LENNON, JOHN - CD
DIRTY MAC

LABEL:
MC 014-014B
SOURCE:
Intertel Studios, London 10-12 December 1968 (cover says 11 December 1968)
FORMAT:
1 picture cd. And 1 picture DVD-R
RUNNING TIME:
71.21/15.35
SOUND/SOURCE:
Soundboard stereo and mono (Disc One Tracks 7,8-11,14,15,18); Dolby Digital (Disc Two)
PACKAGING:
Double Slimline Jewel case with OBI stripe
 


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SOUND 9.5 / PACKAGING 10 / PERFORMANCE 9

 
TRACK LIST:

Disc One: 1. Dialogue - Yer Blues, 2. Jam Session, 3. Yer Blues [take1 no vocals], 4. Yer Blues [take1], 5. Yer Blues [take2 - no vocals], 6. Yer Blues [take2],   7. Yer Blues [take2 - mono], 8. Yer Blues [rehearsal - no vocals], 9. Yer Blues [rehearsal], 10. Yer Blues [mono acetate], 11. Her Blues(Whole Lotta Yoko) [mono acetate], 12. Yer Blues [take2 - wide stereo version], 13. Her Blues(Whole Lotta Yoko) [wide stereo version], 14. Yer Blues [take2 - DVD version], 15. Mick Jagger's & John Lennon's Introduction Of The Dirty Mac, 16. Yer Blues,   17. Whole Lotta Yoko, 18. Yer Blues [bonus track - The Beatles Demo].

Disc Two: 1. Yer Blues LIVE , 2. Four split-screens version, 3. Backstage footage.

 
REVIEW:

The Dirty Mac was a one time Supergroup that John Lennon assembled for the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus extravagant tv show consisting of himself as Winston Leg-Thigh and Eric Clapton on rhythm and lead guitars, Keith Richards on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. Recorded on 11 December 1968 this was the first time since the formation of the Beatles that John Lennon, that was still in the group, had performed in public without them. The Dirty Mac recorded a rendition of the Lennon penned Beatles track “Yer Blues” and then went on to back up Yoko Ono and violinist Ivry Gitlis on a track called “Whola Lotta Yoko” ( here called “Her Blues”) essentially an extended blues jam on top of which Ono improvised free form vocalizations. On this nice product we get on Disc One an excerpt from a Radio show presenting the band and an instrumental jam, then different versions of “Yer Blues” with or without vocals, in mono, from acetate, rehearsal or wide stereo version: the latter has a very interesting mix with drums on the opposite side of bass; the song also   comes from the DVD source and is basically here in all possible variations but essentially there are 2 different takes. Interesting are the rehearsal takes that show different guitars approach with leading vocals; however the rhythm section is very tight constructing the song s tapestry on which Clapton s guitar highlights the riff with his lead. At the end there is also Jagger and Lennon introduction to the Dirty Mac band and finally the Beatles track demo version. Such a collection was already available on cdr compiled by some fan but this version is more complete and of course better being on silver disc and due to a great classy packaging not to mention the accompanying DVD-R that features the song performed live from the official DVD introduced by Jagger and Lennon: it is followed by the same songs offered with the option of the screen split in 4 scenes. Lastly a nice backstage scene with a different remake of the Jagger-Lennon duet with Yoko Ono and young Julian Lennon in the background. My copy of the DVD-R acts funny as the on screen menu doesn t react when selection is tried: basically there is need to get into the (not so much) interactive access menu through the remote control in order to select the appropriate chapter.


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