Free As A Bird
The Dakota Beatle Demos
Die Cut Slip Case Cover
Free As A BirdThe Dakota Beatle Demos |
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Booklet Cover |
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| The first title from a new Vigotone subsidary
and one the harder titles to find, the contents are best summed up by the linear
notes on the rear of the slip case.
This collection features the best of John Lennon's original home demos recorded at the Dakota between 1976 and 1980. John's original demos used for the new Beatles' songs: Free As A Bird & Real Love are here as well as the talked about, but never heard, 3rd "Beatle '95" demo Now and Then. Also included are several never before heard Lennon compositions. In addition, this package contains a 24 page booklet containing informative notes, relevant photos and sketches from the pen of John Lennon. As with the Majority of 'Vigotone' releases there are numerous variations. Probably the first was the white screen printed disc, which like several other Vigotone white labels releases has been know to suffer from CD ROT , frosting. I have therefore assumed that the later releases with the more complete base/background colour are the reissues. Early copies have a die cut slip case and 24 page booklet, the March 2000 catalogue shows that the slip case was no longer available , but I have been unable to trace as to when stocks ran out. There are two the usual run of CDR FAKES , and I have only listed a variation that I have seen several times. The other FAKE are factory pressed and the European 'Odeon' FAKE is easy to identify by the artwork. |
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| Song | Version | Comments | Date | ||
| 1 | 3:30 | Free As A Bird | |||
| 2 | 4:11 | Real Love |
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| 3 | 5:06 | Now And Then | |||
| 4 | 3:07 | Grow Old With Me | |||
| 5 | 2:43 | Free As A Bird | |||
| 6 | 4:35 | Dear John | |||
| 7 | 3:07 | That's The Way The World Is | |||
| 8 | 3:08 | India | |||
| 9 | 2:39 | Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) | |||
| 10 | 3:27 | Gone From This Place | |||
| 11 | 2:45 | Across The River | |||
| 12 | 3:15 | Don't Be Crazy | |||
| 13 | 2:45 | Illusions | |||
| 14 | 2:19 | Baby Make Love To You | |||
| 15 | 2:39 | Life Begins At Forty | |||
| 16 | 4:10 | She's A Friend Of Dorothy | |||
| 17 | 1:37 | You Saved My Soul | |||
| 18 | 3:32 | Sally And Billy | |||
| 19 | 4:43 | What Ever Happened To ... | |||
| 20 | 3:13 | One Of The Boys | |||
| 21 | 2:12 | Help Me To Help Myself | |||
| 22 | 4:02 | Real Love |
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White Label (First ?) Pressing |
Disc Frosting |
Matrix : PB 1001 NO Moulding SID |
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Some copies have been reported with frosting White background printed to Stacker Ring | |
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Alt,White Label Pressing |
Yellow Label Pressing |
Matrix : PB 1001 NO Moulding SID |
Matrix : PB 1001 NO Moulding SID |
Yellow/White background printed beyond stamp holder ring |
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Mitsui Gold CDR |
Mitsui CDR |
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Some with Slip Case March 2000 Catalogue shows no Slip Case now available | |
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Non Bar Code CDR Reissue |
SKC - Silver CDR |
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No Slip Case |
No Slip Case |
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Odeon IssueMatrix : Unknown Mastering Recreated Artwork
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Capital Records CDRMatrix : NONE Unknown Mastering Recreated Artwork ? Improved image wanted
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CDR FAKEthis version is regularly for sale on ebay beware. Alternate fonts and image placement on disc Improved image wanted.
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Gatefold Cover |
Inner Art |
Booklet |
Inner Tray Art |
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Slip case |
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ORIGINAL |
Odeon Reported Clone |
The collated information is from hundreds of sources, I am unable to verify the accuracy of any information implied or provided .
I neither own these discs or know how to
obtain them , so any Corrections or New material is always appreciated.
This page is a working document, last updated on the 30-Jun-2014
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