John Lennon

6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
9LP/6CD/2BD Super Deluxe Box: Official Store
2CD (includes contents of CD 1 and 6, below): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP (includes contents of CD 1 and 6, below): Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD)

John Lennon's fourth solo album Mind Games will receive a deluxe box set this summer packed with new mixes of the album's contents as well as a dozen unreleased outtakes.  The 6CD/2BD box will take a new, immersive look at Lennon's sessions at New York's Record Plant in the summer of 1973, a turbulent time that resulted in a somewhat divisive effort in his post-Beatles discography. Included in the set are many assemblies of the original 12-track album, produced by Lennon and Yoko Ono's son Sean in collaboration with an engineering/mixing team that includes Paul Hicks, Sam Gannon and Rob Stevens - all of whom worked on similar deluxe versions of Lennon's first two studio albums, Plastic Ono Band (1970) and Imagine (1971). The original album will be presented in "ultimate," "elemental," and "elements" mixes with varying degrees of influence on Lennon's vocals and instrumental backing; then, the "evolution documentary" will trace each song on the album from demo to finished product and every phase in between. A set of original rough mixes of the album will follow, along with a selection of alternate outtake versions of each track on Mind Games. All of this audio will also be available on two Blu-ray Discs in high-resolution stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos mixes, along with two music videos. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.