Today, Geffen and UMe announced an extensive new reissue of John Lennon‘s iconic 1971 album, Imagine, set to be released on October 5th. The new John Lennon Imagine box set will include 140 tracks spread over four CDs and two Blu-rays including rare outtake recordings, previously unreleased demos, isolated recording track elements, and much more. In addition to the deluxe box set’s audio element, Imagine — The Ultimate Collection will include a lengthy book about the making of the album.
The deluxe box set, whose creation was overseen by Lennon’s widow and musical collaborator, Yoko Ono, aims to paint the complete picture of John’ss creative process on the monumental LP. As engineer Paul Hicks explains in the accompanying book,
Yoko was very keen that these Ultimate Mixes should achieve three things – to be totally faithful and respectful to the originals, be generally sonically clearer overall and should increase the clarity of John’s vocals. It’s about John’ she said. And she was right. His voice brings the biggest emotional impact to the album.
In addition to the announcement of the box set, John Lennon’s camp is revisiting the video components of the album’s initial release. The Imagine film and its companion documentary, Gimme Some Truth, were re-mastered frame-by-frame from the original film negative and completely remixed from the ground up from the original audio multi-tracks in stunning Dolby Atmos and 7.1 Surround Sound, this collage of colour, sound, dream and reality and star John Lennon and Yoko Ono with George Harrison, Fred Astaire, Jack Nicholson, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett, and many more.
The ground-breaking music film directed by John and Yoko is coming to cinemas on September 17th for a limited theatrical run. For a list of theaters playing Imagine this fall, or to grab your tickets now, head here. Watch a trailer for the release below.
“Imagine”/”Gimme Some Truth” – Trailer For 2018 Release
John Lennon Imagine — The Ultimate Collection Tracklist
CD1 – Imagine
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Jealous Guy
04. It’s So Hard
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
06. Gimme Some Truth
07. Oh My Love
08. How Do You Sleep?
09. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
The Singles & Extras
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)
CD2 – The Ultimate Mixes Disc 2
01. Imagine (strings only)
02. Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
03. Oh My Love (vocals only)
04. How? (strings only)
Album out-takes
05. Imagine (demo)
06. Imagine (take 1)
07. Crippled Inside (take 3)
08. Crippled Inside (take 6 – alt guitar solo)
09. 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)
Singles out-takes
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)
CD3 – Raw Studio Mixes
01. Imagine (take 10)
02. Crippled Inside (take 6)
03. Jealous Guy (take 29)
04. It’s So Hard (take 11)
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 4 – extended)
06. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 – extended)
07. Oh My Love (take 20)
08. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 – extended)
09. How? (take 40)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 extended)
Out-takes – Live
11. Imagine (take 1)
12. Jealous Guy (take 11)
13. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 21)
14. How Do You Sleep? (take 1)
15. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6)
CD 4 – The Evolution Documentary
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Jealous Guy
04. It’s So Hard
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
06. Gimme Some Truth
07. Oh My Love
08. How Do You Sleep?
09. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
Blu-ray Disc 1 – Imagine – The Ultimate Mixes
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Jealous Guy
04. It’s So Hard
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
06. Gimme Some Truth
07. Oh My Love
08. How Do You Sleep?
09. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
Singles & Extras
01. Power To The People
02. Well… (Baby Please Don’t Go)
03. God Save Us (Bill Elliot vocal)
04. Do The Oz
05. God Save Oz (John Lennon vocal)
06. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
The Out-takes
01. Imagine (demo)
02. Imagine (take 1)
03. Crippled Inside (take 3)
04. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
05. Jealous Guy (take 9)
06. It’s So Hard (take 6)
07. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 11)
08. Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
09. Oh My Love (take 6)
10. How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
11. How? (take 31)
12. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
13. Power To The People (take 7)
14. God Save Us (demo)
15. Do The Oz (take 3)
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)
The Quadrasonic Mixes
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Jealous Guy
04. It’s So Hard
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
06. Gimme Some Truth
07. Oh My Love
08. How Do You Sleep?
09. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
Blu-ray Disc 2 – In The Studio and Deeper Listening
01. Imagine (take 10)
02. Crippled Inside (take 6)
03. Jealous Guy (take 29)
04. It’s So Hard (take 11)
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 4 – extended)
06. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 – extended)
07. Oh My Love (take 20)
08. How Do You Sleep? (take 11 – extended)
09. How? (take 40)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 – extended)
The Raw Studio Mixes – Out-takes – Live
01. Imagine (take 1)
02. Crippled Inside (take 2)
03. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
04. Jealous Guy (take 11)
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 21)
06. How Do You Sleep? (take 1)
07. How Do You Sleep? (takes 5 & 6)
08. How? (takes 7-10)
09. How? (take 40 alt vocal)
10. Oh Yoko! (take 1 tracking vocal)
The Elements Mixes
01. Imagine (strings)
02. Crippled Inside (upright bass & drums)
03. Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
04. It’s So Hard (strings)
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (guitar, bass & drums)
06. Gimme Some Truth (electric piano & guitar)
07. Oh My Love (vocals)
08. How Do You Sleep? (strings)
09. How? (strings)
10. Oh Yoko! (acoustic)
The Evolution Documentary
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Jealous Guy
04. It’s So Hard
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
06. Gimme Some Truth
07. Oh My Love
08. How Do You Sleep?
09. How?
10. Oh Yoko!
11. Power To The People
12. Well… (Baby Please Don’t Go)
13. God Save Us/God Save Oz
14. Do The Oz
15. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
16. Tittenhurst Park
Imagine John & Yoko – The Elliot Mintz Interviews
Imagine / Gimme Some Truth DVD:
Imagine
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Good Morning
04. Jealous Guy
05. Don’t Count The Waves
06. It’s So Hard
07. Mrs. Lennon
08. In Bag
09. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
10. Mind Train
11. Whisper Piece
12. What’s That In The Sky?
13. Power To The People
14. Gimme Some Truth
15. Midsummer New York
16. Oh My Love
17. How Do You Sleep?
18. How?
19. Oh Yoko!
20. Beach / End Credits
Gimme Some Truth
01. Imagine
02. Crippled Inside
03. Oh Yoko!
04. Jealous Guy
05. It’s So Hard
06. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
07. Gimme Some Truth
08. Oh My Love
09. How Do You Sleep?
10. How?
11. Imagine
DVD / Blu-Ray Extras
01. Jealous Guy (raw studio out-take)
02. How? (raw studio out-take)
03. Gimme Some Truth (raw studio out-take)
04. David Bailey photoshoot
