John Lennon - Home Demo Recordings [1963-1969]

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Date: ca. February, 1963
Location: London (?)
0:00:00 What Goes On
Photo: John and Paul during a rehearsal at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, 1st February 1963 © Michael Ward
Date: ca. May, 1963
Location: London (?)
0:00:45 Bad To Me*
Photos: John and Paul sitting on a railing beside the River Mersey during filming for the BBC TV documentary 'The Mersey Sound' in Liverpool on 29th August 1963 © T.H. Adkins
Date: ca. July-early October, 1963
Location: London (?)
0:00:54 I'm In Love*
Photo: Helen Shapiro dances with John during rehearsals for the TV show Ready Steady Go! at Television House, London on 4th October 1963 © David Redfern
Date: 1-14 January, 1964
Location: Flat 3, 13 Emperors Gate, London (?)
0:01:02 If I Fell [Take 1]
0:01:14 If I Fell [Take 2]
0:03:49 If I Fell [Take 3]
0:04:18 If I Fell [Take 4]
0:04:58 If I Fell [Take 5]
Photo: John at 13 Emperors Gate, London in 1964 © Astrid Kirchherr
Date: September 1965-21 June, 1966
Location: Kenwood, London
0:05:09 He Said He Said [Take 1]
0:05:30 He Said He Said [false starts]
0:05:44 He Said He Said [Take 2]
0:06:10 He Said He Said [Overdub Take 1]
0:06:21 He Said He Said [Overdub Take 2]
0:07:05 She Said She Said [Take 1]
0:07:48 She Said She Said [Take 2]*
Photos: John at Kenwood in 1965 © Henry Grossman
Date: ca. 19 September-6 November, 1966
Location: Santa Isabel, Spain
0:08:25 Instrumental
0:08:48 Strawberry Fields Forever [Acoustic Demo Take 1]
0:09:35 Strawberry Fields Forever [Acoustic Demo Take 2]
0:10:50 Strawberry Fields Forever [Acoustic Demo Take 3]
0:12:16 Strawberry Fields Forever [Acoustic Demo Take 4]
0:13:57 Strawberry Fields Forever [Acoustic Demo Take 5 & 6]
0:16:05 Strawberry Fields Forever [Unknown Acoustic Demo Fragment]
Photo: John at El Delfín Verde in Spain on September, 1966 © Douglas Kirkland
Date: ca. 8-23 November, 1966
Location: Kenwood
0:16:17 Strawberry Fields Forever [Guitar Rehearsal 1]
0:18:04 Strawberry Fields Forever [Guitar Overdub on Unknown Demo Take]
0:20:00 Strawberry Fields Forever [Vocal Overdub on Unknown Demo Take]
0:21:59 Strawberry Fields Forever [Guitar Rehearsal 2]
0:22:31 Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Take 1]
0:23:08 Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Takes 2 to 5]*
0:24:28 Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Take 7]*
0:25:23 Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Partial Take 8]
0:26:07 Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Take 9]
0:28:00 Strawberry Fields Forever [Mellotron Overdub on Takes 2 to 6]
0:30:00 Strawberry Fields Forever [Mellotron Overdub on Electric Demo Take 7]
0:32:06 'Backwards' Speech and 'Swing Flutes' Mellotron
Photo: John arriving at the EMI on 24th November 1966 © Larry Ellis
Date: ca. January-early February, 1967
Location: Kenwood
0:32:44 Piano Songs 1 & 2
0:35:34 Testing The Equipment No. 1
0:36:43 Good Morning Good Morning / Testing The Equipment No. 2 / There's a Blue Ridge 'Round My Heart' / Mellotron Rhythms / Mellotron Drones and Cacophony
Photo: John at Kenwood, June 1967 © Leslie Bryce
Date: ca. Spring, 1967
Location: Kenwood
0:46:50 Mellotron Music No. 1
0:48:20 Mellotron Music No. 2
0:48:50 Mellotron Music No. 3
0:49:12 Mellotron Music No. 4
0:51:03 Mellotron Music No. 5
Photo: John playing his Mellotron Mark II at Kenwood, June 1967 © Leslie Bryce
Date: ca. December, 1967-January, 1968
Location: Kenwood
0:53:00 Guitar Jam
0:56:01 Mellotron Noise and Babbling / Noise Redux / Cry Baby Cry / Guitar Instrumental
1:02:19 Cry Baby Cry [Guitar]
1:04:54 Piano Instrumental / Laughing Eyes
1:08:12 Piano Waltz / Listening To Records
1:12:03 Drone and Cueing Tapes
1:13:56 Cry Baby Cry / Across The Universe
1:18:03 Nothing But Hold Tight
1:19:02 Hey Bulldog
1:20:32 Hey Bulldog
1:22:35 Set Me Free
1:24:10 Across the Universe
1:25:52 She's Walking Past My Door
1:27:40 You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Photo: John at Kenwood, ca. Jan. 1968 © Sue Baker
Date: ca. June, 1968
Location: Kenwood
1:28:23 Julia [Instrumental]
1:33:02 Julia [Vocal Overdub Take 1]
1:37:14 Julia [Vocal Overdub Take 2]
Photos: John at Kenwood, summer 1968 © Christine
Date: ca. August, 1968
Location: Kenwood
1:40:19 Look At Me [Take 1]
1:40:31 Look At Me [Take 2]
1:40:44 Look At Me [Take 3]
Photos: Stills from the 'Look At Me' video, 9th June 1968 at Kenwood
Date: December, 1968
Location: Kenwood
1:43:26 Oh My Love [w/acapella renditions by Yoko]
1:54:51 A Case Of The Blues
1:57:42 Everyone Had a Hard Year
1:59:29 Don't Let Me Down [Take 1]
2:02:25 Don't Let Me Down [Take 2]
Photo: John & Yoko, December 1968 © Susan Wood
Date: ca. May, 1969
Location: Kenwood
2:04:35 Woman Is the Nigger of the World
2:05:32 I Want You
2:11:23 The Maharishi Song
Photo: John & Yoko at Tittenhurst, ca. Nov. 1969 © John de Rooij
Date: August, 1969
Location: Tittenhurst
2:14:32 Cold Turkey [Demo Take 1]
2:17:58 Cold Turkey [Demo Take 1 w/guitar and vocal overdub]
2:21:28 Cold Turkey [Demo Take 1 w/Yoko vocal overdub]
Photo: John & Yoko at Tittenhurst, ca. Nov. 1969 © unknown

