Imagine (album)

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Imagine
Studio album by John Lennon

Publication
(s)

September 9, 1971 ( US ) ,
October 8, 1971 ( UK )

Label (s) Apple Records , EMI Group , Universal Music

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD , download

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

10

running time

39 min 29 s

occupation
  • Sound engineers : Phil McDonald, Eddie Klein, Eddie Offord, Eddie Veal and Eddie Beer

production

Studio (s)

chronology
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
1970 		Imagine Some Time in New York City
1972

Imagine ( English , Imagine ') is the second solo - album of John Lennon after the separation of the Beatles . At the same time, including the three avant-garde albums with his wife Yoko Ono and the live album by the Plastic Ono Band, it is John Lennon's sixth album. It was released on October 8, 1971 in the UK and on September 9, 1971 in the US .

The names of the interpreters on the record label were John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers) .

History of origin

Before the release of the second studio album Imagine , John Lennon and Yoko Ono released two singles under the names John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band) and under the pseudonym Elastic Oz Band , with John Lennon the A-side on the first single and Yoko Ono sang the B-side , while the second single featured Bill Elliot on the A-side and John Lennon on the B-side:

  • Power to the People / Open Your Box (John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - Released March 12, 1971 [US: March 22, 1971])
  • God Save Us / Do the OZ (Elastic Oz Band - Released July 16, 1971 [US: July 5, 1971])

Both singles were politically motivated, wrote John Lennon Power to the People after an interview with Tariq Ali, editor of the left-wing British magazine Red Mole . The recordings took place on January 22nd and February 15th, 1971 under the production direction of Phil Spector, John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

The single God Save Us / Do the OZ was recorded on May 22, 1971 with the same production team, before the album Imagine was recorded. Ringo Starr , Klaus Voormann and John Lennon acted as studio musicians . The A side was sung by Bill Elliot and the B side by Lennon. A version of the song God Save Us sung by John Lennon was released on the John Lennon Anthology box set in November 1998 under the title God Save Oz . The proceeds from the single were to benefit the editors of UK magazine Oz , who were facing legal charges.

Entrance gate from Tittenhurst Park

The recordings for the album essentially took place from May 24 to 29, 1971 in Lennon's own studio, Ascot Sound Studios , in Tittenhurst Park . Only the song It's so Hard was recorded on February 11, 1971. It was to be the first and last album by John Lennon, which was created at Ascot Sound Studios . Lennon was supported by numerous well-known musicians during the recordings. For example, George Harrison played guitar on five tracks (Crippled Inside , I Don't Want To Be a Soldier, Mama , Gimme Some Truth , Oh My Love and How Do You Sleep?) . Klaus Voormann can be heard on the electric bass , Alan White and Jim Keltner shared the drums and Nicky Hopkins was responsible for most of the piano parts. Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues was originally supposed to play a mellotron when recording the track I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama , because this was defective, he played the tambourine instead . Lennon traveled to the USA to mix the recordings and completed the album there in the Record Plant East Studios in New York City on June 4 and 5, 1971 with producer Phil Spector and arranger Torrie Zito , who was responsible for the orchestrations recorded by The Flux Fiddler .

The Steinway piano on which John Lennon composed the song Imagine

In contrast to the previous album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band , the musical influence of Phil Spector was clearly visible. John Lennon said about the album Imagine in comparison to the previous album : “[…] it's a bit cleaner looking, but the basic message is the same, just more acceptable to people” ( German : “It [ Imagine ] looks a bit cleaner but the basic message is the same, only more acceptable to the people ”).

The recordings for the album were also documented on film, so the film Imagine included the following songs:

  1. Imagine
  2. Crippled Inside
  3. Jealous Guy
  4. Don't Count the Waves (Yoko Ono)
  5. It's so hard
  6. Mrs. Lennon (Yoko Ono)
  7. I don't wanna be a soldier, mom
  8. Mind Train (Yoko Ono)
  9. Power to the People / Gimme Some Truth
  10. Midsummer New York (Yoko Ono)
  11. Oh my love
  12. How do you sleep?
  13. How?
  14. Oh yoko!

