John Lennon Demo Recording Sessions 1968-1970

The three singles released just after The Beatles broke up are all John’s signature songs and remain popular to this day. This album includes session recordings of these three singles, going back to the demo recordings in 1968. As you can see from the track list, this is a compilation of the most unprecedented volumes, including many recordings that have never been released before. Track 16 on CD1, “I want you -improvisation”, and other tracks that have never been recorded in accurate pitch before, have been properly adjusted in pitch. These are session recordings of John from the time he cut his hair short with Yoko. 1968 Demo Recordings “Give Us Peace” Sessions “Cold Turkey” Sessions “Instant Karma” Sessions JOHN LENNON PEACE IN A FAIRYLAND 4CD DISC ONE [SUMMER 1968] 01. The Maharishi Song [LATE 1968] 02. Everyone Had a Hard Year- Demo 03. Everybody Had a Hard Year- Demo 04. Don’t Let Me Down- Demo 1 05. Don’t Let Me Down- Demo 2 06. Look at Me- Demo Take 1 (breakdown) 07. Look at Me- Demo Take 2 (breakdown) 08. Look at Me- Demo Take 3 09. Oh My Love- Demo 1 (Yoko) 10. Oh My Love- Demo 2 (Yoko) 11. Oh My Love- Demo 1 12. Oh My Love- Demo 2 (breakdown) 13. Oh My Love- Demo 3 14. A Case Of Blues [EARLY 1969] 15. Woman is the Nigger of the World- Demo 16. I Want You- improvisation (correct speed) [AMSTERDAM, BED-IN] MARCH 28, 1969 17. Don’t Let Me Down 18. Those Were the Days MARCH 30, 1969 19. Hava Nagila / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 20. Jerusalem [AMSTERDAM BED-IN MARCH] 25-31, 1969 21. Radio Peace 22. Grow Your Hair/Because [THE BAHAMAS, MAY 25, 1969] 23. Good Old Air Canada 24. Oh Yoko!/ I Want You- Demo 25. Give Peace a Chance- Demo [MONTREAL BED-IN] MAY 27-JUNE DISC TWO [GIVE PEACE A CHANCE] OVERDUBS ONTO TAKE 4 01. First Vocal SI and Guitar SI (complete) 02. Second Vocal & Radha Krishna SI (segment) 03. Radha Krishna overdubs (complete) 04. Take 4 unmixed & unedited TAKE 4 EDITED- MIXES 05. No overdubs 06. Drums, tambourine & vocal overdubs 07. Drum-echo and claps 08. Female vocals and extra claps 09. Long Film Print Video Mix 10. Video Mix Bed Peace Version [COLD TURKEY] SUMMER 1969 11. Home Demo Take 1 12. Home Demo Take 2 (overdubs) 13. Home Demo Take 3 (overdubs) DISC THREE September 25, 1969 01. Studio Demo practice 1 02. Studio Demo practice 2 03. Studio Demo practice 3 September 28, 1969 04. Take 1 05. Take 1 edited Track September 29, 1969 TAKE 1 EDITED=TAKE 2 with GUITAR SI 06. Take 2 Rough Mix 07. Take 2 Acetate 08. Take 1 Left vs Take 2 Right- Guitars October 5, 1969 09. Take 2 new vocal SI first 3 minutes 10. Original Vocal Left vs New Vocal Right 11. Take 2 additional guitar overdub 12. Take 2 bass & new guitar up-front 13. Overdubs & Mixing highlights MIXES 14. Take 1 Clapton Guitar 15. Take 1 Lennon Guitar 16. Instrumental Mix 17. Vocals up-front DISC FOUR [DON’T WORRY KYOKO] 01. Unedited [OTHERS] December 3, 1969 02. Mellotron improvisation December 4, 1969 03. Item 1 laugh recording session 04. Item 1 laugh acetate January 4, 1970 05. Radio Peace #2 auction tape [INSTANT KARMA] January 27, 1970 06. Take 1 AKA “Studio Demo” 07. Take 3 Breakdown + practice 08. Take 4 Breakdown 09. Take 5 10. Take 6 Breakdown 11. Take 7 Practice + Breakdown 12. Take 8 Two False Starts 13. Take 9 – False Start + Take 10 OVERDUBS ONTO TAKE 10 14. Take 10 Work in progress 15. Lead Vocal overdub 16. Additional Handclaps SI 17. Second pianos SI 18. Take 10 w/Overdubs Alt Mix 19. Overdubs process 20. Final mix unedited BONUS MIXES 21. Take 1 George Electric Guitar 22. Take 10 George Acoustic & Chorus 23. Take 10 DeSpectorized 24. Wall of Sound Tape Echo Mix 25. Take 10 TV track – Acetate fragment