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
authorised 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.
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.
CD1:
01. Imagine (Ultimate Mix) 03:06
02. Crippled Inside (Ultimate Mix) 03:51
03. Jealous Guy (Ultimate Mix) 04:14
04. It’s So Hard (Ultimate Mix) 02:29
05. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (U 06:08
06. Gimme Some Truth (Ultimate Mix) 03:18
07. Oh My Love (Ultimate Mix) 02:47
08. How Do You Sleep? (Ultimate Mix) 05:39
09. How? (Ultimate Mix) 03:45
10. Oh Yoko! (Ultimate Mix) 04:20
11. Power To The People (Ultimate Mix) 03:26
12. Well (Baby Please Don’t Go) (Ultimate Mix) 04:07
13. God Save Us (Ultimate Mix) 03:15
14. Do The Oz (Ultimate Mix) 03:12
15. God Save Oz (Ultimate Mix) 03:31
16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Ultimate Mix) 03:35
CD2:
17. Imagine (Elements Mix) 02:14
18. Jealous Guy (Elements Mix) 04:14
19. Oh My Love (Elements Mix) 01:57
20. How? (Elements Mix) 03:37
21. Imagine (Demo) 03:18
22. Imagine (Take 1) 03:06
23. Crippled Inside (Take 3) 03:52
24. Crippled Inside (Take 6 / Alternate Guitar Solo) 03:48
25. Jealous Guy (Take 9) 02:18
26. It’s So Hard (Take 6) 02:33
27. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (T 04:36
28. Gimme Some Truth (Take 4) 03:38
29. Oh My Love (Take 6) 02:49
30. How Do You Sleep? (Takes 1 & 2) 05:59
31. How? (Take 31) 03:46
32. Oh Yoko! (Bahamas, 1969) 05:02
33. Power To The People (Take 7) 03:28
34. God Save Us (Demo) 02:58
35. Do The Oz (Take 3) 06:50
36. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Alternate Mix) 03:23
CD3:
37. Imagine (Take 10 / Raw Studio Mix) 03:12
38. Crippled Inside (Take 6 / Raw Studio Mix) 03:50
39. Jealous Guy (Take 29 / Raw Studio Mix) 04:21
40. It’s So Hard (Take 11 / Raw Studio Mix) 02:42
41. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (T 07:56
42. Gimme Some Truth (Take 4 / Extended / Raw Studio Mix 03:40
43. Oh My Love (Take 20 / Raw Studio Mix) 02:47
44. How Do You Sleep? (Take 11 / Extended / Raw Studio M 06:00
45. How? (Take 40 / Raw Studio Mix) 03:55
46. Oh Yoko! (Take 1 / Extended / Raw Studio Mix) 06:15
47. Imagine (Take 1 / Raw Studio Mix) 03:25
48. Jealous Guy (Take 11 / Raw Studio Mix) 04:27
49. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (T 05:17
50. How Do You Sleep? (Take 1 / Raw Studio Mix) 08:41
51. How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5 & 6 / Raw Studio Mix) 07:02
CD4:
52. Imagine (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 06:50
53. Crippled Inside (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 03:59
54. Jealous Guy (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 06:15
55. It’s So Hard (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 06:50
56. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (E 07:06
57. Gimme Some Truth (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 05:11
58. Oh My Love (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 07:31
59. How Do You Sleep? (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 07:34
60. How? (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 08:45
61. Oh Yoko! (Evolution Documentary / Mono) 03:56
