John Lennon

Walls and Bridges Revisited

Label: VOXX 0013-01/02

2 CD's

CD 1:
1. Walls And Bridges - rundown by John

Rehearsals From Record Plant East July 13, 1974. Transferred From The Original (Un-tampered) Tape Source
2. Steel And Glass
3. Going Down On Love
4. Move Over Ms.L
5. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)
6. Beef Jerky
7. Scared
8. Old Dirt Road
9. Bless You + 3 False Starts
10. Whatever Gets You Through The Night
11. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)

Walls And Bridges Sessions July 21, 1974
Transferred from the Original (Untampered Source Tapes)
12. Bless You
13. Move Over Ms.L
14. Scared
15. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)
16. Whatever Gets You Through The Night
17. Going Down On Love
18. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)
19. Whatever Gets You Through The Night (Excerpt)

CD 2:
Sessions Continued From Record Plant East July 21, 1974
1. "What You Got" Sessions (3 Segments) continued From July 21, 1974

DJ Winston O' Boogie Takes Over KHJ! First Tape To CD Transfer John's Complete Appearance on KHJ-AM 9/27/74.
Sourced from Original Reel To Reel Tape.
2. KHJ Super Star Week Introduction
3. "Good Morning" From Winston
4. Comment on "Come Together" / Intro For Harry
5. Callers And Request / Time Check
6. Callers/Request/Will They Reform?
7. Weather Check/ Tobias Commercial # 1/ Intro For Stevie Wonder
8. Callers And Request
9. "Listen To This Radio Spot" #1/ Intro For Bob Marley
10. Winston Does Vons Commercials/ Intro into:
11. "Suprise Suprise" (Sweet Bird of Paradox) 8 Track Mix
12. Tobias Commercial #2
13. Callers/ Tobias Commercial #3/ Intro into:
14. "#9 Dream" 8 Track Mix
15. Tower Records Commercial #1
16. Callers/ Intro into:
17. "Beef Jerky" 8 Track Mix
18. Comments on "Beef Jerky"/ Time Check/ Thrifty Drug Commercials
19. Taking Request
20. Intro For Elton/ Tobias #4/ News Break/ Callers "Have You Heard The Word?"/ Intro Into:
21. "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" 8 Track Mix
22. Time Check/ Callers/ Request/ Tower Records Commercial #2
23. Commercial For "Funny Car Show"
24. DJ Winston plays "Jet" and comments on Paul/ Tobias #5
25. DJ Winston plays "My Sweet Lord" and comments on George/ intro into:
26. "Going Down On Love" 8 Track Mix
27. Callers And Requests
28. Introduction For "Scared"
29. "Scared" 8 Track Mix
30. Walls And Bridges Plug/ Listen To This Radio Spot #2/ Tobias #6/ Intro Into:
31. "Steel And Glass" 8 Track Mix
32. DJ Winston O' Boogie Says Goodbye/ Plays Request For Capitol Records Doormen

Text from inner side of gatefold sleeve - "LISTEN TO THESE LINER NOTES"
John Lennon was a true spokesperson of the 60's. His lyrics alcring with the words of Bob Dylan spoke for a generation in need of peace,
love and a sense of direction for their lives.

Although both did most of their best work in the 60's, they still produced vital new music in the 70's. For Dylan The LP'S, Blood On The
Tracks, Desire and Street Legal remain the top picks as his best work from the decade.
As for John Lennon, his best work in the 70's included The Plastic Ono Bond album, Imagine and yes Walls And Bridges. Toward the end of
his life, Lennon would call Walls And Bridges "the work of a semi sick craftsman," Lennon was once again undermining the quality of his
work (hell, he even wanted to redo many of his Beetles tracks because he felt they were done wrong.) Although he felt some of his solo
work especially the Plastic One Band album ranked among his best work alongside the Beatles; John was not in tune with his other greed
solo feats. The 1974 Walls and Bridges LP is a classic. The album was the result of on artist truly lost and finding his way back to his
recording muse. However, just listening to the Apple LP/CD or whatever is not the only way to enjoy this period of Lennon's music.
Hence, Voxx Records is filling the void with the release of this 2 CD set called "Walls and Bridges Revisited" Featuring the Jesse Ed
Devis Tapes.

