MIND GAMES EP - 4 track vinyl-only EP.
Exclusively in Record Shops for Record Store Day 20 April 2024
MIND GAMES (ULTIMATE MIX)
John: That was a fun track because the voice is in stereo and the seeming orchestra on it is just me playing three notes with slide guitar. On โMind Gamesโ itโs a Mellotron, on โImagineโ itโs an orchestra. And the middle eight is reggae. I was thinking of it in terms of guerilla warfare. Itโs just like inside of a physical guerilla. A โmindโ guerilla โ a conceptual guerilla. It was originally called โMake Love Not Warโ.
Yoko: John was trying to convey the message that we all play mind games. But if we can play mind games, why not make a positive future with it โ to play a positive mind game? โMind Gamesโ is such an incredibly strong song. At the time, people didnโt quite get the message because this was before its time. Now, people would understand it. I donโt think in those days people knew they were playing mind games anyway.
John Lennon: Clavinet, tambourine, maracas, Mellotron, slide guitar, vocals
David Spinozza: electric guitar
Ken Ascher: pianos, organ, reed organ
Gordon Edwards: bass
Jim Keltner: drums
Produced by John Lennon
Engineered by Roy Cicala, Dan Barbiero, Richie Apuzzo
Recorded at Record Plant Studios, New York
Ultimate Mix produced by Sean Ono Lennon, mixed by Paul Hicks and engineered by Sam Gannon.
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.
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#KISStory pt 3 of 3. The #RARO rehearsals/ rehearsals for the videos that ended up on Don Kirshner. Pls see previous tweets for info as I donโt want to repeat again. This one does NOT have the finished videoโฆ but is facinating anyway.
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