Further footage was used for the documentary Imagine: John Lennon , which was shown in cinemas from October 1988. The film was released on VHS videocassette in September 1989 . It was re-released on DVD in November 2005 with an additional DVD containing bonus material.

Memorial mosaic for John Lennon in Central Park (Strawberry Fields)

All of the songs were by John Lennon, one of which - Oh My Love - was written in collaboration with Yoko Ono. Parallel to the album Imagine , the Yoko Ono album Fly was created as a kind of "twin album" , but its musical orientation was predominantly experimental.

The title track Imagine is one of John Lennon's most successful compositions and describes the vision of a better and more just world. With his remarks regarding religion in the song Imagine , Lennon probably offended the religious feelings of his later murderer Mark David Chapman , which probably mainly led to the assassination. From the 2018 album re-release, Yoko Ono was performed as a co-composer.

Crippled Inside was played by the Beatles for the first time during the Get-Back session on January 24, 1969, the text describes that despite the perfect exterior facade, you cannot hide your poor mental state.

The melody of the song for Jealous Guy was written during the Beatles' stay in India in the spring of 1968. The original title was Child of Nature . A demo recording of the Beatles was released on November 9, 2018 on the re-release of the album The Beatles . The text of the song Jealous Guy is a self-description and an admission of guilt in the relationship with his wife Yoko Ono.

It's so hard is a blues-like piece of music.

The two most political songs on the album are I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama and Gimme Some Truth , which was also rehearsed during the recording of the Beatles' planned Get Back album.

Oh My Love and Oh Yoko! address the love for Yoko Ono. There is a demo recording of Oh My Love from November 1968 and Oh Yoko! a recording from June 1969, so that these titles were not a new Lennon composition either.

How Do You Sleep is a reckoning with Paul McCartney and a reaction to his 1971 Ram album. The line of text “those freaks was right when they said you was dead” is an allusion to the Paul-is-dead conspiracy theory. The song contains other claims, including that Paul McCartney would surround himself with "yes-men" and that John Lennon believed his music was inferior and that his career would only last a year or two. In response to Paul McCartney, the song Dear Friend was viewed from his Wild Life album.

How was composed by John Lennon during his stay in the USA in 1970 and lyrically fits the themes of the album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band .

Additional recordings of tracks from the album and one other song from the recording sessions, Well (Baby Please Don't Go) composed by Walter Ward and recorded by Lennon on February 16, 1971, were first released on the John Lennon Anthology box set in 1998 . An instrumental version of How Do You Sleep appeared on the album The US vs. John Lennon . The songs I'm the Greatest and San Francisco Bay Blues , which were partially recorded during the Imagine sessions , were only released on bootlegs . I'm the Greatest was re-recorded as a demo for Ringo Starr in March 1973 .

In Great Britain the album was also sold as a record with a quadraphonic mix made by Allan Steckler .

Imagine was an artistic and commercial success and was awarded " gold " multiple times. It reached number 1 on the US Billboard charts. In Great Britain the album stayed in the top 10 of the album hit parade for 18 weeks and also reached number one in the charts; in Germany, the album placed 10th on the charts.

In 2002, the music magazine sat Rolling Stone Album Imagine at number 76 of its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time .

Cover design

The cover design was done by Yoko Ono. The cover photo is from Peter Fordham.

The cover of the McCartney album Ram shows Paul McCartney holding a ram by its horns on the front . John Lennon was a satire on the cover a photo of themselves and a pig add similar pose and put it as a photo Imagine at.

