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McCartney plays secret gig tomorrow

July 25, 2018, 7:20 am
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Screen capture from today's live interview from Liverpool.
At the end of a live interview with Jarvis Cocker on Facebook today, Paul McCartney revealed that he is going to hold a secret concert "somewhere in Liverpool" tomorrow. The interview was broadcast from LIPA, Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts - the "fame" school Paul is involved with. We think that perhaps the new Cavern Club may be the place in question, and Paul has played there before, back in 1999. Expect an announcement on social media an hour or so before the actual concert. Also in line for Paul is another gig at the LIPA Friday.

You can see a recording of the interview on YouTube.

After the interview, Paul and his band performed an acoustic set for the LIPA audience of around 450 people:

  • I’ve Just Seen A Face
  • San Francisco Bay Blues
  • Every Night
  • From Me To You
  • Mrs Vanderbilt
  • On My Way To Work
  • Love Me Do
  • Confidante (from the new album)
  • I Lost My Little Girl
  • Midnight Special 
  • Blackpool (old, but unreleased song)
  • We Can Work It Out.

We Can Work It Out

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Set list from Cavern Club

July 26, 2018, 11:09 am
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Today's ticket to ride

Paul McCartney Cavern Club, Liverpool July 26, 2018:
• Improvisation (Jam)
• Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran)
• Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
• Jet (Wings)
• All My Loving (The Beatles)
• Letting Go (Wings)
• Come On To Me (from McCartney's upcoming album, Egypt Station)
• Let Me Roll It (Wings)/ Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix)
• I’ve Got A Feeling (The Beatles)
• My Valentine (From McCartney's 2012 album Kisses On The Bottom)
• Queenie Eye (From McCartney's 2013 album NEW))
• 1985 (Wings)
• Lady Madonna (The Beatles)
• In Spite Of All The Danger (The Quarrymen)
• Things We Said Today (The Beatles)
• Confidante (from McCartney's upcoming album, Egypt Station)
• Love Me Do (The Beatles)
• Who Cares (from McCartney's upcoming album, Egypt Station)
• Birthday (The Beatles)
• I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles)
• Fuh You (from McCartney's upcoming album, Egypt Station)
• Get Back (The Beatles)
• Ob La Di, Ob La Da (The Beatles)
• Band On The Run (Wings)
• Hi Hi Hi (Wings)
• I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
• Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) (The Beatles)
• Helter Skelter (The Beatles)

Only 200 tickets were available for free from the ticket office at the Echo Arena today for the concert at the Cavern Club, which started at 2pm. The tickets were announced a couple of hours before the event, and sold out in a flash. Lots of non-ticket-holding spectators gathered outside the club as the event was taking place inside. Paul McCartney greeted the crowd with: "Liverpool!""The Cavern Club""These are words that go together well!" and he was off.

The concert started with an improvised jam between the band members, before they erupted with Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock", a song that holds a special place in Beatles history. Legend is, this is the song Paul impressed John with knowing all the chords and lyrics to, when the two of them met at the famous Woolton Village Fete in 1957.

The tickets were individual, and people had to show ID, their name was printed on the ticket so they had to be there in person. There was also a wristband, and they had to show ID again upon entering to the club. These are good measures to ensure black marketeering doesn't take place, something which has plagued the Ticketmaster UK sales for McCartney's upcoming December concerts in his homeland. Apart from the 200 tickets that were available from Echo Arena, some nameless gust tickets were also issued - presumably to friends and family..

Paul McCartney played a lunchtime session in the Cavern Club again - after all these years.
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Strawberry Field ‘Gets by with a little help from our friends

July 31, 2018, 4:23 am
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Cake cutting before Strawberry Field ground breaking. Photo: Jackie Spencer.
John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird and the late George Martin’s widow, Lady Martin OBE break ground for summer opening 2019.

LIVERPOOL UK, TUESDAY 31 st July, 2018 – Today The Salvation Army will break ground as their vision for Strawberry Field becomes a reality and return the iconic red gates to the site.
The world-famous red gates will open to the public for the very first time in summer 2019, giving visitors the chance to walk through the grounds where Lennon played as a child. A visitor attraction will tell the story of Lennon’s childhood connection with Strawberry Field and sit alongside ‘Steps to Work’, a vocational training and work placement hub for young people with learning disabilities – unique and innovative projects in one ground breaking venture that aligns community, business and tourism in the City of Liverpool.

To mark the start of construction of the new facilities, 51 years since the original release of the 1967 classic Beatles song (Strawberry Fields Forever), a time capsule box was laid at the heart of the buildings footprint. The roll call of diggers includes; Major Roger Batt of The Salvation Army, Julia Baird John Lennon’s sister and Honorary President of the Strawberry Field project, Lady Martin OBE, Cliff Cooper Founder and CEO Orange Music Electronic.co and young adults who are amongst the first group of trainees to pass through the Steps to Work placement hub.

Major Roger Batt, Divisional Leader for The Salvation Army, North West, said: “Breaking ground at Strawberry Field today marks a significant milestone in the heritage of this iconic site. It’s part of our mission at The Salvation Army to be present where there is a need and, whilst the needs around Strawberry Field have changed over the years, we’re proud to still be part of this legacy. As custodians of the site for the people of Liverpool and Beatles fans the world over, we want to transform Strawberry Field and re-open it for the good of young people in the North West who would benefit from access to support as well as encourage more similar projects across the UK.”
As a child, Lennon famously used to jump over the wall into the Strawberry Field grounds, where he would play with the children who lived there and listen to The Salvation Army band. He grew up just a stone’s throw away from the site in Woolton, Liverpool, which has lain unused for 12 years.

Lady Judy Martin OBE said, “The plans to open Strawberry Field to the public for the first time - so people can see a unique exhibition about the home, how and why the song was written by John, and allow visitors to explore the grounds as John did as a child - is very exciting.”

