John: We recorded some in Quad too, it’s fantastic, I did the Quad in New York, it’s beautiful. Quad Music!! In this charming early and ‘un-produced’ take, the musicians are still perfecting the technical accuracy within the simplicity of their playing and John’s vocal has a palpable vulnerability.

John Lennon Imagine CD Album". CD Universe/ Muze. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011 . Retrieved 2 August 2014. Kemp, Mark (23 October 2007). "John Lennon – Reissues". Paste. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014 . Retrieved 13 October 2014. All songs written by John Lennon, except "Oh My Love", "God Save Us", "Do the Oz", " God Save Oz" and " Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", co-written with Yoko Ono, and "Baby Please Don't Go", written by Walter Ward.Halfway to the final version (which was take 29) comes this beauty with Joey Molland and Tom Evans from Badfinger on acoustic guitars. Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped with ... below Z16, 2 is angled, variant 6): SW-1-3379 Z16…2 ✲Bell Sound sf All songs written by John Lennon except ‘Imagine’ and ‘Oh My Love’ written by John Lennon & Yoko Ono Recorded four days before the master take on 23 May 1971, it’s a bit looser and covered in reverb, but it’s fully formed and beautifully raw with a little bluesy ending.

Stripped down, the songs and performances are put into sharp focus: Listening to ‘Gimme Some Truth’ with no slap echo on the voice, you can feel the froth coming out of John’s mouth. The song could have been written and recorded this morning. Brown, Peter; Gaines, Steven (2002). The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles. New York: New American Library. p.351. ISBN 0-451-20735-1.

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On ‘Crippled Inside’, we thought we’d have just the drums and that slap bass sound with the delay on it. It’s such a great groove, we wanted people to hear that. Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2 Over the years, Elliot interviewed John & Yoko probably more than anyone else. Their conversations were personal, sometimes controversial and always compelling.