The Househusband Years: The Complete Home Recordings 1975-1980

Bootleg by John Lennon

Released 19 June 2015

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CD 1: 1975 – March 1978
1
Tessessee (take 1)
0:35
2
Tessessee (take?)
2:30
3
Tessessee (take 4)
2:05
4
Everybody
2:49
5
Sally and Billy (take 2)
3:30
6
Sally and Billy (take 3)
3:20
7
Mucho Mungo
2:28
8
Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love) (take 1)
2:40
9
Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love) (take?)
2:33
10
Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love) (take 8)
2:28
11
She Is a Friend of Dorothy’s (take 2)
2:41
12
She Is a Friend of Dorothy’s (take 7)
4:15
13
I Don’t Want to Lose You
5:01
14
Free as a Bird (take 1)
3:26
15
Free as a Bird (take 3)
2:42
16
(Turned Out Nice Again)
0:06
17
Whatever Happened To…? (take 1‐fragment with voice‐over)
0:19
18
Whatever Happened To…? (take 2)
4:53
19
One of the Boys (take 1)
3:08
20
One of the Boys (take 2)
3:16
21
Mirror, Mirror (On the Wall) (takes 1–2)
8:49
22
Mirror, Mirror (On the Wall) (take 4)
0:31
23
Mirror, Mirror (On the Wall) (take 5)
2:35
24
Sea Ditties
2:54
25
Maurice Dupont (Act 1)
1:58
26
Maurice Dupont (Act 2)
1:09
27
Maurice Dupont (Act 3)
2:46
CD 2: CD 2: Late 1978 - September 1979
1
Too Much Monkey Business / Subterranean Homesick Blues
1:18
2
Rock Inland Line
2:31
3
Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Get Back
2:43
4
Beyond the Sea / Blue Moon / Young Love
4:08
5
Satire 1
2:20
6
Satire 2
4:32
7
Satire 3 / Maggie Mae
1:24
8
Falling in Love Again
1:31
9
I'm a Man
1:50
10
It Was a Night Like Ethel Merman
1:03
11
(dialogue for a Silent TV)
1:13
12
The Great Wok
3:03
13
I Don't Wanna Face It (take 2)
0:45
14
I Don't Wanna Face It (take?)
1:47
15
I Watch Your Face
2:17
16
It's Real
1:05
17
(Audio Diary 1)
2:55
18
Serve Yourself
3:21
19
Serve Yourself
5:15
20
That's the Way the World Is
3:04
21
Don't Be Crazy (take 1)
3:11
22
Don't Be Crazy (take 2)
1:39
23
Baby Make Love to You
2:16
24
Baby Make Love to You / Girls and Boys
3:59
25
Girls and Boys
1:23
26
Real Life (take 1)
0:56
27
Real Life (take 2)
5:27
28
Real Life (take 3)
2:45
CD 3: September 1979 – Early 1980
1
Real Life (fragment 1)
0:40
2
Real Life (fragment 2)
0:32
3
Real Life (Let Go 1)
3:32
4
Real Life (Let Go 2)
3:19
5
Serve Yourself
8:18
6
Serve Yourself
2:31
7
Girls and Boys
3:10
8
Girls and Boys (with voice‐over)
1:11
9
Audio Diary 1
0:26
10
Not for Love nor Money
2:40
11
Dialogue 1
3:24
12
Dialogue 2
21:50
13
Sean’s “In the Sky”
1:22
14
Sean’s “Loud”
3:49
15
Sean’s “Serve Yourself/Be‐Bop‐A‐Lula”
1:29
16
She Runs Them Round in Circles / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
5:39
17
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (instrumental with voice‐over)
2:15
18
Improvisation (with voice‐over)
3:45
19
Rock Island Line
2:50
20
Many Rivers to Cross / My Girl
5:22
CD 4: Late 1979 – Early 1980
1
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
11:41
2
Howling at the Moon
1:58
3
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) / Howling at the Moon / Across the River
5:14
4
India, India
3:04
5
Help Me to Help Myself
1:52
6
Life Begins at 40
2:33
7
Across the River
2:37
8
Instrumental 1
1:06
9
Instrumental 2 (with Voice‐Over)
0:49
10
Girls and Boys (take?)
1:29
11
Girls and Boys (take 4)
4:04
12
Girls and Boys (take 5)
2:47
13
Girls and Boys (take 6)
2:43
14
Watching the Wheels
0:25
15
