Post Description

Number VT - 235 / 237

Year 2001

Format MP3

Special Features

Comes with a 40 page booklet and a slipcase-style box.

CD-1
20 Tracks - Total Time: 69:35

John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits - Roots

Adam VIII (A8018) available by mail-order February / March 1975

1. Be-Bop-A-Lula (2:40)
2. Ain't That A Shame (2:41)
3. Stand By Me (3:34)
4. Sweet Little Sixteen (3:06)
5. Rip It Up / Ready Teddy (1:36)
6. Angel Baby (3:11)
7. Do You Want To Dance (3:08)
8. You Can't Catch Me (4:11)
9. Bony Moronie (3:55)
10. Peggy Sue (2:07)
11. Medley: a) Bring It On Home To Me b) Send Me Some Loving (3:43)
12. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:23)
13. Be My Baby (4:38)
14. Ya Ya (2:21)
15. Just Because (4:29)

With Elton John
rehearsal Record Plant, East New York 11/24/74

16. I Saw Her Standing There (3:22)

Madison Square Garden 11/28/74

17. Whatever Gets You Through The Night (4:50)
18. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (6:15)
19. I Saw Her Standing There (3:32)

B-side of Elton John 45 "Philadelphia Freedom" released 2/75

20. I Saw Her Standing There (3:53)

cd-2
22 Tracks - Total Time: 70:39

Rough Mixes

from the Spector sessions

1. Be My Baby (6:17)
2. Just Because (6:09)

from the Lennon sessions

3. You Can't Catch Me (4:01)
4. Sweet Little Sixteen (4:38)
5. Bony Moronie (3:57)
6. Medley: a) Rip It Up b) Ready Teddy (1:35)
7. Ain't That A Shame (2:34)
8. Peggy Sue (2:06)
9. Be My Baby (5:47)
Offline Rough Mixes

from the Lennon sessions

10. Stand By Me / Be-Bop-A-Lula (2:43)
11. Ya Ya (2:30)
12. Do You Want To Dance (0:20)
13. Do You Want To Dance (3:35)
14. Stand By Me (3:58)
15. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:24)
16. Medley: a) Rip It Up b) Ready Teddy (1:39)
17. Medley: a) Bring It On Home To Me b) Send Me Some Loving (2:06)
18. Medley: a) Bring It On Home To Me b) Send Me Some Loving (3:43)
19. Peggy Sue (2:08)
20. Ain't That A Shame (2:50)
21. Stand By Me (0:53)
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22. Radio Spot (1:06)

Unlisted Bonus Track

23. Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup) (w/Mick Jagger vocal) (3:40)

cd-3

32 Tracks - Total Time: 71:22

"Sunnyview" Rehearsals

Ghent, New York - October 1974

1. Medley: a) Bring It On Home To Me b) Send Me Some Loving (3:46)
2. Ya Ya (0:19)
3. Ya Ya (2:26)
4. That'll Be The Day (0:09)
5. That'll Be The Day (2:23)
6. Do You Want To Dance (3:29)
7. Stand By Me (3:41)
8. Peggy Sue (2:13)
9. Be-Bop-A-Lula (1:58)
10. Slippin' And Slidin' (1:56)
11. Instrumental (2:01)
12. Thirty Days (1:29)
13. C'mon Everybody (2:16)
14. Ain't That A Shame (0:28)
15. Ain't That A Shame (1:54)
16. Ain't That A Shame (0:18)
17. Ain't That A Shame (1:16)
18. Instrumental (0:11)
19. Instrumental (0:38)
Salute To Sir Lew The Master Showman

Waldorf Astoria - New York - Taped 4/18/75

Audience recording

20. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:34)
21. Stand By Me (3:39)
22. Imagine (3:03)

Broadcast versions

23. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:22)
24. Imagine (3:10)

Commercial version

25. Imagine (3:15)

The Old Grey Whistle Test

Promos for the BBC filmed at the Record Plant East New York - March 1975

stereo mix

26. Stand By Me (4:10)

instrumental backing

27. Slippin' And Slidin' (1:36)
take two

28. Stand By Me (4:25)

raw version with count-in

29. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:27)

broadcast versions

30. Stand By Me (3:55)
31. Slippin' And Slidin' (2:28)

interview by Jean-Francois Vallee 4/7/75 for French TV

32. Lady Marmalade (1:27)

Box Back Text:

"You Should'a Been There"? With Brandy Alexanders and the Wall Of Sound, you are there!
This three-CD set brings into focus for the first time John Lennon's legendary Rock 'N' Roll sessions,
both with and without producer Phil Spector. A document of a troubled time in John's life,
this collection shows both the peaks and valleys in an extraordinary year and a half of work from
October 1973 (when the project began) until February 1975 (when the album was finally issued).
Highlights include several tracking sessions, rehearsals and live performances from the era,
creating a fully rounded audio picture.
Also included in its entirety is the Adam VIII Roots LP in its finest quality to date.