Label: Capitol Records 7243 8 30614 2 6 4 CD's Released 2nd November 1998 Recorded June 1969 - Late 1980 Some of these tracks are also on John Lennon - Wonsaponatime - Capitol Records 7243 4 97639 2 0 Disc 1 (Ascot) 1. Working Class Hero – 4:19 2. God – 3:32 3. I Found Out – 3:47 4. Hold On – 0:43 5. Isolation – 3:46 6. Love – 2:43 7. Mother – 3:49 8. Remember – 2:44 9. Imagine (take 1) – 3:21 10. Fortunately – 0:19 11. Baby Please Don't Go (Walter Ward) – 4:04 12. Oh My Love (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 2:53 13. Jealous Guy – 4:10 14. Maggie Mae (Trad. Arr. John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Richard Starkey) – 0:52 15. How Do You Sleep? – 5:20 16. God Save Oz (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:27 17. Do the Oz (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:08 18. I Don't Want to Be a Soldier – 5:20 19. Give Peace a Chance – 1:52 20. Look at Me – 2:50 21. Long Lost John (Trad Arr. John Lennon) – 2:14 Disc 2 (New York City) 1. New York City – 0:55 2. Attica State (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 4:25 3. Imagine (live) – 3:11 4. Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple) – 4:07 5. Woman Is the Nigger of the World (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 0:39 6. Geraldo Rivera - One to One Concert – 0:39 7. Woman Is the Nigger of the World (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 5:14 8. It's So Hard (live) – 3:09 9. Come Together (live) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:19 10. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:32 11. Luck of the Irish (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:42 12. John Sinclair (live) – 3:43 13. The David Frost Show – 0:52 14. Mind Games (I Promise) – 1:01 15. Mind Games (Make Love, Not War) – 1:14 16. One Day At A Time – 3:13 17. I Know – 3:13 18. I'm the Greatest – 3:37 19. Goodnight Vienna – 2:42 20. Jerry Lewis Telethon – 1:59 21. A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (Herman Hupfield) – 0:11 22. Real Love – 4:13 23. You Are Here – 4:55 Disc 3 (The Lost Weekend) 1. What You Got – 1:14 2. Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out – 5:38 3. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (home) – 0:38 4. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (studio) – 3:33 5. Yesterday (parody) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 0:33 6. Be-Bop-A-Lula (Gene Vincent/Tex Davis) – 2:52 7. Rip It Up/Ready Teddy (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco) – 2:32 8. Scared – 5:02 9. Steel and Glass – 4:46 10. Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) – 2:58 11. Bless You – 4:15 12. Going Down on Love – 0:54 13. Move Over Ms. L – 3:10 14. Ain't She Sweet (Yellen/Ager) – 0:28 15. Slippin' and Slidin' (Richard Penniman/Bocage/Collins/Smith) – 2:28 16. Peggy Sue (Jerry Allison/Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:18 17. Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin' (Sam Cooke/Lloyd Price) – 3:50 18. Phil and John 1 – 2:13 19. Phil and John 2 – 2:00 20. Phil and John 3 – 0:54 21. When in Doubt, Fuck It – 0:09 22. Be My Baby (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) – 4:32 23. Stranger's Room – 3:17 24. Old Dirt Road (John Lennon/Harry Nilsson) – 3:54 Disc 4 (Dakota) 1. I'm Losing You – 4:06 2. Sean's 'Little Help' – 0:57 3. Serve Yourself – 3:47 4. My Life – 2:36 5. Nobody Told Me – 3:31 6. Life Begins at 40 – 2:23 7. I Don't Wanna Face It – 3:31 8. Woman – 4:01 9. Dear Yoko – 2:33 10. Watching the Wheels – 3:04 11. I'm Stepping Out – 4:19 12. Borrowed Time – 3:57 13. The Rishi Kesh Song – 2:26 14. Sean's 'Loud' – 0:33 15. Beautiful Boy – 4:11 16. Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid) – 2:41 17. Only You (Ande Rand/Buck Ram) – 3:24 18. Grow Old with Me – 3:18 19. Dear John – 2:13 20. The Great Wok – 3:13 21. Mucho Mungo – 1:24 22. Satire 1 – 2:20 23. Satire 2 – 4:34 24. Satire 3 – 0:45 25. Sean's In the Sky – 1:22 26. It's Real – 1:05 Comments This is a 4-CD box set containing more than 100 previously unreleased tracks and a 60-page booklet including liner notes by Yoko Ono, Anthony DeCurtis, John Lennon and Rob Stevens. Personnel includes: John Lennon (vocals, whistling, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, rhythm box); Yoko Ono (vocals, electric piano, percussion); Wayne "Tex" Gabriel, Rick Nielsen, (guitar); Eddie Mottau, (acoustic guitar); George Harrison (electric & slide guitars); Earl Slick, Hugh McCraken, David Spinozza (electric guitar); Stan Bronstein, Bobby Keys (saxophone); Nicky Hopkins (piano, electric piano); Ken Ascher (electric piano, keyboards, clavinet); Billy Preston, George Small (electric piano); Adam Ippolito (keyboards); Tony Levin, Tom Petersson, Klaus Voorman (bass); Ringo Starr, Bun E. Carlos, Jim Keltner, Andy Newmark, Jim Gordon (drums); Arthur Jenkins (percussion); Harry Nilsson (background vocals); The Plastic Ono Band. Producers include: Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens, John Lennon, Phil Spector, Richard Perry. Compilation producers: Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens. Engineers include: Andy Strange, Peter Cobbin, Steve Orchard.
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