Imagine [VINYL]

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The inner sleeve & label titles this release "Imagine: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (With The Flux Fiddlers*)" Anon. (10 February 1972). "The 1971 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018 . Retrieved 2 November 2018. John composed the string arrangements to be relatively simple and confidently placed – sometimes strong, sometimes delicate. One of the most exciting discoveries in this project was that the original recordings of the strings sound so beautiful. They are played by some of the very best classical musicians in the world and they were also recorded exceptionally well. Listening to them on their own was a revelation (more about that in the Elements Mixes section).

Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2 In 2012, Imagine ranked at number 80 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [38] It dropped to number 223 in the 2020 edition of the list. [39] Legacy [ edit ] Discovered within the footage from John & Yoko’s Bed Peace movie, this is from the day they spent in the Bahamas on the way to Toronto and ultimately Montreal for their famous Bed-In for Peace. John & Yoko are playing the song to an obviously delighted Derek Taylor, their friend and publicist. Clayton, Marie (2003). John Lennon. Unseen Archives. Parragon Publishing Book. p. 383. ISBN 0-7525-8514-2.

So these buried elements have now been opened up and are presented on a wider and brighter soundstage – to reveal deeper levels of detail and clarity, especially in 5.1 Surround Sound. Away from the deep soup-y reverb of the album version, this much earlier recording from 16 February 1971 features Bobby Keys on saxophone with a looser, more reggae feel.

a b "John Lennon Imagine". Acclaimed Music. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017 . Retrieved 15 November 2014.

Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono – 1980". john-lennon.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014 . Retrieved 15 December 2007. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "John Lennon". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.146 . Retrieved 5 September 2022.