On October 5, Universal Music celebrates the apex of John Lennon’s solo career with a six-disc box set, Imagine – The Ultimate Collection. This historical, remixed and remastered 140-track collection is fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon who oversaw the production and creative direction.
Spread across four CDs and two Blu-ray discs, this truly unique expanded edition offers a variety of listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the iconic album, which reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs, to the Raw Studio Mixes that allow listeners to hear Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band’s original, unadorned performances, to enveloping 5.1 surround sound mixes, and a Quadrasonic Album Mix, presenting the original four speaker mix remastered in Quadrasonic sound for the first time in nearly fifty years.
This ultimate deep listening experience, which features scores of previously unheard demos, rare outtakes and isolated track elements, also includes The Evolution Documentary, a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the journey of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter. The comprehensive nature of the full Imagine – The Ultimate Collection is the absolute best representation of a career artist working at the top of his creative game. imagine - the ultimate deep listening experience
Imagine will also be released in concurrent multiple physical and digital configurations including as a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl edition.
Imagine will also be released in concurrent multiple physical and digital configurations including as a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl edition.
Ultimate Collection track list:
Disc: 1
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
11. Power To The People
12. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go)
13. God Save Us
14. Do The Oz
15. God Save Oz
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Disc: 2
1. Imagine (Elements Mix)
2. Jealous Guy (Elements Mix)
3. Oh My Love (Elements Mix)
4. How? (Elements Mix)
5. Imagine (demo)
6. Imagine (take 1)
7. Crippled Inside (take 3)
8. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
9. Jealous Guy (take 9)
10. It's So Hard (take 6)
11. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11)
12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
13. Oh My Love (take 6)
14. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
15. How? (take 31)
16. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
17. Power To The People (take 7)
18. God Save Us (demo)
19. Do The Oz (take 3)
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)
Disc: 3
1. Imagine (take 10) (Raw Studio Mix)
2. Crippled Inside (take 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
3. Jealous Guy (take 29) (Raw Studio Mix)
4. It's So Hard (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 - extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 - extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
7. Oh My Love (take 20) (Raw Studio Mix)
8. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 - extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
9. How? (take 40) (Raw Studio Mix)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 - extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
11. Imagine (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
12. Jealous Guy (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
13. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21) (Raw Studio Mix)
14. How Do You Sleep? (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
15. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
Disc: 4
1. Imagine (Evolution)
2. Crippled Inside (Evolution)
3. Jealous Guy (Evolution)
4. It's So Hard (Evolution)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Evolution)
6. Gimme Some Truth (Evolution)
7. Oh My Love (Evolution)
8. How Do You Sleep? (Evolution)
9. How? (Evolution)
10. Oh Yoko! (Evolution)
Disc: 5
1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
11. Power To The People
12. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go)
13. God Save Us
14. Do The Oz
15. God Save Oz
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
17. Imagine (Quadrasonic Mix)
18. Crippled Inside (Quadrasonic Mix)
19. Jealous Guy (Quadrasonic Mix)
20. It's So Hard (Quadrasonic Mix)
21. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Quadrasonic Mix)
22. Gimme Some Truth (Quadrasonic Mix)
23. Oh My Love (Quadrasonic Mix)
24. How Do You Sleep? (Quadrasonic Mix)
25. How? (Quadrasonic Mix)
26. Oh Yoko! (Quadrasonic Mix)
27. Imagine (demo)
28. Imagine (take 1)
29. Crippled Inside (take 3)
30. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
31. Jealous Guy (take 9)
32. It's So Hard (take 6)
33. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11)
34. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
35. Oh My Love (take 6)
36. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
37. How? (take 31)
38. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
39. Power To The People (take 7)
40. God Save Us (demo)
41. Do The Oz (take 3)
42. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)
Disc: 6
1. Imagine (take 10) (Raw Studio Mix)
2. Crippled Inside (take 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
3. Jealous Guy (take 29) (Raw Studio Mix)
4. It's So Hard (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
7. Oh My Love (take 20) (Raw Studio Mix)
8. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
9. How? (take 40) (Raw Studio Mix)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 extended) (Raw Studio Mix)
11. Imagine (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
12. Crippled Inside (take 2) (Raw Studio Mix)
13. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo) (Raw Studio Mix)
14. Jealous Guy (take 11) (Raw Studio Mix)
15. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21) (Raw Studio Mix)
16. How Do You Sleep? (take 1) (Raw Studio Mix)
17. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6) (Raw Studio Mix)
18. How? (takes 7 - 10) (Raw Studio Mix)
19. How? (take 40 alt vocal) (Raw Studio Mix)
20. Oh Yoko! (take 1 tracking vocal) (Raw Studio Mix)
21. Imagine (Elements Mix)
22. Crippled Inside (Elements Mix)
23. Jealous Guy (Elements Mix)
24. It's So Hard (Elements Mix)
25. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Elements Mix)
26. Gimme Some Truth (Elements Mix)
27. Oh My Love (Elements Mix)
28. How Do You Sleep? (Elements Mix)
29. How? (Elements Mix)
30. Oh Yoko! (Elements Mix)
31. Imagine (Evolution)
32. Crippled Inside (Evolution)
33. Jealous Guy (Evolution)
34. It's So Hard (Evolution)
35. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (Evolution)
36. Gimme Some Truth (Evolution)
37. Oh My Love (Evolution)
38. How Do You Sleep? (Evolution)
39. How? (Evolution)
40. Oh Yoko! (Evolution)
41. Power To The People (Evolution)
42. Well... (Baby Please Don't Go) (Evolution)
43. God Save Us/God Save Oz (Evolution)
44. Do The Oz (Evolution)
45. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Evolution)
46. Tittenhurst Park (Evolution)
47. Imagine John & Yoko - The Elliot Mintz interviews
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