“John was a brilliant man with a great sense of humour and understanding,” writes Yoko Ono Lennon in the preface of the book included in the Deluxe Edition. – named for Lennon’s 1971 excoriating rebuke of deceptive politicians, hypocrisy and war, a sentiment as relevant as ever in our post-truth era of fake news, will be available in a variety of formats including as a Deluxe Edition Box Set that offers several different ways to listen to this engrossing 36-track collection with stunning new mixes across two CDs alongside a Blu-ray audio disc containing the Ultimate Mixes in Studio Quality 24 bit/96 kHz HD Stereo, immersive 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos.
After weeks of painstaking preparation, the final mixes and effects were completed using only vintage analog equipment and effects at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, and then mastered in analog at Abbey Road Studios by Alex Wharton in order to ensure the most beautiful and authentic sound quality possible. Mixed and engineered by multi GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Paul Hicks, who also helmed the mixes for 2018’s universally acclaimed Imagine – The Ultimate Collection series, with assistance by engineer Sam Gannon who also worked on that release, the songs were completely remixed from scratch, using brand new transfers of the original multi-tracks, cleaned up to the highest possible sonic quality. Įxecutive Produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and Produced by Sean Ono Lennon, these thirty-six songs, handpicked by Yoko and Sean, have all been completely remixed from scratch, radically upgrading their sonic quality and presenting them as a never-before-heard Ultimate Listening Experience. On October 9 th, 2020, Lennon’s 80 th birthday, in celebration of his remarkable life, a collection of some of the most vital and best loved songs from his solo career will be released via Capitol/UMe as a suite of beautifully presented collections, titled GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. Love, heartbreak, peace, politics, truth, lies, the media, racism, feminism, religion, mental well-being, marriage, fatherhood – he sang about it all, and one just needs to listen to the songs of John Lennon to know how he felt, what he cherished, what he believed in, and what he stood for. Believing the one quality demanded of himself as an artist was to be completely honest, he did not disguise what he had to say or conform his messages to be more in line with what he felt others thought they should be. An incomparable and uncompromising artist who strove for honesty and directness in his music, he laid bare his heart, mind and soul in his songs, seeing them as snapshots of his current emotions, thoughts and world view.
Los Angeles – Aug– In everything he did, John Lennon spoke his truth and questioned the truth. I've had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politiciansĪll I want is the truth, just give me some truth” “I'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocriticsĪll I want is the truth, just give me some truth IMMERSIVE 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AND DOLBY ATMOS MIXESĪLSO AVAILABLE IN VARIETY OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FORMATS INCLUDINGġCD, 2CD, 2LP, 4LP AND STREAMING/DOWNLOAD THE ICONIC ARTIST IS CELEBRATED ON HIS 80 TH BIRTHDAYĪ DELUXE EDITION BOX SET FEATURING 36 TRACKS ACROSS 2 CDSĪND A BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC WITH HIGH-DEFINITION 24-96 STEREO, JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. JOHN LENNON’S MOST VITAL AND BEST LOVED SOLO WORKSĬOMPLETELY REMIXED FROM SCRATCH FOR NEW COLLECTION
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