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  • *NOTES AND OTHER RECORDINGS: "I'm In Love" & "Bad To Me": due to copyright, I couldn't post the complete recordings. You can listen to them on the bootleg "The Beatles - Complete Home Recordings 1963 (Silent Sea - SS 078)", or on the official compilation album "The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963". "She Said She Said [Take 2]": due to copyright, I couldn't post the complete take, only the false starts. You can listen to the full recording on the bootleg "The Beatles - Entomology...Plus! (Golden Eggs - Egg 63)". "Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Takes 2 to 5]": due to copyright, Take 6 is missing, but you can listen to the full recording on the bootleg "The Beatles - It's Not Too Bad: The Evolution of Strawberry Fields Forever [Deluxe Edition]", or on the official album "Anthology 2". "Strawberry Fields Forever [Electric Demo Take 7]: due to copyright, only the second half of the take was included. You can listen the full take on the bootleg "The Beatles - It's Not Too Bad: The Evolution of Strawberry Fields Forever [Deluxe Edition]", or on the official album "Anthology 2". Other recordings of John's home demos that I left out include: Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape), John and Ringo recordings (Pedro The Fisherman, Chi-Chi's Café, Down In Cuba, etc.), Esher Demos. CHANGES: -I applied minimum EQ and volume normalization to some tracks -"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)": Tape speed correction to match the version broadcasted on Lost Lennon Tapes Episode 009 88-13 -"Julia [Vocal Overdub Take #1 & 2]": According to the book "That Magic Feeling" the 2nd take is the one where John switchers Verses 3 and 4, so I swapped the tracks 4 and 5 of "(2009) John Lennon - The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969 (Misterclaudel - MCCD123-124)" -"Oh My Love": Tape speed correction -"Everyone Had A Good Year": The first seconds are from "The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol.3" -"I Want You": The first seconds are from "The Lost Lennon Tapes - Episode 157: Mal Evans Remembers", and I tried to reduce the background music noise -"Cold Turkey [Demo Take #1]": The first seconds are from "John Lennon - The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes - Volume 9 & 10 (Walrus - WALRUS 019-20)" AUDIO SOURCES: Track 01: Anthoni Machado KZhead channel Track 02-03: The Beatles - Complete Home Recordings 1963 (Silent Sea - SS 078) Track 04-08: The Beatles - Alf Together Now (Spank Records - SP-148) Track 09-13: The Beatles - Revolver: Recording Sessions Chronology Vol. 1 (dap - DAPB072CD1-2) Track 14: The Beatles - As It Happened Baby! (DarthDisc - RAR0001) Track 15: The Beatles - Entomology...Plus! (Golden Eggs - Egg 63) Track 16-34: The Beatles - It's Not Too Bad: The Evolution of Strawberry Fields Forever [Deluxe Edition] Track 35-37: John Lennon - The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969 (Misterclaudel - MCCD123-124) Track 38-40: The Beatles - Revolution (Vigotone - VT-117) Track 41-42: The Beatles - The Lost Pepperland Reel And Other Rarities (Vigotone - VIGO-132) Track 43-49: John Lennon - The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969 (Misterclaudel - MCCD123-124) Track 50-56: The Beatles - A Doll's House Vol 2 [DISC 6] (Valkyrie Records - VAL-030) Track 57-59: John Lennon - The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969 (Misterclaudel - MCCD123-124) Track 60-62: The Beatles - Complete Home Recordings 1967-68 (Silent Sea - SS 080) Track 63-67: John Lennon - The Lost Home Tapes 1965-1969 (Misterclaudel - MCCD123-124) Track 68: 1989-08-21 Westwood One - The Lost Lennon Tapes - Elliot Mintz - Episode 083 - 89-35 - Dakota Kitchen Encounter Track 69-70: The Beatles - The 1968 Demos (Howdy Records - 555-04) Track 71: The Beatles - Complete Home Recordings 1968-69 (Silent Sea - SS 082) Track 72: John Lennon - Christmas Present [DISC 1] (White Fly Records - WF 001-3) Track 73: John Lennon - The Lost Lennon Tapes Volume Twenty (Bag Records - BAG 5092)

