JOHN LENNON ROOTS LP Original Adam VIII Release RARE

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Apr 16, 2008 Sold Date

Apr 9, 2008 Start Date

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John Lennon

ROOTS...SINGS THE GREAT ROCK AND ROLL HITS

ORIGINAL ADAM VIII RELEASE...GUARANTEED

VINYL LP ALBUM
1975 ADAM VIII Records A8018

RARE ORIGINAL US PRESSING

The rarest album in John Lennon's solo canon, Roots was originally conceived in settlement of a copyright case lodged against the singer by publisher Morris Levy, following Lennon's use of a Chuck Berry lyric in the Beatles' "Come Together." Lennon agreed to record three songs published by Levy as part of his next album, and conceived a collection of covers paying tribute to his own 1950s roots -- the hijacked Berry number, "You Can't Catch Me," amusingly, among them. The project was delayed following the abandonment of the original recording sessions with producer Phil Spector, but Lennon finally presented Levy with a 15-song reference tape of the recordings in late 1974. Just weeks later, in February 1975, Levy's Adam VIII label began running television commercials promoting Roots, a mail-order album subtitled, indeed, John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits. Capitol, Lennon's regular label, immediately issued their own revised version of the same LP, Rock 'n' Roll, simultaneously initiating legal action against Adam VIII. Roots was withdrawn and, following three years of litigation, all unsold copies of the LP were delivered to Lennon (presumably for destruction) in 1977. Among fans and collectors, however, there is no question as to which version of the album is superior. Not only does Roots feature substantially different, and much rawer, mixes of the Rock 'n' Roll material, it also includes two songs omitted from the Capitol set -- a tremendous version of "Be My Baby" and a shimmering "Angel Baby." TRACKLIST 1.Be Bop A Lula
2.Ain't That A Shame
3.Stand By Me
4.Sweet Little Sixteen
5.Rip It Up
6.Angel Baby
7.Do You Wanna Dance
8.You Can't Catch Me
1.Bony Moronie 2.Peggy Sue
3.Bring It On Home To Me
4.Slippin' And Slidin'
5.Be My Baby
6.Ya Ya 7.Just Because

LP IS IN MINT- CONDITION..JACKET IS IN VG+ AS THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER HAS A DING

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