John Lennon’s solo albums have been remixed and remastered to mark what would have been his 70th birthday.
Lennon's wife Yoko Ono worked with a team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios to not only digitally remaster the tracks, but in some cases remove some instrumentation from the original recordings.Ono said in a statement that she hopes this project will "help bring his incredible music to a whole new audience."
"By remastering 121 tracks spanning his solo career, I hope also that those who are already familiar with John's work will find renewed inspiration from his incredible gifts as a songwriter, musician and vocalist and from his power as a commentator on the human condition.
"His lyrics are as relevant today as they were when they were first written."
The album that will have the instrumentation altered will be 'Double Fantasy' from 1980, which was the last album Lennon released before he was killed.
The Beatles have a history of altering recordings. In September 2009 the band released both a stereo box set and a mono box set, in which mono albums were remixed into stereo and stereo albums were remixed into mono. They also released 'Let It Be... Naked' in 2003, which was a de-Phil Spectored version of their 1970 album 'Let It Be'.
The albums will be released in time for Lennon's 70th birthday, on October 9.
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