John Lennon’s Transformational and Influential Masterpiece ,”John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band,” Explored With Immersive, Deep-Listening Ultimate Collection Box Set On March 4 via Capitol/UMe

JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

YOKO ONO LENNON AND CAPITOL/UMe ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

LEGENDARY ARTIST’S ICONIC DEBUT SOLO ALBUM SESSIONS EXPLORED WITH SUITE OF RELEASES ON APRIL 23 IN CELEBRATION OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY

EIGHT-DISC SUPER DELUXE BOX SET PROVIDES THE ULTIMATE DEEP LISTENING EXPERIENCE THROUGH NEW ULTIMATE MIXES, ELEMENTS, RAW STUDIO AND EVOLUTION MIXES PLUS SCORES OF NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD DEMOS, OUTTAKES, JAMS AND YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND LIVE SESSIONS

OVER 11 HOURS OF AUDIO – 159 NEW HI-RES 192/24 STEREO MIXES PLUS ULTIMATE MIXES ALSO IN 5.1 SURROUND AND DOLBY ATMOS

LISTEN TO “MOTHER” (ULTIMATE MIX)

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Photo: Richard DiLello © Yoko Ono Lennon

Los Angeles – March 4, 2021 – From the haunting, funereal bells and emotional wails of opening track “Mother,” it was immediate – John Lennon’s first solo studio album was unlike anything he had made before. Recorded in 1970, shortly after the demise of The Beatles, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Bandsaw John stripping away the artifice and ornamentation for a visceral artistic exorcism that was confessional, raw, painfully honest, and revelatory. Inspired by the primal scream psychotherapy he and wife Yoko Ono had been practicing with Dr. Arthur Janov, John, joined by the minimalist Plastic Ono Band – Ringo Starr on drums and Klaus Voorman on bass, and producer Phil Spector – confronted his demons, professed his love for his wife, railed against false idols and declared the dream was over on his most personal album. Today it stands as the towering achievement of his solo career – the moment the biggest rock star in the world bared his soul for all to hear – as real as it was revolutionary.

On April 23, Yoko Ono Lennon and Capitol/UMe will celebrate 50 years of Lennon’s transformational and influential masterpiece, with the eight-disc super deluxe box set, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – The Ultimate Collection, an immersive, deep listening experience and in-depth exploration of what John described as “the best thing I’ve ever done.” Fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon, who oversaw the production and creative direction, and from the same audio team that worked on 2018’s critically acclaimed Imagine – The Ultimate Collection, including triple GRAMMY®-Award winning engineer Paul Hicks and mixers/engineers Rob Stevens and Sam Gannon, the Ultimate Collection puts listeners in the center of the studio and explores the album’s 1970 recording sessions at EMI Studios 2 & 3, Abbey Road along with Lennon’s post-Beatles singles, “Give Peace A Chance,” “Cold Turkey” and “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)” from inception to the final master through scores of unreleased and rare demos, rehearsals, outtakes, jams and studio conversations, revealing how these beloved songs came to be. Everything in this expansive box set has been newly mixed from scratch from brand new 192kHz/24bit hi-res transfers. In addition to the various new mixes, the set boasts 87 never-before-heard recordings.

MOTHER.

The new Ultimate Mix of “Mother” globally launches the album and pre-order today.

Listen to “Mother”: https://johnlennon.lnk.to/mother-ultimate-mix
Pre-order: http://johnlennon.lnk.to/PlasticOnoBand2021

This historical, remixed and remastered collection features 159 tracks across six CDs and two Blu-ray audio discs for more than 11 engrossing hours of music and includes two postcards (“Who Are The Plastic Ono Band?” and “You Are The Plastic Ono Band”) a “War Is Over!” poster and a comprehensive 132-page hardback book with lyrics, rare photos, tape box images, memorabilia and extensive notes. Designed and edited by Simon Hilton, the Compilation Producer and Production Manager of the Ultimate Collection series, the book tells the story behind each of the songs and the making of the album in John & Yoko’s words and the words of those who worked alongside them, through archival and brand new interviews. 