Track list

page 1

  1. Imagine - 3:01
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:47
  3. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  4. It's so hard - 2:25
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama - 6:05

Page 2

  1. Gimme Some Truth - 3:16
  2. Oh My Love - 2:44
  3. How do you sleep? - 5:36
  4. How? - 3:43
  5. Oh yoko! - 4:20

Re-releases

  • It was first published in CD format in April 1987. The CD is accompanied by an eight-page booklet with illustrations containing the lyrics and information about the album.
  • In February 2000 the album was re-released in a remastered and remixed version with no bonus tracks. The remix took place in the fall of 1999 at Abbey Road Studios under the supervision of Yoko Ono. The remix engineer was Peter Cobbin. Steve Rooke was responsible for the remastering. Allan Rouse was the project coordinator. The CD comes with a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. On the occasion of the re-release, two promotional CDs were produced. The CD Selections from Imagine , made in Europe, contains the songs: Imagine / Gimme Some Truth / Jealous Guy / Crippled Inside . Starting Over is a US-produced six track promotional compilation album for the albums John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band , Imagine and Double Fantasy, with interview excerpts by John Lennon and commentary by Yoko Ono.
  • The CD release from 2000 was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) and was released in August 2003 as a 24-carat gold-plated CD in a limited edition. A 16-page illustrated booklet is enclosed with the CD, which is almost identical to the 2000 version.
  • In October 2010 the album was re-released in a remastered version, this time in the original mix. The remastering took place in 2010 at Abbey Road Studios by Paul Hicks and Sean Magee. Allan Rouse was the project coordinator. The title of the song I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier, Mama has been renamed to I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die . The album has a cardboard cover that can be opened and which is accompanied by a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The design comes from the company Peacock and Karla Merrifield.
  • In November 2011, the double vinyl album Imagine 40th Anniversary Special Edition was released on the occasion of Record Store Day , it includes the regular album Imagine and another album called Imagine Sessions in white vinyl with a separate cover design. The album consists of six tracks (page one: Baby Please Don`t Go / Imagine / How Do You Sleep? Page two: Jealous Guy / Oh My Love / I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier ) taken from the album John Lennon Anthology The box also includes two postcards, a poster and a sheet. Both albums are in a cardboard box.

2018 re-release

On October 5, 2018, the most extensive re-publication of the Imagine recordings to date appeared. The songs on the album were remixed by Paul Hicks at Abbey Road Studios and Sear Sound Studios. For the remixing, Yoko Ono gave the instruction that the sound of the album and the vocals of John Lennon should be more clearly audible. In the original mix of the album, the strings were mixed in mono, in the remix in stereo. A 5.1 mix was also made. The CDs were mastered by Gavin Lurssen, Reuben Cohen and Paul Hicks at Lurssen Mastering. The mastering of the vinyl double album took place in the Capitol Studios.

Single CD

Six bonus tracks were added to the Imagine album for the first time and, like the album, were recorded in 1971. The CD has a plastic cover.

  1. Imagine - 3:06
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:51
  3. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  4. It's so hard - 2:29
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die - 6:08
  6. Gimme Some Truth - 3:18
  7. Oh My Love - 2:47
  8. How do you sleep? - 5:39
  9. How? - 3:46
  10. Oh yoko! - 4:21
  • The Singles & Extras:
  2. Power To The People - 3:26
  3. Well ... (Baby Please Don't Go) - 4:08
  4. God Save Us - 3:15
  5. Do the Oz - 3:12
  6. God Save Oz - 3:21
  7. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - 3:36

Double CD

The CDs are placed in a hinged digipak cover.

  1. Imagine (elements mix - violins only) - 2:15
  2. Jealous Guy (elements mix - piano, bass and drums) - 4:15
  3. Oh My Love (elements mix - vocals only) - 1:58
  4. How? (elements mix - violins only) - 3:38
  5. Imagine (demo) - 3:19
  6. Imagine (take 1) - 3:06
  7. Crippled Inside (take 3) - 3:52
  8. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo) - 3:49
  9. Jealous Guy (take 9) - 2:18
  10. It's so hard (take 6) - 2:33
  11. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11) - 4:36
  12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4) - 3:38
  13. Oh My Love (take 6) - 2:50
  14. How do you sleep? (takes 1 & 2) - 5:59
  15. How? (take 31) - 3:47
  16. Oh yoko! (Bahamas 1969) - 5:02
  17. Power to the People (take 7) - 3:28
  18. God Save Us (demo) - 2:58
  19. Do The Oz (take 3) - 6:51
  20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix) - 3:23