John Lennon remained a supporter of The Salvation Army, with a particular interest in Strawberry Field throughout his life, donating to the charity after the song’s release.

Major Roger continued, “It is our firm intention that Strawberry Field will also be a place for spiritual reflection with an opportunity to explore the grounds and create new memories for each and every person who comes to visit.”

“We are so grateful to the many donations we have received so far that has enabled this vision to become a reality, we still have a final million pounds to raise and we plan to do this over the next 12 months towards opening. ”

Beatles fans, supporters of Strawberry Field and the vision for young adults with learning disabilities can back the redevelopment by visiting www.strawberryfieldliverpool.com.

The website includes information on how to donate to the project, as well as exclusive Strawberry Field merchandise including limited edition bricks from the original Salvation Army children’s home as well as t-shirts, mugs and much more for Beatles and Strawberry Field fans.

Retired Strawberry Field officer, Major Ida Cawthorne (97), who fondly remembers young John: “We had a big tree with thick branches and he used to sit in it, dangling his legs and shouting to the children. “I love the song, he telephoned me when the song became a hit record and sent several thousand pounds to Strawberry Field for the children – we bought new play equipment – very kind, he was a good lad.”
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The Sgt Pepper drum

August 6, 2018, 6:44 am
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The Beatles in 1964 - their first appearance with what later became the Sgt Pepper drum.

The marching band drum seen on the cover of the Sgt Pepper album first appeared with the Beatles in some promotional still photos in 1964, and may have been the drum Mal Evans used during the recording of "Yellow Submarine"!

Another exclusive by Kevin Bradford

I have been in touch with a curator at the Essex Yeomanry Band museum, The Sgt Pepper drum? It was theirs at one time. How it came into being an item that The Beatles were photographed with on at least two occasions over a span of 3 years is still unclear. Once in 1964 on the day Ed Sullivan interviewed them on the final day of filming for "A Hard Day's Night" movie at Les Ambassadeurs in London, and again in 1967 for the Sgt. Pepper photograph session.

A 1964 photo of the Beatles with this drum was to appear later on this official album in the German Democratic Republic
(which you may know as the communist country of East Germany).

The Sgt Pepper drum at the photo session for the album cover.

No other images of the drum exist outside of The Beatles camp other than this one provided to me from 1960:

The same drum in a 1960 photo.

It is my speculation that it was part of EMI studios closet of unusual instruments that they often raided for recording sessions. Ken Scott (Beatles engineer) does recall there being a marching drum there but is uncertain if it was that one. Geoff Emerick cannot recall. It was reported that during the recording of Yellow Submarine in 1966 that Mal Evans donned a marching bass drum and led a procession of friends and Beatles to sing the chorus in unison as he beat the drum for that session. I suspect it was this drum we hear.


The Essex Yeomanry did tell me that they had a fire a few years back and musical items were lost and possibly if it was returned it may have been lost. They do not have it now. Like I said..the last real proof was 1960 four years before the Beatles first appeared with it. Perhaps Abbey Road still has it ( I doubt that) or Paul or Ringo might.

Limited to 1000 copies, a replica Sgt Pepper drum is for sale from the official Beatles store.

"The band used to store their equipment at the Marconi Club in Chelmsford but there was a fire and a lot of equipment and music was lost. We had a Lottery Grant and replaced much of our percussion, including new timpani and a MalletKat, but we still kept everything servicable.

After the fire we stored everything in the band trailer on a farm in Hatfield Peveral, there would have been some downsizing as this was not too large."
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Product images of Egypt Station

August 6, 2018, 10:23 am
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This colour edition is a Barnes & Noble exclusive
Product images of Paul McCartney's new album, "Egypt Station" is starting to appear. Some from the record company, some from Macca's website, but the more interesting ones on various online record stores. A track list (pun intended?) has not been published yet.

Still, confirmed er.. tracks so far are:
Opening Station (instrumental)
I Don't Know
Come On To Me
Hand In Hand
Despite Repeated Warnings
Happy With You
Fuh You
Confidante
Back In Brazil
People Want Peace
Who Cares
Hunt You Down
Station II (instrumental)

Rumoured tracks - yet unconfirmed:
Waking Up Fast
Dominoes (Light That Way)
Do It Now
The Church We Never Went
Caesar Rock
Night Party
Old Bridges
Naked
C-link

Double LP edition with a tri-fold cover
The above is a double LP with an exclusive tri-fold cover. From this image, several of the song titles are on display:
Zooming in displays several song titles.


On an enlarged image of the above one, you can also read the full lyrics for one song:

Happy With You

I sat round all day
I used to get stoned
I liked to get wasted
But these days I don‘t
I got lots of good thing: to do, oh yeah

l walked around angry
i used to Feel bad
But nowadays my days
don ‘t have to be sad
‘cos: I'm happy, with you
I got lots of good thing: to do, oh yeah

Like, hear the high clear robin sing
Walk a bluebell carpet
Watch the children playing games
Catch a moon and drop it
Hear the gentle mantle roll
On a Frosty morning
See the migthy Ocean break
Like a sailor Warning

l used to drink so much
Forget To come ome
I lied to my doctir
But these days I don't
‘cos: I'm happy, with you
I got lots of good thing: to do, oh yeah

Throw a pooketful of coins in the Trevi tountain
See an ice cold running stream
Rushing down the mountain
Hear a new born baby lamb
Calling tor its mother
loving one another

I sat round all day
I used to get stoned
I liked to get wasted
But these days I don‘t
I got lots of good thing: to do, oh yeah


Then there's this image, with two LPs sticking out from the cover.
And this one, with one vinyl disc. HMV Japan described this version yesterday,
and the album sleeve is just double, not tri-fold.

Apart from the Barnes & Noble exclusive red colour 2LP edition depicted first in this blog post, there's also another colour variation announced but not described, so we don't know which colour it might be. Here's how it's presented:
But what's the colour?

