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John Lennon
The Lost Lennon Tapes Volume Five

Album US 1988 on Bag Records label
Rock and Pop (Rock’n’Roll, Classic Rock)

Volume 5 in a series of boots featuring tracks used in the syndicated US radio series "The Lost Lennon Tapes", originally broadcast from Jan 1988 through March 1992. Sound quality ranges from very good to excellent. TRACK DETAILS: A1 Dear Prudence; Beatles' White Album-Esher demos, May 1968 A2 Jealous Guy; alternate take, Tittenhurst studio, July 1971 A3 God Save Oz; John's demo w/ bongos, 1971 A4 Rock And Roll People; home demo, May 1973 A5 Rock Island Line; Dakota demo, late 70s A6 Real Life; Early piano demo, became parts of "I'm Stepping Out" and "Real Love". B1-B2 My Life; Dakota demo takes eventually would morph into Starting Over and Real Life, 1980 B3 Don't Be Crazy; Dakota piano demo, would later morph into Starting Over, 1980 B4 The Worst Is Over; Dakota demo w drum machine, morphing closer to Starting Over, summer 1980 B5 In the Studio; studio chat discussing Starting Over, late summer 1980 B6 Starting Over (Vocal Booth); John's isolated vocal, recording his vocal at an early take, late summer 1980 B7 Starting Over; alternate take (before overdubs), late summer 1980 From back of jacket: Dear Prudence is the 1968 demo. Jealous Guy is a studio outtake from the Imagine sessions. God Save Oz is the original acoustic demo. Rock Island Line is the electric guitar version recorded at the Dakota. Real Life is a piano demo recorded at the Dakota. Side Two chronicles the evolution of the Double Fantasy track Starting Over, beginning with the Dakota demos of the unreleased songs My Life, Don't Be crazy and The Worst Is Over. Next John runs the studio band through the song. A rough take of the song is presented here as it would be heard from inside John's vocal booth. The side concludes with an early outtake of the number with a rough vocal. Note on cover backside: "Jacket printed in Canada".

     
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Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Dear PrudenceJohn Lennon
2Jealous GuyJohn Lennon
3God Save UsJohn Lennon
4Rock And Roll PeopleJohn Lennon
5Rock Island LineJohn Lennon
6Real LifeJohn Lennon
7My Life [Take One]John Lennon
8My Life [Take Three]John Lennon
9Don't Be CrazyJohn Lennon
10The Worst Is OverJohn Lennon
11In The StudioJohn Lennon
12Starting Over [Vocal Booth]John Lennon
13Starting OverJohn Lennon
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