Yoko writes in the preface of the book: “With the Plastic Ono Band albums, John and I liked the idea of this really raw, basic, truthful reality that we were going to be giving to the world. We were influencing other artists, giving them courage, giving dignity to a certain style of vulnerability and strength that was not accepted in society at the time. It was a revolution for a Beatle to say, ‘Listen: I’m human, I’m real.’ It took a lot of courage for him to do it.”

This truly unique expanded edition includes the lively improvised jams John and the band would play between takes, belying the intense subject matter of the album, and the full live recording session of Yoko’s companion LP, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, which for the first time presents the songs in their full, unedited lengths and speed, and includes three unreleased improvisations.

Similar to the previous Ultimate Collection, the set offers a variety of new listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the timeless album, which put John’s vocals front and center and sonically upgrade the sound, to the Elements Mixes, which isolate and bring forth certain elements from the multitrack recordings to reveal even deeper levels of detail and clarity, and the Raw Studio Mixes, which allows listeners to experience the moment John and the Plastic Ono Band recorded each song, mixed raw and live without effects, tape delays or reverbs. The Evolutionary Documentary is a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the evolution of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter. The Blu-rays present an array of listening options including high-definition, studio quality 192kHz/24bit audio in stereo and enveloping 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos mixes.

Plastic Ono Band will also be released in concurrent multiple physical and digital configurations, including as a 1CD that includes the Ultimate Mixes of the original album and the three non-album singles and as an expanded 2CD or 2LP version that adds a disc of outtakes of each song.

THE ULTIMATE MIXES
The original John Lennon/Plastic Ono Bandalbum has been faithfully remixed from the ground up by the aforementioned Paul Hicks at Abbey Road Studios under the supervision of Yoko Ono Lennon. Hicks utilized high-definition 192kHz/24bit audio transfers of the original first-generation multitrack recordings to create the best possible recreations of the originals. The result is these new Ultimate Mixes now reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity, especially in 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos. “Yoko is very keen that in making The Ultimate Mixes Series, we achieve three things: remain faithful and respectful to the originals, ensure that the sound is generally sonically clearer overall, and increase the clarity of John’s vocals. ‘It’s about John’ she says. And she is right. His voice brings the biggest emotional impact to the album.”

THE OUTTAKES
The collection includes unreleased stereo outtakes of each song which have been mixed with a balance and EQ more akin to the original album mixes, with a little bit of additional effects – in the style of a “rough listening mix” that John & Yoko and Phil Spector would have used to play them back at Abbey Road. Highlights include “Mother” (Take 61) which removes the opening bell and has the drums mixed in mono, “Love” (Take 6) with Lennon performing the song on acoustic guitar without the aid of Spector on piano and the first rehearsal of “Remember” (Rehearsal 1),which started off as a slower, more subdued, song than the rollicking one it evolved into, “Well Well Well” (Take 2) which ends with an instrumental jam, the alternate clawhammer strumming on “Look At Me” (Take 2) and “Cold Turkey” (Take 1) with some seriously funky guitar playing by John and Eric Clapton.

DEMOS
In addition to the outtakes, the original recordings of each song, either from a home cassette, home tape, or the very first rehearsal or run-through in the studio are included. It’s remarkable to hear how fully formed many of the songs were before they were brought to the studio and what they transformed into. Most of these recordings have never been released until now.

THE ELEMENTS MIXES
The Elements Mixes mixed by Hicks bring some of the buried elements not otherwise heard, or in some cases used, up to the surface and presents them on a wider and brighter sound stage to reveal deeper levels of detail and clarity. The idea behind these is that once these elements have been heard listeners will hear details previously hidden in the album mixes in a completely way. These range from John’s isolated vocal track for “Mother,” the conga on “I Found Out,” the extra vocals on “Hold On,” the alternative organ take on “Isolation,” unused maracas on “Well Well Well” and the original guide vocal for “God.”

