John Lennon: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano; whistling on ‘Jealous Guy;’ harmonica on ‘Oh Yoko’

Remastered for the first time in nearly fifty years, the original four speaker Spector/Lennon/Ono mix of the Imagine album in Quadrasonic sound. Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon: The Life. New York: HarperCollins. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-06-075401-3.Perone, James E. (2012). The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations. ABC-CLIO. pp.143, 1488. ISBN 978-0-313-37907-9. It’s all the same people, a bit looser, a bit buskier, a bit more raw, and has a great charm because of it. Recording for the album started on 24 May at Ascot Sound Studios. [3] The first songs recorded were " It's So Hard" and " I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" in February 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios, during sessions for Lennon's single " Power to the People". [4] [5] A cover of the Olympics' 1958 song "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)", later released on John Lennon Anthology, was recorded on 16 February. [3] Lennon chose to remake "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" on 24 May 1971, [3] the opening day of the main album sessions.

Elliot conducted his first interview with John on 10 October 1971, the day after Lennon’s 31st birthday. Their conversation led to a friendship that would continue throughout the rest of John’s life. Elliot remains close to Yoko and Sean. Before the strings and the saxophone, before the brilliant application of sound shaping techniques that were used to produce the iconic album, there were the original, unadorned performances that were the foundation of the Imagine album. So Yoko and I set to work, mixing 5.1 and stereo versions of the Imagine album and select out-takes in a way that’s being presented as ‘Raw’. Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1972" (ASP) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 May 2014 . Retrieved 2 April 2014. The title also appears variously as "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die" or "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama".

Joey Molland and Tom Evans: acoustic guitars on ‘Jealous Guy’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die Mama I Don’t Wanna Die’ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Imagine – John Lennon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021.

Highest position and charting weeks of Imagine by John Lennon". Oricon Style. Top Albums/CDs – Volume 16, No. 12, November 06 1971". RPM. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012 . Retrieved 3 October 2011. Matrix / Runout (A side etched/stamped, "2" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z16.. ... 1 ✲ Bell Sound sf 2 Matrix / Runout (B side etched/stamped, "1" is sideways, "..." are under Z15, variant 4): SW-1-3379 Z15. ... 1 Bell Sound sf ✲ 2 Press with Pinched Spine Cover. Pinched covers have bigger letters on spine than other covers. Artist name "john lennon" measures 17 mm on the pinched ones and about 13,5 mm on the others.Side one: "Baby Please Don't Go" (Walter Ward), "Imagine", "How Do You Sleep?" Side two: "Jealous Guy", "Oh My Love" (Lennon–Ono), "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier". Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1971" (ASP) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 May 2014 . Retrieved 2 April 2014.