John Lennon: Between the Lines

Probably one of the best examples of a fan-collected set is John Lennon: Between the Lines: Complete Home Recordings 1975-1980. The collection brings together all of Lennon's available demos from the period, using all relevant books, bootlegs, official releases, and even 'Lost Lennon Tapes' tape logs to uncover not only what was recorded, but in what order. It is a painstaking effort, and all of the recordings have been transcribed. The set reveals that Lennon did not stop writing in 1975, but rather worked slowly, tossed aside many compositions, and worked on several others that eventually formed the basis for Double Fantasy and the posthumous Milk and Honey.

This set includes all surfaced Lennon home recordings from the 1975-80 period. All of the audio has been carefully remastered and speed corrected from the best available sources, and the tracks have been presented in the order of recording (as far as could be ascertained) -- something which hasn't been attempted previously. For several of the demos, the actual taping order and context of the various versions is revealed for the first time.

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John Lennon - 1975-1980 - "Between The Lines: complete home recordings 1975-1980" - FLAC (9 CDs + DVD-ROM)
John Lennon
Home recordings
Dakota, NYC, NY; Cannon Hill, Cold Spring Harbor, NY; Villa Undercliff, Fairylands, Bermuda
1975-1980

Source: various, see below. All tracks remastered and speed corrected.
Lineage: various > EAC > CEPro > FLAC