Vinyl double album

The vinyl double album was pressed on black and transparent vinyl, both versions contain the poster and the two images of the original edition. While the first inner shell is modeled on the original inner shell, the second inner shell contains information about the songs. The record cover cannot be opened.

page 1

  1. Imagine - 3:06
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:51
  3. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  4. It's so hard - 2:29
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die - 6:08

Page 2

  1. Gimme Some Truth - 3:18
  2. Oh My Love - 2:47
  3. How do you sleep? - 5:39
  4. How? - 3:46
  5. Oh yoko! - 4:21

Page 3

  1. Imagine (demo) - 3:19
  2. Imagine (take 1) - 3:06
  3. Crippled Inside (take 3) - 3:52
  4. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo) - 3:49
  5. Jealous Guy (take 9) - 2:18
  6. It's so hard (take 6) - 2:33
  7. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11) - 4:36

page 4

  1. Gimme Some Truth (take 4) - 3:38
  2. Oh My Love (take 6) - 2:50
  3. How do you sleep? (takes 1 & 2) - 5:59
  4. How? (take 31) - 3:47
  5. Oh yoko! (Bahamas 1969) - 5:02

Super deluxe box set

The Super Deluxe Box Set contains four CDs, two Blu-Ray discs and a 120-page hardcover book. The six discs are placed in a cardboard cover that can be folded out twice. The book and the cover are in a (24.4 cm × 25 cm) cardboard slipcase. In addition to photos that were taken during the creation of the album, the book contains extensive information about the recordings and the creation of the album as well as about the individual songs. The content of the four CDs is also on the two Blu-ray discs, which also contain the 5.1 mixes as well as the remastered quadraphonic mix from 1971 and interviews with Elliot Mintz.