And then there is this Target exclusive, with two extra songs.

Target got themselves another exclusive.
+ 2 extra songs on this CD edition.
In the United Kingdom, the Target version with 2 extra songs is known as the HMV version:
From HMV comes a version with 2 bonus tracks and no, they don't ship it abroad.
Delivery to the UK only, which means you will have to look for it on ebay, where there are plenty of sellers who profit on this quite unnecessary policy by the record company store.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars episode discovered

August 9, 2018, 2:03 am
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Ringo Starr, Esq, opens the Lucky Stars Special with his band mates attending.
Saturday 14 November 1964: The Beatles rehearsed and recorded their contribution to the television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Teddington Studios on this day. It was screened on ITV the following Saturday, 21 November 1964, from 5.50pm.
The group mimed to four songs: I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, I'm A Loser and Rock And Roll Music. There was no studio audience present.

Despite their numerous previous appearances on the show, by November 1964 The Beatles were so famous that it was a coup for the producers to have them even mime for an edition. In recognition of this, the show was renamed Lucky Stars Special.

The footage of the Beatles singing has existed for many years and has been used on many lookback shows. However, the in between stuff has been thought lost. Apple have never revealed if more existed but some years ago a brief moment was shown, of Brian Epstein introducing Sounds Incorporated which suggested that more of the show might exist.


Recently, the internet group Kaleidoscope, dedicated to recover old television footage previously though lost have recently been sent a DVC Pro tape sent from the USA and discovered it contained the studio recording for this 1964 Thank Your Lucky Stars show. There are the ABC time-clocks for separate studio sessions and the Beatles are fooling around in the studio with Brian.

We are happy that the entire program now is preserved, and hope that it will receive a future screening.

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McCartney's Cavern concert to Cannes

August 14, 2018, 3:38 am
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Paul McCartney at the Cavern Club
Paul McCartney – Live At The Cavern Club 2018. was filmed by a crew headed by director Paul Dugdale, who also made The Rolling Stones films Havana Moon and Olé Olé Olé! The cavern film will debut at the 2019 Cannes film festival, which will take place from Tuesday, May 14 to Saturday, May 25, in 2019. After that, it has a tentative release on Blu Ray/DVD.

The film crew at the Cavern Club
The director's website: www.dugdale.tv
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Imagine film restored for release

August 14, 2018, 7:52 am
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Film poster
Yoko Ono has a new product or two, the Imagine film and book. Remember the old 1972 television special where John&Yoko had made several music videos for songs from their albums, John's Imagine and Yoko's Fly? After John died, Yoko released a home video version on VHS, Beta and Laserdisk, which just contained John's songs. Well guess what? It's finally back! Eagle Rock Entertainment presents John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Imagine. Restored and remixed for cinema audiences with additional cinema-exclusive extras, and in spectacular Dolby Atmos in selected theatres, the film will receive a worldwide screening in cinemas from September 17, 2018.

Remastered frame-by-frame from the original film negative and completely remixed from the ground up, from the original first-generation audio multi-tracks in stunning Dolby Atmos and 7.1 Surround Sound, this collage of colour, sound, dream and reality stars John Lennon and Yoko Ono with George Harrison, Fred Astaire, Jack Nicholson, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett and many more.

The film will be accompanied by exclusive cinema-only bonus footage featuring John Lennon performing tracks in the studio with George Harrison from The Beatles, Nicky Hopkins from The Rolling Stones, Alan White from Yes and dear friend Klaus Voormann.


More information about the film and the book, head on over to ImagineJohnYoko.com

The old laserdisks and video cassettes featured only John's songs.
Imagine Film
1. Imagine*
2. Crippled Inside*
3. Good Morning
4. Jealous Guy*
5. Don’t Count The Waves†
6. It’s So Hard*
7. Mrs. Lennon†
8. In Bag
9. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die*
10. Mind Train†
11. Whisper Piece
12. What’s That In The Sky?
13. Power To The People‡
14. Gimme Some Truth*
15. Midsummer New York†
16. Oh My Love*
17. How Do You Sleep?*
18. How?*
19. Oh Yoko!*
20. Beach / End Credits

Bonus Features
1. How Do You Sleep (Raw Studio Mix, takes 5 & 6)
2. How? (Raw Studio Mix, take 6)
3. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas, 1969)

* from the John Lennon album Imagine
† from the Yoko Ono album FLY
‡ from the John Lennon single ‘Power To The People’
Duration: 83 minutes
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Track list for Egypt Station

August 14, 2018, 10:04 am
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Paul McCartney's new album is called Egypt Station and is set for release 7 September

In keeping with the train theme, we have just received the "track list" for the more common version of the new album from Paul McCartney.

1. Opening Station
2. I Don’t Know
3. Come On To Me
4. Happy With You
5. Who Cares
6. Fuh You
7. Confidante
8. People Want Peace
9. Hand In Hand
10. Dominoes
11. Back In Brazil
12. Do It Now
13. Caesar Rock
14. Despite Repeated Warnings
15. Station II
16. Hunt You Down/Naked/C-Link

The song titles were posted as a series of symbols through Paul's twitter account
Of course, there is a version available from Target in USA and HMV in the U.K. which has two extra tracks, we don't have titles for these yet. There's also a super deluxe edition of the album due out later in the year, rumoured to contain no fewer than 26 tracks.

Meanwhile, a new track from McCartney's forthcoming "Egypt Station" album is soon to be released. The sexually laden song "Fuh You" will be «departing» 15. August. So it’s train related lingo from the ad dept from now on.

The new McCartney album, in colours only available from Paul's own US store.

British magazine Record Collector have already listened to the full album, their review can be found here.
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Corden returns the favour

August 15, 2018, 1:51 am
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Fuh You is here

August 15, 2018, 3:03 pm
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Fuh You is the new single from Paul McCartney's forthcoming album. 
The newest single from the forthcoming record is now available on all digital/streaming platforms. Egypt Station’s estimated time of arrival is September 7, 2018 by way of Capitol Records.

