John Lennon Anthology

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John Lennon Anthology
Box set by John Lennon
Released	2 November 1998
Recorded	June 1969 - Late 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	4:27:51
Label	Capitol/EMI
Producer	Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens
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John Lennon chronology
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (1997) John Lennon Anthology (1998) Wonsaponatime (1998)

John Lennon Anthology is a box set of home demos, alternative studio outtakes and other unreleased material recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career from "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969 up until the 1980 sessions for Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey.

The anthology was divided by its compiler and co-producer, Yoko Ono, into four discs representing four eras in Lennon's career: "Ascot"; "New York City"; "The Lost Weekend" and "Dakota".

John Lennon Anthology reached #62 in the UK and #99 in the US, where it went gold.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc 1 (Ascot) 1.2 Disc 2 (New York City) 1.3 Disc 3 (The Lost Weekend) 1.4 Disc 4 (Dakota)

[edit] Track listing

All songs by John Lennon, except where noted.

[edit] Disc 1 (Ascot)

1. "Working Class Hero" – 4:19
2. "God" – 3:32
3. "I Found Out" – 3:47
4. "Hold On" – 0:43
5. "Isolation" – 3:46
6. "Love" – 2:43
7. "Mother" – 3:49
8. "Remember" – 2:44
9. "Imagine (take 1)" – 3:21
10. "'Fortunately'" – 0:19
11. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Walter Ward) – 4:04
12. "Oh My Love" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 2:53
13. "Jealous Guy" – 4:10
14. "Maggie Mae" (Trad. Arr. John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Richard Starkey) – 0:52
15. "How Do You Sleep?" – 5:20
16. "God Save Oz" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:27
17. "Do The Oz" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:08
18. "I Don't Want To Be A Soldier" – 5:20
19. "Give Peace A Chance" – 1:52
20. "Look at Me" – 2:50
21. "Long Lost John" (Trad Arr. John Lennon) – 2:14

• Tracks 1, 2, 4-8, 20 & 21 taken from 8-track John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band sessions (1970)
• Track 3 & 14 taken from home recordings (1970 & 1979, respectively)
• Tracks 9, 11-13, 15 & 18 taken from 8-track Imagine sessions (1971)
• Track 10 excerpted from BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko (1969)
• Track 16 taken from 8-track master for Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band (1971)
• Track 17 taken from original 2-track master single mix (1971)
• Track 19 taken from 4-track rehearsal tapes prior to master recording (1969)

[edit] Disc 2 (New York City)

1. "New York City" – 0:55
2. "Attica State" (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 4:25
3. "Imagine" (live) – 3:11
4. "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)" – 4:07
5. "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 0:39
6. "Geraldo Rivera - One to One Concert" – 0:39
7. "Woman Is The Nigger of The World" (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 5:14
8. "It's So Hard" (live) – 3:09
9. "Come Together" (live) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:19
10. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:32
11. "Luck Of The Irish" (live) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:42
12. "John Sinclair" (live) – 3:43
13. "The David Frost Show" – 0:52
14. "Mind Games (I Promise)" – 1:01
15. "Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)" – 1:14
16. "One Day At A Time" – 3:13
17. "I Know" – 3:13
18. "I'm the Greatest" – 3:37
19. "Goodnight Vienna" – 2:42
20. "Jerry Lewis Telethon" – 1:59
21. "'A Kiss Is Just A Kiss'" (Herman Hupfield) – 0:11
22. "Real Love" – 4:13
23. "You Are Here" – 4:55

• Tracks 1 & 5 taken from home recording (1972)
• Track 2 & 3 taken from live performance at the Apollo (1971)
• Tracks 4, 16 & 23 taken from 16-track Mind Games sessions (1973)
• Tracks 6-9 taken from live performance at One to One concert (1972)
• Track 10 taken from rough mix (1971)
• Tracks 11 & 12 taken from John Sinclair benefit concert (1971)
• Track 13 taken from audio (1971)
• Tracks 14 & 15 taken from home recording (1970)
• Track 17 taken from home recording (1973)
• Track 18 taken from 16-track rehearsals. Song later given to Ringo Starr (1973)
• Track 19 taken from 16-track demo. Song later given to Ringo (1974)
• Track 20 taken from audio (1972)
• Track 21 taken from home vignette (1976)
• Track 22 taken from piano demo (1980)

[edit] Disc 3 (The Lost Weekend)