    @SantiagoHerrera1998@SantiagoHerrera1998Ай бұрын
    • Thank you for compiling all these recordings and for your modest enhancements. John sounds so sweet and innocent in this raw portrait

      @richardgreenwood6474@richardgreenwood647418 күн бұрын
    • Thank you so much 💓

      @steverutland9267@steverutland9267Күн бұрын
  • You hear the "you-hoo-ooh" from Imagine on If I Fell! Mind-blowing!

    @herreraghr@herreraghr27 күн бұрын
    • My two favorite Lennon songs. What a miraculous thing it is to have these recordings.

      @charlie-obrien@charlie-obrien25 күн бұрын
    • wow you're right

      @JacobVidal@JacobVidal21 күн бұрын
    • 4:53

      @Don-ri5ve@Don-ri5ve14 күн бұрын
    • Sounds like Tiny Tim.

      @jsnbkr66@jsnbkr6611 күн бұрын
    • I didn't catch that! Makes me think he was going for a Supremes-esque vocal fill, I wonder if he had them in mind at the piano doing "imagine", that'd be lovely

      @guffmuff90@guffmuff905 күн бұрын
  • I’m a songwriter who’s very influenced by The Beatles, and it’s very comforting to know that even John Lennon had to work & work on his songs to get them just right. These tapes are absolutely fascinating.

    @Ghoopty@Ghoopty2 күн бұрын
  • i can never get bored listening to John. i love him so much

    @khoei26@khoei2618 күн бұрын
    • Me too. He's my absolute hero!!

      @timcolivet7343@timcolivet734312 күн бұрын
    • I feel the same way.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • There’s just something about John. His voice. His songs. I can’t believe this exists on KZhead! He’s just fooling around and writing my favorite songs of all time. Such a treat for a fan and songwriter. Thank you for sharing.

    @kyfifer@kyfifer29 күн бұрын
    • I absolutely get what you said. It's such a surrealist feeling to know that we as fans have the chance to listen these private recordings and how a masterpiece like Strawberry Fields was developed. Truly a privilege.

      @SantiagoHerrera1998@SantiagoHerrera199829 күн бұрын
    • We’re taught to sing from the diaphragm but Lennon sang from the heart and from a mind that knew the imagery of wonderful dreams .

      @Lyndanet@Lyndanet28 күн бұрын
    • Watching She Said, She Said being born is pretty amazing. I imagine he must have really felt that one when it clicked.

      @futurereflections4097@futurereflections409722 күн бұрын
    • Love your comment.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
    • It’s really something :)

      @Xxxxxrrr6464@Xxxxxrrr646417 сағат бұрын
  • It's truly mad how long the songwriting process was for Strawberry Fields - it really was his magnum opus

    @LeftoverPat@LeftoverPat25 күн бұрын
    • Incorrectly attributed to Lennon and McCartney when it should have been attributed to Lennon & Martin as with I am the Walrus too.

      @Neil-Aspinall@Neil-Aspinall17 күн бұрын
    • ​@@Neil-AspinallPaul had a lot to do with those songs, he wrote the intro to Strawberry Fields

      @robertlivingstone3364@robertlivingstone336414 күн бұрын
  • It almost sounds like Lennon is quietly crying while singing If I Fell, well thanks Lennon know I am too.

