27-02-2012, 08:16
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JOHN LENNON "lennon" 4cd boxset, cd,1991
disc 1.
pretty much all of his official recordings from 69-70 here, and apart from five average live tracks, this is a cracker IMO..
its Lennon in his greatest period, the entire "plastic ono band" album is on this disc...
pretty difficult to single out one track above the others to be called best track here, from the pain drenched "mother",through "cold turkey","instant karma!", "working class hero", the controversial "god" track, the peace anthems "give peace a chance" and "power to the people" to the sublime "isolation"...this disc has it all IMO,showing a true musical genius at work free from the constraints of The Beatles...and in stark contrast to the solo music Macca was putting out around the same time, no im not criticising Paul McCartney's first two solo outings...they are very good IMO, as is George's "all things must pass"(minus that 'apple jam' crap!)
im not posting links for these tracks as we all pretty well know them...
I LOVE THIS DISC
tracks:
1. give peace a chance ***
2. blue suede shoes(live) *
3. money(live) **
4. dizzy miss lizzy(live) **
5. yer blues(live) **
6. cold turkey ***
7. instant karma! ***
8. mother ***
9. hold on **
10.i found out ***
11.working class hero ***
12.isolation ***
13.remember ***
14. love ***
15.well well well ***
16.look at me **
17.God ***
18.my mummy's dead **
19.power to the people ***
20.well(baby please dont go) (live) **
3s=12
2s=7
1s=1
rating: 2.6...
without those average live tracks this would have got a "2.8" rating!
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.