BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'Channeling the Center from Within ' (CD & Covers)

1. imagine 3:02 

2. instant karma 3:30

3. jealous guy 4:14

4. power to the people (bass & drums) 3:43

5. cold turkey 5:02

6. love (backing track) 2:14

7. mind games 4:10

8. whatever gets you thru the night 3:34

9. #9 dream 4:43

10. stand by me 4:03

11. woman (instrumental) 3:32

12. beautiful boy (darling boy) 3:45

13. watching the wheels 3:31

14. nobody told me 3:58

15. borrowed time 4:39

16. happy xmas (war is over) 3:22

17. give peace a chance 4:56

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'After The Remember' (CD & Covers)

1-1 Cold Turkey [Acetate]

1-2 Well Well Well [Studio Outtake]

1-3 I Found Out [Studio Outtake]

1-4 Look At Me [Studio Outtake]

1-5 Remember [Acetate]

1-6 Power To The People [Studio Outtake]

1-7 Power To The People [Studio Outtake]

1-8 Power To The People [Studio Outtake]

1-9 God Save Us [Acetate]

1-10 I'm The Greatest [Studio Outtake]

1-11 I'm The Greatest [Studio Outtake]

1-12 I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die [Studio Outtake]

1-13 Well (Baby Please Don't Go) [Studio Outtake]

1-14 Gimme Some Truth [Studio Outtake]

1-15 How Do You Sleep? [Studio Outtake]

1-16 How Do You Sleep? [Studio Outtake]

1-17 How Do You Sleep? [Acetate]

2-1 Crippled Inside [Studio Outtake]

2-2 Oh Yoko! [Studio Outtake]

2-3 It's So Hard [Studio Outtake]

2-4 Imagine [Studio Outtake]

2-5 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Studio Outtake]

2-6 Woman Is The Nigger Of The World [Studio Outtake]

2-7 Mind Games [Studio Outtake]

2-8 Bring On The Lucie (Freda People) [Studio Outtake]

2-9 Tight A$ [Studio Outtake]

2-10 Intuition [Studio Outtake]

2-11 Only People [Studio Outtake]

2-12 Out The Blue [Studio Outtake]

2-13 Meat City [Studio Outtake]

2-14 Rock And Roll People [Studio Outtake]

2-15 Sweet Little Sixteen [Studio Outtake]

2-16 You Can't Catch Me [Studio Outtake]

2-17 (It's All Da-Da-Down To) Goodnight Vienna [Studio Outtake]

2-18 Laugh [Acetate]

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'Minus John', A stripped down version of the Imagine album

01-Imagine

02-Crippled Inside

03-Jealous Guy

04-It's So Hard

05-I Don't Want To Be A Soldier

06-Gimme Some Truth

07-Oh My Love

08-How Do You Sleep

09-How

10-Oh Yoko

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Double Fantasy', 1980 studio outtakes, alternate mixes, rehearsals, demos (CD & Covers)

CD1

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM - STUDIO SESSIONS

01 (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER (3:40) Early take. No backing vocals