    @ericwalter4771@ericwalter477128 күн бұрын
    • Pissed, I think?

      @georgejamestaylor7572@georgejamestaylor757214 күн бұрын
    • @@georgejamestaylor7572agree he sounds pissed lol

      @Mary-mw7ve@Mary-mw7ve8 күн бұрын
  • Even johns piano playing has its own unique signature..

    @ACDZ123@ACDZ12324 күн бұрын
    • so true.

      @93Jubilee@93Jubilee17 күн бұрын
    • I was going to say 'so true' but someone already has. May I second their comment.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • The opening chords and melody of If I Fell are a bit of genius from an unschooled musician… it’s a very unusual progression and really shows what a natural talent he was.

    @Tony-yp7ok@Tony-yp7okАй бұрын
    • I’d say Unconventional rather than unschooled. He knew what sounded good in his head.

      @johnmc3862@johnmc3862Ай бұрын
    • @@johnmc3862 He was completely unschooled in respect of musical theory - he could play a few chords and that was about it. Same for McCartney too. The intro progression is not typical diatonic harmony, he’s changing keys in quite a sophisticated way without knowing the formal technicalities of how to achieve that. That’s what I meant by a natural talent, a genius in fact. But he certainly wasn’t an ‘educated’ musician.

      @Tony-yp7ok@Tony-yp7okАй бұрын
    • Yeah. I think "If I Fell" is the first song where Beatles (Lennon in this case) showed that they were more than a great rock´n roll band. It´s much more sophisticated harmonically and melodically. Then of course Rubber Soul came and proved it even further with songs like In My Life, Norwegian Wood, Girl, Nowhere Man, Michelle.

      @comedyriff5231@comedyriff5231Ай бұрын
    • That’s when his trained ears came into play ✌️❤️

      @bobnodzo535@bobnodzo535Ай бұрын
    • ​@@comedyriff5231 I think that distinction goes to "Not A Second Time" or even "From Me to You" due to their unusual bridges

      @lifeisdead01@lifeisdead0128 күн бұрын
  • love John forever and always

    @griefwells@griefwells24 күн бұрын
  • What did we ever do, before KZhead? What a treasure trove!

    @user-qm7nw7vd5s@user-qm7nw7vd5sАй бұрын
    • all this stuff was just sitting somewhere gong unheard. it's absolutely incredible the access we have now.

      @haysfordays@haysfordays26 күн бұрын
    • tapes & bootlegs trading

      @Dave_Albright@Dave_Albright26 күн бұрын
    • @@Dave_Albright yes, true. But that was such a comparatively small number of folks

      @haysfordays@haysfordays26 күн бұрын
    • Growing up my dad talked about a box set of tapes he had with some of these demos, interviews and john talking on them

      @joeturnermusic2726@joeturnermusic272621 күн бұрын
  • I love how She Said She Said just started off as a regular 60's folk ditty before evolving severely into what it became

    @SirCommoner@SirCommoner21 күн бұрын
  • Simply John Lennon... The greatest

    @sergioestevez8326@sergioestevez832625 күн бұрын
  • Love hearing these raw expressions from a musical titan.

    @MicahBuzanMUSIC@MicahBuzanMUSIC22 күн бұрын
    • A titan - a good word for John. He was.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • the development of Strawberry Fields is mind blowing, bit by bit the masterpiece is made

    @leokimvideo@leokimvideoАй бұрын
  • RIP my favorite beatle i hope everything is not too bad wherever you are, may your energy travel through the cosmos forever

    @justinhamilton8647@justinhamilton864720 күн бұрын
    • An absolutely beautiful comment ...

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
    • He’s in good hands

      @jakezonis17@jakezonis173 күн бұрын
  • that What Goes On demo is so Dylan sounding

    @cybertronian2005@cybertronian2005Ай бұрын
  • This tape is priceless. Nothing in the world could be better than this. John is my favorite Beatle because of his voice/passion and his lyric style. A million thanks for sharing.

    @adamroxx9208@adamroxx920819 күн бұрын
  • Protejan este video a toda costa

    @limoncitoproducciones3370@limoncitoproducciones337027 күн бұрын
  • Absolutely love that first version of Strawberry Fields. The genius seems to just pluck masterpieces out of thin air. Love John!

    @davidoconnell1444@davidoconnell14447 күн бұрын
  • This like heaven.

