Menlove Ave

John Lennon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UC2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,355 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 24-AUG-1988

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an essential Lennon purchase, if you're really a fan, April 12, 2000

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This review is from: Menlove Ave (Audio CD)

Whoa, there! This album isn't nearly that bad. In fact, here's a rundown of why any self-repecting John Lennon fan cannot be without this album:

"Side 1" consists of five outtakes from the Rock'n'Roll/Walls and Bridges era, so this is the only place you'll find 'Here We Go Again', Rock and Roll People (which he gave to Johnny Winter), To Know Her Is To Love Her, and Since My Baby Left Me. Angel Baby was later released on the Lennon box, and is the only other place to find that cut. While I'm not saying that these are lost John Lennon classics, they've all got a rock and roll heart and are featured in pristine sound. They stand with the material on Rock'n'Roll, and are remastered much better.

But it is "Side 2" that really shines. These are stripped-down, magnificent sounding outtakes of songs that were released on Walls and Bridges. Like many of the similar outtakes that would surface on Anthology, I much prefer these versions to the 'produced' versions that grace the actual Walls and Bridges album. Every nuance of every sound is captured here. John's voice is frightfully real and close.

If you dig John Lennon, for God's sake, don't miss this album. It's one of the greatest unexpected pleasures in his catalog. Thanks, Yoko and Capital/EMI for releasing this. One gripe: how about a better package design and some liner notes?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basically an official bootleg, February 20, 2000

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Paul M. Ramey (KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Menlove Ave (Audio CD)

"Menlove Avenue" is a collection of outtakes and demos from the "Lost Weekend" phase of John's life. Some good moments (especially on the "Walls and Bridges" demo section), but hardly essential, and this set is inferior to the material from the same era found in the "Anthology" box.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, haunting and nostalgic for Lennon fans, October 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Menlove Ave (Audio CD)

A wonderful collection of songs, some very dark, that let us into John's musical and psychological space. No Lennon collection is complete without "Steel and Glass." "Rock and Roll People" and "Since My Baby Left Me" are just good ol' rock and roll, with John at his joyous best.