1. "What You Got" – 1:14
2. "Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out" – 5:38
3. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night (home)" – 0:38
4. "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (studio)" – 3:33
5. "Yesterday (parody)" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 0:33
6. "Be Bop A Lula" (Gene Vincent/Tex Davis) – 2:52
7. "Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco) – 2:32
8. "Scared" – 5:02
9. "Steel And Glass" – 4:46
10. "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)" – 2:58
11. "Bless You" – 4:15
12. "Going Down On Love" – 3:54
13. "Move Over Ms. L" – 3:10
14. "Ain't She Sweet" (Yellen/Ager) – 0:28
15. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman/Bocage/Collins/Smith) – 2:28
16. "Peggy Sue" (Jerry Allison/Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:18
17. "Bring It On Home To Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke/Lloyd Price) – 3:50
18. "Phil and John 1" – 2:13
19. "Phil and John 2" – 2:00
20. "Phil and John 3" – 0:54
21. "'When In Doubt, Fuck It'" – 0:09
22. "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) – 4:32
23. "Stranger's Room" – 3:17
24. "Old Dirt Road" (John Lennon/Harry Nilsson) – 3:54

[edit] Disc 4 (Dakota)

1. "I'm Losing You" – 4:06
2. "Sean's 'Little Help'" – 0:57
3. "Serve Yourself" – 3:47
4. "My Life" – 2:36
5. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:31
6. "Life Begins At 40" – 2:23
7. "I Don't Wanna Face It" – 3:31
8. "Woman" – 4:01
9. "Dear Yoko" – 2:33
10. "Watching the Wheels" – 3:04
11. "I'm Stepping Out" – 4:19
12. "Borrowed Time" – 3:57
13. "The Rishi Kesh Song" – 2:26
14. "Sean's 'Loud'" – 0:33
15. "Beautiful Boy" – 4:11
16. "Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)" – 2:41
17. "Only You" (Ande Rand/Buck Ram) – 3:24
18. "Grow Old With Me" – 3:18
19. "Dear John" – 2:13
20. "The Great Wok" – 3:13
21. "Mucho Mungo" – 1:24
22. "Satire 1" – 2:20
23. "Satire 2" – 4:34
24. "Satire 3" – 0:45
25. "Sean's "In The Sky" " – 1:22
26. "It's Real" – 1:05

v • d • e John Lennon Studio albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band · Imagine · Mind Games · Walls and Bridges · Rock 'n' Roll With Yoko Ono Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins · Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions · Wedding Album · Some Time in New York City · Double Fantasy · Milk and Honey Live albums Live Peace in Toronto 1969 · Live in New York City Compilations Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits · Peace, Love & Truth · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Posthumous albums Menlove Ave. · Acoustic · Wonsaponatime Soundtracks Imagine: John Lennon · The U.S. vs. John Lennon Box sets Lennon · John Lennon Anthology Singles "Give Peace a Chance" (1969/1980) · "Cold Turkey" (1969) · "Instant Karma!" (1970) · "Mother" (1970) · "Power to the People" (1971) · "Imagine" (1971/1975/1980/1988/1999) · "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971/1972/1980/1981/2003) · "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" (1972) · "Mind Games" (1973) · "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1974) · "#9 Dream" (1975) · "Stand by Me" (1975) · "(Just Like) Starting Over" (1980) · "Woman" (1981) · "Watching the Wheels" (1981) · "Love" (1982) · "Nobody Told Me" (1984) · "Borrowed Time" (1984) · "I'm Stepping Out" (1984) · "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"(1984) · "Jealous Guy" (1985/1988) Books In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works · Skywriting by Word of Mouth Films How I Won the War (1967) · Two Virgins (1968) · No. 5 (1968) · Honeymoon (1969) · Rape (1969) · Up Your Legs Forever (1970) · Freedom (1970) · Fly (1970) · Apotheosis (1970) · Erection (1971) · Imagine (1972) · Dynamite Chicken (1972) · Oh! Calcutta! (1972) · Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · Come Together (2001) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) · Chapter 27 (2008)  · The Killing of John Lennon (2008) · Nowhere Boy (2009) Family Julia Lennon (mother) · Alfred Lennon (father) · Mimi Smith (aunt) · Cynthia Lennon (first wife) · Julian Lennon (son) · Yoko Ono (second wife) · Sean Lennon (son) · Julia Baird (half-sister) Related articles Discography · The Beatles · Lennon/McCartney · 251 Menlove Avenue · May Pang · David Peel · John Sinclair · Plastic Ono Band · Bagism · Death · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · John Lennon Museum  · Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon  · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur  · A Toot and a Snore in '74