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John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (DESS) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Mother 5:37
  2. Hold On 1:52
  3. I Found Out 3:38
  4. Working Class Hero 3:51
  5. Isolation 2:52
  6. Remember 4:34
  7. Love 3:24
  8. Well Well Well 5:59
  9. Look At Me 2:55
  10. God 4:10
  11. My Mummy's Dead 0:50

Notes

From the Doc's announcement:

As far as Ebbetts is concerned, this LP was a necessary venture. Like George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass," this is a terrific LP that was given absolutely HORRIBLE treatment in the digital domain. The CD versions of this release simply sound lifeless and squashed. The noise reduction used is downright criminal as far as I'm concerned (and many thousands agree with me). The EQ on the commercial CD releases is a touch too harsh on certain tracks as well. This is, of course, taken straight from the original LP.

Regarding the first release of this album:

Originally, I planned to release the Plastic Ono Band MFSL LP, seeing as so
many requested it. Then, I decided I would rather do the original US LP instead. I did not own one worthy of use, so I picked up a near mint, almost pristine copy of the LP. Then came the error...

The clearest - and most well-known way - of
telling the original Plastic Ono Band Lp from the MFSL version is to listen
to the introduction of "Hold On," the LP's second track. The original
release has a shorter intro to the song (Actually, the intro is sort of "cut
off"). The MFSL version has the "complete" intro. This is WELL-KNOWN.
If you ordered Plastic Ono Band from me, you definitely have the MFSL audio.