℗ 2024 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)/Lenono Music
| Released | August 30, 2024 |
| Duration | 1h 17m 13s |
| Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
| Genre | Rock |
Mind Games (The Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Mind Games (Evolution Documentary)
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6:00 | |||
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Tight A$ (Evolution Documentary)
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5:50 | |||
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
7:45 | |||
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One Day (At A Time) (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
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6:24 | |||
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
6:51 | |||
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Nutopian International Anthem (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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Intuition (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
5:44 | |||
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Out The Blue (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
7:25 | |||
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Only People (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
6:28 | |||
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I Know (I Know) (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
5:45 | |||
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You Are Here (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
7:57 | |||
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Meat City (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
7:38 | |||
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I'm The Greatest (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
3:22 |
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.
Edited, mixed and engineered by Sam Gannon, the Evolution Mixes are mini audio documentaries that explore the development of each song from their very first demo state through to the fully formed master take via in-studio development, chat and out-takes. Edited down from the original 16-track multitrack tapes, demo cassettes and other source tapes, generally each Evolution Documentary runs through the song’s sessions chronologically, starting with demos or early takes and ending with an exploration of the master take and its overdubs; highlighting different, and sometimes hidden, parts of the multitrack while including all the best method, madness, and magic heard during the creation and development of the songs. These mixes put the listener into the center of the studio with John Lennon and The Plastic U.F.Ono Band in order to hear a deep-dive into his creative process.
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 | -10.10 -128.93 to -0.20 | -26.81 -139.38 to -15.72 | -18.72 -70.00 to -12.60 | 11 7 to 13 | |
| 1 | Mind Games (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -16.35 | -13.4 | 10 |
| 2 | Tight A$ (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -15.72 | -12.6 | 10 |
| 3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -17.39 | -14.6 | 11 |
| 4 | One Day (At A Time) (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -19.62 | -16.9 | 12 |
| 5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -16.32 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Evolution Documentary) | -128.93 | -139.38 | -70.0 | 7 |
| 7 | Intuition (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -16.65 | -14.1 | 11 |
| 8 | Out The Blue (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -18.16 | -14.8 | 11 |
| 9 | Only People (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -17.19 | -14.2 | 11 |
| 10 | I Know (I Know) (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -17.15 | -13.9 | 11 |
| 11 | You Are Here (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -18.55 | -16.4 | 13 |
| 12 | Meat City (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -18.94 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 13 | I'm The Greatest (Evolution Documentary) | -0.20 | -17.04 | -13.9 | 10 |