Walls and Bridges & Sometime in New York City remasters

[Matt]

Available Oct 10th, in the U.K. I'm not sure when they will be released in the U.S.

Walls and Bridges:

1. Going Down On Love (Remix)
2. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Remix)
3. Old Dirt Road (Remix)
4. What You Got (Remix)
5. Bless You (Remix)
6. Scared (Remix)
7. #9 Dream (Remix)
8. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) (Remix)
9. Steel & Glass (Remix)
10. Beef Jerky (Remix)
11. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) (Remix)
12. Ya Ya (Remix)
13. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Live With The Elton John Band)
14. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) (Alternative Version)
15. John Interviewed By Bob Mercer

Sometime in New York City:

1. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Remix)
2. Sisters, O Sisters (Remix)
3. Attica State
4. Born In A Prison (Remix)
5. New York City (Remix)
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Remix)
7. The Luck Of The Irish (Remix)
8. John Sinclair
9. Angela (Remix)
10. We're All Water (Remix)
11. Cold Turkey (Remix)
12. Don't Worry Kyoko (Remix)
13. Well (Live - Remix)
14. Listen The Snow Is Falling (Remix)
15. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (2003 Mix)

[Matt]

Worth mentioning (I guess) is the 2 CD "Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon" out in the U.S. on October 4th.

Track Listings:

Disc: 1

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Imagine
3. Watching The Wheels
4. Jealous Guy
5. Instant Karma!
6. Stand By Me
7. Working Class Hero
8. Power To The People
9. Oh My Love
10. Oh Yoko
11. Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
12. Nobody Told Me
13. Bless You
14. Come Together (Live)
15. New York City
16. I'm Stepping Out
17. You Are Here
18. Borrowed Time
19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Disc: 2

1. Woman
2. Mind Games
3. Out Of The Blue
4. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
5. Love
6. Mother
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
8. Woman Is The ****** Of The World
9. God
10. Scared
11. #9 Dream
12. I'm Losing You (Anthology Version)
13. Isolation
14. Cold Turkey
15. Intuition
16. Gimme Some Truth
17. Give Peace A Chance
18. Real Love
19. Grow Old With Me

[czeskleba]

So they're editing Sometime down to a single disc by replacing half the live tracks with a couple bonus songs, apparently? We get no remix of "Scumbag"?

Typically odd that they aren't including "I Saw Her Standing There" live with Elton on WAB.

[Matt]

I wonder if they view the changed STINYC as more palatable to the masses?

Also odd that an interview track is included. I would rather have heard a "new" demo cut or an alternate take.

[Xenu]

Maybe they *really* don't want to pay Zappa for "King Kong?"

[Matt]

I did pickup the Lennon title today, the "Walls And Bridges" and "Sometime in New York City" tracks are remixed. From what I hear so far, not a bad job at all.

[Xenu]

They've been doing pretty decent jobs thus far, actually.

Are teh mixes the same as the ones on "Legend" (the DVD)?

[Tom Stroud]

The mixes are the same as the DVD.

It's the first time on CD for the Cold Turkey remix (including the crazy panning at the end).

Instant Karma / Stand By Me / Whatever Gets You / Power To The People are all faded to match their original release - you need the DVD for the extended right-till-it-falls-apart versions.

In the UK Happy Xmas got a rerelease as a CD single in 1993. It had the DVD version of Happy Xmas, the remix of Imagine and uniquely the extended remix of Instant Karma.

Heresy I know but I like the remixes on the whole.... Meat City and Number 9 Dream are lacking something and the intro to Cold Turkey is a bit "bolted on". I think Oh Yoko feels a bit different too. On the whole though - bring it on. The Mind Games album in particular sounds great....

[Matt]

Yes, I feel that Mind Games and Rock 'N' Roll really have benefitted from the remixing.

[Chris M]

Are these already out in the UK? The Amazon UK site still says "not yet released"...

[Matt]

I'm not completely sure. Tower Records U.K. has 11/07 as the release date.

[Matt]

Looks like both of these will be released in the U.S. on November 22. The "Walls and Bridges" tracklisting is the same as posted above. The "Sometime in New York City" is now split on two cd's entitled "Sometime in New York City/Live Jam" with the same track list. I wonder if there will be longer versions on the U.S. release? I can't see why they would have the same tracks on one disc in the U.K. as opposed to two in the U.S.


Track list for the U.S. "Sometime...":

Disc: 1

1. Woman Is the Nigger of the World - Elephant's Memory
2. Sisters, O Sisters
3. Attica State - Mothers of Invention
4. Born in a Prison - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
5. New York City
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday - Mothers of Invention
7. Luck of the Irish - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
8. John Sinclair
9. Angela - Mothers of Invention
10. We're All Water - Invisible Strings

Disc: 2

1. Cold Turkey
2. Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
3. Well (Baby Please Don't Go) - Elephant's Memory
4. Jamrag - Invisible Strings
5. Scumbag
6. Au

[Matt]

I received both of these today (U.K. imports). I haven't had much time to listen but so far, so good. There is no copy protection from what I can tell.

Here is the correct track listing for Sometime in New York City:

1. Woman Is the Nigger of the World - Elephant's Memory
2. Sisters, O Sisters
3. Attica State - Mothers of Invention
4. Born in a Prison - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
5. New York City
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday - Mothers of Invention
7. Luck of the Irish - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
8. John Sinclair
9. Angela - Mothers of Invention
10. We're All Water - Invisible Strings
11. Cold Turkey (Live Jam)
12. Don't Worry, Kyoko (Live Jam) (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)
13. Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (Live Jam) - Elephant's Memory

Bonus Tracks:

14. Listen The Snow Is Falling - Invisible Strings
15. Happy Xmas (War is Over)

[Xenu]

Surely you don't actually mean "Mothers of Invention"...

[Matt]

Surely you don't actually mean "Mothers of Invention"...

Actually, these aren't bad reissues. I like Walls and Bridges in particular. I don't believe I have heard the "Nobody Loves You...." outtake before. The Bob Mercer interview is OK, Lennon names the band players and sends a few messages to resellers.