Sharing a title with one of Paul’s own paintings, Egypt Station is the first full album of all-new McCartney music since 2013’s international chart-topping NEW. Preceded by two of its tracks just released as double A-sides – plaintive ballad  'I Don’t Know' and raucous stomper 'Come On To Me'— Egypt Station was recorded between Los Angeles, London and Sussex, and produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Beck, Foo Fighters) — with the exception of the newly available 'Fuh You,' which was produced by Ryan Tedder.

Paul recalls the process behind the new single: “With this one I was in the studio with Ryan Tedder whereas the rest of the album has been made with Greg Kurstin… We were just thinking of ideas and little pieces of melody and chords and the song just came together bit by bit. And then I would try and make some kind of sense of the story. So it was like ‘Come on baby now. Talk about yourself. Tell the truth, let me get to know you’ and basically I wanna know how you feel, you make me wanna go out and steal. I just want it for you. So that was the basic idea and it developed from there… sort of a love song, but a raunchy love song. There you go – fuh you."

In Ryan Tedder's interview he said it was originally "for you" , but with Paul's accent it sounded like "fuh you". Tedder said he liked the double entendre and the song sounding "naughty" so they changed it to " fuh you".

You may listen to and or download "Fuh You" from here.

Then let us know what you think about it in the Comments section.
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Bonus tracks revealed

August 16, 2018, 3:38 am
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Target exclusive...in the USA, that is.
As you know, there is going to be a version of "Egypt Station" on CD with two bonus tracks. This edition will only be sold through Target in USA, HMV in the UK and in indie record stores elsewhere in Europe. They are also rumoured to be included on the SHM-CD in Japan. The two tracks are:
17. Get Started
18. Nothing For Free
and if that last title is a comment on the release plan, we agree.

HMV in the U.K.

Meanwhile, over at the Amazon Top 3 best selling mp3-files:


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Lennon: Imagine & Gimme Some Truth Blu-ray & DVD

August 17, 2018, 1:20 am
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Due out October 5, Imagine & Gimme Some Truth
Available now to pre-order from Amazon are Blu-ray and region free DVD editions of "Imagine The Film" and "Gimme Some Truth - The Making of Imagine". They have both been out before, "Imagine The Film" only on video cassettes and laser discs, "Gimme Some Truth" also on DVD.

"Eagle Rock are delighted to announce the release of two films by John and Yoko, Imagine and Gimme Some Truth.  Both films, which focus on the Imagine era, have been hand restored frame-by-frame from the original film reels into HD, and their soundtracks have been remixed in glorious 5.1 surround sound, and remastered. Includes exclusive, never-before-seen bonus content on DVD and blu-ray. This is the first time both films have been commercially available at the same time."

Also on October 5, Geffen/UMe will release “John Lennon: Imagine: The Ultimate Box Set,” just ahead of what would have been Lennon’s 78th birthday on October 9. The remixed and remastered six-disc/140-track collection is fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon who oversaw the production and creative direction.

Spread across four CDs and two Blu-ray discs, this expanded edition of what many feel is the former Beatle’s best solo album includes new “Ultimate Mixes” of the iconic album — which, according to the announcement, reveal “whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs” — as well as unadorned Raw Studio Mixes, 5.1 surround sound mixes, and for the first time in nearly 50 years, a “Quadrasonic Album Mix,” presenting the original four-speaker “quadrophonic” mix in a format that was briefly popular with audiophiles in the 1970s.

The set also includes rare outtakes, isolated track elements and “The Evolution Documentary,” a track-by-track audio montage that details the journey of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter.

Links to Amazon's pre-order pages for the films:
Blu-ray
DVD
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Lennon's on sale again

August 22, 2018, 12:41 pm
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imagine
Amazon in the UK have listed the upcoming Imagine releases, and here's what they have to say about it:
On October 5, Universal Music celebrates the apex of John Lennon’s solo career with a six-disc box set, Imagine – The Ultimate Collection. This historical, remixed and remastered 140-track collection is fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon who oversaw the production and creative direction. Spread across four CDs and two Blu-ray discs, this truly unique expanded edition offers a variety of listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the iconic album, which reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs, to the Raw Studio Mixes that allow listeners to hear Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band’s original, unadorned performances, to enveloping 5.1 surround sound mixes, and a Quadrasonic Album Mix, presenting the original four speaker mix remastered in Quadrasonic sound for the first time in nearly fifty years. This ultimate deep listening experience, which features scores of previously unheard demos, rare outtakes and isolated track elements, also includes The Evolution Documentary, a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the journey of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter. The comprehensive nature of the full Imagine – The Ultimate Collection is the absolute best representation of a career artist working at the top of his creative game. imagine - the ultimate deep listening experience

Imagine will also be released in concurrent multiple physical and digital configurations including as a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl edition.

ultimate collection super deluxe box


IMAGINE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SUPER DELUXE BOX (4 CD+ 2 BD)
Track Listings
Disc: 1
Remixed Stereo Album
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

Remixed Singles and Extras
11. Power To The People
12. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go)
13. God Save Us
14. Do The Oz
15. God Save Oz
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Disc: 2
Elements Mixes
1. Imagine (strings only)
2. Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
3. Oh My Love (vocals only)
4. How? (strings only)

Album Outtakes
5. Imagine (demo)
6. Imagine (take 1)
7. Crippled Inside (take 3)
8. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo)
9. Jealous Guy (take 9)
10. It's So Hard (take 6)
11. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11)
12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
13. Oh My Love (take 6)
14. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
15. How? (take 31)
16. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)

Singles Outtakes
17. Power To The People (take 7)
18. God Save Us (demo)
19. Do The Oz (take 3)
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)