02 CLEANUP TIME (4:26) Rehearsal. More guitar, no backing vocals

03 I´M LOSING YOU (3:37) Rehearsal. More guitar, no backing vocals

04 BEAUTIFUL BOY(DARLING BOY) (3:20) Different mix

05 WATCHING THE WHEELS (3:33) Rough mix, different vocals

06 WOMAN (3:21) Rough mix with additional keyboards

07 DEAR YOKO (2:29) Rough mix more overdubs

08 I´M STEPPING OUT (4:43) Take 2. More guitars, extra lyrics with "in my pants"

09 I DON´T WANNA FACE IT (2:35) Rough mix. This one Rocks!

10 NOBODY TOLD ME (3:53) Rough mix. More guitar, no overdubs

11 BORROWED TIME (4:02) Rough mix

12 (FORGIVE ME)MY LITTLE FLOWER PRINCESS (3:28) Early take

13 GROW OLD WITH ME (3:07) Original piano demo

THE ALTERNATES - STUDIO SESSIONS

14 MAGGIE MAE (0:26) studio alternate

15 (JUST LIKE)STARTING OVER (4:16) Different mix. Longer fadeout at the end

16 CLEANUP TIME (3:24) Unique unedited mix with alternate soundeffects. Not used on the released version

17 I´M LOSING YOU (4:20) Rough mix with Cheap Trick

18 BEAUTIFUL BOY(DARLING BOY) (3:53) Early acoustic take

19 I´M THE WALRUS(WATCHING THE WHEELS) (4:04) Take 3. Basic backing track, different vocals

20 WOMAN (3:40) Unique unedited mix. Alternate backing vocals

21 WOMAN (2:51) Vocal booth

22 DEAR YOKO (1:24) Vocal booth ´I bust a string´

23 NOBODY TOLD ME (3:57) Early take with studio chat

24 IT´S NOW OR NEVER (DiCapua/Schroeder/Gold)(0:15) (Come hold my penis)

CD2

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM - HOME DEMOS

01 (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER (4:12) Complete home demo

02 CLEANUP TIME (3:11) Piano demo. ´Show those mothers how to do it´

03 STRANGERS ROOM (6:04) Early version of I´M LOSING YOU. Piano demo

04 BEAUTIFUL BOY (DARLING BOY) (4:01) Fritz und Heinz take 2. Acoustic demo with percussion

05 WATCHING THE WHEELS (2:51) Acoustic demo in blues style

06 WOMAN (3:55) Acoustic demo with drum machine

07 DEAR YOKO (5:19) Acoustic take, plus false start

08 I´M STEPPING OUT (6:14) Acoustic demo take 3

09 I DON´T WANNA FACE IT (1:43) Acoustic demo

10 NOBODY TOLD ME (3:45) Acoustic demo with drum machine. ´This one´s got to be for Ringo´

11 BORROWED TIME (5:00) Acoustic demo. Incomplete lyrics

THE ALTERNATES - HOME DEMOS

THE EVOLUTION OF I´M STARTING OVER. Tracks 12-15

12 I WATCH YOUR FACE (1:11) Acoustic demo

13 MY LIFE (2:33) Acoustic demo

14 DON´T BE CRAZY (3:06) Piano demo

15 THE WORST IS OVER (2:11) Acoustic demo with drum machine

16 I´M LOSING YOU (3:17) Acoustic version with drum machine

17 BEAUTIFUL BOY(DARLING BOY) (2:45) Acoustic demo take 1. Recorded in Bermuda

18 I´M CRAZY (3:14) Early version of WATCHING THE WHEELS. Piano demo. ´50 Million dollar home´, Watching the dollar flow´

19 EMOTIONAL WRECK (4:19) Early version of WATCHING THE WHEELS/HOWLING AT THE MOON. Piano demo ´Just sitting here watching the traffic flow´

20 WATCHING THE WHEELS (3:02) Acoustic take. John as a folk singer

21 I´M STEPPING OUT (1:41) Acoustic demo take 1

22 I DON´T WANNA FACE IT (0:45) Acoustic demo take 2

23 BORROWED TIME (4:43) Acoustic version with overdubs ´Welcome to Bermuda´

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Mind Games', Studio Outtakes, Alternate Mixes, Demos (CD & Covers)

