🎧 John's solo album - 1968

[Chris Shaw]

Lots of people discuss a single album version of The White Album - a futile exercise as it takes away from enjoying the whole journey.

However, much more fun is imagining a 1968 solo John Lennon album...! John's songwriting was incredibly fruitful in 1968 and with all the hours put into it What's the New Mary Jane would've 100% been included. In which case we now have an incredible psychedelic/raw album that would've been a joy and not to mention an incredibly confrontational listen!


Side one
1. Dear Prudence
2. Glass Onion
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. I'm So Tired
6. Julia

Side two
1. Yer Blues
2. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
3. Sexy Sadie
4. Revolution 1
5. Cry Baby Cry
6. Revolution 9
7. What's the New Mary Jane

So, what would you include on your fantasy solo John albums from 1963-1969?

 

[Skylar Moody]

I would LOVE to hear “Child of Nature”! Though I love “Jealous Guy”, CON should definitely make the cut. It encapsulates his late 60’s energy perfectly!

 

[Good Dog Nigel]

Here's a Playlist to enjoy

 

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you GDN! That’s Monday night’s listening sorted

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

Lots of people discuss a single album version of The White Album - a futile exercise as it takes away from enjoying the whole journey.

However, much more fun is imagining a 1968 solo John Lennon album...! John's songwriting was incredibly fruitful in 1968 and with all the hours put into it What's the New Mary Jane would've 100% been included. In which case we now have an incredible psychedelic/raw album that would've been a joy and not to mention an incredibly confrontational listen!


Side one
1. Dear Prudence
2. Glass Onion
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. I'm So Tired
6. Julia

Side two
1. Yer Blues
2. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
3. Sexy Sadie
4. Revolution 1
5. Cry Baby Cry
6. Revolution 9
7. What's the New Mary Jane

So, what would you include on your fantasy solo John albums from 1963-1969?View attachment 44

Jealous Guy would be so interesting for the context of the moment! All the teories and John himself acknowledging his flaws like he did more in the 70s. And I'm sure Mother would be interesting too.

 

[John]

Love your track list, but wouldn't it be great to have John singing his composition "Good Night" to end this solo album?
If only his vocal version still existed!

 

[John]

Basically, all the songs on A Hard Day's Night are John's! (sorry Paul, you did write a few masterpieces on it as well!)

 

[ZZaunkönig]

Basically, all of A Hard Day's Night is John songs! (sorry Paul, you did write a few masterpieces on it as well!)

It's true, actually 9 of 13 songs are written by Lennon.

 

[Chris Shaw]

Love your track list, but wouldn't it be great to have John singing his composition "Good Night" to end this solo album?
If only his vocal version still existed!

Definitely! It should be the guitar version on the box set - plus John ending an album with a ‘guest vocal’ from Ringo is a very John thing to do!

 

[Dalton]

Lots of people discuss a single album version of The White Album - a futile exercise as it takes away from enjoying the whole journey.

However, much more fun is imagining a 1968 solo John Lennon album...! John's songwriting was incredibly fruitful in 1968 and with all the hours put into it What's the New Mary Jane would've 100% been included. In which case we now have an incredible psychedelic/raw album that would've been a joy and not to mention an incredibly confrontational listen!


Side one
1. Dear Prudence
2. Glass Onion
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. I'm So Tired
6. Julia

Side two
1. Yer Blues
2. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
3. Sexy Sadie
4. Revolution 1
5. Cry Baby Cry
6. Revolution 9
7. What's the New Mary Jane

So, what would you include on your fantasy solo John albums from 1963-1969?View attachment 44

I absolutely love the idea of "fantasy albums" like these!! great work!

 

[Phillip]

Love your track list, but wouldn't it be great to have John singing his composition "Good Night" to end this solo album?
If only his vocal version still existed!

It does, there's a snippet of John singing "Good night" on the Wedding album, side 2 "Amsterdam"

 

[Jane smith]

Mucha gente habla de una versión de un solo álbum de The White Album, un ejercicio inútil que impide disfrutar de todo el viaje.

Sin embargo, ¡es mucho más divertido imaginar un álbum en solitario de John Lennon de 1968...! La composición de John fue increíblemente fructífera en 1968 y con todas las horas que le dedicó, What's the New Mary Jane habría sido incluida al 100 %. En ese caso, ahora tenemos un increíble álbum psicodélico/crudo que habría sido una alegría y, por no mencionar, una escucha increíblemente confrontativa.


Lado uno
1. Querida Prudence
2. Cebolla de cristal
3. La historia continua de Bungalow Bill
4. La felicidad es un arma caliente
5. Estoy muy cansado
6. Julia

Lado dos
1. Tu tristeza
2. Todos tienen algo que ocultar excepto yo y mi mono
3. Sadie sexy
4. Revolución 1
5. Llora bebé, llora
6. Revolución 9
7. ¿Qué es lo nuevo de Mary Jane?

Entonces, ¿qué incluirías en tus álbumes de fantasía en solitario de John de 1963 a 1969?View attachment 44

doJealous boy, mother and Julia are very emotional so many feelings on John's part, the pain of his voice when singing it, his past, his hard childhood and I think it was a relief for John to shout when singing mother It's really very strong, he went through so many horrible things in his childhood and that made him stronger That made his beautiful soul stronger than ever even though inside he really still had a child inside, and really those songs make me cry thinking about how John must feel, they make me want to hug him and Consoling him, it breaks my soul to hear them and I think they should be part of that