Imagine : John Lennon (Music From The Original Motion Picture) LP photo

Approximate CD value: $15.00
Highest U.S. chart position: #31

IMAGINE : JOHN LENNON
Music From The Original Motion Picture

Released: October 4, 1988
Cover Illustration by: John Lennon
Label: Capitol CDP-7-90803-2

  1. Real Love {Lennon} (2:51)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon
    • Recorded: circa 1979 in New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
  2. Twist And Shout {Medley/Russell} (2:34)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, rhythm guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, background vocal
      George Harrison: lead guitar, background vocal
      Ringo Starr: drums
  3. Help! {Lennon/McCartney} (2:18)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: April 13, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, 12-string acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, background vocal
      George Harrison: lead guitar, background vocal
      Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
  4. In My Life {Lennon/McCartney} (2:26)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: October 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England with the instrumental break overdubbed October 22, 1965
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, rhythm guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, harmony vocal
      George Harrison: lead guitar
      Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
      George Martin: piano
  5. Strawberry Fields Forever {Lennon} (4:08)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: November 24, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with additional work on November 28-29 and December 8, 9, 15, and 21, 1966
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, lead guitar, harpsichord
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, piano, bongos, mellotron, timpani
      George Harrison: lead guitar, timpani, tabla harp
      Ringo Starr: drums, maracas, backwards cymbal
      Mal Evans: tambourine
      Philip Jones: alto trumpet
      session musicians: two cellos, two horns, flutes
  6. A Day In The Life {Lennon/McCartney} (5:07)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: January 19, 1967 (basic track) and February 10, 1967 (orchestral track) at Abbey Road, London, England with the final-chord ending overdubbed February 22, 1967
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal (first, second and last verses), acoustic guitar
      Paul McCartney: lead vocal (middle section), piano, bass guitar, conducts the forty-one-piece orchestra
      George Harrison: bongos
      Ringo Starr: drums, maracas
      Lennon, McCartney, Starr, Mal Evans: three pianos (final chord)
      George Martin: harmonium
      Mal Evans: alarm clock
      session musicians: forty-one-piece orchestra
  7. Revolution {Lennon} (3:24)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: July 10, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added July 11-12, 1968
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, lead guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, organ
      George Harrison: lead guitar
      Ringo Starr: drums
      Nicky Hopkins: electric piano
  8. The Ballad Of John And Yoko {Lennon} (2:59)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: April 14, 1969 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, drums, piano, maracas, harmony vocal
  9. Julia {Lennon/Yoko Ono/Kahlil Gibran} (2:55)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: October 13, 1968 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, double-tracked acoustic guitar
  10. Don't Let Me Down {Lennon} (3:35)
    • Performed by: The Beatles
    • Produced by: George Martin
    • Recorded: January 28, 1969 at Apple Studios, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar
      Paul McCartney: bass guitar, harmony vocal
      George Harrison: rhythm guitar
      Ringo Starr: drums
      Billy Preston: electric piano
  11. Give Peace A Chance {Lennon} (4:54)
    • Performed by: Plastic Ono Band
    • Produced by: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Bag)
    • Recorded: June 1, 1969 in Room 1742, Hotel La Reine, Elizabeth, Montreal by Le Studio Andre Paris, P.Q. Canada
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
      Yoko Ono, Tommy Smothers, Timothy & Rosemary Leary, Canadian Radna Krishna Temple, Montreal Rabbi Feinburg, Derek Taylor, Murry The K and others: chorus
  12. How? {Lennon} (3:42)
    • Performed by: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
    • Recorded: July, 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios with Flux Fiddlers overdubbed at Record Plant, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, piano
      Klaus Voormann: bass
      Alan White: drums
      John Barham: vibes
      Nicky Hopkins: piano
  13. Imagine (rehearsal) {Lennon} (1:26)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
    • Recorded: 1971
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, piano
  14. God {Lennon} (4:09)
    • Performed by: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
    • Recorded: October, 1970 at Abbey Road, London, England
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: guitar, vocals
      Yoko Ono: wind
      Ringo Starr: drums
      Klaus Voormann: bass
      Billy Preston: piano
  15. Mother {Lennon} (4:46)
    • Performed by: John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band
    • Produced by: Yoko Ono
    • Recorded Live: August 30, 1972 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, keyboards
      Yoko Ono: keyboards
      Stan Bronstein: saxophone
      Wayne "Tex" Gabriel: lead guitar
      John Ward, Gary Van Scyoc: bass
      Jim Keltner, Rick Frank: drums
      Adam Ippolito: keyboards
  16. Stand By Me {Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller} (3:28)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon
    • Recorded: October 21-25, 1974
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, guitar
      Jesse Ed Davis: guitar
      Eddie Mottau: acoustic guitar
      Bobby Keys: horns
      Jim Keltner: drums
      Klaus Voormann: bass
      Arthur Jenkins: percussion
      Ken Ascher: keyboards
  17. Jealous Guy {Lennon} (4:14)
    • Performed by: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
    • Recorded: July, 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios with Flux Fiddlers overdubbed at Record Plant, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, guitar, whistling
      Klaus Voormann: bass
      Jim Keltner: drums
      John Barham: harmonium
      Alan White: good vibes
  18. Woman {Lennon} (3:33)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas
    • Recorded: August, 1980 at Hit Factory, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
      Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken: guitars
      Tony Levin: bass
      George Small: keyboards
      Andy Newmark: drums
      Arthur Jenkins, Jr.: percussion
      Ed Walsh: oberheim
      Cas Mijac aka: Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks, Eric Troyer: background vocals
  19. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) {Lennon} (4:06)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas
    • Recorded: August, 1980 at Hit Factory, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
      Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken: guitars
      Tony Levin: bass
      George Small: keyboards
      Andy Newmark: drums
      Arthur Jenkins, Jr.: percussion
      Ed Walsh: oberheim
      Robert Greenidge: steel drum
  20. (Just Like) Starting Over {Lennon} (4:00)
    • Performed by: John Lennon
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas
    • Recorded: August, 1980 at Hit Factory, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
      Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken: guitars
      Tony Levin: bass
      George Small: keyboards
      Andy Newmark: drums
      Arthur Jenkins, Jr.: percussion
      Ed Walsh: oberheim
      Cas Mijac aka: Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks, Eric Troyer: background vocals
  21. Imagine {Lennon} (3:02)
    • Performed by: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with The Flux Fiddlers)
    • Produced by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector
    • Recorded: July, 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios with Flux Fiddlers overdubbed at Record Plant, New York, NY
    • Musicians:
      John Lennon: lead vocal, pianos
      Klaus Voormann: bass
      Alan White: drums
  • Total playing time 73:48

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