THE RAW STUDIO MIXES + OUTTAKES
Mixed by Rob Stevens, the Raw Studio Mixes transport listeners to the center of the studio at Abbey Road to experience what it was like to bear witness to the recording sessions. The songs have been mixed without effects, tape delays or reverbs, recreating as close to possible what these performances sounded like raw and live. The Raw Studio Mixes stand on their own to provide a markedly different set of listening experiences, stripping away the sound-shaping techniques that were used in the production of the original 1970 album to reveal further nuance and depths in these unadorned studio performances.

 

THE EVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY
The Evolution Mixes are mini-documentaries that explore the development of each song through their elements, arrangements and the musicians that play on them. Edited down from all the original 8-track multitracks, quarter-inch live recordings and mixes and a few demo cassettes by Sam Gannon, generally each Evolution Mix runs through each song’s sessions chronologically, starting with the demos and/or early takes and ending with the final mixes; documenting their creative journey from inspiration to finished work, exploring different, sometimes hidden parts of the multitracks and including all the best method, magic, craftsmanship and conversation during the development of the songs. Throughout the sessions, there is a sense of lightness and joviality that contrasts the heavy and, at times, very intense themes which run through much of the album. These mixes provide a window into that world, putting the listener in the center of the studio with John, Yoko, Phil and the Plastic Ono Band.

 

THE JAMS
Despite the serious nature of the album, John and the Plastic Ono Band, which sometimes included Yoko, Billy Preston and Phil Spector, had fun in between takes by spontaneously jamming classic rock ‘n’ roll songs, improvisations and even early versions of some of John’s other songs. For the first time, these 22 jams are being made available and are presented in the order they were recorded. Some of the many gems include impromptu performances of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode,” Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame” Little Richard’s “Send Me Some Lovin’” and a hilarious sendup of Elvis Presley, illustrating John’s love for early rock ‘n’ roll. Other highlights include loose run throughs of “Hold On” and a couple early attempts of “I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier Mama, I Don’t Want To Die,” which would end up on his next album, Imagine.

YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND – THE LIVE SESSIONS
On October 10th, the day after Lennon’s 30th birthday, Yoko, John, Klaus and Ringo recorded a freeform experimental jam session that would be edited into Yoko’s concurrent album, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. For the first time ever, the full session, more than three times the length of the original album, can be heard as part of the Blu-ray in its entirety. Newly mixed by Sam Gannon, it is being presented in high-res audio and in its originally performed speed with no edits, with tracks like “Why” clocking in at 18 mins and “Why Not” exceeding 21 minutes. The live session is bolstered by three improvisations that have never been released before: “Life,” “Omae No Okaa Wa” and “I Lost Myself Somewhere In The Sky.”

 

JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND
Released on December 11, 1970, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band followed three hit singles John released in 1969 after the breakup of The Beatles – “Give Peace A Chance,” “Cold Turkey,” and “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On),” three avant-garde recordings released with Yoko (Two Virgins, Life With The Lions, and Wedding Album) and the live concert album, Live Peace In Toronto 1969, recorded with the ever-evolving Plastic Ono Band, which for this legendary performance featured Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Alan White.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was John’s first post-Beatles solo album so interest was high to see what he would do with his newfound creative freedom. The answer shocked the world. Gone was any florid instrumentation or psychedelia as on Sgt. Pepper’s or the kind of jaunty rock and abstract poetry of the band’s final album, Let It Be, and in its place were deeply emotional, profound, autobiographical songs about being abandoned by his mother and father, the loneliness of stardom, his dear Yoko and the end of the cultural revolution. Soundtracked by simple and sparse instrumentation and minimal yet majestic production, Lennon’s voice pierced listener’s hearts like never before as he revealed his true self. It marked his true birth as a solo artist. The album reached the top 10 in both the US and UK, despite the absence of a major hit single.