    @jchow5966@jchow596621 күн бұрын
    • I agree.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • Julia é de cortar o coração e ao mesmo tempo uma preciosidade

    @mariahelenasilveiradonasci2961@mariahelenasilveiradonasci296125 күн бұрын
  • Good heavens! That demo for "If I Fell..." so vulnerably beautiful. And... I never thought I'd say this, but..... The Good Morning demo is maybe a better idea arrangement wise than the recording.

    @theshivers1967@theshivers196728 күн бұрын
    • Pure genius

      @tylerthompson1842@tylerthompson184227 күн бұрын
    • The "Good Morning" take from Anthology is way better than the final cut.

      @lobotomyscam1051@lobotomyscam105124 күн бұрын
    • it hurts my ears. so bad.

      @zoltanvarga8540@zoltanvarga854022 күн бұрын
  • Lennon's creative genius, songwriting skills and vocal range stand out here. Not just that he can conceptualize on a higher and more original plane than most people, but he can start out with a very conventual musical framework and refine it progressively into a Beatles classic. It's eerie to hear his home recordings from the 1960's, almost like visiting a high school chum, and then to think how ordinary he seemed here vs. his immense fame and tragic ending in 1980.

    @user-bo6rd8vv6e@user-bo6rd8vv6e27 күн бұрын
  • It was the mixture of chords from different keys that made these songs so good. Helped to write the melodies too.

    @harvey1954@harvey195427 күн бұрын
  • His process was letting the tape run and using it as a notebook. These guys were not able to play a song in 24 keys.. but were brilliant in their own way. And, John left room for input from Paul.. and george, Ringo.. and of course G Martin.. altogether a remarkable document from one of the greatest if all time. He was essentially a rock n roller.. with the feel of a folk musician .. the ordinariness of it all is striking, refreshing. These are diamonds waiting to be refined.

    @michaelsternberg6180@michaelsternberg618023 күн бұрын
    • could you ellaborate on the 24 keys part u mean they only knew a few music keys? if so that's even crazier

      @jds2056@jds205629 минут бұрын
  • Interesting to see all the equipment John had at home to record these demos, including several reel to reels. Fast forward 10 years to his Dekota home and he appeared to have used just a single cassette recorder for Free As A Bird, Now and Then and Double Fantasy demos etc.

    @johnrowe4907@johnrowe490727 күн бұрын
  • I just love (abd niss) him. That voice and those songs are magnificent! 💟☮️💟☮️

    @jchow5966@jchow596621 күн бұрын
  • If I fell was a good from the start

    @smorgasbordtv4092@smorgasbordtv409229 күн бұрын
  • Genius at work.

    @joemc1960@joemc196028 күн бұрын
    • Exactly.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • This is just so damn awesome. Wow.

    @scotttaylor7220@scotttaylor72206 күн бұрын
  • This is gold. Lennon is the best artist ever along with Da Vinci

    @agustin-mana@agustin-mana27 күн бұрын
    • John Lennon was one of the greatest artists in history.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
    • @@tjcint Of course he was. As leaders of a humanist and cultural revolution in the arts, they transcended this world to the dome of geniuses.

      @agustin-mana@agustin-mana7 күн бұрын
  • To the person who made this video .. thank you, thank you, thank you ...

    @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • The perceverence, tenacity, craft and commitment that goes into the preworking of these songs to get them complete is nearly always lost on the first time listener of a Beatle tune...and for the old and true Beatle fan this is like looking behind the wizards curtain...and yet seeing that there is still magic...even behind it

    @lewistaylor1965@lewistaylor19657 күн бұрын
    • I can’t believe your comment has only got one like so far! Beautifully put.

      @Manneke70@Manneke703 күн бұрын
  • Esto es para todos los que amamos al loco, GRACIAS.......

    @oscardanielbres4058@oscardanielbres40584 күн бұрын
  • My Hero

    @aferreircl@aferreircl8 күн бұрын
  • Well wonderful early music John and Paul did. Oh miss you John.

    @sallykohorst8803@sallykohorst880327 күн бұрын
    • Especially John...

      @robbedontuesday@robbedontuesday25 күн бұрын
  • John and Paul both self taught genius musicians

    @ronwood7029@ronwood70296 күн бұрын
  • Unbelievable! It's amazing to see how he created immortal songs. He literally created these great hits out of NOTHING.

    @narusskomyazyuke@narusskomyazyuke25 күн бұрын
    • ​@vivito You say 'Thats not true'. Wrong. It is true.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • Thank you so much for sharing this

    @andreasenriquemurga6069@andreasenriquemurga606923 күн бұрын
  • The Primordial Ooze from which some of the world's most brilliant music emerges...

