Menlove Ave

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Released: October 27, 1986( US) and Nov. 3, 1986 (UK)
Produced by: John Lennon (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10)
and Phil Spector (tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5)
Arranged: John Lennon
Assembled: Yoko Ono
Cover Illustration by: Andy Warhol
This CD label: Capitol CDP 7 46576 2


As a child, John was brought up by Aunt Mimi and Uncle George in their home on Menlove Avenue in Liverpool. In 1956 when John was 16, Elvis Presley happened as a world-wide phenomenon. It changed John´s life. John´s American rock roots, Elvis, Fats Domino and Phil Spector are evident in these tracks. But what I hear in John´s voice are the other roots of the boy who grew up in Liverpool, listening to Greensleeves, BBC Radio and Tessie O´Shea.
Yoko Ono Lennon
Lennon´s home openned
Track Listing

  1. Here We Go Again {Lennon/Phil Spector}(4:50)
  2. Rock And Roll People {Lennon} (4:21)
  3. Angel Baby {Rose Hamlin} (3:42)
  4. Since My Baby Left Me {Pending} (3:48)
  5. To Know Her Is To Love Her {Phil Spector} (4:37)
  6. Steel And Glass {Lennon} (4:10)
  7. Scared {Lennon} (4:18)
  8. Old Dirt Road {Lennon/Harry Nilsson} (3:54)
  9. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) {Lennon} (4:30)
  10. Bless You {Lennon} (4:05)


Performers on tracks 6 - 10: (recorded live at Record Plant, New York, NY)
John Lennon - lead vocals, piano, guitar
Jim Keltner - drums
Jesse Ed Davis - guitar
Klaus Voormann - bass


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