Tracklist
A1 | Strawberry Fields Forever | |
A2 | What’s The New Mary Jane? | |
A3 | Julia | |
A4 | Across The Universe | |
A5 | You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) | |
A6 | Help! | |
A7 | Whatever Gets You Thru The Night | |
A8 | We Must Not Forget The General Erection | |
A9 | The Wumberlog (Or The Magic Dog) | |
B1 | Dear John | |
B2 | Whatever Happened To | |
B3 | Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love) | |
B4 | Peggy Sue | |
B5 | Watching The Wheels #1 | |
B6 | Watching The Wheels #2 | |
B7 | I’m Losing You | |
B8 | Beautiful Boy | |
B9 | Clean-Up Time | |
B10 | One-To-One Radio Spot Outtakes |
Notes
from Jan 1988 through March 1992. Sound quality ranges from very good to excellent. Most cuts are mono.
TRACK DETAILS:
A1 Strawberry Fields Forever; Kenwood demo, 1966
A2-A3 What’s The New Mary Jane?-Julia; Beatles’ Esher White Album demos, double-tracked, May 1968
A4 Across The Universe; alternate version/mix, Take 7 RM2, Feb 1968
A5 You Know My Name (Look Up The Number); piano demo, 1967
A6 Help; home demo, 1965 (partial)
A7 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night; working home demo, 1974
A8-A9 The General Erection-The Wumberlog (Or The Magic Dog); John reads from A Spaniard In the Works, Tonight (BBC TV), 18 Jun 1965
B1 Dear John; early home demo, 1980
B2 Whatever Happened To…?; home demo
B3 Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love); demo #2 (given to Ringo), 1976
B4 Peggy Sue; at home
B5 Watching the Wheels; home demo #1, piano, 1980
B6 Watching The Wheels; home demo #2, guitar, 1980
B7 I’m Losing You; Double-tracked version of Bermuda demo, summer 1980 (partial)
B8 Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy); Bermuda demo, turns into studio playback of the Bermuda tape 1980
B9 Clean-Up Time; early studio rehearsal take, late summer 1980
B10 One-To-One Radio Spot out-takes, Aug 1972
From back jacket:
“Strawberry Fields Forever is a demo (electric guitar) from 1966. Mary Jane & Julia are White Album demos performed by The Beatles. Across The Universe (The Beatles) is a previously unreleased mix. Piano-backed demos: Cookin’, Watching The Wheels #1 & You Know My Name. Guitar based demos: Whatever Get’s You Through The Night, Watching The Wheels #2 & Beautiful Boy. John at home: Help! (piano), Peggy Sue (guitar) and two unreleased songs Dear John & Whatever Happened To (from the proposed broadway play ‘The Ballad of John & Yoko’). Record Plant recordings: I’m Losing You, Clean-Up Time and the second part of Beautiful Boy. The General Erection & The Magic Dog feature John reading from ‘A Spaniard In The Works’.”
Note on cover backside: “Jacket printed in Canada”.