John Lennon Remastered Views

• Music

Double Fantasy, 1980’s GRAMMY Award winner for Album of the Year, will be presented in a newly remixed ‘Stripped Down’ version remixed and produced by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas, co-producers of the original mix with John Lennon. The new stripped down version of the album comes in an expanded 2CD and digital edition pairing the new version with Lennon’s original mix, remastered.

The John Lennon Signature Box is a deluxe 11 CD and digital collection of the eight remastered albums, a disc of rare and previously unreleased recordings, and an EP of Lennon’s non-album singles. The CDs will be housed in digisleeves within a deluxe box including a collectible limited edition John Lennon art print and a hardbound book featuring rare photos, artwork, collages, poetry, and new liner notes by DeCurtis.

It will be issued in a two-CD set, with the original album and the new mix. In addition, remastered versions of his other seven albums will be available individually and as part of an 11-CD “John Lennon Signature Box” set. Capitol and EMI also are issuing a four-CD box set “Gimme Some Truth” with thematically linked songs on each disc, and a 15-song compilation “Power to the People: The Hits.

There will also be a deluxe 11 CD collector's box set titled John Lennon Signature Box, containing the remastered albums plus previously unreleased rarities and non-album singles. The box will include a limited edition print of a Lennon artwork, and a hardback book including photographs, poetry, artwork, and liner notes by Anthony DeCurtis.