Complete Lost Lennon Tapes

Everything on this collection had been aired on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes, which was broadcast in 1988. The original vinyl version of this material was also released in 1988 by Bag Records. The newer release took each of the original albums and spread them between 22 discs, with two to three of the original records on each two-disc set.


Tracklisting:

Volume 1

1- Strawberry Fields Forever
Very early acoustic runs – Kenwood demos (Takes 2, 4, 6, 7) 3:04
2- The Happy Rishikesh Song
Acoustic demo 1:52
3- Rock Island Line
Acoustic take 2:32
4- John Henry
Piano take with double-tracked vocal 1:37
5- Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)
Acoustic demo #2 1:22
6- Keep Right On To The End Of The Road
Sang at a press conference in support of Oz, 14th July 1971, this was issued on a flexi and given free with a later Oz edition. John sings in silly voice, Yoko joins in. At end John says "Radio Free Widnes". 0:40
7- Goodnight Vienna
Demo (same as on the official "Anthology") 2:52
8- Tennessee
Demo takes 1 & 4 (?) Composing piano and drum machine demo. 1:56
9- God Save Oz
Take 1. A better quality version of the same take is on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 5 3:07
10- With A Little Help From My Friends
Sean sings his favourite Beatle song which John struggles to remember it’s title. 0:37
11- Power To The People
Take 2 2:29
12- Here We Go Again
Acoustic Demo 1:21
13- Mucho Mungo
Acoustic Demo 2:11
14- God
Acoustic demo #2, quite fast too 1:26
15- Life Begins At Forty
Acoustic and drum machine demo (same as on the official "Anthology"). At start John says, "This is the Dakota country and western club" 2:03
16- Woman
Bermuda demo (Acoustic and drum machine) This is the same as the take on CLLT 4 except the one on 4 is longer. I believe this to be demo #3 (see index). 3:06
17- Girls And Boys
"Real Love" earliest acoustic demo #1 2:20
18- Clean-Up Time
Piano demo – Take 2 3:08
19- Beautiful Boy
Demo 4 – Acoustic and hand-claps + Sean’s Goodnight 2:48
20- Revolution
Esher demo. At start John says, "Put the incense on, light the candles and give yourself a hard time." The take on CLLT 6 is the same take. 3:52
21- Child Of Nature
Esher demo. Longer version on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 6 2:33
22- He Said He Said/She Said She Said
Acoustic demos. This is actually the end few seconds of "He Said" demo as on CLLT 14, spliced together with part of "She Said" demo found separately on CLLT 14. 1:07
23- I’m The Greatest
Early piano demo #2 1:21
24- Make Love Not War
Piano demo – Early "Mind Games". 3:13
25- How Do You Sleep ?
Take 4 0 Long outtake version. 8:09
26- Daddy’s Little Sunshine Boy
With Ringo 0:28

Volume 2

1- I’m The Greatest
Take 1. Preceded by a song from John about "knitting a sweater". 2:50
2- The Luck Of The Irish
Acoustic Take 1 and Take 2 3:11
3- Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him
John for first half, then Yoko joins in. 3:17
4- (Just Like) Starting Over
Guitar and drum machine demo (Take 3) 4:53
5- I Promise (Love Is The Answer)
Piano demo 1:56
6- Medley :
Sea Ditty
My Old Man’s A Dustman
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Leaning On a Lamp Post
Mr. Woo John doodling at the piano 2:34
7- Grow Old With Me
Piano and drum machine. Yoko speaks at the end. 3:19
8- Strawberry Fields Forever
Acoustic demo – Kenwood (Take 8). John sings, "We came along on Saturday morning" 2:41
9- What’s The New Mary Jane
Esher demo. Same take is on CLLT 6, but is 4 seconds longer. 2:36
10- Julia
Esher demo #1 – with count-in and whistling at end. Double-tracked Esher demo #1 – See version on CLLT 6 too, this is same original pass as that one but a different overdub. 3:39
11- Across The Universe
Take 7 RM2 (Y’alright Richie ?) 3:46
12- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
Piano demo 1:00
13- Help !
Piano demo 0:42
14- Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
Composing acoustic demo 5:27
15- The General Erection
John reads a poem 0:32
16- The Wumberlog
John reads a poem 0:32
17- Dear John
Acoustic and drum machine – early demo 4:14
18- Whatever Happened To
Acoustic demo – strident, choppy chords 4:55
19- Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love)
Piano demo #2 2:28
20- Peggy Sue
Acoustic demo – phone rings which stops John 0:54
21- Watching The Wheels
Take 1 – Piano demo 0:37
22- Watching The Wheels
Much later take – Acoustic demo 1:45
23- I’m Losing You
Double-tracked version of Bermuda Demo (#4) – Acoustic and drum machine 0:45
24- Beautiful Boy
A partial studio playback of the Bermuda tape – Acoustic and bongos. At start John says, "Take 1 of Darling Boy, now known as Beautiful Boy". After he has demonstrated the song with the playback John says, "We can do this in one take" 1:42
25- Clean-Up Time
French count-in and studio chat, early take. Edited from full cut on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 14 2:24

