The Lost Lennon Tapes Volume Five

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Release Date: 1988

Label: Bag Records

Volume 5 in a series of boots featuring tracks used in the syndicated US radio series "The Lost Lennon Tapes", originally broadcast
from Jan 1988 through March 1992. Sound quality ranges from very good to excellent.

TRACK DETAILS:

A1 Dear Prudence; Beatles' White Album-Esher demos, May 1968
A2 Jealous Guy; alternate take, Tittenhurst studio, July 1971
A3 God Save Oz; John's demo w/ bongos, 1971
A4 Rock And Roll People; home demo, May 1973
A5 Rock Island Line; Dakota demo, late 70s
A6 Real Life; Early piano demo, became parts of "I'm Stepping Out" and "Real Love".

B1-B2 My Life; Dakota demo takes eventually would morph into Starting Over and Real Life, 1980
B3 Don't Be Crazy; Dakota piano demo, would later morph into Starting Over, 1980
B4 The Worst Is Over; Dakota demo w drum machine, morphing closer to Starting Over, summer 1980
B5 In the Studio; studio chat discussing Starting Over, late summer 1980
B6 Starting Over (Vocal Booth); John's isolated vocal, recording his vocal at an early take, late summer 1980
B7 Starting Over; alternate take (before overdubs), late summer 1980


From back of jacket:
Dear Prudence is the 1968 demo. Jealous Guy is a studio outtake from the Imagine sessions. God Save Oz is the original acoustic demo. Rock Island Line is the electric guitar version recorded at the Dakota. Real Life is a piano demo recorded at the Dakota. Side Two chronicles the evolution of the Double Fantasy track Starting Over, beginning with the Dakota demos of the unreleased songs My Life, Don't Be crazy and The Worst Is Over. Next John runs the studio band through the song. A rough take of the song is presented here as it would be heard from inside John's vocal booth. The side concludes with an early outtake of the number with a rough vocal.

Note on cover backside: "Jacket printed in Canada".

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