  • CD 1 - Imagine: Remixed Stereo Album, Singles & Extras
  1. Imagine - 3:06
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:51
  3. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  4. It's so hard - 2:29
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die - 6:08
  6. Gimme Some Truth - 3:18
  7. Oh My Love - 2:47
  8. How do you sleep? - 5:39
  9. How? - 3:46
  10. Oh yoko! - 4:21
  • The Singles & Extras
  2. Power to the people
  3. Well ... (Baby Please Don't Go) - 4:08
  4. God Save Us - 3:15
  5. Do the Oz - 3:12
  6. God Save Oz - 3:21
  7. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - 3:36
  • CD 2 - The Ultimate Mixes: Elements Mixes and Album & Single Outtakes
  1. Imagine (elements mix - violins only) - 2:15
  2. Jealous Guy (elements mix - piano, bass and drums) - 4:15
  3. Oh My Love (elements mix - vocals only) - 1:58
  4. How? (elements mix - violins only) - 3:38
  5. Imagine (demo) - 3:19
  6. Imagine (take 1) - 3:06
  7. Crippled Inside (take 3 ) - 3:52
  8. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo) - 3:49
  9. Jealous Guy (take 9) - 2:18
  10. It's so hard (take 6) - 2:33
  11. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11) - 4:36
  12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4) - 3:38
  13. Oh My Love (take 6) - 2:50
  14. How do you sleep? (takes 1 & 2) - 5:59
  15. How? (take 31) - 3:47
  16. Oh yoko! (Bahamas 1969) - 5:02
  17. Power to the People (take 7) - 3:28
  18. God Save Us (demo) - 2:58
  19. Do the Oz (take 3) - 6:51
  20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix) - 3:23
  • CD 3 - Raw Studio Mixes: Extended Album Tracks & Outtakes - Live at Ascot Sound Studios
  1. Imagine (take 10) - 3:12
  2. Crippled Inside (take 6) - 3:50
  3. Jealous Guy (take 29) - 4:22
  4. It's so hard (take 11) - 2:42
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 - extended) - 7:56
  6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 - extended) - 3:40
  7. Oh My Love (take 20) - 2:48
  8. How do you sleep? (take 11 - extended) - 6:00
  9. How? (take 40) - 3:55
  10. Oh yoko! (take 1 extended) - 6:16
  11. Imagine (take 1) - 3:25
  12. Jealous Guy (take 11) - 4:27
  13. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21) - 5:17
  14. How do you sleep? (take 1) - 8:41
  15. How do you sleep? (takes 5 & 6) - 7:02
  • CD 4 - The Evolution Documentary in Mono
  1. Imagine - 6:51
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:59
  3. Jealous Guy - 6:15
  4. It's so hard - 6:50
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die - 7:06
  6. Gimme Some Truth - 5:12
  7. Oh My Love - 7:31
  8. How Do You Sleep - 7:34
  9. How - 8:45
  10. Oh Yoko - 3:56
  • Blu-ray Disc 1 - Imagine - The Ultimate Mixes: Imagine - The Album Remix in 5.1 & Stereo, Singles, Extras & Outtakes
  1. Imagine - 3:06
  2. Crippled Inside - 3:51
  3. Jealous Guy - 4:14
  4. It's so hard - 2:29
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die - 6:08
  6. Gimme Some Truth - 3:18
  7. Oh My Love - 2:47
  8. How do you sleep? - 5:39
  9. How? - 3:46
  10. Oh yoko! - 4:21
  • The Singles & Extras:
  2. Power to the People - 3:26
  3. Well ... (Baby Please Don't Go) - 4:08
  4. God Save Us - 3:15
  5. Do the Oz - 3:12
  6. God Save Oz - 3:21
  7. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - 3:36
  • The Out-takes New Mix in 5.1 & Stereo:
  1. Imagine (elements mix - violins only) - 2:15
  2. Jealous Guy (elements mix - piano, bass and drums) - 4:15
  3. Oh My Love (elements mix - vocals only) - 1:58
  4. How? (elements mix - violins only) - 3:38
  5. Imagine (demo) - 3:19
  6. Imagine (take 1) - 3:06
  7. Crippled Inside (take 3) - 3:52
  8. Crippled Inside (take 6 - alt guitar solo) - 3:49
  9. Jealous Guy (take 9) - 2:18
  10. It's so hard (take 6) - 2:33
  11. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 11) - 4:36
  12. Gimme Some Truth (take 4) - 3:38
  13. Oh My Love (take 6) - 2:50
  14. How do you sleep? (takes 1 & 2) - 5:59
  15. How? (take 31) - 3:47
  16. Oh yoko! (Bahamas 1969) - 5:02
  17. Power to the People (take 7) - 3:28
  18. God Save Us (demo) - 2:58
  19. Do the Oz (take 3) - 6:51
  20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix) - 3:23
  • The Quadrasonic Mixes, Original 1971 Quadsonic Album Remastered:
  1. Imagine
  2. Crippled Inside
  3. Jealous Guy
  4. It's so hard
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
  6. Gimme Some Truth
  7. Oh my love
  8. How do you sleep?
  9. How?
  10. Oh yoko!
  • Blu-ray Disc 2 - In the Studio and Deeper Listening: The Raw Studio Mixes - Extended Album Versions - Live, New Mix in 5.1 & Stereo
  1. Imagine (take 10)
  2. Crippled Inside (take 6)
  3. Jealous Guy (take 29)
  4. It's so hard (take 11)
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 - extended)
  6. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 - extended)
  7. Oh my love (take 20)
  8. How do you sleep? (take 11 - extended)
  9. How? (take 40)
  10. Oh yoko! (take 1 - extended)
  • The Raw Studio Mixes - Out-takes - Live: New Mix in 5.1 & Stereo
  1. Imagine (take 1)
  2. Crippled Inside (take 2)
  3. Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
  4. Jealous Guy (take 11)
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 21)
  6. How do you sleep? (take 1)
  7. How do you sleep? (takes 5 & 6)
  8. How? (takes 7-10)
  9. How? (take 40 alt vocal)
  10. Oh yoko! (take 1 tracking vocal)
  • The Elements Mixes: From the Master Multitracks, New Mix in 5.1 & Stereo
  1. Imagine (strings)
  2. Crippled Inside (upright bass & drums)
  3. Jealous Guy (piano, bass & drums)
  4. It's so hard (strings)
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (guitar, bass & drums)
  6. Gimme Some Truth (electric piano & guitar)
  7. Oh My Love (vocals)
  8. How do you sleep? (strings)
  9. How? (strings)
  10. Oh yoko! (acoustic)
  • The Evolution Documentary: New Mix in Mono
  1. Imagine
  2. Crippled Inside
  3. Jealous Guy
  4. It's so hard
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
  6. Gimme Some Truth
  7. Oh my love
  8. How do you sleep?
  9. How?
  10. Oh yoko!
  11. Power to the people
  12. Well ... (Baby Please Don't Go)
  13. God Save Us / God Save Oz
  14. Do the Oz
  15. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  16. Boobshurst Park
  17. Imagine John & Yoko - The Elliot Mintz Interviews: New Mix in Mono, featuring interviews with John & Yoko.