    @vincognito@vincognito24 күн бұрын
  • Wow, this really insightful to his guitar playing

    @gpmaher@gpmaher3 күн бұрын
  • Yoko singing about the baby's heartbeat (Oh My Love) is rather 😢

    @tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817Ай бұрын
  • Wow that early version of "Oh my love" almost sounds like a bossa nova chord progression.

    @N0rmad@N0rmad25 күн бұрын
    • didnt know yoko could sing like that

      @viridian9673@viridian967320 күн бұрын
  • You are the man. Thank you for taking the time to do all of this. Never realized he had so many home recordings before the 70s.

    @goldmund22@goldmund2224 күн бұрын
  • How am I just now hearing this? wow

    @sixslinger9951@sixslinger995128 күн бұрын
  • Once again, I find myself listening to the sketches that eventually became absolute masterpieces. How did they do it? It seems that it comes from inspiration, and then afterwards an incredible amount of patience and blood sweat and tears. Sitting in a room, by yourself, thinking about one of the other two lads, that just played you a masterpiece and saying to yourself, I have to make this song just as good as Paul’s or George’s, and hopefully even better. The pressure those guys must’ve felt is phenomenal, but the energy that was sent from their fans in the direction of their souls Must’ve been like Manna from heaven. There’s one other thing that I’d like to mention. Unlike most other songwriters of their generation, they were able to take songs that were usually written, using a six string acoustic guitar and transform them into songs meant for electric guitars, synthesizers, drums, and bass, with exceptional vocals with multiple voices and harmony. The thing is with the Beatles the end product sounds better than the initial creation. With the Beatles, the end product sounds more authentic. It’s so weird, because with a lot of musicians, the song sounds more authentic played with an acoustic guitar by itself, which was the way that the song was written: on a six string acoustic guitar

    @johnheart6890@johnheart689025 күн бұрын
  • Lennon had a wonderful voice I have read, however, that he didn't really like his voice. But it was magnificent.

    @patricias5122@patricias512223 күн бұрын
  • This is a remarkably great piece of curated Lennon! Well done to the OP!🌌🌠

    @mdog2435@mdog243525 күн бұрын
  • Since the big shiny release of the Esher demos I've been spending quality time with recordings like these. Thank you for sharing these here. I'm struck by how much his songs changed over time. Just heard the "mind games" demo released the other day on spotify, same thing, almost a different song. He must've had a sense, like Dylan talks about, that songs need not stay in one shape and can freely expand and contract depending on the mood or anything at all. I'm betting this is partly what made staying in The Beatles so hard for Lennon. "strawberry fields" was mentioned in the "Lives of John Lennon" as never hitting the sweet spot for him, I bet that he didn't like needing to play a song the same way over and over, probably wanted songs to keep changing. These are lovely.

    @guffmuff90@guffmuff905 күн бұрын
  • Amazing

    @charleshendrix232@charleshendrix23223 күн бұрын
  • The most creative human that I’ve ever seen. Him and Dylan and Paul and Robbie Robertson are my Rushmore

    @charleshendrix232@charleshendrix23223 күн бұрын
  • The anthology was great but this is fly on the wall great! What an amazing creative process I never thought I'd be so fortunate to hear. Thanks for putting this up!

    @aorinz@aorinz28 күн бұрын
  • Estou muito emocionada e feliz ao mesmo instante por ter a oportunidade de ouvir essa voz inconfundível que é a John Lennon. Ele era suave qdo queria e sabia fazer isso com mastria. Obrigado por me proporcionar esse privilégio. Thank you so much!!

    @mariahelenasilveiradonasci2961@mariahelenasilveiradonasci296125 күн бұрын
  • The trippy attic room mellotron stuff is FAAARR out. What an amazing insight into John's acid brain 🧠

    @intrepidtraveller6002@intrepidtraveller600229 күн бұрын
  • A treasure trove of a video !! Thank you so much!!

    @louise123185@louise12318525 күн бұрын
    • Seconded.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • Those mellotron overdubs on Strawberry Fields sounds amazing

    @biggchunk@biggchunk21 күн бұрын
  • As a learning guitarist these recordings are inspirational. Such a precious insight into the process of mastering the instrument and the art of performing It's too easy when we're sitting and practicing alone to become disillusioned that we can never sound like our heroes. However hearing these familiar songs in their 'undeveloped' state gives us an achievable waypoint on the journey towards mastery, just as the songs themselves developed from their rough conception to the fully produced studio recordings.

    @-Pol-@-Pol-22 күн бұрын
  • Thank you so so much...❤

    @steverutland9267@steverutland9267Күн бұрын
  • The world changed when John left. And not for the better. Ask anyone who was there before and after. Thank god we still have the music, the clearest picture into the man's soul.

