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A collection of home demos, studio-outtakes, and rough mixes for "Double fantasy"


C.D. 1 - The Studio Sessions
Hit Factory, New York, August - September 1980

1 I'm Stepping Out Take 1 - same as Lost Lennon Tapes 20 (LLT20)
2 I'm Losing You Alternate take with "Cheap Trick"
3 Clean-up Time Rehearsal, studio talk and French pastiche
4 Clean-up Time Early take
5 Clean-up Time Sound mix with unused effects - same as LLT4
Background has "laughter" running through it
6 Starting Over (Just Like) Studio talk - Same as LLT5 Track 5 (but a little less at start) at
start, "My feet are hurting and I start to fart"
7 Starting Over (Just Like) Dry mix - same as LLT5 track 7 at end,
"Ok, that's it, lets hear it again"
8 Beautiful Boy Sweet mix - same as LLT11 track 7
A different edit on the end, which can be found on LLT1
9 Dear Yoko Full mix with additional overdubs
Spoken at start in posh voice, "Even after all those years, I miss you ..."
10 Watching The Wheels Early mix
11 I Am The Walrus Very short parody in Dylanesque voice
12 Woman Studio Talk - on LLT7 track 5 as "Studio Banter" "I love double-tracking ..."
13 Woman Mix 1 - with additional piano - same as LLT19
14 Dream Lover / Stay Unreleased cover-versions
15 My Little Flower Princess (Forgive Me)
Early take at end, "It almost had my foot tapping!"
16 Nobody Told Me
Early take at end, "Stop it, Stop it, If I'm gonna do that, I wanna be louder!"
17 I Don't Wanna Face it Rock mix at start, "ein, zwei, hickle ..."
18 Borrowed Time Rough mix
19 Woman Mix 2 - with unused choir
20 I'm Stepping Out Take 2

C.D. 2 - Home Demos 1979/1980

1 The Great Wok Words of wisdom
2 Watching The Wheels Piano demo
3 Watching The Wheels Blues style on rhythm guitar
4 Corinna, Corinna Folk-blues traditional (acoustic)
5 Watching The Wheels As a folk-singer (acoustic)
6 I Don't Wanna Face It Early demo - acoustic, but in Rock style
7 Welcome To The Bermudas Spoken announcement
8 I Don't Wanna Face It Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7
9 Woman Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT1
10 I'm Stepping Out Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7
11 Everybody's Talkin' Early piano version of "Nobody Told Me"
Same as LLT11 ("Everybody's Talkin')
12 Nobody Told Me Double-tracked Bermuda demo
13 Beautiful Boy Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT1
14 Borrowed Time Double-tracked Bermuda demo
15 Dear Yoko Double-tracked Bermuda demo - same as LLT7
16 Too Much Monkey Business/Subterranean Homesick Blues
Short Chuck Berry/Bob Dylan rendition
17 Clean-up Time Piano demo - longer version is on LLT1
18 Stranger's Room Early piano demo of "I'm Losing You"
19 I'm Losing You Piano demo
20 I'm Losing You Acoustic guitar and drum-box demo, same version is MUCH longer on LLT11
21 Howling At The Moon Unreleased demo
22 I`m A Man Blues parody - same as LLT4

Tracks 23-27 : The Evolution of "Starting Over"
23 I Watch Your Face First incarnation
24 My Life Acoustic demo Take 3 - same as LLT5 track 2 at start, "Where's the mike ?"
25 Don't Be Crazy Same as LLT5 track 3 01:37
26 The Worst Is Over Much longer on LLT5 track 4
27 Starting Over (Just Like) The finished song
(although sounds like someone tapping a cup as backing)

28 The Best Things In Life Are Free Brief Dylan parody - same as LLT8
followed by a couple of minutes of John and Sean "playing"