By: GuineaPigDan

GuineaPigDan — Fri, 20 May 2016 10:24:01 +0000

I found a CD copy of the album in April. Pretty glad to have found one of Lennon’s rarer albums. Walls and Bridges is one of my favorite Lennon albums so the outtakes on the second half is a treat to listen to.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:18:28 +0000

I only got a vinyl copy of this album four days ago. I love” Menlove Avenue.” My copies of” Walls and Bridges ” and ” Rock n Roll ” I got back in the early 80’s. I first heard” To Know Her Is To Love Her “,” Angel Baby” and ” Since My Baby Left Me ” just over 10 years ago on the reissued CD of” Rock n Roll “. I particularly loved the latter two songs “Rock n Roll People ” and ” Here We Go Again ” I had never heard before. So it was a real treat to hear these songs.” Here We Go Again” that John Lennon wrote with Phil Spector is a brilliant song, it has a great feel to it and highlights Lennon’s great vocals.” Walls and Bridges” has long been one of my favorite albums and the differing versions of the songs from this album on side two are wonderful. I agree with the above summation that the stripped back versions on this contrast with the final ones that were originally released. They highlight the” melancholy moods ” and “inner darkness ” as you put it that often ” enveloped ” him in the ” Lost Weekend ” period. John Lennon’s brilliant vocals add to this so much. ” Steel and Glass “, ” Scared ” and ” Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out ” are even more haunting ” stripped back “. ” Old Dirt Road ” that he penned with Harry Nilsson is beautiful. ” Nobody Loves You When You Are Down and Out ” has an ” alternative ” version on the reissued ” Walls and Bridges ” CD that I got in 2005, that could be the same as this. ” Menlove Avenue ” is great and now sits among my much loved collection.

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By: GuineaPigDan

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