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM

01. Mind Games Rough mix

02. Tight A$ Rough mix with guitar overdub

03. Aisumasen Rough mix with steal guitar overdub

04. One Day (At A Time) Rough mix with overdubs

05. Bring On The Lucie (Freda People) Rough mix with less overdubs and reference vocal

06. Nutopian International Anthem Rough mix without overdubs

07. Intuition Rough mix

08. Out The Blue Rough mix. No edit at 3.11, but a second instrumental part, longest known version

09. Only People Rough mix

10. I Know (I Know) Rough mix

11. You Are Here Rough mix with additional verse, 1.04-1.55

12. Meat City Rough mix with harmony guide vocal, which is mixed out of the commercial version

13. Rock And Roll People Take 7 With Piano + Guitar Overdubs

THE HOME DEMOS

14. I Promise Home Recording

15. Make Love Not War Home Recording

16. Tight A$ Electric guitar demo

17. Call My Name Electric guitar demo

18. Bring On The Lucie (Freda People) Demo Acoustic, Slide

19. Intuition / How? / God Piano demo

20. I Know (I Know) Acoustic guitar demo

21. Shoeshine aka "Just gotta give me some Rock and Roll" - prototype of "Meat City". Acoustic guitar demo

22. Meat City Electric guitar demo

23. Rock And Roll People Piano demo

24. Here We Go Again Acoustic guitar demo

25. Just Because Acoustic guitar demo. Not the Elvis track, but a new song

26. Nutopian International Anthem Rough mix with backward message, and reversed backward message, originally used on the 45 mix of Meat City

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Shaved Fish', Studio Outtakes, Rehearsals, Demos, Live (CD & Covers)

The Alternate Album

01. Give Peace A Chance (1:28) Rehearsal

02. Cold Turkey (4:22) One To One rehearsal

03. Instant Karma! (3:35) Different mix from "Top Of The Pops"

04. Power To The People (3:42) Rough mix with longer intro and outtro

05. Mother (3:27) Alternate take, different beginning

06. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (5:35) Alternate Take With Count In, Runs Much Longer

07. Imagine (3:08) Take 1

08. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (3:31) Rough Mix, Almost Complete

09. Mind Games (4:08) Rough Mix

10. #9 Dream (4:08) Monitor Mix

11. Happy Xmas(War Is Over) (3:19) Rough Mix, Without Strings And Chorus

The Alternates

12. Give Peace A Chance (5:21) Rehearsal, Complete Version

13. Cold Turkey (4:56) Rough Mix From Acetate

14. Instant Karma! (3:13) US Single Mix, Different Version

15. Power To The People (1:20) Alternate Take, Early Runthrough

16. Power To The People (2:47) Alternate Take, No Backing Vocals

The Home Demos

17. Give Peace A Chance (0:26) Acoustic Guitar Demo

18. Cold Turkey (3:26) Acoustic Guitar Demo

19. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (2:52) Acoustic Guitar Demo

20. #9 Dream (2:10) Acoustic Guitar Demo

21. Happy Xmas(War Is Over) (3:16) Acoustic Guitar Demo, Only John On Vocals

The Live Versions

22. Imagine (3:37) Live, Jerry Lewis Tv Show

23. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (4:18) Live With Elton John

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Rock 'n' Roll', 1974 studio outtakes, alternate versions, rehearsals, 1975 live performances (CD & Covers)

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM

01 BE-BOP-A-LULA (2:37) Roots mix

02 STAND BE ME (4:09) ´Hello Julian´. Rehearsal, different lead vocal

03 MEDLEY: RIT IT UP/READY TEADY (1:35) Rough mix

04 YOU CAN´T CATCH ME (4:00) Rough mix, very different

05 AIN´T THAT A SHAME (2:32) Rough mix, longer fadeout

06 DO YOU WANT TO DANCE (3:03) Roots mix, lasts 10 seconds longer

07 SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN (4:36) Rough mix, different lead vocal, lasts 1.30 longer

08 SLIPPIN´ AND SLIDIN´ (2:21) Roots mix, longer fade. The Rock´N´Roll mix has a boost in the volume at 1.05

09 PEGGY SUE (2:05) Rough mix. The acoustic guitar is mixed more up front

10 MEDLEY: BRING IT ON HOME TO ME/SEND ME DOME LOVIN´ (3:48) Rehearsal

11 BONY MORONIE (3:56) Rough mix. Superior to the Rock´N´roll mix. Longer fade

12 YA YA (2:28) Rehearsal

13 JUST BECAUSE (4:25)nRoots mix, longer fade

THE ALTERNATES

14 ANGEL BABY (3:08) Roots mix. The ´Menlove Ave´ mix lasts 35 seconds longer. At 1.59 the section from 0.52 to 1.26 is re-inserted

