Imagine

Tracklist

• SHM-CD 1
• 1
  Imagine
• 2
  Crippled Inside
• 3
  Jealous Guy
• 4
  It’s So Hard
• 5
  I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
• 6
  Give Me Some Truth
• 7
  Oh My Love
• 8
  How Do You Sleep
• 9
  How?
• 10
  Oh Yoko!
• 11
  Power to the People
• 12
  Well… (Baby Please Don’t Go)
• 13
  God Save Us
• 14
  Do the Oz
• 15
  God Save Oz
• 16
  Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

  John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir
• SHM-CD 2
• 1
  Imagine (elements mix)
• 2
  Jealous Guy (elements mix)
• 3
  Oh My Love (elements mix)
• 4
  How? (elements mix)
• 5
  Imagine (demo)
• 6
  Imagine (take 1)
• 7
  Crippled Inside (take 3)
• 8
  Crippled Inside (take 6 alt guitar solo)
• 9
  Jealous Guy (take 9)
• 10
  It’s So Hard (take 6)
• 11
  I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (take 11)
• 12
  Gimme Some Truth (take 4)
• 13
  Oh My Love (take 6)
• 14
  How Do You Sleep? (takes 1 & 2)
• 15
  How? (take 31)
• 16
  Oh Yoko! (Bahamas 1969)
• 17
  Power to the People (take 7)
• 18
  God Save Us (demo)
• 19
  Do the Oz (take 3)
• 20
  Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (alt mix)

  John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir

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Release credits

• Aaron Rosand
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Alan White
  cymbal [7], drums (drum set) [2.6-8, 2.12, 2.14-15, 1.1-2, 1.6, 1.8-10], vibraphone [2.9, 1.3]
• Alfred Brown
  viola [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Andy Davis
  acoustic guitar [1.6, 1.10, 2.15]
• Anthony Sophos
  cello [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Ben Ginsberg
  misc [1, 3]
• Bill Elliot
  vocal [13]
• Bobby Keys
  saxophone [2.11, 2.17, 2.19, 1.11-13, 1.15]
• Charles McCracken
  cello [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Chris Osbourne
  acoustic guitar [1.16, 2.20]
• Dave Coxhill
  saxophone [2.19, 1.14]
• David Nadien
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Eddie Klein
  engineer [2.5-6, 1.1-3]
• Eddy Offord
  engineer [4]
• Emanuel Green
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Emanuel Vardi
  viola [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Frederick Buldrini
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Geoff Driscoll
  saxophone [1.14, 2.19]
• George Duvivier
  bass [1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4], bass guitar [1, 3-4]
• George Harrison
  electric guitar [1.7, 2.13], resonator guitar [1.2, 2.7-8], slide guitar [2.14, 1.5-6, 1.8]
• George Ricci
  cello [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Harold Coletta
  viola [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Harry Glickman
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Harry Katzman
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Hugh McCracken
  acoustic guitar [1.16, 2.20]
• Jack Douglas
  engineer [2.1, 1.1-4]
• Jack Lesberg
  bass [2.1, 2.4, 1.8-9], bass guitar [1, 3-4]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.11-12, 2.10-11, 2.17], tambourine [4]
• Jim Keltner
  bell [1.16, 2.20], drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.5, 1.13-16, 2.2, 2.9, 2.19-20], percussion [12]
• Joey Molland
  acoustic guitar [2.9, 1.5]
• John Barham
  harmonium [1.3, 2.6, 2.9], piano [5-6]
• John Beal
  bass [2.1, 2.4, 1.8-9], bass guitar [1, 3-4]
• John Lennon
  acoustic guitar [1.3, 1.10, 1.16, 2.9, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20], background vocals [10], electric guitar [1.2, 1.4-6, 1.8, 1.13-15, 2.7-8, 2.10-12, 2.19], guitar [12], harmonica [10], piano [1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 2.5-6, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17], producer [1-4], vocal [1.1-12, 1.14-16, 2.3, 2.5-18, 2.20], whistling [3]
• John Pintavalle
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• John Tout
  piano [14], vibraphone [6, 15]
• Joseph Malignaggi
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Julius Brand
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Julius Schachter
  violin [1, 3-4, 8-9]
• Julius Shachter
  violin [1, 4]
• Kermit Moore
  cello [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• King Curtis
  saxophone [4-5]
• Klaus Voormann
  bass [1.5-15, 2.2, 2.6, 2.9-15, 2.17, 2.19], bass guitar [1, 3-4], double bass [1.2, 2.7-8]
• Leo Kahn
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Matthew Raimondi
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Michael Ramsden
  vocal [19]
• Mike Pinder
  tambourine [5]
• Morris Gluckman
  misc [1, 3]
• Nicky Hopkins
  electric piano [2.6, 2.13-15, 2.19, 1.5-9, 1.14], glockenspiel [1.16, 2.20], piano [2.2, 2.7-9, 2.20, 1.2-3, 1.10, 1.13, 1.15-16], tubular bells [2.20, 1.16]
• Paul Gershman
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Paul Hicks
  engineer [1-4], mix [1-4]
• Peter Buonconsiglio
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Phil Kenzie
  saxophone [1.14, 2.19]
• Phil McDonald
  engineer [2.5-6, 1.1-3]
• Phil Spector
  background vocals [10], producer [1-4]
• Raoul Polikian
  violin [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9]
• Rod Lynton
  acoustic guitar [2.7-8, 2.14-15, 1.2, 1.6, 1.10]
• Rosetta Hightower
  background vocals [11]
• Roy Cicala
  engineer [2.1, 1.1-4]
• Shelly Yakus
  engineer [1.1-4, 2.1]
• Stanley Karpienia
  violin [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Steve Brendell
  congas [18], double bass [1.2, 2.7-8]
• Stuart Scharf
  acoustic guitar [2.20, 1.16]
• Ted Turner
  acoustic guitar [2.7-8, 2.14, 1.2]
• Teddy Irwin
  acoustic guitar [1.16, 2.20]
• The Harlem Community Choir
  vocal [2.20, 1.16]
• Theodore Israel
  viola [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 2.1, 2.4]
• Tom Evans
  acoustic guitar [1.5, 2.9]
• Torrie Zito
  conductor [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-9], piano [1, 3-4]
• Yoko Ono
  producer [1-4], vocal [1.14, 1.16, 2.16, 2.19-20]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  9 September 1971
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl (The inner sleeve & label titles this release "Imagine: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (With The Flux Fiddlers*)")
  8 October 1971
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  1971
• I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  1971
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl (Quadraphonic)
  1972
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  1984
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
  26 May 1987
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
  22 July 1987
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
  1987
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (Printed in U.S.A.)
  1987
• I
  Imagine

