Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	(Just Like) Starting Over engineer: Lee DeCarlo producer: Jack Douglas, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) bass guitar: Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick) drums (drum set): Andy Newmark electric guitar: John Lennon (The Beatles), Hugh McCracken and Earl Slick keyboard: George Small percussion: Arthur Jenkins background vocals: Cheryl Mason Jacks, Michelle Simpson, Eric Troyer and Cassandra Wooten lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) phonographic copyright (℗) by: The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1980) and Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2016) recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-08-09) mixed at: The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1980-09-25 until 1980-09-26) recording of: (Just Like) Starting Over lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon	4.35	3:57
2	Imagine remix of: Imagine (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Imagine lyricist: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Downtown DMP Songs, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and フジパシフィックミュージック第2事業部	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with The Flux Fiddlers	5	3:03
3	Watching the Wheels producer: Jack Douglas, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) bass guitar: Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick) drums (drum set): Andy Newmark electric guitar: Hugh McCracken and Earl Slick hammered dulcimer: Matthew Cunningham keyboard: John Lennon (The Beatles) and George Small percussion: Arthur Jenkins background vocals: Cheryl Mason Jacks, Michelle Simpson, Eric Troyer and Cassandra Wooten lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1980-08-06 until 1980-10-13) recording of: Watching the Wheels lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon	3.35	3:31
4	Jealous Guy producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Jealous Guy (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Jealous Guy lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2, Lenono Music, Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) revision of: Child of Nature	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with The Flux Fiddlers		4:14
5	Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) engineer: Phil McDonald (engineer and producer) producer: Phil Spector acoustic guitar: George Harrison (The Beatles) bass and electric piano: Klaus Voormann chimes and handclaps: Mal Evans drums (drum set): Alan White (Yes drummer) organ: Billy Preston piano: George Harrison (The Beatles), John Lennon (The Beatles) and Alan White (Yes drummer) background vocals: Mal Evans, Allen Klein and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Chappell Music (UK) (in 1970) recorded at: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1970-01-27) music videos: Instant Karma ("cue card" version) by John Lennon (The Beatles) and Instant Karma ("knitting" version) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band	4.65	3:21
6	Stand by Me remix of: Stand by Me (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) cover recording of: Stand by Me publisher: Mike Stoller writer: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller publisher: Hornall Brothers Music (limited company), Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music (publisher) and Unichappell Music	John Lennon	5	3:27
7	Working Class Hero producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Working Class Hero (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) / Plastic Ono Band recording of: Working Class Hero lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon	4	3:49
8	Power to the People producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Power to the People (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) & The Plastic Ono Band recording of: Power to the People lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music and Chappell Music (UK) (in 1971)	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	3	3:22
9	Oh My Love producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Oh My Love (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Oh My Love writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) publisher: Downtown DMP Songs (ended), Lenono Music and Ono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with The Flux Fiddlers		2:45
10	Oh Yoko! producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Oh Yoko! (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Oh Yoko! lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with The Flux Fiddlers		4:18
11	Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) performer: Little Big Horns and Plastic Ono Nuclear Band arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2010) recording of: Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band		5:08
12	Nobody Told Me producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) drums (drum set): Andy Newmark (on 1980-08-07) electric bass guitar: Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick) (on 1980-08-07) electric guitar: John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1980-08-07), Hugh McCracken (on 1980-08-07) and Earl Slick (on 1980-08-07) keyboard: George Small (on 1980-08-07) percussion: Arthur Jenkins (on 1980-08-07) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1980-08-07) recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-08-07) recording of: Nobody Told Me (in 1980) lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music and Ono Music	John Lennon	3	3:34
13	Bless You producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) performer: Plastic Ono Nuclear Band arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2010) recording of: Bless You lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band		4:38
14	Come Together (live) producer: Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) live recording of: Come Together writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) publisher: Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC is based on: You Can’t Catch Me	John Lennon		4:24
15	New York City remix of: New York City (original studio mix) by John (The Beatles) and Yoko (Japanese-American musician and artist) / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Invisible Strings recording of: New York City writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory & Invisible Strings		4:31
16	I'm Stepping Out producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: I’m Stepping Out lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music and Ono Music	John Lennon	3	4:06
17	You Are Here producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) remix of: You Are Here (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: You Are Here lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lennon Music	John Lennon & The Plastic U.F.Ono Band		4:08
18	Borrowed Time producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Borrowed Time lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Ono Music	John Lennon	2.5	4:30
19	Happy Xmas (War Is Over) remix of: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (original studio mix) by John (The Beatles) & Yoko (Japanese-American musician and artist) / The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir recording of: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) publisher: Lenono Music and Ono Music	John Lennon & Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir		3:38

