Double Fantasy Stripped

[maplered]

That was great to hear his stuff like that. I always prefer to hear original"clean" mixes like that. Some great bass work. Thanks for sharing that. Mark

+1 on the clean. As for the bass, that's Tony Levin. Great is an understatement, don't you know. And thank the stars that someone decided to put the bass somewhere in the mix. Listen to Lennon's '73-'74 stuff with Levin and it's like he's still weilding that axe against McCartney: no bass! Have you listened to Whatever Gets You Throgh the NIght? Fantastic bass from Levin that you can just barely hear; you can't feel it at all.

Are you sure about Levin playing on the 73 - 74 stuff? I always thought it was Voorman and I always thought the bass was up in the mix in that stuff.

[scottpro1969]

These stripped down versions brought a tear to my eyes. They are brilliant and John's vocals are so soulful and heartfelt. John at his finest IMO. Thanks for posting these.

Wints, I couldn't agree more. This was John's "comeback" album, and his contributions (dismissing Yoko's stuff) are amazing. His vocals were in peak form, and I feel that so much time had passed that he truly felt separated enough from the Beatles and all of the BS that had gone on for the previous 10+ years, to let his guard down and play what he wanted to without an agenda. A mellower and more reflective John Lennon.

I have John's final BBC interview on 4 cd's and it is amazing. The interview was conducted on December 6th, only 48 hrs before he was killed. John sounded like he was in a great place, so full of hope for his future in music. John said, "Well the 70s were a drag, let's make the 80s great!"

We all know that had John lived that the Beatles would have gotten back together for at least a concert, and who knows what else. Though, I think the member of the group hardest to convince to reunite would have been George....anyway, if anyone would like a copy of John's last BBC interview, PM me. Send me the discs and I'll copy 'em for you.

[Serial]

Very cool stuff. Just listened to a bunch of individual tracks last week that someone forwarded to me. Stuff like Clapton's guitar on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", different isolated John Paul and George guitar and bass parts.

[dbailey62]

That was great to hear his stuff like that. I always prefer to hear original"clean" mixes like that. Some great bass work. Thanks for sharing that. Mark

+1 on the clean. As for the bass, that's Tony Levin. Great is an understatement, don't you know. And thank the stars that someone decided to put the bass somewhere in the mix. Listen to Lennon's '73-'74 stuff with Levin and it's like he's still weilding that axe against McCartney: no bass! Have you listened to Whatever Gets You Throgh the NIght? Fantastic bass from Levin that you can just barely hear; you can't feel it at all.

Are you sure about Levin playing on the 73 - 74 stuff? I always thought it was Voorman and I always thought the bass was up in the mix in that stuff.

Bass on Mind Games was by Gordon Edwards.
Bass on Walls and Bridges was by Klaus Voorman.
Bass on Rock'n'Roll was by Klaus Voorman.

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I thought Klaus played on some of Mind Games. Basically it was that album & the studio "Sometime in NYC" are the only 70's album's he didn't play on.

Craig