Imagine John Lennon - John Lennon songs

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Imagine: John Lennon is a soundtrack album of popular music composed by John Lennon for the 1988 documentary film, Imagine: John Lennon. Originally released that year as a double album, it now remains available on one CD.

Bridging his two musical phases together, as a member of The Beatles and a solo artist, Imagine: John Lennon is a career-spanning collection of Lennon's many musical highlights. In addition there are a couple of heretofore unreleased recordings: an acoustic demo of "Real Love" taped in 1979 (an alternate recording of which would be finished by The Beatles for 1996' s Anthology 2) and a rehearsal take of "Imagine" in mid-1971 before the final take was captured. It also features for the first time a clean-intro version of A Day in the Life, that would appear later on the CD release of the The Beatles' 1967–1970 compilation.

Imagine John Lennon - John Lennon songs

Track Listings
"Real Love" – 2:48
October 1980 demo recording
"Twist and Shout" (Medley/Russell) – 2:33
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1963 debut album Please Please Me
"Help!" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:18
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1965 album Help!
"In My Life" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:25
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:07
Originally appeared as a single in 1967 by The Beatles
"A Day in the Life" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:06
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Revolution" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:24
Originally appeared as the single B-Side of "Hey Jude" in 1968 by The Beatles
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:58
Originally appeared as a single in 1969 by The Beatles
"Julia" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:54
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1968 album The Beatles
"Don't Let Me Down" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:34
Originally appeared as the single B-Side of "Get Back" in 1969 by The Beatles
"Give Peace A Chance" – 4:53
Originally released as a single in 1969. It was also originally credited to Lennon-McCartney, but the credit was revised in the 1990s to cite only John Lennon as its composer
"How?" – 3:41
"Imagine (Rehearsal)" – 1:25
A 1 minute demonstration of the song to the session musicians
"God" – 4:09
Originally appeared on the 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
"Mother" – 4:45
This 1972 live performance of "Mother" originally appeared on the 1986 album Live In New York City
"Stand by Me" – 3:28
Originally appeared on the 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll
"Jealous Guy" – 4:14
"Woman" – 3:33
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – 4:05
"(Just Like) Starting Over" – 3:59
Tracks 18-20 originally appeared on the 1980 album Double Fantasy
"Imagine" – 3:02
Tracks 12, 17 & 21 originally appeared on the 1971 album Imagine

Other songs in the film
"Be-Bop-A-Lula"
"Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy"
Both originally appeared on the 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll
"Some Other Guy"
At the time of the film was released it was officially unavailable, but later appeared on The Beatles' album Live at the BBC
"Love me do"
Originally appeared in 1962 as The Beatles' first single
"From Me to You"
Originally appeared in 1963 as The Beatles' third single
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Originally appeared on The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Oh Yoko!"
"How Do You Sleep?"
Both originally appeared on the 1971 album Imagine
"Everybody Had a Hard Year"
An early and officially unreleased version of the song that later was part of The Beatles' song I've Got a Feeling
"I've Got a Feeling"
"Across the Universe"
Both originally appeared on The Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be
"Come Together"
This 1972 live performance of "Come Together" originally appeared on the 1986 album Live In New York City
"Hold On"
Originally appeared on the 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
"All You Need Is Love"
Originally appeared as a single in 1967 by The Beatles

Imagine: John Lennon, with its wealth of stock Lennon footage and self-narration, proved to be a well-received film and its soundtrack sold well in the US, reaching #31 and going gold. In the UK, the album peaked at #64.

The project arrived at a timely juncture and was successful in thwarting the then-released The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman, a controversial and reputation-tarnishing book which many dismissed as fiction, including Ono and Lennon's close friends, as well as the remaining Beatles.
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