Record Store Day - 2019 version

On the occasion of 'Record Store Day', the limited vinyl album Imagine Raw Studio Mixes with its own cover design was released on April 13, 2019 . The album includes a poster that says “War Is Over! If You Want It  • Love and Peace from John & Yoko ”

page 1

  1. Imagine (take 10) - 3:12
  2. Crippled Inside (take 6) - 3:50
  3. Jealous Guy (take 29) - 4:22
  4. It's so hard (take 11) - 2:42
  5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (take 4 - extended) - 7:56

Page 2

  1. Gimme Some Truth (take 4 - extended) - 3:40
  2. Oh My Love (take 20) - 2:48
  3. How do you sleep? (take 11 - extended) - 6:00
  4. How? (take 40) - 3:55
  5. Oh yoko! (take 1 extended) - 6:16

Video publishing

Replica of the room where the music video Imagine was filmed
  • In November 1985, the 60-minute video film Imagine the Film was released on VHS video cassette, which contains all titles by Imagine , the single title Power to the People , as well as the two Yoko Ono titles Don't Count the Waves and Mrs. Lennon .
  • In April 2000 the DVD John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth: Making of the Album “Imagine” was released, which in turn contains alternative versions and new mixes.
  • In October 2018, the films Imagine and Gimme Some Truth: Making of the “Imagine” album were re-released on Blu-ray. According to the 16-page booklet, the video and audio restoration took place between 2010 and 2018. The Blu-ray contains three additional music videos and photos as bonus material. The sound can be played in 5.1 and stereo.

Single releases

Imagine

Imagine / It's So Hard was released as a single in the USA and Germany on October 11, 1971 from the album. In 1981 the single was re-released in Germany as a 12 ″ vinyl single.

In Great Britain, Imagine with the B-side Working Class Hero from the album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band was only available as a single on October 24, 1975 and reached the top ten three times by 1999 (in 1981: number one).

On October 28, 1988, the single Imagine was re-released in Great Britain with the songs Jealous Guy / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) on the B-side. The 7 ″ vinyl single was also released in the picture disc format. The CD and 12 ″ vinyl single also contain the song Give Peace a Chance .

In December 1999 there was another re-release in CD format: Imagine / Happy Xmas (War is over) / Give Peace a Chance / Imagine (video) .

Imagine / Working Class Hero was published in Germany in October 1975 . In 1981 the single was re-released in Germany as a 12 ″ vinyl single.

