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THE PHILIP COHEN COLLECTION: JOHN LENNON - OUT OF THE BLUE

May 15, 2010 – 3:49 am

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JOHN LENNON
Out Of The Blue [Toasted Condor, 1CD]
Various demos and rough mixes. Very good soundboard.

Out of The Blue is a collection of 1970s John Lennon studio outtakes. Watching The Wheels and Only You are the same takes offered officially on the “Anthology” 4-CD box. Jealous Guy and Nobody Told Me are different takes, which are not available officially. - Philip Cohen

For many mainstream listeners, the four-CD Anthology boxset is probably the first time they encountered John Lennon’s home recordings. [For the more hardcore Beatles fans, the Abbey Road sessions provide a good idea of what it was like in the studio.] And for the Lennon fans, the Lost Lennon Tapes would have been a good place to start and recent releases such as The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969; John Lennon - At Home; Come On, Listen To Me and older releases such as Listen To This… are worthwhile companion albums.

Out Of The Blue is a 1989 mix-and-match compilation that not only lets you in on the creative process but practically gives the listener a front-row view of the works in progress. Partly because of Lennon’s personality [imagined or perceived] and the song selection, the result is a captivating hour where the listener walks away feeling as if he or she has a private sharing with Lennon.

Thanks to Phil for sharing the tracks.

Note: A longtime music fan, Philip Cohen was a contributor to the now-defunct ICE Magazine and compiled the boxsets for The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Humble Pie and Nice.

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Track 01. Julia (early demo) (4.1MB)
Track 02. Out Of The Blue (early rough mix) (5.8MB)
03. Watching The Wheels (acoustic demo) - omitted
Track 04. Jealous Guy (alternate take) (5.7MB)
Track 05. Rock Island Line (home tape) (3.8MB)
Track 06. Here We Go Again (acoustic demo, take 2) (4.1MB)
07. Only You (demo) - omitted
Track 08. Cold Turkey (demo) (4.9MB)
Track 09. Maybe Baby/Rave On (acoustic) (4.3MB)
Track 10. Move Over Ms. L (studio run through) (4.0MB)
Track 11. Send Me Some Lovin’ (acoustic) (4.4MB)
Track 12. It’s So Hard (alternate version) (3.3MB)
Track 13. Happy Xmas (War Is Over (demo) (4.5MB)
Track 14. Nobody Told Me (rough mix) (4.6MB)
Track 15. I Found Out (alternate mix) (5.5MB)
Track 16. Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) (demo) (4.4MB)
Track 17. Imagine (alternate mix) (4.3MB)
Track 18. Sexy Sadie (demo) (3.4MB)
Track 19. Mind Games (early mix) (5.6MB)
Track 20. Woman (basic track, reference vocal) (4.5MB)
Track 21. God Save Us (demo) (2.7MB)
Track 22. Strawberry Fields Forever (earliest demo) (2.7MB)