℗ 2024 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)/Lenono Music
| Released | August 16, 2024 |
| Duration | 50m 39s |
| Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
| Genre | Rock |
Mind Games (The Elements Mixes)
John Lennon
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Mind Games (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:57 | |||
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1.2
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Tight A$ (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:54 | |||
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1.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:40 | |||
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1.4
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One Day (At A Time) (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:05 | |||
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1.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:17 | |||
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1.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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1.7
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Intuition (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:09 | |||
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1.8
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Out The Blue (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:32 | |||
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1.9
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Only People (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:38 | |||
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1.10
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I Know (I Know) (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:49 | |||
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1.11
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You Are Here (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
4:34 | |||
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1.12
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Meat City (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
2:44 | |||
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1.13
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Mellotron Magic / Weird Slide Guitar
John Lennon |
11:16 |
Anchored by the buoyant peace-and-love anthem, ‘Mind Games’, John Lennon’s fourth album of the same name, was surprisingly written and recorded during an incredibly tumultuous time in the rock legend’s life. In 1973, at age 33, John found himself in personal and political upheaval. A years-long deportation battle with U.S. immigration continued to rage on while his high-profile anti-Nixon campaigning, anti-Vietnam war activism, as well as the overtly political messages on his polarizing 1972 album, Sometime in New York City, made him a target of a newly elected Richard Nixon, leading to surveillance by the FBI.
This was the dramatic backdrop as John entered NYC’s Record Plant in August ’73 with a select band of world-class session musicians (jokingly named The Plastic U.F.Ono Band), including their friend drummer Jim Keltner who along with guitarist David Spinozza assembled pianist Ken Ascher, bassist Gordon Edwards, pedal-steel player “Sneaky”Pete Kleinow, saxophonist Michael Brecker, drummer Rick Marotta, backing vocalists Jocelyn Brown, Christine Wiltshire, Angel Coakely and Kathy Mull, and, to make his fourth post-Beatles solo album in just three years. John would channel this period of extraordinary activity to make a deeply personal and engrossing album of self-reflection that explored themes of love, heartbreak, peace, spirituality and social injustice, giving us yet another window into his life and soul, and some of his best solo songs, on Mind Games.
Now, The John Lennon Estate and Universal Music Recordings celebrate John Lennon’s pivotal and intensely personal 1973 album Mind Games with a suite of completely newly remixed and expanded Ultimate Collection editions, offering an immersive, Deep Listening experience and in-depth exploration of this classic, yet under-appreciated record.
Fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced by Sean Ono Lennon, who oversaw the production and creative direction, the Ultimate Collection is from the same audio team that worked on the critically acclaimed Imagine and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Ultimate Collections, including triple GRAMMY®-Award winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, mixers/engineer Sam Gannon and mixer Rob Stevens.
The Elements Mixes, mixed by Sam Gannon, reduce the songs to the minimum amount of instruments possible. At most, only three instruments are heard at any one time. With the focus taken away from John’s vocal, the delicacy and nuance of these performers is allowed to shine through. Instrumental selections were made on a song-by-song basis – which instruments and performances should be highlighted and what other instruments would they work well together with to maintain an engaging listening experience with such a sparse arrangement. These range from just Ken Ascher’spiano and organ on “Mind Games” and “Out The Blue,” allowing one to hear his beautiful, melodic playing, to Sneaky Pete Kleinlow’s isolated rollicking pedal steel guitar on “Tight A$” to John’s electric piano and Gordon Edwards’ bass on “One Day (At A Time).”
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -10.45 -128.93 to -0.20 | -26.04 -139.38 to -13.24 | -18.17 -70.00 to -11.60 | 10 7 to 13 | |
| 1 | Mind Games (Elements Mix) | -3.89 | -18.33 | -15.7 | 8 |
| 2 | Tight A$ (Elements Mix) | -0.20 | -15.86 | -12.2 | 11 |
| 3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Elements Mix) | -0.21 | -16.24 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 4 | One Day (At A Time) (Elements Mix) | -0.30 | -15.94 | -13.9 | 11 |
| 5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Elements Mix) | -0.20 | -14.53 | -11.6 | 10 |
| 6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Elements Mix) | -128.93 | -139.38 | -70.0 | 7 |
| 7 | Intuition (Elements Mix) | -0.34 | -15.33 | -13.5 | 10 |
| 8 | Out The Blue (Elements Mix) | -0.20 | -17.78 | -14.7 | 12 |
| 9 | Only People (Elements Mix) | -0.47 | -16.76 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 10 | I Know (I Know) (Elements Mix) | -0.20 | -18.10 | -15.0 | 13 |
| 11 | You Are Here (Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -16.19 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 12 | Meat City (Elements Mix) | -0.20 | -13.24 | -11.6 | 9 |
| 13 | Mellotron Magic / Weird Slide Guitar | -0.28 | -20.84 | -16.7 | 12 |