Volume 3

1 Revolution
Remixed version, John’s guitar and Nicky Hopkin’s piano not audible 3:23
2 Power To The People
Early alternate take (1) 2:45
3 Attica State
Performed at the "Free John Sinclair" rally at Ann Arbor on 10th December 1971 3:36
4 Luck Of The Irish
Performed at the "Free John Sinclair" rally at Ann Arbor on 10th December 1971 3:36
5 John Sinclair
Performed at the "Free John Sinclair" rally at Ann Arbor on 10th December 1971 3:07
6 I’m A Man
Dakota cassette recording – A blues number that John performs in a bluesy deep voice 1:52
7 ‘Twas A Night Like Ethel Merman
Dakota cassette recording – an amusing poem with John using his favourite Scottish accent. In the background it sounds like the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. 5:10
Medley :
Beyond The Sea
Blue Moon
Young Love Dakota cassette recording – As above, John is still joking around, he accompanies himself on acoustic, whilst he sings in his favourite mock French accent, this is very amusing and great stuff.
(On this c.d. these two tracks are bundled together)
8 Clean Up Time
Unreleased mix 3:23
9 Good Morning, Good Morning
Original 1967 demo 1:01
10 Everybody’s Got Something To Hide
Except For Me And My Monkey Esher demo. Slightly longer (at start) on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 6 2:56
11 Everyone Had A Hard Year
Demo from 1968 (I’ve Got A Feeling) 1:33
12 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
Acoustic demo – Dakota cassette recording 2:13
13 Serve Yourself
Piano demo with clean lyrics. At end John says, "Too loud". 5:26
14 Lord, Take This Make-up Off Of Me
Bob Dylan parody 6:44
News Of The Day (from Reuters) Bob Dylan parody
15 Dear Prudence
Esher Demo. Same as on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 5 4:42
18 Jealous Guy
Early take (No whistle) (same as on "Imagine – The Alternate Album – SWA 3379") 4:06
17 God Save Oz
Original acoustic and bongos demo 1:56
18 Rock And Roll People
Guitar demo 2:10
19 Rock Island Line
Electric guitar and drum machine version recorded at The Dakota 2:47
20 Real Life
Piano demo #3
Early incarnation of "I’m Stepping Out" and "Real Love".
The verse became the first, the chorus the other. 4:52

The Next Seven Tracks Chronicle The Evolution of "Starting Over"

21 My Life
Take 1 – Piano Dakota Demo 1:02
22 My Life
Take 3 – Acoustic Dakota Demo 2:32
23 Don’t Be Crazy
Dakota piano demo 1:37
24 The Worst Is Over
Dakota demo, acoustic and drum machine 3:27

Volume 4

1 In The Studio Studio
banter, John discusses and trys parts of the song with the band 6:53
Starting Over Vocal booth. At start John says, "This is for Gene, Eddie, Elvis and Buddy"
2 Starting Over
Early outtake with a rough vocal. Judging by the noises, this is a studio playback of a take just laid down. 4:15
3 Maggie Mae
Short studio adlib at the Hit Factory 1980 5:23
-Honey Don’t Outtake from "Plastic Ono Band" LP, includes Ringo
-Don’t Be Cruel Outtake from "Plastic Ono Band" LP, includes Ringo
(also includes John’s dada-istic Elvis impersonation)
-Matchbox Outtake from "Plastic Ono Band" LP, includes Ringo
4 Dear Prudence
Take 1, alternate mix with clapping at end. 3:56
5 Cold Turkey
Demo – Take 2 – Acoustic double-tracked 3:37
6 Here We Go Again
Take 2 – Acoustic demo (longer version than on LLT 1) 3:01
7 Woman
Acoustic and drum machine demo, Take 2 recorded in Bermuda
This is the same as the take on CLLT 1 except that this one is longer.
I believe this to be demo #3 (see index) 3:28
8 Neville Club
John reads one of his poems. Recorded 10th December 1963 in Doncaster, England 0:37
9 Rock And Roll People
Take 5 – Unreleased work version with Phil Spector 6:00
10 Not Fade Away
Early rehearsal at "One to One" concert 5:15
-Sweet Little Sixteen
Alternate Take – Unreleased work version with Phil Spector
11 You Can’t Catch Me
Alternate Take – Unreleased work version with Phil Spector
Same take is on CLLT 16 but is very slightly longer.
(This track has a very "Come Together" feel about it) 3:28
12 Mirror, Mirror
Take 1 – Piano demo 5:13.
-Mirror, Mirror Take 5 – Piano demo
13 Mind Games
Alternate take with rough vocal 4:04
14 Cold Turkey
Alternate take (Take 25?) – Taken from the only known acetate 4:56
15 One Of The Boys
Take 2 – Acoustic Dakota demo 3:13
16 Tight A$
Original guitar demo. At start John presents it as Dr. Winston O’Boogie on the radio. 3:32
17 Studio Banter
John waxes lyrical about the studio days with George Martin and emphasises his love of double-tracking and Smokey Robinson 4:58
-Woman Vocal booth
18 Dear Yoko
Bermuda demo Take 1 – Acoustic and double-tracked. At start John says, "Welcome to Bermuda" 3:44
19 I Don’t Wanna Face It
Bermuda demo – Acoustic and double-tracked 2:03

