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Apologies for the shorter posting, but there’s some new chatter about some of the upcoming John Lennon reissues that catalogue enthusiasts should know about.

It looks like there might be two editions of the upcoming Power to the People compilation – one single-disc compilation, and a deluxe set with a DVD of promo videos. Additionally, HMV Japan has revealed a track list for both the four-disc box set and the upcoming 11-disc anthology of all the remasters, including the two purported discs of rarities and unreleased material. (Regrettably, the unreleased material seems thin compared to all the released stuff.)

Check the stories out here and here for now and hit the jump to look at the purported track lists for the compilation, the box set and the two rarities discs in the anthology.

John Lennon, Power to the People: The Hits (EMI, 2010)

1. Power to the People
2. Gimme Some Truth
3. Woman
4. Instant Karma!
5. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
6. Cold Turkey
7. Jealous Guy
8. #9 Dream
9. (Just Like) Starting Over
10. Mind Games
11. Watching the Wheels
12. Stand by Me
13. Imagine
14. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
15. Give Peace a Chance

Tracks 1 and 14 were non-LP singles – Apple, 1971
Tracks 2, 7 and 13 from Imagine (Apple, 1971)
Tracks 3, 9 and 11 from Double Fantasy (Geffen, 1980)
Track 4 was a non-LP single – Apple, 1970
Tracks 5 and 8 from Walls and Bridges (Apple, 1974)
Tracks 6 and 15 were non-LP singles – Apple, 1969
Track 10 from Mind Games (Apple, 1973)
Track 12 from Rock ‘n’ Roll (Apple, 1975)

John Lennon, Gimme Some Truth (EMI, 2010)

Disc 1: Roots – John’s rock ‘n’ roll roots and influences

1. Be-Bop-a-Lula
2. You Can’t Catch Me
3. Rip It Up / Ready Teddy
4. Tight A$
5. Ain’t That a Shame
6. Sweet Little Sixteen
7. Do You Wanna Dance?
8. Slippin’ and Slidin’
9. Peggy Sue
10. Bring It On Home
11. Yer Blues
12. Just Because
13. Boney Moronie
14. Beef Jerky
15. Ya Ya
16. Hound Dog
17. Stand by Me
18. Here We Go Again

Disc 2: Working Class Hero – John’s sociopolitical songs

1. Working Class Hero
2. Instant Karma!
3. Power to the People
4. God
5. I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. Steel and Glass
9. Meat City
10. I Don’t Want to Face It
11. Remember
12. Woman is the Nigger of the World
13. I Found Out
14. Isolation
15. Imagine
16. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
17. Give Peace a Chance
18. Only People

Disc 3: Woman – John’s love songs

1. Mother
2. Hold On
3. You Are Here
4. Well, Well, Well
5. Oh My Love
6. Oh Yoko!
7. Grow Old with Me
8. Love
9. Jealous Guy
10. Woman
11. Out the Blue
12. Bless You
13. Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out)
14. My Mummy’s Dead
15. I’m Losing You
16. (Just Like) Starting Over
17. #9 Dream
18. Beautiful Boy

Disc 4: Borrowed Time – John’s songs about life

1. Mind Games
2. Nobody Told Me
3. Clean Up Time
4. Crippled Inside
5. How Do You Sleep?
6. How?
7. Intuition
8. I’m Stepping Out
9. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
10. Old Dirt Road
11. Scared
12. What You Got
13. Cold Turkey
14. New York City
15. Surprise Surprise
16. Borrowed Time
17. Look at Me
18. Watching the Wheels

Possible bonus disc track lists from The John Lennon Box Set (EMI, 2010):

Disc 1: Home Recordings

1. Mother
2. Love
3. God
4. I Found Out
5. Nobody Told Me
6. Honey Don’t *
7. One of the Boys *
8. India India *
9. Serve Yourself
10. Isolation
11. Remember
12. Beautiful Boy
13. I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier

* previously unreleased, all other tracks from The John Lennon Anthology (EMI, 1998)

Disc 2: Non-LP Tracks

1. Power to the People
2. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
3. Instant Karma
4. Cold Turkey
5. Move Over Ms.L
6. Give Peace a Chance

All tracks were single A-sides, 1969-1971 except Track 5, the B-side to “Stand by Me” – Apple, 1975