Disc: 3
Extended Album Tracks and Raw
1. Imagine (take 10)
2. Crippled Inside (take 6)
3. Jealous Guy (take 29)
4. It's So Hard (take 11)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 - extended)
7. Oh My Love (take 20)
8. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 - extended)
9. How? (take 40)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 extended)

Outtakes Live
11. Imagine (take 1)
12. Jealous Guy (take 11)
13. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21)
14. How Do You Sleep? (take 1)
15. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6)

Disc: 4
Evolution (from demo to final mix)
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

Disc: 5 (BLU RAY 1)
Remixed Stereo Album, Singles, Extras , 5.1. Quadrasonic & Outtakes
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
11. Power To The People
12. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go)
13. God Save Us
14. Do The Oz
15. God Save Oz
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
17. Imagine (Quadrasonic Mix)
18. Crippled Inside (Quadrasonic Mix)
19. Jealous Guy (Quadrasonic Mix)
20. It's So Hard (Quadrasonic Mix)
21. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Quadrasonic Mix)
22. Gimme Some Truth (Quadrasonic Mix)
23. Oh My Love (Quadrasonic Mix)
24. How Do You Sleep? (Quadrasonic Mix)
25. How? (Quadrasonic Mix)
26. Oh Yoko! (Quadrasonic Mix)
27. Imagine (demo)
28. Imagine (take 1)
29. Crippled Inside (take 3)
30. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
31. Jealous Guy (take 9)
32. It's So Hard (take 6)
33. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11)
34. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
35. Oh My Love (take 6)
36. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
37. How? (take 31)
38. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
39. Power To The People (take 7)
40. God Save Us (demo)
41. Do The Oz (take 3)
42. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)

Disc: 6 (BLU RAY 2)
Extended Album Versions Live, Outtakes Live, Elements Mixes, Evolution, Elliot Mintz Interviews
1. Imagine (take 10) (Raw Studio Mix)
2. Crippled Inside (take 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
3. Jealous Guy (take 29) (Raw Studio Mix)
4. It's So Hard (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
7. Oh My Love (take 20) (Raw Studio Mix)
8. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
9. How? (take 40) (Raw Studio Mix)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
11. Imagine (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
12. Crippled Inside (take 2) (Raw Studio Mix)
13. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo) (Raw Studio Mix)
14. Jealous Guy (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
15. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21) (Raw Studio Mix)
16. How Do You Sleep? (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
17. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
18. How? (takes 7 - 10) (Raw Studio Mix)
19. How? (take 40 alt vocal) (Raw Studio Mix)
20. Oh Yoko! (take 1 tracking vocal) (Raw Studio Mix)
21. Imagine (Elements Mix)
22. Crippled Inside (Elements Mix)
23. Jealous Guy (Elements Mix)
24. It's So Hard (Elements Mix)
25. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Elements Mix)
26. Gimme Some Truth (Elements Mix)
27. Oh My Love (Elements Mix)
28. How Do You Sleep? (Elements Mix)
29. How? (Elements Mix)
30. Oh Yoko! (Elements Mix)
31. Imagine (Evolution)
32. Crippled Inside (Evolution)
33. Jealous Guy (Evolution)
34. It's So Hard (Evolution)
35. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Evolution)
36. Gimme Some Truth (Evolution)
37. Oh My Love (Evolution)
38. How Do You Sleep? (Evolution)
39. How? (Evolution)
40. Oh Yoko! (Evolution)
41. Power To The People (Evolution)
42. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go) (Evolution)
43. God Save Us/God Save Oz (Evolution)
44. Do The Oz (Evolution)
45. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Evolution)
46. Tittenhurst Park (Evolution)
47. Imagine John & Yoko - The Elliot Mintz interviews

plain old deluxe


IMAGINE ULTIMATE COLLECTION DELUXE EDITION (2 CD)
Disc: 1
Remixed Stereo Album
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

Remixed Singles and Extras
11. Power To The People
12. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go)
13. God Save Us
14. Do The Oz
15. God Save Oz
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Disc: 2
Elements Mixes
1. Imagine (strings only)
2. Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
3. Oh My Love (vocals only)
4. How? (strings only)

Album Outtakes
5. Imagine (demo)
6. Imagine (take 1)
7. Crippled Inside (take 3)
8. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo)
9. Jealous Guy (take 9)
10. It's So Hard (take 6)
11. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11)
12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
13. Oh My Love (take 6)
14. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
15. How? (take 31)
16. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)

Singles Outtakes
17. Power To The People (take 7)
18. God Save Us (demo)
19. Do The Oz (take 3)
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)

just the new remixed album


IMAGINE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (1 CD)
Remixed Stereo Album
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

Preorder links Amazon UK:
Super Deluxe
Deluxe
Single disc
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Rediscovered Lennon demo launches Imagine campaign

August 23, 2018, 7:24 am
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While sifting through boxes upon boxes of the original tapes, engineer Rob Stevens discovered something truly remarkable that had gone unnoticed all these years. “Early 2016, during the gestation period of this project, I'm in the Lenono archives with my people going through tape boxes that have labeling that's unclear, misleading, or missing entirely”, says Stevens. “There's a 1" 8-track that says nothing more on the Ascot Sound label than John Lennon, the date, and the engineer (Phil McDonald), with DEMO on the spine.  No indication of what material was on the tape. One delicate transfer to digital later, the “Imagine” demo, subsequently enhanced superbly by Paul Hicks, appears within this comprehensive set. It was true serendipity.”

This completely never-before heard original demo, a sparse home recording of Lennon on piano and vocal playing one of his most famous songs, globally launches Imagine – The Ultimate Collection today and is available for streaming and for immediate download with all digital album pre-orders.

Link: imaginejohnyoko.com
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Imagine - so what's new?

