John Lennon Signature Box

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John Lennon Signature Box
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Released5 October 2010
Recorded1969–1983
Genre Rock
Length451:47
Label EMI
Producer Yoko Ono, EMI, John Lennon, Phil Spector
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Power to the People: The Hits
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John Lennon Signature Box
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The John Lennon Signature Box is an 11-disc boxed set of remastered John Lennon albums and new collections, released on CD and digital format, as part of the "Gimme Some Truth" collection. The albums released in the boxed set are digital remasters of the original recordings and mixes, done by John's widow Yoko Ono and the same team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios who worked on the 2009 remasters by The Beatles, in London and Avatar Studios, New York. [7] The set also includes home demos and non-album singles. [8] The boxed set was released on vinyl in June 2015 by Universal Music Catalogue without the two additional discs.

Contents

Album listing

Additional content

Disc 10 – Non-Album Singles
  1. "Power to the People" – 3:25
  2. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" – 3:34
  3. "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" – 3:21
  4. "Cold Turkey" – 5:03
  5. "Move Over Ms. L" – 2:58
  6. "Give Peace a Chance" – 4:55
Disc 11 – Home Tapes
  1. "Mother" – 4:25
  2. "Love" – 2:39
  3. "God" – 4:35
  4. "I Found Out" – 4:34
  5. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:13
  6. "Honey Don't" – 1:40
  7. "One of the Boys" – 2:39
  8. "India, India" – 3:07
  9. "Serve Yourself" – 5:21
  10. "Isolation" – 3:07
  11. "Remember" – 5:29
  12. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – 4:11
  13. "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" – 3:26

Charts

Chart performance for John Lennon Signature Box
Chart (2010–2023)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 195
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 16
French Albums (SNEP) [12] 137
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 40
US Billboard 200 [16] 148

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