℗ 2023 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)/Lenono Music
| Released | October 9, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 00m 55s |
| Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
| Genre | Rock |
Imagine (The Out-takes / Deluxe)
John Lennon
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Imagine (Demo)
John Lennon |
3:17 | |||
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1.2
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Imagine (Take 1)
John Lennon |
3:05 | |||
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1.3
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Crippled Inside (Take 3)
John Lennon |
3:50 | |||
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1.4
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Crippled Inside (Take 6 / Alternate Guitar Solo)
John Lennon |
3:47 | |||
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1.5
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Jealous Guy (Take 9)
John Lennon |
2:16 | |||
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1.6
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It's So Hard (Take 6)
John Lennon |
2:33 | |||
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1.7
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I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (Take 11)
John Lennon |
4:34 | |||
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1.8
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Gimme Some Truth (Take 4)
John Lennon |
3:38 | |||
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1.9
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Oh My Love (Take 6)
John Lennon |
2:44 | |||
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1.10
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How Do You Sleep? (Takes 1 & 2)
John Lennon |
5:57 | |||
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1.11
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How? (Take 31)
John Lennon |
3:47 | |||
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1.12
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Oh Yoko! (Bahamas, 1969)
John Lennon; Yoko Ono |
5:00 | |||
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1.13
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Power To The People (Take 7)
John Lennon |
3:25 | |||
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1.14
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God Save Us (Demo)
John Lennon |
2:57 | |||
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1.15
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Do The Oz (Take 3)
John Lennon |
6:42 | |||
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1.16
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Happy Xmas (War Is Over / Alternate Mix)
John Lennon; Yoko Ono |
3:23 |
Powerful, poignant, important, and beautiful are all words that describe Imagine – both the title song and the LP that was John Lennon’s second solo album release, in the autumn of 1971. One song does not make a great album, even when it is as seminal and defining as Imagine… and, make no mistake, this is a great album, full of brilliant songs, with great hooks. With John’s acerbic wit ever-present, though, the album never approaches the kind of music that John found irrelevant and meaningless.
John began work on the album that was to become Imagine a little over three months after finishing John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Recording his new album was done in three separate stages, the first between February 11 and 16, followed by another from May 24 to 28, before some final overdubs and mixing in New York over the 4th of July weekend. The earlier sessions were at Abbey Road and the May sessions were at the Lennon’s home studio at Tittenhurst Park, the New York sessions in July were at the Record Plant.
This special companion to the Ultimate Mixes reissue of the album features stereo outtakes from the album and singles sessions, faithfully mixed in a style similar to the originals.
"The Ultimate Mixes Out-takes are mixed with a balance and EQ more akin to the original album mixes, with a little bit of additional effects – in the style of a ‘rough listening mix’ that John & Yoko and Phil Spector would have used to play them back at Ascot Sound Studios."
- Paul Hicks (Engineer)
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
Tracks 1-16 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source Track 12 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-16 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source Track 12 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.49 -1.86 to -0.36 | -15.22 -21.06 to -12.18 | -12.50 -17.80 to -9.50 | 10 8 to 12 | |
| 1 | Imagine (Demo) | -0.36 | -15.62 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 2 | Imagine (Take 1) | -0.36 | -14.60 | -12.4 | 9 |
| 3 | Crippled Inside (Take 3) | -0.36 | -13.54 | -11.0 | 9 |
| 4 | Crippled Inside (Take 6 / Alternate Guitar Solo) | -0.36 | -14.32 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 5 | Jealous Guy (Take 9) | -0.36 | -15.89 | -13.2 | 11 |
| 6 | It's So Hard (Take 6) | -0.36 | -14.49 | -11.3 | 10 |
| 7 | I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (Take 11) | -0.36 | -16.75 | -14.1 | 12 |
| 8 | Gimme Some Truth (Take 4) | -0.36 | -12.18 | -9.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Oh My Love (Take 6) | -1.04 | -16.95 | -14.5 | 11 |
| 10 | How Do You Sleep? (Takes 1 & 2) | -0.36 | -12.41 | -10.2 | 8 |
| 11 | How? (Take 31) | -0.36 | -15.55 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 12 | Oh Yoko! (Bahamas, 1969) | -1.86 | -21.06 | -17.8 | 12 |
| 13 | Power To The People (Take 7) | -0.36 | -13.52 | -10.7 | 9 |
| 14 | God Save Us (Demo) | -0.36 | -18.79 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 15 | Do The Oz (Take 3) | -0.36 | -12.75 | -9.8 | 9 |
| 16 | Happy Xmas (War Is Over / Alternate Mix) | -0.36 | -15.16 | -12.6 | 10 |