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John Lennon's Jukebox [Import, Compilation]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product Details
Disc: 1
1. Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
2. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
3. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tracks Of My Tears
4. Otis Redding My Girl
5. Len Barry 1, 2, 3
6. Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers
7. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk
8. Timmy Shaw - Gonna Send You Back to Georgia
9. Contours - First I Look At The Purse
10. Gary U.S. - Bonds New Orleans
See all 20 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
2. Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go
3. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Steppin' Out
4. The Lovin’ Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic
5. The Big Three - Some Other Guy
6. The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout
7. Larry Williams -She Said "Yeah"
8. Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
9. Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin'
10. Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three
See all 21 tracks on this disc

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Beatles Inspiration?, July 16 2004
This review is from: John Lennon's Jukebox (Audio CD)
I loved it.

Purports to be the original songs discovered in John Lennon's small personal 45 RPM Jukebox, found with his own hand-written labels. Authentic or not, it's great rock music. The Beatles, even before they were Beatles, growing up, loved to listen to American Rock and Pop, especially R&B. Collected every American record they could get their hands on.

Listen to these 50's and 60's oldies and go back to the early Beatles and see where Lennon and McCartney got their ideas and energy! Great to hear these old songs, cleaned up and remixed to show their interior lines.Some were quite popular, to the point of being banal, in their time, others were relatively obscure.

I am particularly attracted to the slowed-down Buddy Holly's "Slippin and Slidin", Tommy Tucker's "Hi Heel Sneakers", and Barrett Strong's funky version of "Money" (That's What I Want).

Where else can you get all these great songs together? With good mixes?

And by the way, "plagarism" mean copying the works of another and calling them your own. The Beatles never "plagarized" anything. They did cover songs by other artists, with attribution, as do most all real artists. Rock music today would be much better if new musicians learned play by covering the music of the masters before trying to make their own "statement".

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good as this collection of 1960s American music is..., April 1 2004
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This review is from: John Lennon's Jukebox (Audio CD)
It is amazing that whilst this music was being plagiarised by the Beatles, the music of the two Congos - the most beautiful and inspiring popular music of the last fifty years - went completely unnoticed in America and Britain. What a blessing for future generations that the Congos' music escaped unadulterated. This is not meant to be helpful. It is educational. Get out of your silos!
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3.0 out of 5 stars John Lennons Jukebox? - Not exactly, Mar 12 2004
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ed-woods (BROMHAM, BEDFORDSHIRE United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: John Lennon's Jukebox (Audio CD)
Whilst this is a good album for anyone trying to identify with Lennon's musical influences don't expect the recordings to be those that would have been on this machine. The absence of a comprehensive set of sleeve notes is a real let down and is probably being saved for the book which is due for release later this year.
However, for me, the biggest disappointment was to discover that the compilers have utilised recordings that were not available on 45 RPM singles at the time. (The only format that Lennon's portable jukebox played)
For example 'Some Other Guy' is credited to The Big Three. There was only one version by them available at the time and that was issued on a 1963 Decca (UK) single. We know that it was the only version issued because according to the band they were not allowed to cut it again. The version included on the compilation CD should of course have been that by Richie Barrett for there is no doubt that Lennon loved this record. Once the compilers decided to use The Big Three they should at least have used their single release and not the somewhat obscure recording that is on CD 'B'.
Another clear variation is Buddy Holly's 'Slipin' & Slidin'. The version included is an 'undubbed' recording and not the overdubbed version that was originally released on the 'Reminiscing' Album in 1963 and as the 'B' side of the UK Single 'What To Do' in March 1965. In my view this is the version that John Lennon would have had at his disposal for his Jukebox, not one that wasn't released until 1969 when the 'Giant' Album appeared.
I also have my suspicions about the included version of 'Bad Boy' by Larry Williams and again I'm not sure that this is the original single release version but I don't know enough about this artist to tell.
The absence of 'Boot-Leg' by Booker T & The MG's is a complete mystery and renders the album unnecessarily incomplete.
This CD was a terrific idea and it is a shame that it has been spoiled by some clumsy track selection by the compilers. Having found the inaccuracies I know about I'm now nervous about trusting the other tracks.
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