Imagine [VINYL]

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John & Yoko had hired very skilled and experienced sound engineers who used high quality equipment and knew how to mic and record onto tape with great expertise, so the technical quality of the recordings was also excellent. Many of those mics are so good they are still in use today.

All songs written by John Lennon, except "Oh My Love", "God Save Us", "Do the Oz", " God Save Oz" and " Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", co-written with Yoko Ono, and "Baby Please Don't Go", written by Walter Ward. Brown, Peter; Gaines, Steven (2002). The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles. New York: New American Library. p.351. ISBN 0-451-20735-1. The Imagine recordings were an absolute joy to work with. They are great songs in the hands of superb musicians who really know how to make their instruments sound sonically good and how to play collaboratively.

Christgau, Robert (10 February 1972). "Pazz & Jop 1971: Dean's List". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018 . Retrieved 2 November 2018. Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2 One of the things discussed was that, in the future, people would be listening to music in their homes through speakers with no wires, all around them on their walls. They would be able to recreate the sound of a band or an orchestra in that way. Imagine' is many people's favorite Lennon song. I absolutely loathe it. I believe I have commented on this before, but the lyrics are full of communist propaganda. No heaven. No God. No possessions. Who lives in this world? Nobody. Follow the advice of this song, and you are probably a real 'nowhere man'. As you come from no country, because there are no countries, right?

In short, Yoko courageously provides us with a gift that is exceptionally generous of spirit: we are allowed to witness John as a full and extraordinary human being.On ‘Crippled Inside’, we thought we’d have just the drums and that slap bass sound with the delay on it. It’s such a great groove, we wanted people to hear that. There were no set rules for any of the selections, really. It was just per song – what did we feel would be nice to isolate or show off, that might have escaped people’s initial listening experience. Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono – 1980". john-lennon.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014 . Retrieved 15 December 2007.

a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Imagine – John Lennon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970–2001 (reprinted.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0-7119-8307-6. Top Albums/CDs – Volume 16, No. 12, November 06 1971". RPM. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012 . Retrieved 3 October 2011.Joey Molland and Tom Evans: acoustic guitars on ‘Jealous Guy’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die Mama I Don’t Wanna Die’ norwegiancharts.com John Lennon – Imagine". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011 . Retrieved 12 September 2011. Explore and enjoy the IMAGINE album and the 1971 Ascot Sound Studios & Record Plant Sessions like you’ve never seen or heard them before. Phil Spector (Co-Producer): We tried to listen to John’s album through four speakers and ended up John, Yoko, engineers, about twenty of us, falling on top of each other in the middle of the room – madness!

Williams, Richard (2003). Phil Spector: Out of His Head. London: Omnibus Press. p.160. ISBN 0-7119-9864-7.Hopefully, after listening to these minimalist yet powerful Elements Mixes, when you return to listening to the Ultimate Mixes, you will begin to hear those details previously hidden in the album mixes in a completely new way. Before the strings and the saxophone, before the brilliant application of sound shaping techniques that were used to produce the iconic album, there were the original, unadorned performances that were the foundation of the Imagine album. So Yoko and I set to work, mixing 5.1 and stereo versions of the Imagine album and select out-takes in a way that’s being presented as ‘Raw’. swedishcharts.com John Lennon – Imagine". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012 . Retrieved 22 May 2010. This version relies heavily on John’s repetitive piano riff (eventually covered over by the choir) with strong vocals from John and sax by Bobby Keys.