    @charlie-obrien@charlie-obrien25 күн бұрын
    • I absolutely love your comment.

      @tjcint@tjcint7 күн бұрын
  • Gold mine !

    @petercs6598@petercs6598Ай бұрын
  • Fantastické 👏👏♥️♥️ Moc ráda jsem si poslechla Johnova dema, nejvíce se mi líbila Dont Let Me Down a Julia ❤ John je můj nejoblíbenější zpěvák, vždy mě jeho písničky pohladí po duši 🤩 Některé jsem slyšela poprvé,moc se mi všechny libily,moc děkuji za vložení tohoto hudebního klenotu ❤️👍

    @janaparoubkova5895@janaparoubkova589518 күн бұрын
  • Sing it, Johnny! Thank you!

    @SetFree2830@SetFree283028 күн бұрын
  • Wow never heard the first song!!! amazing

    @tomfletcher1735@tomfletcher173526 күн бұрын
  • Absolutely fantastic

    @cyrilm3496@cyrilm349629 күн бұрын
  • This is awesome! I hope it encourages all you songwriters out there like it does me… every song starts somewhere and John’s process seems to allow for change and experimentation. Strawberry Fields - when he (or Paul? George?) adds those electric fill , it’s just magical to hear the song take shape-from John just banging on his acoustic to a semblance of the song we know and love.

    @JimScaparotti@JimScaparotti6 күн бұрын
  • Thanks for compiling all of these together!

    @joshkehoe1@joshkehoe119 күн бұрын
  • Thanks. Love how he starts singing the melody of I Should agave Known Better at the end if If I Fell.

    @trusso11783@trusso11783Ай бұрын
  • I'm so thrilled at just now finding this. Only a few minutes in, but loving it very much. Thanks for sharing🩵

    @Slinkygal@Slinkygal29 күн бұрын
  • This is a fascinating compilation of old personal recordings. To go from this stage to final studio album version that we all know and love is really cool. Thanks for posting !!!!

    @abradfordajb@abradfordajb27 күн бұрын
  • Wow this is special stuff

    @cjaysoulgroove4065@cjaysoulgroove406527 күн бұрын
  • Qué hermoso, poder escuchar como armaba su sus canciones es maravilloso, muchísimas gracias. Estoy muy emocionada.

    @Meme-mq2kk@Meme-mq2kk27 күн бұрын
  • JOHN SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD A COLD ON IF I FELL.

    @TRICK-OR-TREAT236@TRICK-OR-TREAT23615 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for uploading this audio.

    @FuzzyDancingBear@FuzzyDancingBearАй бұрын
  • Well, John didn't mind playing with an out-of-tune guitar. I don't think I ever heard a tuned guitar, but there were some attempts at tuning. George on the Get Back session is always tuning… maybe a nervous habit. So we know John didn't have perfect pitch because the out-of-tuned guitars would have been too painful. And it's well enough that he didn't because sometimes accidents in all shapes -- i.e., out-of-tuned strings -- can give you unnerving inspiration. This confirms that songwriting is an opening up to the horizon of possibilities and seeing what comes across, without judgment, because what comes over is usually never perfect or in a final form. The focus is to have fun and see what the music produces for your own imagination and satisfaction. I almost think that out-of-tuned guitars are a way of disarming the seriousness of it. The atmosphere is like a carnival, trippy and human in every way. You can see the sources of Revolution 9. There is almost enough material to make Revolution 10. It's an unkempt garden of the mind and we, as with John, are surprised by what shows up. And there are bird sounds everywhere one goes. Yes, your bird can sing… and it's better to record it before it flies away.

    @countvlad8845@countvlad884524 күн бұрын
    • Composing songs with an untuned guitar is a very special style. Its also my style, too. When a song sounds with a "rotten" guitar good, how good will it sound with tuned guitars etc.. J. L. knew this trick! Believe me!

      @HARJEN-we4gg@HARJEN-we4gg20 күн бұрын
    • @@HARJEN-we4gg That's an interesting idea, that the song will sound good regardless. You can't kill it. I've heard that said about good songs in general, that if you play it on an acoustic guitar it will still come across. A good song is a good song. I also think that Lennon was lazy... even lazy to tune up his guitars and that if he took time to tune he might forget what he was thinking about. He gave his whole attention to the song and did not stray about other unimportant things.

