John Lennon Anthology Explained

John Lennon Anthology
Type:box
Artist:John Lennon
Cover:AnthologyJohnLennoncover.jpg
Recorded:June 1969 – November 1980
Genre:Rock
Length:267:51
Label:Capitol/EMI
Producer:Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens
Compiler:Yoko Ono
Prev Year:1997
Next Year:2002

John Lennon Anthology is a four-CD box set of home demos, studio outtakes and other previously unreleased material recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career from "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969 up until the 1980 sessions for Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey.

The anthology was divided by its compiler and co-producer, Yoko Ono, into four discs representing four eras in Lennon's solo career: "Ascot", "New York City", "The Lost Weekend" and "Dakota".[1]

John Lennon Anthology reached number 62 in the United Kingdom and number 99 in the United States, where it went gold.[2]

A one-disc distillation of the highlights of the box set was released as Wonsaponatime. Many of the tracks were edited down from their versions on John Lennon Anthology. Wonsaponatime failed to reach the US charts but peaked at number 76 in the UK.

Track listing

All songs were written by John Lennon, except where noted.

Disc 1 (Ascot)
  1. "Working Class Hero" – 4:19
  2. "God" – 3:32
  3. "I Found Out" – 3:47
    • 1970 home recording
  4. "Hold On" – 0:43
  5. "Isolation" – 3:46
  6. "Love" – 2:43
  7. "Mother" – 3:49
  8. "Remember" – 2:44
  9. "Imagine (take 1)" (John Lennon) – 3:21
    • From 8-track Imagine sessions (1971)
  10. "'Fortunately'" – 0:19
    • Excerpted from BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko (1969)
  11. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Walter Ward) – 4:04
  12. "Oh My Love" (Lennon/Ono) – 2:53
  13. "Jealous Guy" – 4:10
    • Tracks 11–13 taken from 8-track Imagine sessions (1971)
  14. "Maggie Mae" (Trad. Arr. John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Richard Starkey) – 0:52
    • 1979 home recording
  15. "How Do You Sleep?" – 5:20
    • From 8-track Imagine sessions (1971)
  16. "God Save Oz" (Lennon/Ono) – 3:27
    • From 8-track master for Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band (1971)
  17. "Do the Oz" (Lennon/Ono) – 3:08
    • From original 2-track master single mix (1971)
  18. "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" – 5:20
    • From 8-track Imagine sessions (1971)
  19. "Give Peace a Chance" – 1:52
    • From 4-track rehearsal tapes prior to master recording (1969)
  20. "Look at Me" – 2:50
  21. "Long Lost John" (Trad Arr. John Lennon) – 2:14
Disc 2 (New York City)
  1. "New York City" – 0:55
    • Home recording (1971)
  2. "Attica State" (live) (Lennon/Ono) – 4:25
  3. "Imagine" (live) – 3:11
    • Track 2 & 3 taken from a live performance at the Apollo (1971)
  4. "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)" – 4:07
  5. "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (Lennon/Ono) – 0:39
    • Home recording (1971)
  6. "Geraldo Rivera – One to One Concert" – 0:39
  7. "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (live) (Lennon/Ono) – 5:14
  8. "It's So Hard" (live) – 3:09
  9. "Come Together" (live) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:19
    • Tracks 6–9 taken from a live performance at One to One concert (1972)
  10. "Happy Xmas" (Ono/Lennon) – 3:32
    • Rough mix (1971)
  11. "The Luck of the Irish" (live) (Lennon/Ono) – 3:42
  12. "John Sinclair" (live) – 3:43
    • Tracks 11 & 12 taken from John Sinclair benefit concert (1971)
  13. "The David Frost Show" – 0:52
    • TV audio (1971)
  14. "Mind Games (I Promise)" – 1:01
  15. "Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)" – 1:14
    • Tracks 14 & 15 taken from home recording (1970)
  16. "One Day (At a Time)" – 3:13
  17. "I Know (I Know)" – 3:13
    • Home recording (1973)
  18. "I'm the Greatest" – 3:37
    • From 16-track rehearsals. The song was later given to Ringo Starr (1973)
  19. "Goodnight Vienna" – 2:42
    • From 16-track demo. The song was later given to Ringo (1974)
  20. "Jerry Lewis Telethon" – 1:59
    • TV audio (1972)
  21. "' A Kiss Is Just a Kiss '" (Herman Hupfeld) – 0:11
    • Home vignette (1976)
  22. "Real Love" – 4:13
    • Piano demo (1979)
  23. "You Are Here" – 4:55
Disc 3 (The Lost Weekend)
  1. "What You Got" – 1:14
    • Home recording (1974)
  2. "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" – 5:38
  3. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night (home)" – 0:38
    • Home recording (1974)
  4. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night (studio)" – 3:33
  5. "Yesterday (parody)" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 0:33
  6. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent/Tex Davis) – 2:52
  7. "Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco) – 2:32
  8. "Scared" – 5:02
  9. "Steel and Glass" – 4:46
  10. "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)" – 2:58
  11. "Bless You" – 4:15
  12. "Going Down on Love" – 0:54
  13. "Move Over Ms. L" – 3:10
  14. "Ain't She Sweet" (Yellen/Ager) – 0:28
  15. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman/Bocage/Collins/Smith) – 2:28
  16. "Peggy Sue" (Jerry Allison/Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:18
  17. "Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke)/(John Marascalco, Leo Price) – 3:50
    • Tracks 15–17 taken from 16-track Rock 'n' Roll sessions (1974)
  18. "Phil and John 1" – 2:13
  19. "Phil and John 2" – 2:00
  20. "Phil and John 3" – 0:54
  21. "'When in Doubt, Fuck It'" – 0:09
  22. "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) – 4:32
    • Tracks 18–22 taken from 16-track Rock 'n' Roll sessions (1973)
  23. "Stranger's Room" – 3:17
    • Home recording (1980)
  24. "Old Dirt Road" (John Lennon/Harry Nilsson) – 3:54
Disc 4 (Dakota)
  1. "I'm Losing You" – 4:06
  2. "Sean's 'Little Help'" – 0:57
    • Home recording (1979)
  3. "Serve Yourself" – 3:47
  4. "My Life" – 2:36
    • Tracks 3–4 Home recordings (1980)
  5. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:31
  6. "Life Begins at 40" – 2:23
    • Home recording (1980)
  7. "I Don't Wanna Face It" – 3:31
  8. "Woman" – 4:01
    • Home recording (1980)
  9. "Dear Yoko" – 2:33
  10. "Watching the Wheels" – 3:04
    • Home recording (1980)
  11. "I'm Stepping Out" – 4:19
  12. "Borrowed Time" – 3:57
  13. "The Rishi Kesh Song" – 2:26
    • Tracks 12 & 13 from home recordings (1980)
  14. "Sean's 'Loud'" – 0:33
    • Home recording (1979)
  15. "Beautiful Boy" – 4:11
  16. "Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)" – 2:41
    • Home recording (1980)
  17. "Only You" (Ande Rand/Buck Ram) – 3:24
    • From 16-track studio work tape from the Ringo Starr Goodnight Vienna sessions (1974)
  18. "Grow Old with Me" – 3:18
    • Home recording (1980) with orchestration by George Martin. Original demo appears on Milk and Honey.
  19. "Dear John" – 2:13
    • Home recording (1980)
  20. "The Great Wok" – 3:13
    • Home recording (1979)
  21. "Mucho Mungo" – 1:24
    • Home recording (1976)
  22. "Satire 1" – 2:20
  23. "Satire 2" – 4:34
  24. "Satire 3" – 0:45
  25. "Sean's "In the Sky" " – 1:22
  26. "It's Real" – 1:05
    • Tracks 22–26 taken from home recordings (1979)

