, I’d love to grab your weed” 0:41
15 Give Peace A Chance 25th May 1969 Canadian bed-in recording from King Edward Hotel Toronto 0:37
16 Give Peace A Chance Early rehearsal – 1st June 1969, Suite 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal
Mostly John, a few others start joining in. 2:20
17 Give Peace A Chance Later rehearsal – 1st June 1969, Suite 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal
Crowd joining in now, plus handclaps. 1:26
18 Give Peace A Chance Soundtrack of the documentary film.
“Let’s hear it for peace” 5:20
19 Give Peace A Chance A brief version of undetermined origin, John alone 0:25
20 God Acoustic demo #4 3:39
21 My Mummy’s Dead Rough mix 0:44
22 It’s So Hard 4th June 1971 – King Curtis joins John and John explains what he wants as they make an early pass at it 4:21
23 Come Together 1972 – One-to-One rehearsal 3:50
24 Honky Tonk Blues 1972 – One-to-One rehearsal 2:47
25 I Know Demo 1 – Acoustic (Take 3 ?)
(Also on CLLT 16) 3:10
26 Rock ‘n’ Roll People Rough mix of Take 7 2:48
27 Only People Alternate mix #2 2:41
28 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night Acoustic demo from June 1974 2:49