15 BE MY BABY (4:34) Rough mix

16 THAT´LL BE THE DAY (2:25) Rehearsal

17 THIRTY DAYS (1:31) Rehearsal

18 C´MON EVERYBODY (2:17) Rehearsal

19 HERE WE GO AGAIN (2:59) Acoustic demo

20 LADY MARMALADE (0:46) Rehearsal

21 BE-BOP-A-LULA (2:36) Rehearsal

22 STAND BY ME (3:46) Rehearsal

23 BE MY BABY (6:14) Rough mix. Different vocal and longer fade

THE LIVE VERSIONS

24 SLIPPIN´ AND SLIDIN´ (2:34) Live at the Old Grey Whistle Test March 18, 1975

25 STAND BY ME (3:30) Live at the Old Grey Whistle Test March 18, 1975

26 ROCK´N´ROLL PROMO SPOT (1:05)

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon – ‘A Spaniard In The Works’, 1997

01. My Life (2:30)

02. John Talks About How He Met Yoko And About Their Relationship (1:44)

03. Dear John (4:10)

04. John Talks About The Cosmic Joke Number 9; The Paradoxy Of Responsibility And The Idea Of Leadership As A False God (1:30)

05. Lord, Take This Makeup Off Me (2:21)

06. John Talks About How Important It Is For Everyone To Produce Their Own Dreams And Got Their Own Ways (1:13)

07. Make Love Not War (3:13)

08. John Talks About The Rock Star Life (1:44)

09. Here We Go Again (2:57)

10. John Talks About Pacifists That Got Shot, Gandhi, Martin Luther King. (0:57)

11. Yoko Talks About Her Feeling That John’s Spirit Is Still There (0:46)

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Plastic Ono Band', Studio outtakes, alternate mixes, rehearsals (CD & Covers)

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM

01 Mother - Alternate take, different beginning 3:30

02 I Found Out - Rough Mix 3:57

03 Working Class Hero - Australian Album Version, censored Missing 'fucking' at 2:19 3:47

04 Remember - different mix from acetate - 3:45 longer 8:12

05 Love - Remix with clear piano 3:05

06 Well Well Well - Rough Mix 5:54

07 Look At Me - Rough Mix 2:51

08 God - - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 3:42

09 My Mummy's Dead - - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 1:16

10 When A Boy Meets A Girl - Take 2, Electrified acoustic guitar demo 2:09

THE ALTERNATES

11 Mother - Different mix from acetate 5:00

12 Mother - One to One rehearsal 4:18

13 I Found Out - Australian version, longer and censored 3:45

14 Look At Me - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 2:54

THE HOME DEMOS

15 Mother - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 4:33

16 I Found Out - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 3:18

17 Love - Electrified acoustic guitar demo 2:23

18 Well Well Well - Acoustic 1:11

19 Look At Me - Acoustic 3:08

20 God - Acoustic, false start 2:11

21 My Mummy's Dead - Acoustic 0:48

22 When A Boy Meets A Girl - Acoustic 2:12

LIVE

23 Mother - Live, One to One Concert, King Biscuit mix 1972 4:55

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Walls And Bridges', Studio Outtakes, Alternate Mixes, Rehearsals, Demos, Radio Broadcasts (CD & Covers)

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM - STUDIO SESSIONS

01 Going Down On Love (Studio Rehearsal, No Horns)

02 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Rough Mix, No Horns)

03 Old Dirt Road (Rehearsal, No Strings)

04 What You Got (Alternate Take, Incomplete Lyrics)

05 Bless You (Rehearsal Same Version As Used On Menlove Ave, Unedited And Runs Much Longer)

06 Scared (Rehearsal Same Version As Used On Menlove Ave, Unedited And Runs 35 Seconds Longer)

07 # 9 Dream (Acoustic Guitar Demo)

08 Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird On Paradox) Rehearsal, Missing The Vocal Overdub By Elton John

