JOHN LENNON DOUBLE FANTASY LIMITED EDITION SUPERDISC GEFFEN LABEL*Looks Unplayed

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JOHN LENNON/BEATLES~DOUBLE FANTASY~LIMITED EDITION SUPERDISC. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.

Looks Unplayed!!

This is the rarer Half-Speed mastered pressing of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono disc Double Fantasy. It is on the Geffen/Nautilus Superdisc label and dates from 1982.
According to the cover: "A nautilus superdisc is a recording that reproduces with startling accuracy all of the musical energy and dynamics recorded by the artist on the original Master tape. super discs are created using state-of-the-art technology and the finest imported virgin vinyl. Each record is individually inspected using the highest quality control standards. This album will make your stereo system sound better."
 
Double Fantasy is a 1980 album released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is the seventh and final studio album released by Lennon during his lifetime. Following Lennon's murder three weeks after its release, it became a worldwide commercial success and went on to win the 1981 Album of the Year award at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards. Seven years later it was ranked at No.29 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

Sessions for the album began in New York City on 7 August 1980 and continued through 19 October 1980. They produced dozens of songs, enough to fill Double Fantasy and a large part of a projected second album, Milk and Honey.

Lennon wanted to work with different musicians than he had previously, and had Douglas assemble and rehearse the band without telling them who they would be recording with.

The sessions remained top secret. Lennon and Ono still were not signed to a record label and paid for the initial sessions themselves. After they were satisfied that the album was strong, their publicist Bruce Replogle leaked the news that the couple were back in the studio again.

Immediately, Lennon was inundated with offers from all the major labels. The recording industry was shocked when the couple signed with the newly formed Geffen Records on 22 September 1980 because David Geffen shrewdly insisted on speaking with Ono first, and regarded her contributions as equal to Lennon's. He signed them before hearing any of the tracks.

The album’s songs are sequenced throughout as a dialogue between John and Yoko, and it’s a cool concept. The juxtaposition between, ‘I’m Losing You’ and ‘I’m Moving On’ in particular works extremely well, as does John’s beautiful ‘Woman,’ one of his most gorgeous melodies, topped off with one of his most openly romantic lyrics; It became the second single from the album and it too topped the Hot 100. Yoko’s ‘Beautiful Boys’ is equally sensuous, and highlights the innovative musical oeuvre that she had made her own.

A must for your collection.