*Volume 5

1 Watching The Wheels Piano composing demo 3:52
2 I’m Stepping Out Demo 3 – Complete demo, Acoustic and drum machine 4:34
3 Clean-Up Time Piano demo take 1 2:59
4 Woman Early take with count-in 3:15
5 Roll Over Beethoven "Sometime In New York City" outtake March 1972 2:29
6 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On "Sometime In New York City" outtake March 1972 8:14
It’ll Be Me "Sometime In New York City" outtake March 1972
One-To-One Radio Spot Outtakes Radio spots
7 New York City A raucous live-in-the-studio take from the Radio spots 0:49
8 God Save Oz Complete studio take (Longer than LLT 1)
At end John says, "Give it to ‘em Duke" 3:10
9 Introduction John and Mick Jagger introduce John’s backing band 0:50
10 Dirty Mac Jam Instrumental jam from the Stone’s "Rock and Roll Circus" 3:42
11 Maurice Dupont (Agent Provocateur) Lennon’s "mind-movie" material
Again John utilises his outrageous French accent 3:07
12 That’ll Be The Day Quarrymen 1958 acetate (incomplete) 1:02
13 Rave On Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock" 1:13
14 Not Fade Away Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock" 0:56
15 Maybe Baby Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock" 1:53
16 Heartbeat Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock" 2:25
Peggy Sue Got Married Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock"
17 Peggy Sue Performed Live in St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1971, comprised part of soundtrack of John & Yoko’s experimental film "Clock" 2:13
18 Corrina Corrina Guitar demo, rolling bluesy style VERY similar to Watching The Wheels on CLLT 12 1:15
19 Serve Yourself (M.O.T.H.A.R.) Piano demo – Clean take 2:36
20 Best Things In Life Are Free Dylan parody 0:18
21 Eat The Document Original dialogue from Dylan’s film "Eat The Document". Dylan suppressed this from the broadcast. He probably didn’t like the bit where you hear him vomit 7:54
22 A Nice Noise John and Sean collaboration 1:51
23 Revolution 9 No. 9 … No. 9 … No. 9 0:14
24 Tomorrow Never Knows Take 3 2:55
25 tseT klaT sdrawkcaB sdielF yrrebwartS John "backwardspeak", a test originally intended for Strawberry Fields 0:38
26 Aerial Tour Instrumental (Flying) The Beatles – "Flying" Take 8 Remix 4 2:04
27 Cry Baby Cry Esher Demo 2:27
28 Dear Prudence Esher Demo with talking ending
Same as on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 3 4:44
29 Sexy Sadie Esher Demo 2:21

*Volume 6

1 Julia Esher Demo #2
Double-tracked Esher demo #2 – See version on CLLT 2 too,
this is same original pass as that one but a different overdub. 3:41
2 Child Of Nature Esher Demo
Longer than that on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 1 2:49
3 Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill Esher Demo 2:41
4 I’m So Tired Esher Demo 3:07
5 Yer Blues Esher Demo 3:31
6 Everybody’s Got Something To Hide
Except For Me And My Monkey Esher Demo
Slightly shorter version on Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 3 3:03
7 What’s The New Mary Jane Esher Demo
Same take is on CLLT 2, but this take is 4 seconds longer. 2:40
8 Revolution Esher Demo
The take on CLLT 1 is the same take. 4:01
9 Imagine Rehearsal take
The drum and bass guitar crash in on the opening line. This idea was dropped. 3:08
10 Crippled Inside From the "Imagine" album sessions – rough take 3:47
11 It’s So Hard Rough take before saxophone overdub. 2:23
12 A Case Of The Blues Acoustic demo – Previously unreleased song 2:54
13 Sally And Billy Take 1 – Piano demo 0:28
14 Sally And Billy Take 3 – Piano and drum machine 3:23
15 Send Me Some Loving Acoustic demo 3:12
16 Woman Is The Nigger Of The World Original acoustic demo
Same take is on CLLT 12 but is very slightly shorter. 2:10
17 New York City Original acoustic demo 1:14
18 Only You John’s studio version, later recorded by Ringo 3:14
19 Down In Cuba Bass, maracas and bass – Previously unreleased song 2:06
20 Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) Unedited acoustic guitar based demo #1 3:12
21 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night Early studio run through 3:49
22 Watching The Wheels Acoustic demo – excellent folky version with the words complete 3:00
23 I’m Losing You Piano demo #2 1:30
24 Borrowed Time Bermuda acoustic demo
At start John says, "Welcome to Bermuda" 4:41
25 Tobias Casuals Advert – John SHOUTS the ad. 0:54
26 Happy Birthday John Ringo and some friends (Steve Stills, Billy Preston, Chris and Klaus) sing for John’s 30th birthday 1:11
27 Julia Kenwood acoustic demo #2 with count-in, that pre-dates the version on CLLT 2 2:59

Volume 7

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