  CD
  20 December 1989
• I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  1997
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (digitally remixed and remastered)
  14 February 2000
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD ("Digitally Remixed and Remastered")
  11 April 2000
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  2000
• I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl
  2000
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
  26 August 2003
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (digitally remixed and remastered)
  28 November 2007
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  1 October 2010
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (2010 remaster)
  4 October 2010
• I
  Imagine

  CD (2010 remaster)
  4 October 2010
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (2010 remaster)
  5 October 2010
• I
  Imagine

  CD (2010 remaster)
  6 October 2010
• I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  2010
• 

  I
  Imagine

  2x 12" Vinyl (40th Anniversary Special Edition)
  25 November 2011
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Blu-ray
  20 January 2014
• I
  Imagine

  Blu-ray
  25 February 2014
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  23 September 2014
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  6 October 2014
• 

  I
  Imagine

  SHM-SACD
  3 December 2014
• 

  I
  Imagine

  SHM-CD
  3 December 2014
• 

  I
  Imagine

  12" Vinyl (reissue, remastered, 180g)
  31 August 2015
• 

  I
  Imagine: The Ultimate Collection

  4x Digital Media
  5 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine

  2x Blu-ray, 4x CD (the ultimate edition)
  5 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine

  2x Digital Media (the ultimate mixes deluxe)
  5 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine: The Ultimate Collection

  4x Digital Media
  5 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  5 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
  5 October 2018
• I
  Imagine

  2x SHM-CD
  5 October 2018
• I
  Imagine

  2x CD
  5 October 2018
• I
  Imagine

  2x Blu-ray, 4x SHM-CD
  12 October 2018
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD (2018 remix)
  5 November 2018
• I
  Imagine

  2x CD (2 CD version of the 4 CD + 2 BluRay box set.)
  2018
• 

  I
  Imagine (The Ultimate Collection)

  Digital Media
  22 September 2025
• I
  Imagine (The Ultimate Mixes)

  Digital Media
  22 September 2025
• I
  Imagine

  Digital Media
  1 October 2025
• I
  Imagine (The Ultimate Mixes Deluxe)

  Digital Media
  14 October 2025
• 

  I
  Imagine

  CD
• I
  Imagine

  CD
• I
  Imagine

  CD (European 1990's reissue)
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media (the ultimate mixes)
• 

  I
  Imagine

  Digital Media (the ultimate mixes)
  5 October 2018
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