John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection) (1970/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 07:25:14 minutes | 14,60 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

Featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Alan White and Phil Spector.

Completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes at Abbey Road Studios.

Contains Ultimate Mixes, Out-Takes, Elements, Raw Studio and Evolution Mixes; Demos, Jams and Yoko Ono Live Sessions.

Produced and Supervised by Yoko Ono Lennon using the same team that mixed and engineered Imagine (The Ultimate Collection) including triple GRAMMY Award winner Paul Hicks, Rob Stevens and Sam Gannon.
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John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:33 minutes | 843 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Capitol Records , Calderstone Productions

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album by John Lennon. Produced by Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Phil Spector, the album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Ascot Sound Studios and used the same musicians and production team as Yoko Ono’s album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. Considered to be one of Lennon’s best solo albums, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was ranked at #23 by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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John Lennon – Mind Games (1973/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:00 minutes | 875 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

John Lennon’s Mind Games was recorded and released in 1973. The album was Lennon’s first self-produced album and although it was initially poorly-received by critics, it was eventually met with favorable reviews. Mind Games reached #13 on the UK charts and #9 in the US, where it was also certified gold. Lennon wrote all of the songs for the album in one week, and the album was recorded in July and August of 1973.
This digital remaster of Mind Games was transferred from Protools 192 kHz (Prism AD8) into an analogue EMI TG12410 desk, into Sadie at 96kHz/24bit.
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John Lennon – Imagine (The Ultimate Collection) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:31:57 minutes | 5,13 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

This historical, remixed and remastered in 24bit collection is fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon, who oversaw the production and creative direction. Spread across four albums, this truly unique expanded edition offers a variety of listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the iconic album, which reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs, to the Raw Studio Mixes that allow listeners to hear Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band’s original, unadorned performances, for the first time in nearly fifty years.
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John Lennon – Imagine (1971/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:43 minutes | 886 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Apple

Imagine is the second album by John Lennon. Recorded and released in 1971, it tended towards songs that were gentler, more commercial and less primal rock than those on his previous album, the critically acclaimed John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The album is considered the most popular of his works. In 2012, Imagine was voted 80th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
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John Lennon – GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:17:45 minutes | 2,76 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

John Lennon’s Gimme Some Truth, an extensive 4-disc compilation album, was released in 2010. Is the Autumn 2020 version an anniversary re-release? Has the music industry got to the stage where it just reissues compilations every ten years? No, not quite. This version actually celebrates Lennon’s 80th birthday (he was born on the 9th October 1940) and it’s more sober than the one from ten years ago. We find 36 songs that embody Lennon’s work – 36 candles that have lit up the lives of several generations. From Instant Karma and Angela to Power To The People, God and (of course) Imagine, all the classics are there. There are no unreleased tracks, the real novelty comes from the sound. Taken from The Beatles’ catalogue, these songs have been heavily reworked, remixed, rearranged and remastered. The sound is undoubtedly fuller, brighter and more precise. Die-hard fans might be annoyed (and perhaps rightly so) by this post-mortem facelift. Why change a sound to which we have always been accustomed, and which bears witness to such an era? But look past this and you’ll see a whole new world – one with more colours and expression. Everyone will at least agree on one thing: Lennon’s sentimental, troubled and political songs are still as relevant today as they were forty-five years ago. – Stéphane Deschamps
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