John Lennon - Clock (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

John Lennon

Clock

September 1971 

Recorded at the St Regis Hotel, NYC

Publisher: Really Italian

Reference :Sky 101

 

01. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) (Lennon) 

02. Honey Don't (Perkins) 

03. Glad All Over (Schroeder/Tepper/Bennett) 

04. Lend Me Your Comb (Twomey/Wise/Weisman) 

05. New York City (Lennon) 

06. Wake Up Little Susie (Everly/Everly) 

07. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) (Leiber/Stoller) 

08. Vacation Just Began (unknown) 

09. Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly) 

10. Peggy Sue (Holly/Allison/Petty) 

 

Recorded at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City in June of 1971,this is John just jamming on his acoustic guitar.Most of the tracks that John grew up with in the 1950's appear on this CD including many of John's favorite songs by Buddy Holly.The track list above is according to the songs that are listed on the album cover,however a few more tracks are interspread in the album which don't appear on the album track list,especially at the end of the CD.My CD tracks at 14 actual songs.Included in this track list would be a short Duane Eddy take at the begining of the disc.There is a take of Buddy Holly's Heartbeat,Also at the end,after Peggy Sue,John sings Maybe Baby (an excellent acoustic version),Mailman bring me no more blues (although Yoko is heard on the phone over this track),Rave On (another excellent Buddy Holly cover version,and the CD ends with a little instrument number with John saying,"when I count to three we just get up and run out".At that point the CD ends.The so!ng New York City is listed in the track listing,but I've listened to this cd a number of times and I don't hear New York City on track 5,it just sounds like a bit of guitar tuning before he goes into Wake up Little Susie to me.The sound on this CD is excellent and there are a few songs presented here that are the only known versions ever recoreded by John.This Cd can in my opinion be viewed as John's Rock n' Roll album circa 1971.It is obvious that when out of the spotlight he always reverted back to the Rock n' Roll songs of his youth.I enjoy this CD very much,and rate it a 9 because the sound is excellent and the selection of songs is also excellent.This is a very enjoyable John Lennon CD,and I would recommend it to anyone interested in hearing John doing acoustic versions of the roots of Rock n' Roll.

Review by: TraceElement On 10 Jun 2002 at 12:05 CET 

Not the most significant insight into JOHN's work, or filled with unrecorded demos, etc. BUT, the great thing about this recording, is first of all, it is very clean. The overall feel, is that you and John are hanging out together in his living room. It's evening, and you and John just shared a spliff, altho Yoko took a couple of hits. John pulls out his guitar, and starts to fool around, playing different songs, just for you and him. Yoko is by, and for the most part, is just quite. The phone rings, and the casual vibe is just reinforced by this, not interrupted. This is a very intimate slice of life recording. A "LET IT BE" for a solo John, without the fights.Fun to listen to, and you are NOT going to hear these songs on a million other bootlegs. If you feel like stopping by to visit JOHN, and listen to him share with you his love of old rock and roll, on acoustic guitar, go for it. All i am saying, is give "CLOCK" a chance. 

Review by: shoegazer On 20 Jun 2003 at 20:48 CET 

"Clock" is allegedly the soundtrack of a film which John and Yoko shot during a stay at the St. Regis Hotel in '71. They hadn't yet moved into the West Village. I seem to remember reading that, visually, the film consists mainly of a clock, like a Warhol film, with John and Yoko off screen. It would be nice to think there was a Pennebaker-style film out there of this stuff with shots of John playing guitar, while Yoko answers the phone.There's at least two instances on the cd where John answers the phone in a put-on voice. "Que pasa?? Whosis please, que pasa?" Some black and white footage surfaced back in '99, sold to a couple of collectors by Tony Cox, with John sporting a shaved head. Stills lifted from that footage show John in bed, playing a guitar, and Yoko beside him, perhaps on the phone. Maybe this is "Clock", however, the shaved head leads one to believe the footage may date back to 1970, around the time of "Instant Karma". Anyway, "Clock" is a great cd. I keep collecting Lennon boots hoping they'll all be like this one. Excellent sound quality, stripped down, a guy and a guitar, Lennon unplugged, spontaneous, personal, full takes of songs, with John remembering all the words. Like being in the room with the guy.