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21st October 2002 the C.D. is re-issued in a new re-mastered edition running to 48:02 as it has three bonus tracks.
The remixing was performed at Abbey Road in 2002 with a project co-ordinator of Allan Rouse.
On this release, "Mind Games" is on E.M.I. Records with a catalogue number of 542 4252 (International number 7243 5 42425 2 6)
It includes a 32-page booklet which has nine rare Lennon drawings (one shown above), three photographs and eight items of memorabilia.
The front cover is just like the album, and the rear is the same as the album rear but obviously with more text upon it, so I haven`t bothered showing them again.
Mind Games, John Lennon's seminal 1973 solo album, has been remixed, remastered and augmented by three bonus tracks, and will be reissued by Capitol Records on November 5, 2002.
:hi: The original album is complemented by three previously unreleased tracks - an early version of "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" with alternate lyrics, a home version of "Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)" and an alternate version of "Meat City."
In the tradition of Capitol's recent Lennon reissues (Imagine, Double Fantasy, Plastic Ono Band and Milk and Honey), Mind Games utilizes original cover art, but features new deluxe packaging. The
32-page booklet includes many previously unseen John Lennon drawings, photographs and memorabilia from the era, plus full song lyrics.
The follow-up to 1972's heavily politicized Some Time In New York City, Mind Games was recorded at New York's Record Plant in August 1973, and released in November of that year. At
the time, John was in the middle of his battle with Immigration to stay in the U.S., the Watergate scandal was making headlines and a global recession was underway.
"On 'Mind Games,' for the first time, Lennon has begun to mix his older, spiritual and religious yearnings with his political convictions," noted critic Dave Marsh upon its release. (A yellowed clipping of his review is reproduced in the CD booklet.)
Just before recording the album, John and Yoko had moved into the Dakota in New York. That same month had seen them reveal their image of Nutopia, a concept explored on the album sleeve for Mind Games and on the track "Nutopian International Anthem," a few seconds of
silence. In their Declaration of Nutopia (issued on April 1st of 1973 and reproduced in the new packaging), John and Yoko described it as a conceptual country - one with "no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people...no laws other than cosmic."
After the hostile reaction to the politically charged Sometime in New York City, John Lennon moved away from explicit protest songs and returned to introspective songwriting with Mind Games. Lennon didn't leave politics behind -- he just tempered his opinions with humor on songs like "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)," which happened to undercut the intention of the song. It also indicated the confusion that lies at the heart of the album. Lennon doesn't know which way to go, so he tries everything. There are lovely ballads like "Out of the Blue" and "One Day (At a Time)," forced, ham-fisted rockers like "Meat City" and "Tight As," sweeping Spectoresque pop on "Mind Games," and many mid-tempo, indistinguishable pop/rockers. While the best numbers are among Lennon's finest, there's only a handful of them, and the remainder of the record is simply pleasant. But compared to Sometime in New York City, as well as the subsequent Walls and Bridges, Mind Games sounded like a return to form. [The edition reissued in 2002 appended three extra tracks, the "home versions" of "Aisumasen," "Bring on the Lucie," and "Meat City."]
01. "Mind Games " - 4:13
02. "Tight A$" - 3:37
03. "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" - 4:44
04. "One Day (at a Time)" - 3:09
05. "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" - 4:12
06. "Nutopian International Anthem" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) - 0:03
* Himno simbólico de Nutopia
07. "Intuition" - 3:08
08. "Out the Blue" - 3:23
09. "Only People" - 3:23
10."I Know (I Know)" - 3:49
11. "You Are Here" - 4:08
12. "Meat City" - 2:45
Temas extra
13. "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" - 3:36
14. "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" - 1:02
15. "Meat City" - 2:37
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I love this record :hi: