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This is Volume 2, a title that completely covers the demo sound sources recorded from 1975 to 1980, called John Lennon’s househusband period, including the first appearance sound sources. When John was a child, the fact that he did not receive the same level of love from his parents was a huge burden on his heart. I was unable to give enough attention to my son, Julian, as the Beatles were just beginning to become popular around the world. Perhaps as a reflection of this, after Sean was born with Yoko in 1975, he stopped all music activities and went into semi-retirement to concentrate on raising children. That period was 5 years from 1975 to 1980, which is a long period of time in terms of the musician’s cycle at the time.If you didn’t release an album for 5 years, people could think you had retired. His posthumous work “Double Fantasy” was released at the end of 1980. As part of its promotion, he has given numerous interviews, and in one of them, a reporter asked him if he had been composing music during the five years of his silence. In response to that question, John said, “I left the guitar hanging on the wall and never touched it.” Of course, this was just a joke to hide his embarrassment as it was his first album in a while, and it is known that he had actually written a number of songs and recorded demo sound sources. As a side note, what makes “Double Fantasy” so great is the fact that it is a collection of songs that have been selected from a condensed collection of the past 5 years, and have been narrowed down to the number of songs that are essentially half of the album. When making the film “Imagine” in 1988, director Andrew Salt marveled at the amount of material available, saying, “I don’t think there are any figures from the 20th century for whom so much footage remains.” However, it seems that John was consciously trying to record this. The underground sound sources left behind by John are truly enormous, and as there is no systematic collection of materials, it is difficult to grasp the entirety of them. The radio program “THE LOST LENNON TAPES”, which was a hot topic in the late 1980s, includes fragments of the sound source that appeared for the first time, and even in recent years, new sound sources have appeared, making it a truly chaotic situation. It has become. M Claudel has completed a session series for each album and a live sound source in order to systematically compile John’s sound sources. Following the studio session and live performance, next is a collection of demo sound sources. It also systematically records demo sound sources from the househusband era from 1975 to 1980. In order to record the demo sound source of John’s time as a househusband, it turned out that it took the equivalent of 10 CDs to build it up with things that were only known in bits and pieces, famous things, and sound sources that appeared for the first time. It turned out that we needed to record an enormous amount of time, 80 hours. Therefore, I decided to release the demo sound source from my time as a househusband in two sets of 5 discs each as a series. Although it is called a demo, it is full of variety, such as playing the guitar, piano, and using a rhythm machine, so the listener will not get bored. Also, by listening to the demo sound source, which is the sound source in the early stages of song creation, you can get a very good idea of the process that goes into creating a song. For example, the famous “Starting Over” was originally called “Don’t Be Crazy,” the lyrics were significantly different, and the song was originally composed as a separate song, but it was reconstructed. You can get a glimpse of what was put together into one song from this collection of demo sound sources. And, most importantly, due to the characteristics of the demo sound source, the instruments are minimal, and the main thing is John’s vocals. You can still enjoy John’s wonderful rock and roll voice. Even without composing music, John could have been top-notch just by singing, and I can hear that voice so vividly in my ears. If you are fascinated by John, you will understand that John’s greatest charm lies in “that voice.” The vocals that touch the heartstrings of the listener cannot be expressed accurately in words, but I think just saying “that voice” is enough to convey the message. The biggest appeal of the demo sound source is that you can fully enjoy John Lennon’s performance as a vocalist due to its simple performance. This work is Vol.2, and includes demo sound sources from April 1980 until just before his death. Since it is a demo sound source from the era that was not intended for anyone to listen to or released, many of the songs remain officially unreleased. This period was just before the release of the album, and the process of carefully creating the songs was recorded in detail. Disc 5 includes studio outtakes from Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey, two sides of the same coin, as well as new sound sources. In particular, “I’m Losing You”, which was a session with Cheap Trick, is amazing. Please refer to the track list for other details. DISC ONE New Jersey, Cannon Hill April 1980 ACOUSTIC GUITAR DEMO 01. “Welcome to Cold Spring Harbor” 02. Dear Yoko (Take 1) 03. Dear Yoko (Take 2) 04. Dialogue at Cannon Hill Bermuda Tapes, June 1980 GUITAR DEMO 05. Dear Yoko (Take 1 partial) 06. Dear Yoko (Take 2) 07. Dear Yoko (Take 3) 08. Borrowed Time #1 09. I’m Stepping Out #1 (Take 1) 10. I’m Stepping Out #2 (Take 2) 11. I’m Stepping Out #3 (Take 3) 12. I’m Stepping Out #4 (Double tracked guitar + vocals) 13. Beautiful Boy (Acoustic Take 1) 14. Beautiful Boy ( Acoustic Take 2) 15. Beautiful Boy (Acoustic Take 2 with overdubs) 16. Borrowed Time #2 17. Borrowed Time #3 (Double tracked guitar + vocals) 18. Dear Yoko (With overdubs) 19. I Don’t Wanna Face It #3 (With overdubs) 20. Girls And Boys (Take 6 with overdubs) 21. Watching The Wheels 22. Serve Yourself #7 DISC TWO PIANO DEMO 01. Memories – Howling At The Moon 02. Everybody Bermuda Tapes, July 1980 GUITAR with DRUM MACHINE DEMO 03. I’m Losing You #1 (single vocal) 04. I’m Losing You #2 (guitar overdub, double vocal) 05. I’m Losing You #3 (Second version Take 1) 06. I’m Losing You #4 (overdubs Take 2) 07. I Don’t Wanna Face It #4 (Single track) 08. I Don’t Wanna Face It #5 (Double track Take 1) 09. I Don’t Wanna Face It #4 (Double track Take 2) 10. I’m Stepping Out #5 (Single track) 11. I’m Stepping Out #6 (Double track- complete) 12. I’m Stepping Out #7 (Triple track overdub Take 1) GUITAR DEMO 13. Blues Instrumental (unknown date) 14. Say It Again (unknown date) 15. The Happy Rishikesh Song 16. Something Is Wrong – The Happy Rishikesh Song 17. Grow Old With Me #1 18. Grow Old With Me #2 PIANO DEMO 19. Solitude 20. Mr. Hyde’s Gone 21. Real Love (Take 1) 22. Real Love (Take 3 breakdown – Take 4) DISC THREE PIANO DEMO 01. Real Love (Take 5) 02 . Real Love (Overdubs on Take 5) 03. Grow Old With Me #3 (Take 1) 04. Grow Old With Me #4 (Take 2) 05. Grow Old With Me #5 (Take 3) 06. Grow Old With Me #6 (Take 4) 07. Grow Old With Me #7 (Overdubs on Take 4) GUITAR with DRUM MACHINE DEMO 08. Woman #1 (Take 1) 09. Woman #2 (Take 3 with double track overdub on Take 2 ) 10. Woman #3 (New Take 1) 11. Woman #4 (Take 10 overdub on New Take 1) 12. Woman #5 (Another New Take 1) 13. Woman #6 (Take 7 as “Take 9”) 14. Woman #7 (Overdub on Take 7) 15. Woman #8 (New Take 1) 16. Woman #9 (Overdubs #1) 17. Woman #10 (Overdubs #2) 18. Nobody Told Me #1 (Basic track Take 2) 19. Nobody Told Me #2 (Overdub Take 1 on Basic track Take 2) 20. Nobody Told Me #3 (Overdub Take 2 on Basic track Take 2) 21. Nobody Told Me #4 (Overdub Take 3 on Basic track Take 2) 22. The Worst Is Over Now (Take 1) 23. The Worst Is Over Now (Take 2) DISC FOUR Mid/Late 1980, Dakota demo 01. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess (Take 3) Piano Demos 02. Help Me To Help Myself (Take 2 ?breakdown) 03. Help Me To Help Myself (Take 3) 04. Help Me To Help Myself (Take 4) /I Don’t Wanna Sleep Alone 05. My Life # 5 (Take 1) ((Just Like) Starting Over) 06. My Life #6 (Take 2) 07. My Life #7 (Take 4) 08. My Life #8 (Take 5) 09. Serve Yourself #8 ( Take 1) 10. Serve Yourself #9 (Take 2) 11. Cleanup Time (Take 1) 12. Cleanup Time (Takes 2&3) 13. Cleanup Time (Take 4) 14. Cleanup Time (Take 5) Guitar/Drum Machine Demos 15. (Just Like) Starting Over (Take 1) 16. (Just Like) Starting Over (Take 2) 17. (Just Like) Starting Over (Take 3) Guitar Demos 18. Gone From This Place (Take 1) 19. Gone From This Place (Take 3 ?fragment) 20. Gone From This Place (Take 4) 21. Dear John 22. You Saved My Soul (Take 1) 23. You Saved My Soul (Take 2) 23. Serve Yourself #10 DISC FIVE Double Fantasy Sessions (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER 01. Only The Lonely – Crying – (Just Like) Starting Over – Gone From This Place (longer and upgraded acoustic rehearsal) 02. Studio Rehearsal (longer and upgrade) 03. Rough Mix #5 I’M LOSING YOU Overdub Session with Cheap Trick 04. Take 1 05. Take 2 06. Take 3 07. Take 4 08. Take 5 09. Take 6 10. Take 7 WATCHING THE WHEELS 11. Studio Rehearsal /I Am The Walrus (complete sequence) 12. Take 8 Rough Mix #3 WOMAN 13. Rough Mix #2 (longer and upgrade) 14. Rough Mix #4 Milk And Honey Sessions I’M STEPPING OUT 15. Rehearsal #6 16.Take 1 (complete and upgrade) 17.Take 2 (complete and upgrade) NOBODY TOLD ME 18. Rough Mix #1 (upgrade) (FORGIVE ME) MY LITTLE FLOWER PRINCESS 19. Alternate Take #1 (complete and upgrade) 20. Alternate Take # 3 BORROWED TIME 21. Take 3 (breakdown) 22. Take 4
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