      @countvlad8845@countvlad884520 күн бұрын
  • The best

    @fabriziochierici2401@fabriziochierici240116 күн бұрын
  • Amazing listening to He said He said before it turns into She said She said. Wow

    @jackbottomley-clift@jackbottomley-clift22 күн бұрын
  • Thank you so much for making us this present! What a talent he was. 🙏🏼

    @andreasrausch5552@andreasrausch555227 күн бұрын
  • One can hear the Celtic Cadences and Modalities welling from the Irish lineage of Lennon (and also McCartney). Gaelic music is the very wellspring of the Western popular canon…from the ancient minstrels to the modern pop stars.

    @Son-of-Thunder@Son-of-ThunderАй бұрын
    • And Harrison was probably the most Irish of the all.

      @johnmc3862@johnmc3862Ай бұрын
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams disagreed. He thought Celtic music contributed little to British folk music. But thank you for the point you made. It's a blessed relief from the "no American songs apart from blacks" nonsense. There is research by musicologists which supports the idea that European songs, even British ballads transported to Appalachia, were more important in the development of jazz than African sensibilities. That doesn't take anything away from blacks. Anyone who contends that blacks were negligible in the development of jazz has sacrificed the right to be taken seriously. It just simply was not "African sensibilities" alone which made jazz possible.

      @bobtaylor170@bobtaylor17027 күн бұрын
  • According to Plastic Ono Band's Lennon 50th Anniversary box set, the 'Look at Me' demos are from the summer of 1970.

    @lvpn0140@lvpn014012 күн бұрын
    • I have the CD edition of the Plastic Ono Band's Lennon 50th Anniversary and couldn't find the date of the Look At Me Demo on the booklet, I only found the dates for the Look At Me Ultimate Mix and Out-Take (Take 2). Do you know on what page are the dates for the demos?

      @SantiagoHerrera1998@SantiagoHerrera199812 күн бұрын
  • No wonder he let George sing it! lol. This is amazing to hear, thanks

    @aluthman281@aluthman28111 күн бұрын
  • Love hearing him chasing down a song.

    @ericstewart9742@ericstewart974217 күн бұрын
  • Many of these are new to me. Thank you for sharing !!

    @user-rc4nf1ot8h@user-rc4nf1ot8h26 күн бұрын
  • Sweet

    @user-xz7yw5np3c@user-xz7yw5np3c5 күн бұрын
  • Спасибо за доставленное удовольствие друзья и память

    @user-zu6qt8em3x@user-zu6qt8em3xАй бұрын
  • AMAZING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS GEM.

    @robbedontuesday@robbedontuesday25 күн бұрын
  • So glad

    @Jackiebevans@Jackiebevans7 күн бұрын
  • King of Kings. He considered songwriting to be torture. I understand that.

    @Black-lq2pb@Black-lq2pb7 күн бұрын
  • God bless you, Brother!

    @sergekirik7752@sergekirik775228 күн бұрын
  • So cool to hear him experimenting with the mellotron. Never knew these tapes existed

    @fernandoirizarry1210@fernandoirizarry121023 күн бұрын
  • it's like run to learn

    @andreasfasterding2309@andreasfasterding2309Ай бұрын
  • Sua anima è vive per sempre, 💕😅

    @user-rc3yv5oe5g@user-rc3yv5oe5g26 күн бұрын
  • Thank you flor these recordings.

    @gerardocburton@gerardocburtonАй бұрын
  • Where did u unearth this? Plz post more... *If I Fell is just mind boggling

    @IsmJism@IsmJism25 күн бұрын
  • I wasn’t into the Beatles until my father bought me the Beatles anthology 3 with all their demos and outtakes. I was able to connect with the songs and them as people hearing the process. I still prefer some of those version to the final ones.

    @tylerthompson1842@tylerthompson184227 күн бұрын
  • Thanks for this 🙏🏻

    @JoeRivermanSongwriter@JoeRivermanSongwriterАй бұрын
  • Thanks so much for these home recordings….really nice, and such great pics of John, which I’ve never seen, and I’ve seen them all! Thanks, Santiago! ❤

    @joyce99999@joyce99999Ай бұрын
  • Loving this! Thank u!!!

    @MoonDoggie999@MoonDoggie99928 күн бұрын
  • The question is… where and how did anyone get these?

    @cactaceous@cactaceous29 күн бұрын
    • Most of these recordings were originally aired on The Lost Lennon Tapes radio show. Also a great deal of the original tapes where auctioned and then digitalized and subsequently shared online. There is more info on where most of these recordings come from on the books Way Beyond Compare & That Magic Feeling.

      @SantiagoHerrera1998@SantiagoHerrera199829 күн бұрын
  • man thank you❤this is amazing

    @jaxteller312@jaxteller312Ай бұрын
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