August 23, 2018, 12:42 pm
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A quick guide to what's new and what's not.
So this may be a somewhat nerdy blog post, aimed at those Lennon collectors who also look to bootlegs for completion. What's new in the ultimate Imagine collection (details released today, see this page) and what's already out there, either on bootlegs or the Lennon Anthology. Occasional guest blogger Mike Carrera has kindly provided us with this friendly, colour coded guide.

Imagine 2018 Ultimate Collection Super DeLuxe Box set (4 CD+2 Blu-ray Audio) vs bootlegs and Lennon Anthology

by Mike Carrera

This is a quick guide using ONLY the ‘Super Deluxe’ box set 2018 to be released in October, to guide you through the many tracks: which ones are new, which could be and which aren’t? We are only focusing on the alternate material, and not on sound quality, which with this new release of course will surpass any bootlegs or past releases.

This guide will be updated in October once we get deep access to all the contents!

The ‘Super Deluxe’ presentation will be the only one having all the audio contents, and some tracks are exclusive for the Blu-Ray Audio discs accompanying this 4 CD box set.

 All discs, including CDs and Blu-rays are divided into the following chapters:

a)Remixed: Stereo Album, Singles & Extras
b)Outtakes: Album, Singles & Extras
c)Quadrosonic Album Remastered (Blu Ray Exclusive)
d)Raw Studio Mixes: Outtakes-Live
e)Raw Studio Mixes: Extended album versions-Live
f) Elements Mixes
g)Evolution Documentary
h)Elliot Mintz Interviews with John & Yoko (Blu Ray Exclusive)

All the contents from the CDs will also be included on the Blu-Ray Audio discs, but the Blu-Rays will get extra features.



Super DeLuxe Box Set: CDs vs Blu-Ray Audio discs

CD 1 is also included on BLU RAY DISC 1. Blu Ray Exclusive: 5.1. mixes
CD 2 is also included on BLU RAY DISC 1 and BLU RAY DISC TWO. Blu Ray Exclusive: Six (6) songs from the ELEMENTS MIXES chapter.
CD 3 is also included on BLU RAY DISC 2. Blu Ray Exclusive: 5.1 mixes, One song LONGER from the EXTENDED VERSIONS and five (5) exclusive tracks from the OUTTAKES LIVE chapters.
CD 4 is also included on BLU RAY DISC 2. Blu Ray Exclusive: Six (6) tracks “Singles and Extras” from the EVOLUTION documentary. 

For this quick review we will use only the following chapters or sections:

‘OUTTAKES’ is basically a selection of alternate takes from proper sessions or re-make sessions mostly, but also a few from rehearsal sessions, vocal overdubs or alternate vocal tracks.
‘RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE’ are basically takes with rough or live vocal guides from John, no overdubs, some are like ‘rehearsal’ takes, others are actual alternate takes/outtakes.
‘RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS LIVE’ are basically the same takes as used for the final master but with rough vocals or unedited (longer), no overdubs, reverb, tape delays, etc.
‘ELEMENTS’ are the multi track tapes combined to showcase some instruments or vocals (sometimes together, others just one element), these have nothing to do with channel separations from 5.1. mixes or Rockband mogg files, which are similar but not the same.
‘EVOLUTION’ are collages or montages starting from the demo takes in some cases, early rehearsals and alternate takes up to the final version.

Note: some songs have the same Take number twice or three times, meaning one comes from a first warm up session, the other from a re-make session starting counting takes again from the beginning, others use the final backing track from that take but with different vocal overdubs.

You will see the name of the song, take number or description, running time, under which section it will be included and whether it’s new or not.

This is an attempt to present the tracks in chronological order, as the box set has it all jumbled around, in many cases. And to the surprise of many bootleg collectors, the majority of the tracks on this new official set has never been released before!

this is the clear vinyl 2LP edition.


2018 DeLuxe Box Set vs bootlegs and Lennon Anthology

IMAGINE

Imagine (Original demo recorded at Ascot) 03:17 OUTTAKES

NEW  *Different from the ‘other’ demo circulating on bootlegs (3:36) which was also used (but edited) on the 1988 Warner Bros soundtrack "Imagine - The Movie" and can be seen in the ‘Gimme Some Truth’ documentary.

 Imagine (Take 1) 03:25 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE

Also known as "Version 1" on bootlegs. The Anthology version lacks the final comment from John lasting five seconds less (3:20), while the bootleg version is complete and with the same length of 3:25. So nothing new, but it will be little longer than the Anthology version.

Imagine (Take 1) 03:05 OUTTAKES

This is the re-make session, also known as “Version 2”. Lasting 3:12 on bootlegs, including some chat after the take, but it actually ends at 3:05. Nothing new here, apparently.

Imagine (Take 10) 03:12  OUTTAKES  NEW

Imagine 06:00 EVOLUTION NEW

Imagine (Strings only) 02:13 ELEMENTS NEW
Similar to some 5.1. mixes and Rockband multi tracks, but this mix is a new one.

original imagine single, norway 1971


CRIPPLED INSIDE

Crippled Inside (Take 2) 05:23 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE  *BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW  From Rehearsal Session? (Take 2 from the session that gave us the final version is available on bootlegs but it’s different from this "Live outtake")

Crippled Inside (Take 6 alternate guitar solo) 03:50  RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE  *BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE
NEW From Rehearsal Session?

 Crippled Inside (Take 3) 03:50  OUTTAKES

NEW Re-make Session? (a Different Take 3 is on bootleg, including engineer’s slate  "Take Three", and lasting no longer than 1 minute because it's a breakdown take, so now we have a different Take 3, maybe one comes from the “Rehearsal/Live sessions” and the other from the ‘proper’ session?)

Crippled Inside (Take 6 alternate guitar solo) 03:47  OUTTAKES

NEW Re-make Session? (on bootlegs we have two different takes with this same length (3:47), one described as "Take 17" but without any slate it’s doubtful we are actually hearing a seventeenth take, so could be this Take 6, and the other described as "Rough Take", both with "alternate guitar solo", we will have to wait to get this upcoming official set to be able to really compare and decide.)

