John Lennon: Between The Lines

complete home recordings 1975–1980

Disc 4: October 1979 – Early 1980 [73:44]

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  1. [audio diary 2] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
    • length: 0:26
    • recorded: October 10, 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, #2:a.1
    • source: Filming The Fantasies [tape]
    • A more complete version of this second audio diary reportedly circulates. Johns words are actually a reference to Yoko's song 'Looking Over From My Hotel Window', recorded in late 1972 for her 1973 LP Approximately Infinite Universe!
  2. Not For Love Nor Money PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 2:40
    • recorded: October 10, 1979
    • instrumentation: acoustic guitar
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, #3:a.1
    • source: Free As A Bird: The Dakota Beatle Demos [tape]
    • Follows the above diary on the raw tape. Not broadcase in LLT, but bootleged on LLT vol.23 and The Dakota Beatle Demos.
  3. [dialogue 1] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
    • length: 3:24
    • recorded: October – November, 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, (#4)
    • source: LLT programs 88-41 + 89-43
    • Dialogue fragments only aired in the LLT series. Possibly part of a complete copy of the raw tape which is on the next track, but based on the subject matter, may also have been recorded closer to John and Sean's birthday on October 9.
  4. [dialogue 2] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
    • length: 21:50
    • recorded: late November, 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, #4
    • source: unbootlegged tape
    • Previously unbootlegged raw tape of which 'Sean's "Little Help"' is a part of. Clocks over 20 minutes but may still be incomplete, as the next and previous track are not part of this copy.
  5. Sean's "In The Sky" PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
    • length: 1:22
    • recorded: late November, 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, #5:a.1
    • source: Anthology
    • Likely a continuation of the raw tape on track 4.
  6. Sean's "Loud" PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
    • length: 3:49
    • recorded: c. late 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.118, #6:a.1
    • source: LLT programs 88-22 + 89-44
    • Edited from two LLT broadcasts; more complete than Anthology. It's not clear what the exact time relation of this is to the dialogue tracks above.
  7. Sean's "Serve Yourself / Be-Bop-A-Lula" PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 1:29
    • recorded: c. late 1979
    • 8 Arms ID: p.119, #7:a.1
    • source: LLT program 89-44
    • Sean a cappella only, but included anyway, as his rendition of 'Serve Yourself' (!) is of interest; possibly from the same tape as the "Loud".
  8. She Runs Them 'Round In Circles / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 5:39
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.120, #3.3:a.1
    • source: LLT program 91-12
    • It has proved difficult to pin down the exact time this tape with electric composing demos was recorded, but it probably was around the same time as the tracks on disc 5. 'She Runs Them 'Round In Circles' was later used in 'Gone From This Place'.
  9. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [instrumental with voice-over] PLAY
    • length: 2:15
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.120, #3.1:b.1
    • source: Unbootlegged 9 [89-35]
  10. [improvisation (with voice-over)] PLAY
    • length: 3:45
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.119, #6:a.1
    • Unbootlegged 9 [89-35]
    • The instrumental tracks 9-10 are only available as musical beds used in the LLT series — not a particularly great loss.
  11. Rock Island Line PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 2:50
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.116, #2:a.1
    • source: LLT program 88-22
  12. Many Rivers To Cross / My Girl PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 5:22
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.119, #4:a.1
    • source: Hidden Archives [91-48]
  13. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 11:41
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.120, #3.1:a.1
    • source: LLT program 89-42
  14. Howling At The Moon PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 1:58
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.123, #15:a.1
    • source: A Heart Play [88-49] + LLT program 88-49
    • Christmas Present has a nice but very slightly incomplete lift which has here been complemented by the transcription disc.
  15. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) / Howling At The Moon / Across The River PLAY | LYRICS
    • length: 5:14
    • recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
    • instrumentation: electric guitar/drum machine
    • 8 Arms ID: p.120, #3.3:a.1
    • source: Look At Me [89-39]