The John Lennon Collection

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The John Lennon Collection
Compilation album by John Lennon
Publication ; (s)	November 1, 1982 ( UK ) , ; November 8, 1982 ( US )
Label (s)	EMI Group , Geffen Records
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	LP Europe: 17, ; LP USA: 15, ; CD: 19
running time	CD: 69 min 29 s
occupation	John Lennon : vocals , guitar ; various musicians;
production	John Lennon,; Yoko Ono ,; Phil Spector ,; Jack Douglas;
Studio (s)	Various

The John Lennon Collection is the second best-of compilation album of John Lennon after the separation of the Beatles , and it is the first posthumously published album after Lennon's death in 1980. At the same time it is including seven solo studio albums of the three vanguard -albums with John Lennon's 13th album by his wife Yoko Ono and the live album of the Plastic Ono Band . It was released on November 1, 1982 in the UK and on November 8, 1982 in the US .

History of origin

In November 1982, EMI in Europe and Geffen Records in the US released a compilation album by John Lennon with a different track list. In the USA the songs Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Stand by Me are not included on the LP version . On the occasion of the LP's release, Love was released as a single in Europe. With the exception of Jealous Guy , the titles contributed by EMI are exclusively singles. ( Roxy Music released a cover version of Jealous Guy in February 1981 and peaked at number one in the UK; in November 1985 the Lennon version was also released on single in the UK). Geffen Records contributed six of the seven John Lennon titles (excluding Cleanup Time ) on the album Double Fantasy . # 9 Dream was edited (shortened) especially for the vinyl album. Furthermore, Give Peace a Chance (worldwide) and Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (in Europe) were completely available on one LP for the first time.

In 1989 EMI took over the rights to the recordings of Double Fantasy and released a CD version of the album The John Lennon Collection with the bonus tracks Move Over Ms. L (first CD release) and Cold Turkey .

Cover design

The cover pictures were photographed by Annie Leibovitz on December 8, 1980, the anniversary of John Lennon's death.

Track list

page 1

Give Peace a Chance - 4:52
Instant karma! - 3:20
Power to the People - 3:16
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - 3:17
# 9 Dream - 2:46^[note]
Mind Games - 4:12
Love - 3:22
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon / Yoko Ono ) - 3:33 (not included on the USA LP version)

Page 2

Imagine - 3:02
Jealous Guy - 4:14
Stand by Me ( Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Ben E. King ) - 3:25 (not included on the USA LP version)
(Just Like) Starting Over - 3:55
Woman - 3:25
I'm Losing You - 3:57
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - 4:01
Watching the Wheels - 3:31
Dear Yoko - 2:33

Bonus title

Move Over Ms. L. - 2:56 (appeared on CD re-release in 1989)
Cold Turkey - 5:01 (appeared on CD re-release in 1989)

[Note]: # 9 Dream - the 2:46 version was released on the LP and on the first edition of the European CD version.

Republication

The first publication in CD format took place worldwide in October 1989 at EMI with a standardized track list. The CD is accompanied by a twelve-page illustrated booklet containing the lyrics. The CD release from 1989 has not yet been remastered .

Video publishing

In October 1992 the 80-minute video collection The John Lennon Video Collection , which contains 19 videos by John Lennon, was released. There was no DVD release.

Single releases

Love

A newly mixed version of Love ( B-side : Give Me Some Truth ) was released from the album as a single in Great Britain and Germany on November 1, 1982 . The single was not released in the United States.

Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)

In the USA, the single Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) was released on November 29, 1982 , which is not on the US version of the album.

The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: on the A-side is the mono version and on the B-side the stereo version of the A-side of the purchase single, there was also a promotional 12 "vinyl single: Happy X- Mas (War Is Over) / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) .

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements
year	album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	The John Lennon Collection	62	-	-	1	33
year	Single release	Chart placements
year	Single release	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Love	-	-	-	41	nv
1982	Happy Xmas	nv	nv	nv	nv	-

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 9 × platinum	4,395,000