Transfered by: Pine Apple

Title: Between The Lines: complete home recordings 1975-1980
File Size: 2.62 GB (FLAC)
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DISC ONE:
c. 1975:
01. Tennessee [take 1]
02. Tennessee [take ?]
03. Tennessee [take 4]
04. Everybody
05. Sally And Billy [take 2]
06. Sally And Billy [take 3]
1976:
07. Mucho Mungo
08. Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take 1]
09. Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take ?]
10. Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take 8]
11. She Is A Friend Of Dorothy's [take 2]
1977:
12. She Is A Friend Of Dorothy's [take 7]
13. I Don't Want To Lose You
14. Free As A Bird [take 1]
15. Free As A Bird [take 3]
16. ["turned out nice again"]
17. Whatever Happened To...? [take 1] *
18. Whatever Happened To...? [take 2]
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DISC TWO:
Late 1977:
01. One Of The Boys [take 1]
02. One Of The Boys [take 2]
03. Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [takes 1-2]
04. Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [take 4]
05. Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [take 5]
06. Sea Ditties
1978:
07. Maurice DuPont (Act I)
08. Maurice DuPont (Act II)
09. Maurice DuPont (Act III)
10. Too Much Monkey Business / Subterranean Homesick Blues
11. Rock Island Line
12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Get Back
13. Beyond The Sea / Blue Moon / Young Love
14. Satire 1
15. Satire 2
16. Satire 3 / Maggie Mae
17. Falling In Love Again
18. I'm A Man
19. ["'twas a night like Ethel Merman"]
20. [dialogue for a silent TV]
21. The Great Wok
c. 1979:
22. I Don't Wanna Face It [take 2]
23. I Don't Wanna Face It [take ?]
24. I Watch Your Face
25. It's Real
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DISC THREE:
c. September 1979:
01. [audio diary 1]
02. Serve Yourself
03. Serve Yourself
04. That's The Way The World Is
05. Don't Be Crazy [take 1]
06. Don't Be Crazy [take 2]
07. Baby Make Love To You
08. Baby Make Love To You / Girls And Boys
09. Girls And Boys
10. Real Life [take 1]
11. Real Life [take 2]
12. Real Life [take 3]
13. Real Life [fragment 1]
14. Real Life [fragment 2]
15. Real Life ["let go" 1]
16. Real Life ["let go" 2]
17. Serve Yourself
18. Serve Yourself
19. Girls And Boys
20. Girls And Boys *
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DISC FOUR:
Late 1979
01. [audio diary 2]
02. Not For Love Nor Money
03. [dialogue 1]
04. [dialogue 2]
05. Sean's "In The Sky"
06. Sean's "Loud"
07. Sean's "Serve Yourself / Be-Bop-A-Lula"
Late 1979 - Early 1980:
08. She Runs Them 'Round In Circles / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
09. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [instrumental] *
10. [improvisation] *
11. Rock Island Line
12. Many Rivers To Cross / My Girl
13. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
14. Howling At The Moon
15. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) / Howling At The Moon / Across The River
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DISC FIVE:
Late 1979 - Early 1980:
01. India, India
02. Help Me To Help Myself
03. Life Begins At 40
04. Across The River
05. [instrumental 1]
06. [instrumental 2] *
07. Girls And Boys [take ?]
08. Girls And Boys [take 4]
09. Girls And Boys [take 5]
10. Girls And Boys [take 6]
11. Watching The Wheels
12. Watching The Wheels
13. Watching The Wheels
214. Watching The Wheels
15. Watching The Wheels
16. Watching The Wheels
17. Watching The Wheels
18. Watching The Wheels
19. Watching The Wheels
20. Watching The Wheels
21. Watching The Wheels
22. Watching The Wheels
23. Watching The Wheels
24. Watching The Wheels
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DISC SIX:
Early 1980:
01. Watching The Wheels
02. Stranger's Room
03. John Henry
04. John Henry [instrumental] *
05. John Henry
06. Watching The Wheels
07. Corrina, Corrina
08. Stranger's Room
09. Stranger's Room
10. My Life [take 1]
11. My Life [take 2]
12. My Life [take 3]
13. My Life [take ?]
14. Serve Yourself
15. Serve Yourself
16. Memories [take 1]
17. Cathy's Clown
18. You Send Me
19. Memories [take 2]
April 1980 (Cannon Hill):
20. ["welcome to Cold Spring Harbor"]
21. Dear Yoko [takes 1-2]
22. [dialogue at Cannon Hill]
c. 1979-80
23. [blues instrumental (fragments)] *
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DISC SEVEN:
June 1980 (Bermuda):
01. Dear Yoko [take 1] *
02. Dear Yoko [takes 2-3]
03. Borrowed Time
04. I'm Stepping Out [take 1]
05. I'm Stepping Out [take 3]
06. I'm Stepping Out [take ?]
07. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [take 1]
08. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [take 2]
08. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [overdubbed (take 2)]
10. Borrowed Time [overdubbed]
11. Dear Yoko [overdubbed]
12. I Don't Wanna Face It [overdubbed]
13. Girls And Boys [overdubbed (take 6)]
14. Watching The Wheels
15. Serve Yourself
16. Nobody Told Me [overdubbed (Everybody)]
17. Memories [overdubbed]
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DISC EIGHT:
July 1980 (Bermuda):
01. I'm Losing You
02. I'm Losing You [overdubbed]
03. I'm Losing You [overdubbed]
04. I'm Stepping Out [overdubbed]
05. I Don't Wanna Face It [overdubbed]
06. I'm Stepping Out [overdubbed]
07. Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)
08. The Happy Rishikesh Song / Something Is Wrong
09. Real Love [take 1]
10. Real Love [take 4]
11. Grow Old With Me [overdubbed]
12. Real Love [overdubbed (take 5)]
13. Woman [take 1]
14. Woman [take 4]
15. Woman [take 7]
16. Woman [take 8]
17. Nobody Told Me [overdub take 1]
18. Nobody Told Me [overdub take 2]
19. Woman [overdubbed (take 8)]
20. Woman [overdubbed (take 8)]
21. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess [take 3]
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DISC NINE:
July 1980 (Bermuda):
01. The Worst Is Over [take 1]
02. The Worst Is Over [take 2]
Early August 1980:
03. Help Me To Help Myself [takes 2-3]
04. My Life [take 1]
05. My Life [take 2]
06. My Life [take 4]
07. Serve Yourself
08. Cleanup Time
09. Cleanup Time
10. (Just Like) Starting Over [take 1]
11. (Just Like) Starting Over [take 2]
12. (Just Like) Starting Over [take 3]
Late 1980:
13. Gone From This Place [take 1]
14. Gone From This Place [take 4]
15. Gone From This Place [fragment] *
16. Dear John
17. You Saved My Soul
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NOTES:
* = covered by voice-over. In the file names, ST = single tracked, DT = double tracked, TT = triple tracked.

All tracks have been remastered and speed corrected from the best sources. Some are previously unbooted. See the accompanying HTML documentation for details. Artwork is included in a separate folder.