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Post by Panther on Aug 17, 2008 2:59:16 GMT -5
I'm confused by the date and info of some of the Lennon Anthology tracks. Can anyone help?
-- the 'home recordings' of "New York City", "The Luck of the Irish", and "Woman is the Nigger of the World". Would these be from 1971 or 1972?
-- likewise, the "Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)" home recording. Is this from 1973, or earlier? Wikipedia states that a rough version had existed since the Abbey Road sessions (I didn't know this, if it's true).
-- The "Real Love" take: is this from about 1977? Or, does anyone actually know?
-- the "Borrowed Time" version should be a home/personal recording, isn't it? Or, is it an actual studio recording?
Thx anyone!
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JMG
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Post by JMG on Aug 17, 2008 8:21:25 GMT -5
In George Martin's book, 'With A Little Help From My Friends. The Making Of Sgt. Pepper' he states that Lennon was notorious for not keeping a manuscript on any of his songs. The closest you'll come is going by the release date.
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Post by GeoffB on Aug 17, 2008 8:22:36 GMT -5
There's a book called The Art & Music of John Lennon by a guy named John Robertson (a pseudonym, apparently), and it's a good place to go to find out this sort of thing. I haven't got a copy and am going from memory, so you may want to consider that a warning.
Anyway, "Make Love, Not War" certainly dates from 1969 or 1970, but to my knowledge it was never tried out with the Beatles, and the version on The Lennon Anthology is from 1973.
John was performing "The Luck of the Irish" in 1971, and the dates for "Woman Is The Nigger Of The World" and "New York City" are given as 1972 in the liner notes.
Anthology gives the date for the take of "Real Love" used there as 1980, but it seems to me that earlier versions of the song go back to about 1977.
"Borrowed Time" is one of the demos John recorded in 1980 in, I think, Bermuda.
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Post by Panther on Aug 17, 2008 15:11:11 GMT -5
Thanks, GeoffB. I think you've confirmed my suspicions...
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