Wonsaponatime

Wonsaponatime
Type:Compilation
Artist:John Lennon
Cover:JohnLennon-albums-wonsaponatime.jpg
Border:yes
Recorded:September 1970 – late 1980
Genre:Rock
Length:69:45
Label:Capitol/EMI
Producer:Yoko Ono, Rob Stevens
Prev Year:1997
Next Year:2002
TracklistingAll songs written by Lennon, except where noted.
  1. "I'm Losing You" – 3:56
  2. "Working Class Hero" – 3:58
  3. "God" – 3:16
  4. "How Do You Sleep?" – 5:00
  5. "Imagine" (Lennon/Ono) – 3:05
  6. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Walter Ward) – 4:04
  7. "Oh My Love" ((Lennon/Ono) – 2:43
  8. "God Save Oz" (Lennon/Ono) – 3:20
  9. "I Found Out" – 3:47
  10. "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (live) – 5:14
  11. "'A Kiss Is Just A Kiss'" (Herman Hupfeld) – 0:11
  12. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent/T. Davis) – 2:40
  13. "Rip It Up/Reddy Teddy" (Blackwell/Marascalo) – 2:26
  14. "What You Got" – 1:14
  15. "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" – 5:02
  16. "I Don't Wanna Face It" – 3:31
  17. "Real Love" – 4:07
  18. "Only You" (Buck Ram/Ande Rand) – 3:24
  19. "Grow Old with Me" – 3:18
  20. "Sean's "In The Sky" " – 1:22 - Spoken Words
  21. "Serve Yourself" – 3:47

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Lennon Anthology. 2010-08-06. The Beatles Bible. 1. en-GB. 2020-04-27.
  2. Web site: John Lennon Anthology. 2010-08-06. The Beatles Bible. 3. en-GB. 2020-04-27.

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