John Lennon, Imagine, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Audiophile Pressing, Sealed, New
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John Lennon recorded the Imagine album from early to mid-1971 with supporting musicians that included his ex-Beatles band-mate George Harrison, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, bassist Klaus Voormann and drummers Alan White and Jim Keltner. Its lyrics reflect peace, love, and politics. Imagine was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200. Along with John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, it is considered one of Lennon's finest solo albums. In 2012, the album was voted 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album has been reissued multiple times, perhaps most significant is the audiophile, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, Half-Speed Master version, as the best possible means to hear what was recorded on the master tape in the studio. MFSL carefully picked the best recorded music each year, choosing only popular music that was recorded with excellence giving you the most powerful music experience on your stereo music system. What makes this sale offering particularly unique is that this album is brand new, sealed, never opened, so it is as fresh and unaltered as the day it was sealed at the factory. It is NEW OLD STOCK (NOS) stored in an air-conditioned environment, remaining in prestigious condition all these years. You won’t find this music in a better presentation, in best possible shape, so don’t let this opportunity pass you by.
On a final note regarding the musical content of this historic album, the track "Imagine" became Lennon's signature song and was written as a plea for world peace. Years later he acknowledged Ono's role in the song's creation and stated his regret that he had not credited her as a co-writer. "Jealous Guy" has also had enduring popularity; it was originally composed as "Child of Nature" during the songwriting sessions in India in 1968 that led to the Beatles' double album The Beatles. Lennon also indulged his love of rock and roll with "Crippled Inside" and "It's So Hard". "Gimme Some Truth", first heard during the Let It Be sessions in early 1969, appears on the album with a new bridge. The politically themed "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" closes the first half of Imagine in a cacophonous manner. The last song on the album was "Oh Yoko!"; EMI pushed for this track to be issued as a single, but Lennon thought it was too "pop".
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