50 years on, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is widely considered one of the best albums ever made. Most recently Rolling Stone, who also dubbed it #4 on their list of Best Albums of 1967-87, ranked the album #85 in their 2020 reassessment of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, hailing it ahead of its time: “a pure, raw core of confession that, in its echo-drenched, garage-rock crudity, is years ahead of punk.” Pitchfork awarded it #60 in their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list and it was selected by Time as one of the 100 Best Albums of All Time, declaring: “Lennon’s writing was never sharper, and his still-underrated singing stands with rock’s finest.” As Rolling Stone’s retrospective review remarked, “left out in the open, without protective harmonies or racket, Lennon’s singing takes on an expressive specificity that anyone in search of the century’s great vocal performances would be foolish to overlook.” A 2010 review from the BBC perhaps summed it up best: “The reality of Plastic Ono Band is that it contains eleven of Lennon’s most accessible and gorgeous melodies and riffs; it’s pure Beatles, but with the layers of studio sophistry stripped away to reveal the nub of the confessional crux. The heartbreaking scream of loss that is ‘Mother.’ The mirror image of ‘My Mummy’s Dead’ and its invention of all things lo-fi. And, in-between, the savaging of aspiration in ‘Working Class Hero,’ the pinched proto-punk fury of ‘I Found Out’ and ‘Well Well Well,’ the fear and self-loathing of ‘Remember’ and ‘Isolation,’ the poignant grasps for comfort within ‘Love’ and ‘Hold On,’ and the slaughter of gods, monsters, The Beatles and the false idols of the 1960s in the peerless ‘God,’ which is still, very possibly, the most thematically ambitious and courageous rock song ever recorded.”

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – The Ultimate Collection continues the 50th anniversary celebration of this iconic album, which began in October 2020 with the release of the book, John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band for what would have been Lennon’s 80th birthday. With first-hand commentary by John & Yoko, members of the Plastic Ono Band and other key figures in their lives – including Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Klaus Voormann, Rolling Stone founder and editor Jann S. Wenner and therapist Arthur Janov – and packed with evocative and revealing letters, artworks and photographs – many unseen – by Annie Leibovitz, Richard DiLello, Ethan Russell, Iain Macmillan, John Reader and David Nutter, this incisive volume offers new insights into the raw emotions and open mindset of Lennon after marriage to Ono and the breakup of the Beatles. Beautifully packaged, this landmark publication is hardbound with black-sprayed edges and stenciled with “Who are the Plastic Ono Band?” – riffing on an early teaser campaign for the album from 1970. 

ABOUT JOHN LENNON
John Lennon is arguably the greatest songwriter of his generation. Lennon has won seven GRAMMY® Awards, including two Lifetime Achievement Awards, and two special BRIT Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has a star on the Walk of Fame. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Lennon in the Top 5 of the magazine’s ‘100 Greatest Singers Of All Time’ list.

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JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
SUPER DELUXE EDITION

  • 6 CDs containing 6 hours 18 mins of music: 102 tracks in 44.1kHz/16bit stereo.
  • 2 Blu-Ray Audio Discs containing over 11 hours of music: 159 tracks of High-Definition, Studio Quality 192kHz/24bit audio, including mixes in Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos.
  • 132-Page Book
  • Poster: ‘WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Love and Peace from John & Yoko’
  • 2 Postcards: ‘Who Are The Plastic Ono Band?’ and ‘You Are The Plastic Ono Band’

 

 

DELUXE 2 BLU-RAY TRACK LISTING
 

 

THE ULTIMATE MIXES (53 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

THE ULTIMATE MIXES/

THE OUT-TAKES (49 mins)

  1. Mother/Take 61
  2. Hold On/Take 2
  3. I Found Out/Take 1
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 1
  5. Isolation/Take 23
  6. Remember/Rehearsal 1
  7. Love/Take 6
  8. Well Well Well/Take 2
  9. Look At Me/Take 2
  10. God/Take 27
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 2
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 2
  13. Cold Turkey/Take 1
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 5