Crippled Inside (Take 6) 03:50 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS-LIVE

NEW From Re-make Session?

Crippled Inside 03:59 EVOLUTION NEW

Crippled Inside  (upright bass & drums) 03:37 ELEMENTS  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW



JEALOUS GUY

Jealous Guy (Take 9) 02:16  OUTTAKESNEW

Jealous Guy (Take 11) 04:27 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVENEW

Jealous Guy (Take 29) 04:22 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS

NEW (a very similar but not the same as the official released version is available on bootlegs as "Take 7 Vocal Overdub", and also different from the take on the Anthology box set)

Jealous Guy 06:11 EVOLUTIONNEW

Jealous Guy (Piano, bass & drums) 04:12  ELEMENTS  NEW

Record Store Day 2011 boxed vinyl set.


 IT’S SO HARD

It's So Hard (Take 6) 02:33  OUTTAKESNEW

It's So Hard (Take 11) 02:42  RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONSNEW

It's So Hard 06:50 EVOLUTION  NEW

It's So Hard (Strings) 00:57 ELEMENTS*BLU RAY EXCLUSIVENEW




I DON'T WANNA BE A SOLDIER MAMA I DON'T WANNA DIE

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Take 21) 05:17 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVENEW From the first session.

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Take 25) 04:34  OUTTAKESNEW From the first session.

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Take 4 - extended) 09:36 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE(CD 3 will get an edited 7:56 version)

NEW From the Re-make session.

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier 07:06 EVOLUTION  NEW

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (Guitar, Bass & Drums)  06:08  ELEMENTS  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW



GIMME SOME TRUTH

Gimme Some Truth (Take 4 – extended) 03:40 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS

NEW  (Only the first three takes are available on bootleg in "Raw" form with a live vocal)

Gimme Some Truth (Take 4) 03:28  OUTTAKES  NEW With an alternate vocal overdub.

Gimme Some Truth 05:12 EVOLUTION  NEW

Gimme Some Truth 03:16  ELEMENTS  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE  NEW




OH MY LOVE

Oh My Love (Take 6) 02:44  OUTTAKES

Already on bootleg, with more extra dialogue and post rehearsal.

Oh My Love (Take 20) 02:47 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS LIVE

NEW (Partially available on bootleg- less than 10 seconds).

Oh My Love 07:31 EVOLUTION  NEW

Oh My Love (Vocals only) 01:56 ELEMENTSNEW Similar as from the Rockband multi tracks, but this mix is a new one.




HOW DO YOU SLEEP?

How Do You Sleep? (Take 1) 08:40 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE

From First Session? Already on Bootlegs, maybe we will get little more post-song chat banter.

How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5 & 6) 07:03  RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE

Partially NEW- From First Session? (Takes 5 (a false start) and Take 6 are already on the Anthology boxed set, but Take 6 has a fadeout there, so we will get around 2 minutes more of unheard stuff).

How Do You Sleep? (Takes 1 & 2) 05:57  OUTTAKES

NEW From Re-make Session? (Do not confuse this with the "Rehearsal takes 1 and 2" on bootleg, those were rehearsals more than proper takes).

How Do You Sleep? (Take 11 – extended) 06:00 RAW MIXES EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS LIVE

NEW From Re-make Session (even though we have two outtakes very close to the final version on bootleg, none of them are exactly 6:00, one is 6:46 and the other known as "Alternate Vocal B" is 6:13, maybe we will get that with early fade out? We will find out in October.)

How Do You Sleep? 07:34 EVOLUTION  NEW

 How Do You Sleep? (Strings)  05:03 ELEMENTS  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW



HOW?

How? (Takes 7-10) 06:18 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW

How? (Take 31) 03:47  OUTTAKES  NEW

How? (Take 40 alternate vocal) 03:46 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE  *BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW

How? (Take 40) 03:55 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS LIVENEW

How? 08:45 EVOLUTIONNEW

How? (Strings only) 03:36 ELEMENTSNEW Already available from the Rockband multi tracks but this mix will be a new one.




OH YOKO!

Oh Yoko! (from Bed Peace Sheraton Hotel, Bahamas 1969) 05:00  OUTTAKES

Partially NEW (From the aborted Bed-In in Bahamas, wrongly listed before as being from the Montreal Bed Peace or a home demo from Surrey) 4:36 of it is already available, so now we will get the full rendition.

Oh Yoko! (Take 1 tracking vocal) 06:14 RAW STUDIO OUTTAKES LIVE*BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE

NEW

Oh Yoko! (Take 1 – extended) 06:15 RAW STUDIO EXTENDED ALBUM VERSIONS LIVENEW

Oh Yoko! 03:56 EVOLUTIONNEW

Oh Yoko! (Acoustic) 04:16 ELEMENTS*BLU RAY EXCLUSIVE NEW





SINGLES AND EXTRAS

Power To The People (Take 7) 03:25  OUTTAKESNEW

Power To The People 05:29 –EVOLUTION*BLU-RAY ONLY  NEW

God Save Us (Original demo) 02:57  OUTTAKES

Partially NEW (the version on bootleg runs only 2:00 so now we will get now the full demo). A studio outtake with John’s lead vocal will also be available on CD 1/Blu Ray 1 under "Remixed Singles and Extras", which is the same version as on ‘Lennon Anthology’.

God Save Us/Oz 08:36 – EVOLUTION*BLU-RAY ONLY  NEW

Do The Oz (Take 3) (Michael Ramsden vocal) 06:42  OUTTAKES

NEW (with Ringo on drums and Klaus on bass?, one of the highlights?)

