Tomorrow: Expanded "Rock & Roll" and new "Acoustic" John Lennon CDs

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The 17-track Acoustic features a collection of, as can be surmised, acoustic-based Lennon performances. Ten of the tracks have been released previously, either on studio albums or on 1998’s The John Lennon Anthology, while the remaining seven are being released here for the first time. Those seven are sourced from home demos and other recordings, culled together and produced by Yoko Ono and engineered by Rob Stevens.

The new Rock and Roll is part of a continuing annual release program under Yoko Ono’s supervision. As with most of the previous releases, all of the tracks on the album have been newly remixed by Abbey Road Studios engineer Peter Cobbin. This new version contains four bonus tracks of varying rarity, and several other numbers have extended fadeouts — something fans were treated to on the Lennon Legend DVD mixes.

Once they were remixed, Cobbin brought the tracks to New York for Ono’s review. "She wanted to have little extras, like the dialogue on the ends, instead of the fade-outs which appeared on the original release," Rouse explains. Those fades, as well as the final compilation, were executed by Rob Stevens, then sent back to Abbey Road for mastering.

Four bonus tracks embellish this new version. "Angel Baby" and "To Know Her Is to Love Her," both from the Spector recordings and previously released on 1986’s Menlove Ave., reappear intact, without remixing. "Since My Baby Left Me" also appeared on Menlove Ave., though the version released here is a different take. And a coda from the session tape for the album’s closer, "Just Because," is included, showing fans what happened beyond the album’s original fadeout.