THE ELEMENTS MIXES (60 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

THE DEMOS (45 mins)

  1. Mother (Home Demo)
  2. Hold On (Studio Demo)
  3. I Found Out (Home Demo)
  4. Working Class Hero (Studio Demo)
  5. Isolation (Studio Demo)
  6. Remember (Studio Demo)
  7. Love (Home Demo)
  8. Well Well Well (Home Demo)
  9. Look At Me (Home Demo)
  10. God (Home Demo)
  11. My Mummy’s Dead (Home Demo)
  12. Give Peace A Chance (Home Demo)*
  13. Cold Turkey (Home Demo)*
  14. Instant Karma! (Studio Demo)*

 

THE RAW STUDIO MIXES

(59 mins)

  1. Mother/Take 64
  2. Hold On/Take 32
  3. I Found Out/Take 3 Extended
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 9
  5. Isolation/Take 29
  6. Remember/Take 13
  7. Love/Take 37
  8. Well Well Well/Take 4 Extended
  9. Look At Me/Take 9
  10. God/Take 42
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 1
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 4 Extended
  13. Cold Turkey/Take 2
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 10

THE RAW STUDIO MIXES/

THE OUT-TAKES (50mins)

  1. Mother/Take 91
  2. Hold On/Take 18*
  3. I Found Out/Take 7
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 10*
  5. Isolation/Take 1*
  6. Remember/Take 1*
  7. Love/Take 9*
  8. Well Well Well/Take 5*
  9. Look At Me/Take 3*
  10. God/Take 1
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 2*
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 4*
  13. Cold Turkey/Take 2*
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 5*

THE EVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY (93 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance*
  13. Cold Turkey*
  14. Instant Karma (We All Shine On)*

 

THE JAMS/

LIVE AND IMPROVISED (36 mins)

  1. Johnny B. Goode
  2. Ain’t That A Shame
  3. Hold On (1)
  4. Hold On (2)
  5. Glad All Over
  6. Be Faithful To Me
  7. Send Me Some Lovin’
  8. Get Back
  9. Lost John (1)
  10. Goodnight Irene
  11. You’ll Never Walk Alone (Parody)
  12. I Don’t Want To Be To be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (1)
  13. It’ll Be Me
  14. Honey Don’t
  15. Elvis Parody (Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog/When I’m Over You)
  16. Matchbox
  17. I’ve Got A Feeling
  18. Mystery Train
  19. You’re So Square
  20. I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (2)
  21. Lost John (2)
  22. Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow)

YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND – THE LIVE SESSIONS (110 mins)

  1. Why*
  2. Why Not*
  3. Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Carriage All Over The City*
  4. Touch Me*
  5. Paper Shoes*
  6. Life* 
  7. Omae No Okaa Wa*
  8. I Lost Myself Somewhere In The Sky*
  9. Remember Love*
  10. Don’t Worry Kyoko*
  11. Who Has Seen The Wind*

*BLU-RAY DISCS ONLY

 

 

DELUXE 6CD TRACK LISTING
 

 

CD1: THE ULTIMATE MIXES

(53 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

CD2: THE ULTIMATE MIXES/

THE OUT-TAKES (49 mins)

  1. Mother/Take 61
  2. Hold On/Take 2
  3. I Found Out/Take 1
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 1
  5. Isolation/Take 23
  6. Remember/Rehearsal 1
  7. Love/Take 6
  8. Well Well Well/Take 2
  9. Look At Me/Take 2
  10. God/Take 27
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 2
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 2
  13. Cold Turkey/Take 1
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 5

CD3: THE ELEMENTS MIXES

(60 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

 

CD4: THE RAW STUDIO MIXES (74 mins)