In Venezuela , the single Imagine was released in 1971 with the B-side Oh Yoko .

In 1971 the single Imagine with the B-side Oh My Love was released in the Philippines . " The Beatles featuring John Lennon" was erroneously listed as the interpreter on the record label .

The EP Imagine was released in Mexico in 1972 with the following songs: Imagine / It's So Hard / Oh My Love / Give Some Some Truth .

Jealous Guy

Another single was no longer released soon; Jealous Guy (B-side: Going Down on Love from the album Walls and Bridges ) was released on November 18, 1985 in Great Britain and Germany and on October 3, 1988 (B-side: Give Peace a Chance ) in the USA. In Great Britain and Germany a 12 ″ vinyl single was also released: Jealous Guy / Going Down on Love / Oh Yoko .

In 1972 the second single Jealous Guy / It's so Hard was produced in Venezuela .

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1971 Imagine 10 ? ? 1 1
2018 Imagine (2018 re-release) 10 39 41 19th 83
year Single release Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1971 (GB: 1975) Imagine 7th 4th 2 3 (1981: 1 ) 3
1985 (USA: 1988) Jealous Guy - - - 45 80
year Separate singles Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1971 Power to the people 7th 11 5 7th 11
1971 God Save Us - - - - -

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 60,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg3 × platinum
 2,160,000

Main article: John Lennon / Music Sales Awards

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium. 44.1 Productions, 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 45-57.
  • Yoko Ono: Imagine book. (Companion book of the Super Deluxe Edition), ISBN 978-1538715802 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 7 ”-Single: Power to the People
  2. ↑ 7 ”-Single: God save Us
  3. ↑ Bruce Spizer: The Beatles Solo on Apple Records. 2005, p. 55.
  4. ↑ Katrin Berndt: Yoko Ono - In Her Own Write. Your musical creation and the influence of John Lennon. Marburg 1999, p. 28. (German)
  5. ^ Text: Imagine
  6. ^ Text: Crippled Inside
  7. ^ Text: Jealous Guy
  8. ↑ Text: It's So Hard
  9. ↑ Text: I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier, Mama
  10. ^ Text: Gimme Some Truth
  11. ↑ Text: Oh My Love
  12. ↑ Text: Oh Yoko!
  13. ↑ Story of: Oh Yoko!
  14. ^ Text: How Do You Sleep
  15. ↑ Text: How
  16. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000198860
  17. ↑ everyhit.com
  18. ↑ Joe Levy (Ed.): Rolling Stone. The 500 best albums of all time . (Original edition: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Wenner Media 2005). Translation: Karin Hofmann. White Star Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011, p. 87.
  19. ^ European promotion CD: Selections from Imagine
  20. ↑ USA promotion CD: Starting Over
  21. ↑ Information on the 2018 re-release
  22. ↑ Official information on the 2018 re-release
  23. ↑ Record Store Days album: Imagine Raw Studio Mixes
  24. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: Imagine
  25. ↑ German 7 ″ vinyl single: Imagine
  26. ↑ German 12 ″ vinyl single: Imagine
  27. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Imagine / Working Class Hero
  28. ^ British picture disc single: Imagine
  29. ↑ British 12 "vinyl single: Imagine
  30. ↑ British CD single (1999): Imagine
  31. ↑ German 7 ″ vinyl single: Imagine / Working Class Hero
  32. ↑ German 12 ″ vinyl single: Imagine / Working Class Hero
  33. ↑ Venezuela 7 ″ single: Imagine / Oh Yoko
  34. ↑ Philippines 7 ″ vinyl single: Imagine / Oh My Love
  35. ↑ Mexican EP: Imagine
  36. ↑ British 7 "vinyl single: Jealous Guy
  37. ↑ US 7 ″ vinyl single: Jealous Guy
  38. ↑ European 12 ″ vinyl single: Jealous Guy
  39. ↑ Venezuela 7 ″ vinyl single: Jealous Guy / It's so hard