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Woman engineer: Lee DeCarlo producer: Jack Douglas, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) phonographic copyright (℗) by: The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1980) and Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2016) recording of: Woman lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Geffen/Kaye Music, Lenono Music and フジパシフィックミュージック第2事業部	John Lennon	4	3:33
2	Mind Games producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) remix of: Mind Games (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Mind Games lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lennon Music (ended), Lenono Music and Chappell Music (UK) (in 1973) version of: I Promise version of: Make Love, Not War	John Lennon & The Plastic U.F.Ono Band		4:12
3	Out the Blue producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) remix of: Out the Blue (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Out the Blue lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lennon Music (ended) and Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic U.F.Ono Band		3:24
4	Whatever Gets You Thru the Night producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) remix of: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band with Little Big Horns & The Philharmanic Orchestrange		3:27
5	Love producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector piano: Phil Spector remix of: Love (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) / Plastic Ono Band recording of: Love lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd. (in 1990) and Lenono Music (in 1990)	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	3	3:26
6	Mother producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Mother (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) / Plastic Ono Band recording of: Mother lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) and Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	4	5:35
7	Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) engineer: Lee DeCarlo producer: Jack Douglas, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) steelpan [steel drum]: Robert Greenidge (steel drummer) lead vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) phonographic copyright (℗) by: The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1980), Lenono Music (in 2000) and Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2016) recording of: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music, フジパシフィック音楽出版第2事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック第2事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)	John Lennon	2.9	4:01
8	Woman Is the Nigger of the World producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Woman Is the Nigger of the World (original studio mix) by John (The Beatles) and Yoko (Japanese-American musician and artist) / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Invisible Strings recording of: Woman Is the Nigger of the World writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) publisher: Ono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory & Invisible Strings		5:16
9	God producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector piano: Billy Preston remix of: God (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) / Plastic Ono Band recording of: God lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music, フジパシフィック音楽出版第2事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック第2事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	3	4:11
10	Scared producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) performer: Little Big Horns and Plastic Ono Nuclear Band phonographic copyright (℗) by: Calderstone Productions Limited (in 2010) recording of: Scared lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band with Little Big Horns & The Philharmanic Orchestrange		4:37
11	#9 Dream remix of: #9 Dream (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: #9 Dream lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music and Red Brick Music Publishing II	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band with Little Big Horns & The Philharmanic Orchestrange		4:47
12	I'm Losing You producer: Jack Douglas, John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) recording of: I’m Losing You lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: EMI April Music and Lenono Music	John Lennon		3:57
13	Isolation producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Isolation (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) / Plastic Ono Band recording of: Isolation lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	3	2:53
14	Cold Turkey producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) publisher: Northern Songs Ltd. (in 1969) music videos: Cold Turkey by Plastic Ono Band recording of: Cold Turkey lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30) and Lenono Music	The Plastic Ono Band	5	5:04
15	Intuition producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) arranger: John Lennon (The Beatles) remix of: Intuition (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Intuition lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lennon Music	John Lennon & The Plastic U.F.Ono Band		3:09
16	Gimme Some Truth producer: John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector remix of: Gimme Some Truth (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) recording of: Gimme Some Truth lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lennon Music (ended) and Lenono Music	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with The Flux Fiddlers		3:15
17	Give Peace a Chance producer: John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) remix of: Give Peace a Chance (original studio master) by The Plastic Ono Band recording of: Give Peace a Chance lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC	The Plastic Ono Band		4:51
18	Real Love producer: Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Robert Stevens (engineer) recording of: Real Love lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Ono Music	John Lennon		4:12
19	Grow Old With Me remix of: Grow Old With Me (original studio mix) by John Lennon (The Beatles) & Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) recording of: Grow Old With Me lyricist and composer: John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: Lenono Music and Ono Music written at: Undercliffe Villa in Pembroke, Bermuda (from 1980-07 until 1980-08)	John Lennon		3:20

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design/illustration and graphic design:	Drew Lorimer
photography:	Peter Fordham (photographer) Bob Gruen Lain MacMillan Spud Murphy (photographer) Ivor Sharp
executive producer:	Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist)
mastering:	Steve Rooke (mastering engineer) Nick Webb (mastering engineer)
compiler:	Mike Heatley Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist)

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ASIN:	UK: B000ASTEC2 [info]

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