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Artist:John Lennon
Title:Roots: John Lennon Sings The Great Rock And Roll Hits
Label:  Adam VIII
Country:USA
Catalogue:AVIII 8018
Date:Jan 1975
Format:LP
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 13 Own, 4 Want
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1John LennonBe Bop A LulaRate
A2John LennonAin't That A ShameRate
A3John LennonStand By MeRate
A4John LennonSweet Little SixteenRate
A5John LennonRip It UpRate
A6John LennonAngel BabyRate
A7John LennonDo You Want To DanceRate
A8John LennonYou Can't Catch MeRate
B1John LennonBoney MaroneyRate
B2John LennonPeggy SueRate
B3John LennonBring It On Home To MeRate
B4John LennonSlippin' And Slidin'Rate
B5John LennonBe My BabyRate
B6John LennonYa YaRate
B7John LennonJust BecauseRate


Notes

A rare mail-order album issued by Adam VIII consisting of rough mixes of John Lennon's Rock'N'Roll album. It was available through television sale in the USA for three days in January 1975 before Lennon and Apple/EMI pulled it off the market. Apple then rush-released Lennon's "official" version in February 1975. For more on this see here.

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JPGR&B SUBS
5th Nov 2016
 With acknowledgement to The Droid, I've uploaded improved scans of the album cover.
 

 
TheDroid
20th Oct 2016
 Robozuc; I appreciate getting a response. Thank you.
 

 
robozuc
20th Oct 2016
 I apologize for the misunderstanding, but I had many doubts about cutting images especially in the front cover but undoubtedly the quality of your images is better ... even excuses.
 

 
TheDroid
20th Oct 2016
 I am baffled why the recent cover images I submitted have been hidden, particularly the back cover which is much clearer to read? I thought the idea of 45worlds was to provide the best representation of the records listed therein. Is there a moderator bias here?
 

 
Jasper
19th Oct 2016
 Can't decide which has the worst front cover this or the Australian J&B release titled Rip It Up.
 

 
TheDroid
19th Oct 2016
 Added clearer front and back cover images with a nod to original uploader JPGR&B.
 

 
Lee Wrecker
19th Dec 2013
 Come Together but bring your lawyers and your rights to the Chuck Berry Back catalogue.
 

 
JPGR&B SUBS
30th Oct 2013
 According to the wikipedia article, Lennon gave his assent to its release to publisher Morris Levy.
 

 
TopPopper
30th Oct 2013
 Wouldn't this be classed as a boot? If Lennon/Apple/EMI pulled it, it must have been unlicensed.
 

 
JPGR&B SUBS
30th Oct 2013
 According to wikipedia, with only 3,000 copies of Roots reportedly pressed, original copies are rare and are sought-after collector's items. Copies in mint condition have sold for US$2,000.

I purchased mine back in 1978, but don't recall whether it was from a record shop in Bournemouth (Dorset, UK) - my usual record purchasing habit at the time - or whether I obtained it through mail order. The latter I guess.
 


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