John Lennon – Imagine
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Apple Records – SW 3379 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Classic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Imagine | 2:59 | |
| A2 | Crippled Inside | 3:43 | |
| A3 | Jealous Guy | 4:10 | |
| A4 | It's So Hard | 2:22 | |
| A5 | I Don't Want To Be A Soldier | 6:01 | |
| B1 | Give Me Some Truth | 3:11 | |
| B2 | Oh My Love | 2:40 | |
| B3 | How Do You Sleep? | 5:29 | |
| B4 | How? | 3:37 | |
| B5 | Oh Yoko! | 4:18 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc.
- Published By – Maclen Music, Inc.
- Published By – Ono Music, Inc.
- Recorded At – Ascot Sound Studios
- Overdubbed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
- Lacquer Cut At – Bell Sound Studios
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Credits
- Artwork [Cloud Piece On Cover] – Yoko Ono
- Backing Band – The Plastic Ono Band
- Design [Cover Design], Photography By [Photo] – Yoko Ono
- Engineer [Ascot Sound Studios] – Philip Mc Donald*
- Engineer [Record Plant, N.Y.] – Shelly Yukus*
- Featuring [With] – The Flux Fiddlers
- Lacquer Cut By – sf*
- Management [John And Yoko's Personal Assistant] – Dan Richter
- Orchestrated By [String Orchestrations] – Torrie Zito
- Other [Food] – Val & Diana
- Other [This And That] – Al Steckler*, Mal Evans, Peter Bendry*, Tom And Arlene
- Other [Whip And Mirror] – Yoko Ono
- Producer – Phil Spector
- Typography – George Maciunas
- Written-By – Lennon / Ono* (tracks: B2)
- Written-By [Uncredited] – Yoko Ono (tracks: A1)
Notes
This is the Los Angeles pressing variant of the original US release.
"Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put them in." Yoko '63
Lyrics and credits are printed on the inner sleeve.
Initial copies included:
A large poster of Lennon playing the piano in the studio. And two 4" x 6" postcards.
One with Lennon straddling a pig and the other with a nymph-like photo of Yoko and Lennon.
(Some copies came with both post cards, while others only had one of the two possible post cards included)
Basic tracks made at Ascot Sound Studios.
Flux Fiddlers overdubbed at Record Plant, N.Y.
"Oh Yoko!" * written 1968
Cloud piece on cover from "Grapefruit" paper back edition published by Simon Schuster Oct. 1971
"I Don't Want To Be A Soldier" and ""Give Me Some Truth" appears on label.
"I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mamma I Don't Wanna Die" and "Gimme Some Truth" appears on inner sleeve.
"Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put them in." Yoko '63
Lyrics and credits are printed on the inner sleeve.
Initial copies included:
A large poster of Lennon playing the piano in the studio. And two 4" x 6" postcards.
One with Lennon straddling a pig and the other with a nymph-like photo of Yoko and Lennon.
(Some copies came with both post cards, while others only had one of the two possible post cards included)
Basic tracks made at Ascot Sound Studios.
Flux Fiddlers overdubbed at Record Plant, N.Y.
"Oh Yoko!" * written 1968
Cloud piece on cover from "Grapefruit" paper back edition published by Simon Schuster Oct. 1971
"I Don't Want To Be A Soldier" and ""Give Me Some Truth" appears on label.
"I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mamma I Don't Wanna Die" and "Gimme Some Truth" appears on inner sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): SW-1-3379
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): SW-2-3379
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, variant 1): SW-1-3379 Z15 ✲ Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, variant 1): SW-2-3379 Z16 ✲ Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, variant 2): SW-1-3379 Z13 ✲ Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, variant 2): SW-2-3379 Z13 ✲ Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, "2" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 3): SW-1-3379 Z15.. ... 2 ✲ Bell Sound sf 2
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 3): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, "2" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z16.. ... 1 ✲ Bell Sound sf 2
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped with ... below Z15, variant 5): SW-1-3379 Z15... • 2 ✲Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped with ... below Z15, variant 5): SW-2-3379-Z15... • • 2 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped with ... below Z16, 2 is angled, variant 6): SW-1-3379 Z16…2 ✲Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped with ... below Z16, 1 is angled, variant 6): SW-2-3379 Z16…1 ✲Bell Sound sf
- Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, variant 7): SW-1-3379-Z17 2 ("squared") #3 (scratched out) 4 Bell Sound sf 0
- Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, variant 7): SW-2-3379 -Z17 2 ("squared") #3 Bell Sound sf 0
Other Versions (5 of 459)
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Imagine (LP, Album, Stereo) | Apple Records | PAS 10004, 1E 064 ◦ 04914 | UK | 1971 | ||
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Imagine (LP, Album, Stereo) | Apple Records | 5C 062 -04914 | Netherlands | 1971 | ||
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Imagine (Cassette, Album) | Apple Records | TC-PAS 10004 | UK | 1971 | ||
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Imagine (LP, Album) | Apple Records | SW 3379 | Canada | 1971 | ||
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Imagine (LP, Album) | Apple Records | 7C 052 04914, PAS 10004 | Scandinavia | 1971 |
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Reviews
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Sounds a bit ‘blurry’ but I don’t mind since it gives me that cozy nostalgia vibe. Once cleaned well, the piano in ‘Imagine’ gives me that lovely/reminiscing vibe. Idk how to explain lol -
When I was a teenager (late '70's), I would play this through my headphones on a pretty frequent repeat. Luckily my copy still sounds great.
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Does anyone else's pressing have a weird sound bend / speed change in the beggining of Oh Yoko? There doesn't appear to be any damage to the surface of my copy either. -
Edited 11 years agoThe only interesting songs on this album are 'Jealous Guy' and 'Give Me Some Truth'. Lennon angry is so much more interesting than the eternally happy Sir Paul, and this figures in well with Lennon's vocal on 'Give Me Some Truth'. McCartney would have never written a song named 'I'm a Loser', and 'Jealous Guy' finds John contemplating his own insecurities with honesty.
'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?
Who lives in this world? I say 'nobody', but there are lots of people who 'aspire' to this songs intentions. I often wonder if Lennon, who was smarter than your average bear, did not reflect on the naivete of this song in later years. It's worse than McCartney's 'Silly Love Songs'. Most people can ignore Paul's fluff of cuteness, but aging hippies took Lennon's 'Imagine' as a mandate. And they are probably STILL carrying around pictures of Chairman Mao.
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