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One of the biggest accomplishments of the new mixes is that by going back to the very original multitrack recordings (rather than copies, bounces or mix-downs) the guitar, bass, piano and vocal now have a completely new level of clarity. Recorded four days before the master take on 23 May 1971, it’s a bit looser and covered in reverb, but it’s fully formed and beautifully raw with a little bluesy ending. Elliot Mintz was a fixture in broadcasting at the time and had attracted a loyal following of listeners, who appreciated his in-depth interviews with many of the cultural icons of the times. George Harrison (electric guitar), Ted Turner and Rod Lynton (twelve-string acoustic guitars), Ivan Sharrock (film crew sound recordist), Klaus Voormann (bass), Alan White (drums), John Lennon (electric guitar and vocals), Nicky Hopkins (Wurlitzer electric piano), John Tout (upright piano); Ascot Sound Studios, 26 May 1971. Yoko asked Elliot to review his archives to reveal some of John’s thoughts around the subject of ‘Imagine’.

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John is directly in front of the listener, and the imperfections are chillingly perfect; the flaws flawless. Yoko gives input through the talkback system, and Phil Spector rudely comes close to cutting her off in a dismissive way. In 1957 Lennon meets his first wife Cynthia Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art and then married her on the 23rd of August, 1962.She knew the initial basic track performances that spawned the album were as aggressively visceral and emotionally touching, if not more so, than the ones that made up John’s Plastic Ono Band album, if such a thing is possible. As the leading Music Therapy company in the North West and Cheshire, we provide a range of services visiting hospitals, care homes, local authorities, schools and private home settings. s are no doubt unconventional in that they place the listener smack dab in the middle of the room, surrounded by the musicians where the tracking is taking place, rather than the semicircle amphitheater mode, with the players spread out in front and the ambience generally placed to the side and behind the listener. A wonderful unintended consequence that we found midway through the mixing process is that, in addition to sitting still, another way to listen is to walk around and tune in to the individual instruments. It was an intensely intimate setting, and as a result, at times there will be, say, drum leakage on John’s vocal mic.

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In 1971, before they recorded the strings in New York, John, Yoko and Phil did a stereo mix at Ascot Sound Studios, and having that original mix without strings helped in matching the new mixes to the originals.

On ‘Crippled Inside’, we thought we’d have just the drums and that slap bass sound with the delay on it.