IMAGINE ...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:21 pm

...on the Mike Douglas Show. I can't decide if I like the arrangement or not. Yoko sure give Linda McCartney a run for her money in the percussion playing department.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-O8jp-o-N0&mode=related&search=

cowboy_joe · Post by **cowboy_joe** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:08 pm

I'm not sure I care for the keyboard arrangement--sounds better on a proper piano.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:19 pm

I'd have to check, but I believe the audio was released on the "Imagine - The Soundtrack" album.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:10 pm

I don't think that version was Kris. I don't remember hearing a brass section before.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:44 am

It's on one of his albums. I've heard the version before.

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:21 pm

It's always interesting to me to see how John couldn't really hold a "serious" moment...

"You may say I'm a dreamer...
"But I'm not the only one...

AM I!??!!!!!

....

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:05 pm

Kris, have you found the album yet? I would be interested to know which one it was. I haven't purchased many of the compilation stuff that has come out over the years so it could have been on one of those and I wouldn't have known it.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:30 pm

Haven't looked yet. I'll try to take a look tomorrow.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:26 pm

No worries.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:49 am

Though I've never heard it, could it be the version taken from "Live in NYC"?

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:17 am

BINGO STAN! I have that album and I don't think I've ever listened to it. Track 8

Mice work Stan. There you go Kris. You weren't Imagine-ing it.

Sorry!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:25 am

A rough album, but pure, raw Lennon. I'm giving it a good listen right now.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:34 am

Douglas, of course, just died August 11th.

And that's ironic because he was born August 11th.

The odds of that? 1/365.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:41 pm

Brian wrote:
"Kris, have you found the album yet? I would be interested to know which one it was. I haven't purchased many of the compilation stuff that has come out over the years so it could have been on one of those and I wouldn't have known it."

I finally looked through my collection. The version of Imagine with the brass section is not on one of John's legitimately released albums. It is on a 1980's bootleg called "Telecasts", which feature John's live performances from Douglas, Frost, and some other shows. Excellent (mono) quality, I believe it's been issued in CD format, too.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:34 am

Great live version.