The first CD consists of Lennon rehearsals from the Record Plant East in July 1974. Ok, it's true that these recordings were issued before,
but they came from compressed tapes that sucked all the life out of them. The tapes used for this 2-CD set come one generation away from the
tape Mr. Davis had in his possession and after one listening, you con tell the difference. These tapes have a depth to them missing from all
previous releases, and it "breaths." In other words, these tapes have a new life to them and you will hear things that were lost in previous releases.
Yoke Ono did issue some of these tracks on the Menlove Avenue album, but they appeared in a processed and edited form. These tapes ore presented
in their full-unedited form.

The second CD features John's complete appearance on KHJ-AM on September 27, 1974 in the middle of the stations "Superstar Week" where well- known
music personalities would spin records in the morning. In the 60's and early-mid 70's, KJH in Los Angeles was known a Bass Radio and its numerous
AM listeners could make or break a record. John enthusiastically consented to DJ KJH and it was a scream. DJ John was absolutely crazed as he did
commercials in his amusing way. He took requests from star-struck fans and made interesting but hysterical remarks about anything and everything.
Tons of fans loved his KHJ appearance, and now you can hear it in its entirety from an uncirculated Reel-to-Reel tape that surpasses even the sources
used in "Lost Lennon" radio series.

And here's the bonus, rather than give you the officially recorded songs Lennon played on the broodcast, we substituted them for the rare 8-track
mixes of the Walls And Bridges material that were different than the official LP/Tape/CD mixes. Before we go any further; let's quickly retrace the
history of how Walls And Bridges came to be. Yoko kicked John out and he moved to Los Angeles with May Pang. The wayward Ex-Beatle went berserk as
he went on drunken binges with Harry "The Hustler" Nillson and Jew Ed Davis. In addition, Lennon started recording his Rock'n'Roll album with Phil
Spector in charge of production-which was like leaving a lighted match in charge of dynamite. The sessions ended with Spector refusing to give the
tapes to Lennon. For the first time, Lennon was unable to finish an album, and this put John in a serious depression. To regain some central in his
life, John worked with Harry on tho "Pussycat" LP, while still hoping to regain possession of the Rock'n'Roll tracks. After getting down to work,
John cut down on his thinking and began working on several Demos for an LP of his own. John first premiered the new songs to his live in girlfriend
May Pang who not only loved the songs but also told John his writing was raw as ever, but also very tender. She enthusiastically told Lennon that his
muse was back and he should rejoice. Pang was correct, The Walls And Bridges material is as graphic ond revealing as anything Lennon hod written in
the past. "Bless you" (sighted by George Harrison as a standout track) is a mature song of romantic regret while "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)"
reveals the sheer physical joy of a new love. "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" shows a tormented artist in great despair. 'I'll scratch your
back und you knife mine,' Lennon sang. Other stand outs include the novelty "What Ever Gets You Thru The Night" a fast nifty rocker with pal Elton John
singing along with John, it gave the ex-Beade his first number 1 record in the US. "Old Dirt Road" written with Harry Nillson has a laid back feel
reminiscent of songs like I'm Only Sleeping" while "Steel and Glass" features Lennon vocally attacking Allan Klein. "Going Down On Love" is more of a
direct pop stab, showing Lennon's despair and how he's "drowning in a sea of hatred". "What You Got" is a look back song with a searing Lennon vocal.
"Beef Jerky" is a real oddity, Lennon doing a R&B instrumental. And of course "Move Over Ms.L" although laidback, is a lost Lennon classic.

May Pang began the task of organizing the musicians to play on the album, and the band convened in July to rehearse. The tapes for this CD come from
two rehearsals recorded at the Record Plant East in New York City. The rehearsals started from scratch, so they would grow into arrangements, rather
than approaching them "Cold" on the first day of official recordings. Hence they have a sound and feel reminiscent of The Plastic Ono Band LP. In
particular, "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)", "Bless You" and "Scared" have a poignancy not always illustrated in final production.
When released, 'Walls and Bridges' went Gold by virtue of units shipped to stores rather then sold. The album went to number one in the US, and
sold about 450,000 copies instantly.

Reviews were generally good to great and the album benefited with a "Listen To This" campaign on everything you can imagine. And there you have it,
another edition of the Jesse Ed Dovis tapes and another fine release born Voxx Records. We believe these Lennon recordings belong in your CD collection,
end after one listen, we are sure you will agree. So sit back play loud and "Listen To This CD".
Morty Flesh - October 2000