Anthology

Released in a slip box, with 5 compartments (4 CDs and 64 page booklet with full lyrics) Each CD is housed in a trifold digipak, with individual art work for each disc sleeve and a white CD tray in all of the cases Boxset compiled at Quad Recording and Merlin Studios. Tracks 1-01, 1-02, 1-04 to 1-08, 1-20 & 1-21 from the 8-track Plastic Ono Band sessions, 1970. Track 1-03 home recording, 1970. Tracks 1-09, 1-11 to 1-13, 1-15 & 1-16 from the 8-track Imagine sessions, 1971. Track 1-10 vignette from "Bed-In", 1969. Track 1-14 home recording, 1979. Track 1-16 John's guide vocal on the 8-track master, for Bill Elliott And The Elastic Oz Band, 1971. Track 1-17 the original master 2-track mix of the UK single, 1971. Track 1-19 from the 4-track rehearsal tapes prior to the master recording, Montreal Bed-In, June 1, 1969. Tracks 2-01 & 2-05 home recording, 1972. Tracks 2-02 & 2-03 live at the Apollo, 1971. Track 2-04, 2-16 & 2-23 from the 16-track Mind Games sessions, 1973. Track 2-06 One To One Concert at Madison Square Garden, 1972. Tracks 2-07 to 2-09 live at Madison Square Garden, performance from show 2, 1972. Track 2-10 rough mix, 1971. Track 2-11 & 2-12 live in Ann Arbour, 1971. Track 2-13 The David Frost Show, broadcast: January 13, 1972. Tracks 2-14, 2-15 & 2-17 home recording, 1973. Track 2-18 John's guide vocal from the 16-track rehearsals for Ringo Starr, "Ringo" LP, 1973. Track 2-19 16-track demo for Ringo Starr, "Goodnight Vienna" LP, 1974. Track 2-20 Jerry Lewis Telethon, 1972. Track 2-21 vignette, home recording. The improvised lyric change to "As Time Goes By" has been authorised for this particular use only and has been permitted as a courtesy to the Estate of John Lennon. Tracks 2-22, 3-23, 4-03, 4-04, 4-06, 4-08, 4-10, 4-12, 4-13 & 4-16 home recording, 1980. Tracks 3-01 & 3-03 home recording, 1974. Tracks 3-02, 3-04, 3-05, 3-08 to 3-11, 3-13 & 3-24 from the 16-track Walls and Bridges sessions, 1974. Tracks 3-06, 3-07, 3-15 to 3-17 from the 16-track Rock 'N' Roll NYC sessions, 1974. Track 3-14 vignette, 1974. Tracks 3-18 to 3-22 from the Rock 'N' Roll LA sessions, 1973. Tracks 4-01, 4-05, 4-07, 4-09, 4-11 & 4-15 from the 16-track Double Fantasy / Milk and Honey sessions, 1980. Track 4-02, 4-14 & 4-25 vignette, home recording, 1979. Track 4-17 John's guide vocal on the 16-track master for Ringo Starr's recording of "Only You". Track 4-18 originally a home recording, 1980. Track 4-19 home recording. Track 4-21 home recording, circa 1976. Track 4-20, 4-22 to 4-24 & 4-26 home recording, 1979. David Frost Show clip courtesy of EYEMARK Entertainment. Jerry Lewis Telethon clip courtesy of Muscular Dystrophy Association.