File:John Lennon - Imagine (original demo)

Preorder Imagine The Ultimate Collection at Amazon http://bit.ly/JL-UM-Am This never-before-heard home recording of John Lennon playing his very first demo of 'Imagine' globally launches 'Imagine – The Ultimate Collection' and is available for streaming and immediate download with all digital album pre-orders. Pre-order now at: https://johnlennon.lnk.to/ImagineTheUltimateCollection Find out more at: http://imaginejohnyoko.com

While sifting through boxes upon boxes of the original tapes for Yoko Ono, engineer Rob Stevens discovered something truly remarkable that had gone unnoticed all these years. “Early 2016, during the gestation period of this project, I'm in the Lennon archives with my people going through tape boxes that have labeling that's unclear, misleading, or missing entirely”, says Stevens. “There's a one-inch eight-track that says nothing more on the 'Ascot Sound' label than John Lennon, the date, and the engineer (Phil McDonald), with DEMO on the spine. No indication of what material was on the tape. One delicate transfer to digital later, the “Imagine” demo, subsequently enhanced superbly by Paul Hicks, appears within this comprehensive set. It was true serendipity.”