john_lennon album sixth studio album john_lennon released album late 1950s early 1960s songs covered recording album problematic spanned entire year produced sessions october produced sessions october east sued copyright infringement line song come agreement include levy owned songs ran away session recordings later involved motor accident left album tracks beginning walls bridges sessions walls bridges coming featuring levy owned song levy sued expecting album album released february reaching number united_kingdom united_states later certified gold countries supported single stand peaked number cover taken beatles stay hamburg album recording contract obligation took hiatus recording raise son sean background composed song come beatles album abbey road inspired tune catch bore melodic resemblance original took line second verse come old flat new lyric publisher brought lawsuit infringement case heard new_york court december later settled court agreement according announcement levy record songs big seven publishers album songs intends record time catch angel baby right change songs songs published big seven split living los_angeles personal assistant nostalgia popular trend film television series happy days visited set writing songs partly inspired arrangement include songs levy publishing company catalogue decided record album release following mind games recording initially teamed producer record album letting control chose songs booked studio musicians news got hollywood making record musician wanted sessions mid october sessions booked having musicians sessions quickly fell disarray alcohol showed dressed surgeon outfit shot gun ceiling studio hurting ears occasion bottle whiskey studio mixing console causing future sessions banned facility unknown night remove master tapes studio house disappeared session tapes heard months cryptic claiming tapes recent scandal meant album master tapes car accident march left coma project indefinite hold returned new_york began writing recording new album original material walls bridges shortly sessions began head promotion retrieved tapes wanting break stride shelved tapes completed work walls bridges walls bridges coming deal levy threatened lawsuit explained levy happened assured covers album works levy gave use farm upstate new_york material recalled session musicians walls bridges complete tracks tracks past rehearsal stage everybody thirty days day band played impromptu jams october went completing tracks days wanted musicians stay close original arrangements songs apart wanna dance mixing editing lasted mid november assure progress gave levy rough tape sessions review levy took tapes pressed version album called roots john_lennon sings record label proceeded sue emi capitol million breach contract quickly sought injunction trials convince court difference rough version final levy won damages won february album originally scheduled release april february rush released official capitol budget album prefix code dollar cheaper usual releases counteract sales levy album reception aftermath critics derided album step backward wrote john dignity classics singing tender convincing fond allmusic described album peak post imagine catalog album catches prove need try album released february days later february reached number united_kingdom united_states march april respectively stand released single backed song meant appear walls bridges cut final line peaking number number promoted song appearing bbc old grey whistle test featured interview singing live backing tracks stand appeared salute sir master singing live backing tracks time songs stand imagine second single ain shame apple announced promotional copies pressed released backed released single germany peaking number said following started fell apart ended mad drunk scenes los_angeles finally finished problems minute came begin album long album appeared reconciled soon pregnant determined lose baby consecutive decided halt musical career family born october father 35th birthday following release compilation shaved fish return new release stand reissued woman world april album charted january number reissued october budget price briefly reissued budget label alternative cover november death album seven albums reissued emi box set released june belgium france issued album box set album issued supervised reissue including bonus tracks ill fated sessions sessions appeared collection box set composition included remastered found soundtrack album john_lennon truth set 4th entitled roots featuring rock roll tracks original album mixes remastered album available separately john signature box cover art planned use childhood drawings cover album production begun switched gears artwork instead walls bridges september attended convention behest met old friend beatles hamburg germany photographed band hamburg days selling striking portraits immediately tell find reuniting new_york chose photos album cover photo depicts doorway figures walking past foreground album working title official title chosen saw neon sign prepared cover art words rock roll beneath struck positive way album title track listing tracks produced arranged john_lennon produced arranged stand medley rip catch ain shame wanna dance sweet little sixteen medley bring home send morgan robinson reissue bonus tracks angel baby know love reprise personnel john_lennon guitars vocals guitar guitar eddie acoustic guitar acoustic guitar acoustic guitar guitar bass guitar answer vocal bring home keyboards keyboards drums drums arthur percussion tempo saxophone jeff barry horn horn peter horn joseph horn dennis horn charts
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