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IMAGINE ...
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:21 pm
by simer4001
...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=
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:08 pm
by cowboy_joe
I'm not sure I care for the keyboard arrangement--sounds better on a proper piano.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:19 pm
by beatlefreak
I'd have to check, but I believe the audio was released on the "Imagine - The Soundtrack" album.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:10 pm
by simer4001
I don't think that version was Kris. I don't remember hearing a brass section before.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:44 am
by beatlefreak
It's on one of his albums. I've heard the version before.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:21 pm
by lawton
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!??!!!!!
....
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:05 pm
by simer4001
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.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:30 pm
by beatlefreak
Haven't looked yet. I'll try to take a look tomorrow.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:26 pm
by simer4001
No worries.
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:49 am
by Scastles
Though I've never heard it, could it be the version taken from "Live in NYC"?
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:17 am
by simer4001
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!
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:25 am
by simer4001
A rough album, but pure, raw Lennon. I'm giving it a good listen right now.
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:34 am
by studiotwosession
Douglas, of course, just died August 11th.
And that's ironic because he was born August 11th.
The odds of that? 1/365.
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:41 pm
by beatlefreak
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.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:34 am
by studiotwosession
Great live version.