  1. Mother/Take 64
  2. Hold On/Take 32
  3. I Found Out/Take 3 Extended
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 9
  5. Isolation/Take 29
  6. Remember/Take 13
  7. Love/Take 37
  8. Well Well Well/Take 4 Extended
  9. Look At Me/Take 9
  10. God/Take 42
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 1
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 4 Extended
  13. Cold Turkey/Take 2
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 10
  15. Mother/Take 91
  16. I Found Out/Take 7
  17. God/Take 1

CD5: THE EVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY (72 mins)

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead

 

CD6: THE JAMS &

THE DEMOS (71 mins)

  1. Johnny B. Goode (Jam)
  2. Ain’t That A Shame (Jam)
  3. Hold On (1) (Jam)
  4. Hold On (2) (Jam)
  5. Glad All Over (Jam)
  6. Be Faithful To Me (Jam)
  7. Send Me Some Lovin’ (Jam)
  8. Get Back (Jam)
  9. Lost John (1) (Jam)
  10. Goodnight Irene (Jam)
  11. You’ll Never Walk Alone (Parody) (Jam)
  12. I Don’t Want To A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (1) (Jam)
  13. It’ll Be Me (Jam)
  14. Honey Don’t (Jam)
  15. Elvis Parody (Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog/When I’m Over You) (Jam)
  16. Matchbox (Jam)
  17. I’ve Got A Feeling (Jam)
  18. Mystery Train (Jam)
  19. You’re So Square (Jam)
  20. I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (2) (Jam)
  21. Lost John (2) (Jam)
  22. Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow) (Jam)
  23. Mother (Home Demo)
  24. Hold On (Studio Demo)
  25. I Found Out (Home Demo)
  26. Working Class Hero (Studio Demo)
  27. Isolation (Studio Demo)
  28. Remember (Studio Demo)
  29. Love (Home Demo)
  30. Well Well Well (Home Demo)
  31. Look At Me (Home Demo)
  32. God (Home Demo)
  33. My Mummy’s Dead (Home Demo)

2LP

SIDE A: THE ULTIMATE MIXES

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation

SIDE B: THE ULTIMATE MIXES

  1. Remember
  2. Love
  3. Well Well Well
  4. Look At Me
  5. God
  6. My Mummy’s Dead
  • Half-Speed Mastered
  • 180g vinyl
  • Gatefold Sleeve
  • Replica and explanatory inner sleeves
  • 8-page illustrated photographic booklet
  • WAR IS OVER! poster

SIDE C: THE ULTIMATE MIXES/OUT-TAKES

  1. Mother/Take 61
  2. Hold On/Take 2
  3. I Found Out/Take 1
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 1
  5. Isolation/Take 23

SIDE D: THE ULTIMATE MIXES/OUT-TAKES

  1. Remember/Rehearsal 1
  2. Love/Take 8
  3. Well Well Well/Take 2
  4. Look At Me/Take 2
  5. God/Take 27
  6. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 2

2 CD

CD1
THE ULTIMATE MIXES/
ALBUM + SINGLES

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
  • 20-page booklet with lyrics, rare photos, memorabilia and extensive notes.
  • WAR IS OVER! Poster.

CD2
THE ULTIMATE MIXES/OUT-TAKES/
ALBUM + SINGLES

  1. Mother/Take 61
  2. Hold On/Take 2
  3. I Found Out/Take 1
  4. Working Class Hero/Take 1
  5. Isolation/Take 23
  6. Remember/Rehearsal 1
  7. Love/Take 8
  8. Well Well Well/Take 2
  9. Look At Me/Take 2
  10. God/Take 27
  11. My Mummy’s Dead/Take 2
  12. Give Peace A Chance/Take 2
  13. Cold Turkey Take 1
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Take 1

1 CD
THE ULTIMATE MIXES/ALBUM + SINGLES

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation
  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well Well Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy’s Dead
  12. Give Peace A Chance
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)

20-page booklet with lyrics, rare photos, memorabilia and extensive notes.