The Strawberry Project
John Lennon, at the time of his death, was working on tracks for a second and third album (to follow on from Double Fantasy). The second album, released a few years after his death, was well advanced (prior to his death). But the third album in this comeback series was too incomplete to be considered for release.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help (during the course of 2004) put together potential tracks which possibly could have made it onto this final album.
Ideally, we can enhance existing Lennon demos - eg 'Whatever Happened To?' and 'India'
In one case, we can possibly add in both John and Yoko's vocal takes on Everyman Has a Woman, onto the one track.
In a couple of cases, where the audio quality, and incomplete lyrics, take away from a demo, we can possibly use a haunting piano type instrumental. I am thinking here of two tracks especially - 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Now & Then'
This is a fun project, a hobby. There is no financial gain involved. It is merely a group of creative Beatle/Lennon fans coming together from across the world and pursuing an interesting, and a pretty noble project.
I was quite amazed to recently read a quote from Paul McCartney, where he says that he had very little idea about John's unreleased material. Well, if this project works out, by the end of next year, we could even send a copy of the results to Sir Paul and Yoko.
Possibilities (in no particular order)
Free as a Bird
Real Love
Gone From this Place (totally new backing track needed, as well as completed lyrics and vocalist required)
India
Whatever Happened To?
Happy Rishikesh Song
Tennessee
Illusions
Help Me to Help Myself
Dear John
That's the Way the World is
She's a Friend of Dorothy
Everyman has a Woman
(combination of john and yoko vocals)
Now & Then (piano instrumental)
Mirror, Mirror (haunting 'Imagine type piano' instrumental that fades out to close the album)
Sally and Billy
You Saved My Soul
Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)
Serve Yourself
