Sunday, August 1, 2010

Real Love by John Lennon – ***; by The Beatles – ***

First released: 1988

There are a couple of different version of this song, all seem to be somewhat incomplete which is why Lennon never chose to release this song in his lifetime. The first version most of the public heard was used on the titles of the 1988 "Imagine: John Lennon" movie and it’s accompanying soundtrack. This version was also issued on 1998’s "The John Lennon Anthology" and "Wonsaponatime", 2004’s "Acoustic" and "Working Class Hero" from 2005. Later, when The Beatles secured some tracks from Yoko Ono for possible use in "The Beatles Anthology", this was one they worked on and orchestrated and added “oohs” and “aahs” to and issued it as a single as well as an album track for "Anthology 2" in 1996. There is yet another demo version called "(Short Version) (Speech Removed)" on the import only "Peace, Love & Truth" from 2005.

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