Watching the Wheels
4:38
16
Watching the Wheels
2:23
17
Watching the Wheels
2:39
18
Watching the Wheels
1:01
19
Watching the Wheels
2:18
20
Watching the Wheels
0:26
21
Watching the Wheels
4:10
22
Watching the Wheels
3:08
23
Watching the Wheels
3:29
24
Watching the Wheels
3:10
25
Watching the Wheels
0:30
26
Watching the Wheels
4:16
27
Watching the Wheels
4:35
CD 5: Early – June 1980
1
Watching the Wheels
0:36
2
Stranger’s Room
1:29
3
John Henry
1:35
4
John Henry (instrumental)
0:42
5
John Henry
2:12
6
Watching the Wheels
2:51
7
Corinna, Corrina
1:18
8
Stranger’s Room
3:45
9
Stranger’s Room
6:35
10
My Life (take 1)
2:52
11
My Life (take 2)
2:37
12
My Life (take 3)
2:42
13
My Life (take? – fragment)
0:14
14
Serve Yourself
4:26
15
Serve Yourself
4:33
16
Memories (take 1)
4:33
17
Cathy’s Clown
1:12
18
You Send Me
2:08
19
Memories (take 2)
2:30
20
Welcome to Cold Spring Harbor
0:50
21
Dear Yoko (takes 1–2)
5:50
22
Dialogue at Cannon Hill
5:12
23
Blues Instrumental (fragments)
3:36
24
Dear Yoko (take 1‐fragment with voice‐over)
0:07
25
Dear Yoko (takes 2–3)
5:32
26
Borrowed Time
5:09
27
I’m Stepping Out (take 1)
1:40
CD 6: June – July 1980
1
I’m Stepping Out (take 3)
6:12
2
I’m Stepping Out (take?)
2:55
3
Beautiful Day (Darling Boy) (take 1)
2:49
4
Beautiful Day (Darling Boy) (take 2)
4:12
5
Beautiful Day (Darling Boy) (take 2 with overdubs)
4:20
6
Borrowed Time
5:06
7
Dear Yoko
5:06
8
I Don’t Wanna Face It
2:06
9
Girls and Boys (take 6 with overdubs)
2:44
10
Watching the Wheels
3:06
11
Serve Yourself
3:54
12
Nobody Told Me
3:20
13
Memories
6:26
14
I’m Losing You
3:15
15
I’m Losing You
0:47
16
I’m Losing You
3:07
17
I’m Stepping Out
5:11
18
I Don’t Wanna Face It
3:01
19
I’m Stepping Out
5:00
20
Mr. Hyde’s Gone (Don’t Be Afraid)
2:39
21
The Happy Rishikesh Song / Something Is Wrong
3:23
CD 7: July – August 1980
1
Real Love (take 1)
3:58
2
Real Love (take 4)
4:07
3
Grow Old With Me
3:10
4
Real Love (take 5 with overdubs)
4:22
5
Woman (take 1)
2:41
6
Woman (take 4)
0:32
7
Woman (take 7)
3:53
8
Woman (take 8)
3:25
9
Nobody Told Me (overdub take 1)
3:21
10
Nobody Told Me (overdub take 2)
4:10
11
Woman (take 8 with overdub)
3:08
12
Woman (take 8 with overdub)
4:13
13
(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess (take 3)
3:27
14
The Worst Is Over (take 1)
2:23
15
The Worst Is Over (take 2)
6:00
16
Help Me to Help Myself (takes 2–3)
3:08
17
My Life (take 1)
3:11
18
My Life (take 2)
0:55
19
My Life (take 4)
1:36
20
Serve Yourself (two takes)
11:07
21
Cleanup Time
2:53
22
Cleanup Time
3:25
CD 8: August – November 1980
1
(Just Like) Starting Over (take 1)
4:18
2
(Just Like) Starting Over (take 2)
3:46
3
(Just Like) Starting Over (take 3)
4:56
4
Gone From This Place (take 1)
3:13
5
Gone From This Place (take 4)
3:20
6
Gone From This Place (Fragment with Voice‐Over)
0:11
7
Dear John
4:23
8
You Saved My Soul
4:10
9
John Lennon Phone Call With Wabx Detroit 1974
14:19
10
John Lennon Rolling Stone Interview December 8, 1980 (excerpt)
18:43
11
John Lennon Final Interview December 8, 1980 (excerpt)
9:42
CD 9: Guitar Demos
1
Watching the Wheels
3:08
2
Knocking on Dylan’s Door
2:21
3
It Sounds Like a Ballad to Me
4:35
4
More Satire
0:50
5
Lebenstraum (Falling in Love Again)
1:27
6
French Song (La Mer)
1:08
7
Serve Yourself
3:54
8
She’ll Be Coming ’round the Mountain
1:02
9
Dear Yoko
3:38
10
I’m Stepping Out
2:59
11
I Don’t Wanna Face It
2:08
12
Borrowed Time
4:50
13
Beautiful Boy
4:10