09 Steel And Glass (Rehearsal Same Version As Used On Menlove Ave, Unedited And Runs 1 Minute Longer)

10 Beef Jerky (Alternate Take)

11 Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) Rehearsal, No Strings

12 Move Over Ms. L (Rehearsal)

13 Goodnight Vienna (Rough Mix) 

THE ALTERNATES

14 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Rehearsal)

15 Move Over Ms. L (Take 3, With Piano Intro) 

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM - HOME DEMOS

16 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Acoustic Guitar Demo)

17 What You Got (Acoustic Guitar Demo)

18 Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird On Paradox) (Acoustic Guitar Demo)

19 Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird On Paradox) (Electric Guitar Demo)

20 Move Over Ms. L (Acoustic Guitar Demo)

21 Mucho Mungo (Acoustic Guitar Demo) 

THE RADIO SPOTS

22 Walls And Bridges Rundown (Canadian Radio Station Promo Spot John Lennon Runs Down All The Songs)

23 Listen To This (With A Little Help From Ringo)

24 John On KHJ- Am Los Angeles (John Appears As DJ) 

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon & Friends - 'Let's Have a Party', Syracuse, 9 October 1971 (CD & Covers)

John Lennon

Yoko Ono

Ringo Starr

Phil Spector

Eric Clapton

Klaus Voorman

Allen Ginsberg

Jim Keltner

Mal Evans

Neil Aspinall

 1. What'd I Say

 2. Yellow Submarine

 3. On Top Of Old Smokey

 4. Goodnight Irene

 5. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

 6. Like A Rolling Stone/Twist And Shout/Louie Louie/La Bamba

 7. Bring It On Home To Me

 8. Yesterday

 9. Tandoori Chicken

10. Power To The People

11. Maybe Baby

12. Peggy Sue

13. My Baby Left Me

14. Blue Suede Shoes

15. Crippled Inside

16. Give Peace A Chance

17. Crippled Inside

18. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 

19. Happy Birthday

20. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 

21. My Sweet Lord

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BOOTLEG : John Lennon - 'The Alternate Imagine', Studio Outtakes, Alternate mixes, Rehearsals, Demos, Live (CD & Covers)

THE ALTERNATE ALBUM

01 IMAGINE (3:01) Take 7, alternate vocal

02 CRIPPLED INSIDE (3:49) Take 2

03 JEALOUS GUY (4:10) Take 1, no overdubs or strings

04 IT´S SO HARD (2:26) Take 2, no overdubs, sax, piano or strings

05 I DON´T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER (5:47) Take 1 with sax

06 GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (3:35) alternate vocal

07 OH MY LOVE (2:50) Alternate take 1b

08 HOW DO YOU SLEEP? (8:09) Take 2, early version, hit it George

09 HOW? (3:42) Take 12, no overdubs, no editing

10 OH YOKO! (5:43) Take 9, runs one and half minutes longer

THE ALTERNATES

11 I´M THE GREATEST (1:53) Early version, incomplete lyrics

12 SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES (1:14) Outtake, acoustic version

13 WELL (BABY PLEASE DON´T GO) (5:50) Outtake

14 IMAGINE (2:57) Rehearsal, that´s a nice one!

15 CRIPPLED INSIDE (4:06) Take 17, rough version of the released take "Message to Northern Songs shareholders´

THE HOME DEMOS

16 HOW?/CHILD OF NATURE/OH YOKO! (4:26) Early piano demo, late 1970 - early 1971

17 OH MY LOVE (1:21) Acoustic home demo, late 1968

18 OH YOKO! (4:37) Acoustic guitar demo, mid 1969

THE BEATLES VERSIONS

19 JEALOUS GUY(CHILD OF NATURE) (2:36) Esher session, 1968

20 GIVE ME SOME TRUTH (0:52) Get Back sessions, 1969

THE LIVE VERSIONS

21 IMAGINE (3:30) Live, One To One Concert, King Biscuit mix, 1972

22 IT´S SO HARD (2:11) Live at The Mike Douglas TV Show, 1972 

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