John Lennon Anthology
CD 2-65 min 12 s
CD 3-63 min 35 s
CD 4-73 min 05 s
Occupation
- Vocals: John Lennon
- Guitar: John Lennon
- Piano: John Lennon
- Various
John Lennon Anthology is the title of a four - CD compilation album of John Lennon, which includes 94 items that had been published previously in this form not ( legally).
Genesis
Between 25 January 1988 to March 23, 1992 218 shipments were sent under the title of the lost lennon tapes in the U.S. radio. This meant that these unreleased recordings were disseminated through bootlegs, and were so accessible to a larger audience. But only six and a half years after the broadcast of the last radio broadcast this four- CD box set was released as a compilation album of unreleased tracks, outtakes, demos and live performances by John Lennon. The title was compiled by Yoko Ono. The four CDs each have separate cover (drawings by John Lennon, partially colored ) and are housed in a slipcase; additional content is a 60 - page booklet, the lyrics, notes on the individual titles and the CDs, an introduction by Yoko Ono and John Lennon's explanations of artistic activities by Anthony De Curtis contains.
As producers, only Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens mentioned, which probably applies exclusively to the production of the CD box, as more producers are given in the companion book for the music.
The four CDs each have their own tracks to characterize each stage of life of John Lennon.
CD 1: Ascot
- Titles 1, 2, 4-8, 20 and 21 come from the 8-track session for album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970 )
- Title 3: Home Demo ( 1970)
- Title 9, 11-13, 15 and 18 come from the 8-track sessions for the album Imagine ( 1971)
- Title 10 is a 19 -second excerpt of the BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko (1969 )
- Title 14: Home Demo ( 1979)
- Title 16 comes from the Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz band Sessions (1971 ), shown here with John Lennon as lead singer
- Title 17: Original Singleabmischung (1971 )
- Title 19: sample recording ( 1969)
CD 2: New York City
- Titles 1 and 5: Home Demos ( 1972)
- Title 4, 16 and 23 come from the 16-track sessions for the album Mind Games (1973 )
- Title 6-9: Live Performance at " One to One Concert" (1972 )
- Title 10: not yet finished blend (1971 )
- Title 11 and 12: Live performance at the " John Sinclair Benefit Concert" (1971 )
- Title 13: Discussion of the " David Frost Show " (1971)
- Title 14 and 15: Home Demo ( 1970)
- Title 17: Home Demo ( 1973)
- Title 18: Recording with Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Klaus Voormann (1973 )
- Title 19: Studio demo, a re-recording was done by Ringo Starr ( 1974)
- Title 20: Jerry Lewis speaks about John and Yoko shortly after their appearance (1972 )
- Title 21: angesungener Title ( 1976)
- Title 22: Home demo, here with piano and not an acoustic guitar (1980 )
- Title 1 and 3: Home Demos ( 1974)
- Title 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14 and 24 come from the 16-track sessions for the album Walls and Bridges (1974 )
- Title 6-7, 15-22 are from the 16-track sessions for the album Rock ' n ' Roll Title 6-7, 15-17 in 1974; Title 18-22 of 1973
CD 4: Dakota
- Title 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 & 15 are from the 16-track sessions for the albums Double Fantasy / Milk and Honey (1980 ) Title 1 version with members of Cheap Trick as a companion volume
- Title 18: demo that appeared on Milk and Honey, was not published here in an orchestrated by George Martin version
Publication
In the U.S., the album peaked at number 99; UK number 62 in the charts; in Germany, the album could not place. The box was not released as LP version. The CD release from 1990 has not yet been newly remastered.
Single releases
From the CD box no single was coupled. In the U.S. two CD singles Promotion ( Happy Xmas ( Rough Mix '71 ) / Be-Bop -A- Lula and I'm Losing You / Only You ) have been distributed to radio stations, which are not published as a regular purchase singles.