14
Grow Old With Me
3:07
15
Starting Over
3:09
16
Woman
3:30
17
Say It Again
3:42
18
Nobody Told Me (take 2, version a)
3:57
19
Nobody Told Me (take 2, version B)
3:56
20
Nobody Told Me (take 2, version C)
3:56
21
I’m Losing You
3:07
22
I Ain’t Got Time
3:11
CD 10: Piano Demos
1
Grow Old With Me
3:07
2
Help Me to Help Myself
2:38
3
I Don’t Wanna Sleep Alone
2:53
4
Now and Then
5:01
5
Cleanup Time
9:07
6
Watching the Wheels
12:55
7
Serve Yourself
3:29
8
Memories / Cathy’s Clown
5:48
9
Real Love
4:42
10
She’s a Friend of Dorothy
3:26
11
Starting Over
4:24
12
I’m Losing You
6:01
13
I’m Stepping Out
3:15
14
Don’t Be Afraid
2:46
15
Why Must We Be Alone? (Real Love)
2:31
16
Solitude
5:15
CD 11: Piano and Guitar Demos
1
My Life (piano)
4:22
2
Cleanup (piano)
2:27
3
I’m Losing You
6:45
4
Beautiful Boy (amplified acoustic guitar)
4:08
5
Watching the Wheels (electric guitar)
3:14
6
Dear Yoko (acoustic guitar)
5:03
7
When I Was Lonely and Scared (amplified acoustic guitar)
1:31
8
Woman (rhythm box and double track acoustic guitar)
4:08
9
I’m Stepping Out (rhythm box and acoustic guitar)
5:09
10
I Don’t Wanna Face It (rhythm box and acoustic guitar)
3:08
11
Real Love (piano take 4)
4:11
12
Borrowed Time (rhythm box and acoustic guitar)
4:38
13
Happy Rishikesh Song (acoustic guitar)
1:58
14
Something Is Wrong (acoustic guitar)
2:51
15
Beautiful Boy (acoustic guitar)
2:48
16
Watching the Wheels (piano)
4:42
17
Grow Old With Me (rhythm box and piano)
3:07
18
Grow Old With Me (acoustic guitar)
19
Grow Old With Me (piano)
20
Cleanup Time (piano Incomplete)
3:12
21
I’m Stepping Out / Real Love (piano)
0:57
22
Grow Old With Me (piano)
3:25
CD 12: Piano and Guitar Demos
1
My Life (acoustic guitar)
2:36
2
My Life (guitar)
2:38
3
Borrowed Time (acoustic guitar demo)
4:53
4
I Don’t Wanna Face It (acoustic guitar)
3:08
5
Real Life (piano)
2:21
6
I’m Stepping Out (acoustic guitar take 4)
5:02
7
I’m Stepping Out (acoustic guitar)
4:17
8
Woman (acoustic Guitar take 4)
3:23
9
Woman (acoustic Guitar take 10)
3:21
10
Woman (acoustic Guitar)
3:47
11
Serve Yourself (piano)
3:47
12
Serve Yourself (acoustic guitar)
4:04
13
Tennessee (piano)
2:33
14
Tennessee (piano)
6:04
15
Watching the Wheels (piano take 1)
3:42
16
Watching the Wheels (piano)
4:26
17
Watching the Wheels (piano)
3:43
18
I’m Losing You (acoustic guitar with rhythm box)
3:07
19
Serve Yourself (piano)
8:24
DVD-Video 13: Everybody Had a Hard Year
1
Polygoon Newsreel 1969
2
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night Video From 16mm
3
Dutch Tributes
4
Eye on L.A. 1983
5
Yoko & Sean in Liverpool – Eyewitness News
6
Good Morning Britain – March 10, 1986
7
Aspel & Company – March 22, 1986 (Mike Aspel talks to Boy George, Yoko Ono and John Cleese)
8
Good Morning Britain – March 24, 1986
9
Pete Shotton on South Today
DVD-Video 14: Archives 1995 – 1999
1
Yoko Ono On An Episode Of Mad About You 11/12/95
2
Yoko Ono An Intimate Portrait 11/12/95
3
Lifetime Special – Nice Documentary With Lots Of Rare Clips!
4
Larry King Live – Yoko Ono Interview 12/4/99

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Release credits

John Lennon
guitar [7, 17-20], lead vocals [1.1-2, 1.4-15, 1.17-24, 10.4, 7.4], performer [1-27], piano [7.4, 1.1-2, 1.4-6, 1.8-15, 1.21-24, 10.4], tambourine [4]

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The Househusband Years: The Complete Home Recordings 1975-1980
12x CD, 2x DVD-Video
19 June 2015