Do The Oz 02:18 –EVOLUTION  *BLU-RAY ONLY  NEW

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Alternate Mix) 03:41  OUTTAKESNEW (the alternate mixes circulating among collectors do not last as long as this one)

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 04:05 – EVOLUTION  *BLU-RAY ONLYNEW

Well (Baby Please Don't Go) 03:06 –EVOLUTION*BLU-RAY ONLY

NEW A complete studio outtake will be available also on CD 1/Blu Ray 1 under "Remixed Singles and Extras", which is the same version as on ‘Lennon Anthology’.

Tittenhurst Park 17:16- EVOLUTION*BLU-RAY ONLY

NEW A collage of improvisations and studio chats from the sessions, similar to the ‘Fly on the Wall’ disc from "Let it Be... Naked". Including snippets  of ‘Mind Games’ (from the Oh My Love session and already available, even on bootleg video), and new ones: "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) and "What Am I living For?" (Chuck Willis).

The 1998 John Lennon Anthology boxed set
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Ebay opportunity: Egypt Station on green vinyl

August 28, 2018, 12:54 am
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Green vinyl, exclusively to Spotify customers who favour Paul McCartney
Okay so here's the deal: there is an exclusive green variety of Paul McCartney's upcoming vinyl 2LP "Egypt Station" available to a very specific group of people: Greedy ebay dealers based in USA. Through this link, it's possible to order this special edition, and here's a good thing: It only ships to USA! Can you believe it?

Capitol Records are literally feeding us this golden opportunity to make a lot of dough from international hardcore McCartney fans! Of course, these are willing to shell out top dollar for this item, which Capitol Records (praise their marketing dept) are unwilling to sell to them!
So now, all we need to do is order these records, and when they arrive, we can make a whole lotta dough on ebay! Because, of course we'll ship anywhere, as long as the money's good!

This special pressing was only to be made to Spotify customers who have Paul McCartney as "featured artist" in their streaming setup, but now it's open to anyone who has the link to this item at the Paul McCartney Web Store.

Here's the supposedly secret link.
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Eddie the dog

August 29, 2018, 4:14 am
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Fan photo of Paul with his dog Eddie, at the gates of his house in St. John's Wood, 1968.
Most fans will know that Paul McCartney used to have an Old English Sheepdog called Martha, mostly thanks to the fact that the dog is in lots of well known photos, and she has her own song, "Martha My Dear" on the Beatles'"White album".
Less well known is Paul's other dog from the same time, a Yorkshire terrier called Eddie! So here are a few photos of him.


These are from Paul's dad's house in Wirral. Is it Eddie? Looks a bit big.

Mad day out, the final photos inside Paul's dome in the garden, Paul with Martha, while Ringo is petting Eddie.
After having released "Martha My Dear" Paul may have felt sorry for Eddie, who didn't have a song of his own. To rectify this he composed "There You Are, Eddie," possibly in December 1968, while visiting Hunter Davies in Portugal. Never released, the song was performed three times by Paul during the "Get Back"-sessions on January 24th, 1969.

There you are, Eddie
(McCartney)

There you are, Eddie – Eddie – Eddie,
there you are, Eddie – Eddie, you dog

You pretend to be in with the in-crowd,
and you think that you’re one of the boys,
but you know you’ve been barking too loud,
and you know that I can’t stand the noise

There you are, Eddie – Eddie – Eddie,
there you are, Eddie – Eddie, you dog

You pretend to be in with the in-crowd,
and you think that you’re one of the boys,
but you know you’ve just been barking too loud,
and you know that I can’t stand the noise

There you are, Eddie – Eddie – Eddie,
there you are, Eddie – Eddie, you dog
Eddie, you dog, Eddie, you dog

You'll find the most complete version of this impromptu rendition several places over at YouTube, for instance here. On this version, John joins in and encourages Paul to sing the song for other Beatles pets, so it turns into "There you are, Tiger", for Ringo's dog and ends up with "There you are, Mimi", referring to John's cat.

Seems most photos of Eddie were taken by fans.
Hunter Davies, who wrote the official Beatles biography in 1968 believed that the song was about himself. Paul, Linda og Heather spent some time at Hunter Davies' holiday home on the coast of Algarve in Portugal in December 1968, and his account is: "I remember one tune he played for me in Portugal, which he had written on the lavatory (he rarely went there without his guitar), which was called There You Go Eddie. Just a short verse, and I don't think he ever completed it. He had discovered that my first Christian name is Edward, something I've always kept quiet.".

1969 photo by Linda: Eddie with Paul (and Heather?)
Despite Davies' beliefs, the song is very likely about Paul's dog, which should be evidenced by the line about barking, and the fact that John and Paul started talking about other Beatle pets during the 1969 rendition.

The two dogs again.
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Mark Lewisohn: Q&A from Beatleweek 2018

August 29, 2018, 8:16 am
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Thanks to Jimmie Rudolfsson, we have the full Q&A session with Beatles author Mark Lewisohn from last week in Liverpool, divided into three segments, totalling 96 minutes. You may be disappointed to find out that publication of volume two in his ongoing biography trilogy (which now seems to consist of four volumes, the final one going up to and including 1974) is no longer aiming for a 2020 publication date, but may take longer. Perhaps next year he can give us an estimate.

Still, there are lots of interesting questions asked by the audience, only surpassed by Mark's detailed answers. I have assembled all three segments into one playlist for your convenience.
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White album teaser

August 30, 2018, 12:05 am
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cryptic message

Representatives from the press has been sent this somewhat cryptic message, asking them to save the date September 26, 2018. An invitation will follow. According to one such representative, Roger Friedman, this is an event where details of the upcoming 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles' self titled "white album" will be revealed. Friedman writes that the event will take place in New York.

We have also been told from another source that the track list for the various editions will be revealed on September 25th, so perhaps the event in question is a listening party and an opportunity to interview Giles Martin, who is Apple's go to guy when it comes to remixing sound.
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