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I wanted to be able to take the jukebox's contents with me, so I looked for digitized versions of the songs that were as true as I could readily find to the single mixes Lennon had in his 40 lb. portable. Lots of times I settled for mp3s because the CDs with less compromised audio were prohibitively expensive; sometimes I've linked to mp3 files directly in cases where there were multiple versions of songs on CDs. I have not fully A/B'd the 45s to the digital versions, so no guarantees; and I'd appreciate your help in improving the accuracy.


Songs handwritten on the discomatic index

The following are the A/B sides of the 45s that it's possible to be most sure were handwritten by John Lennon on the "discomatic index".

John Lennon's Jukebox CD, the out-of-print compilation has high-resolution mono versions of

Otis Redding, Down In The Valley

Donovan, Turquoise/Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)

Bob Dylan, Positively 4th Street/From A Buick 6

Len Barry, Bullseye

The Contours, First I Look at the Purse/Searching For A Girl

Wilson Pickett, I'm Not Tired

Fontella Bass, The Soul Of A Man (stereo)**

Booker T and the MGs, Boot-leg/Outrage

The Miracles, The Tracks of My Tears/A Fork in the Road

Timmy Shaw, I'm a Lonely Guy*

Tommy Tucker, I Don't Want 'Cha*

Larry Williams, High School Dance

Arthur Alexander, A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues/You Better Move On.
Mp3s (audibly inferior to me, but not an import nor out-of-print!):A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues/You Better Move On

Derek Martin, Don't Put Me Down Like This

The Miracles, The Only One I Love/Ain't It Baby

Bruce Channel, Dream Girl

Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps, Be-Bop-A-Lula/Woman Love

The Miracles, I've Been Good to You

The Isley Brothers, Twist and Shout**/Spanish Twist

James Ray, If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody/It's Been a Drag*

Bobby Parker, Steal Your Heart

The Miracles, Who's Lovin' You/Shop Around

Songs that may have been on the discomatic

The following are the A/B sides of the 45s that for various reasons shown on the main page it's less possible to be sure were contained in John Lennon's Discomatic.

Songs that appear in their single/mono version on the John Lennon's Jukebox EMI CD

Wilson Pickett It's Too Late/I'm Gonna Love You

Jerry Butler Make It Easy On Yourself/It's Too Late

Chuck Willis, It's Too Late/Kansas City Woman

Paul Revere & the Raiders, Steppin' Out/Blue Fox

Jimmy McCracklin, Steppin' Up in Class/Think

Johnny Maestro & The Crests, I'm Stepping Out Of The Picture/Afraid Of Love

Sam Cooke, Bring It On Home To Me (duophonic)**/Havin' A Party**

The Animals, For Miss Caulker

Edwin Starr, Agent Double-O Soul/Agent Double-O Soul (instrumental)*

U.S. Bonds, Please Forgive Me

U.S. Bonds, Time Ole Story

Little Richard, True, Fine Mama

Buddy Holly, Slippin' And Slidin'

The Lovin' Spoonful, Daydream**/Night Owl Blues**

The Lovin' Spoonful, Do You Believe in Magic**/On The Road Again**

Richie Barrett, Some Other Guy/Tricky Dicky*

The Big Three, Some Other Guy (mp3)/Let True Love Begin*

Jimmy McCracklin, The Walk/I'm To Blame

Chuck Berry, No Particular Place to Go/Liverpool Drive**

 

* I have not located a digitized version of this song.

** I have only located stereo/duophonic (simulated stereo) digitized versions of these songs. I've preferred the duophonic mixes to the wide stereo mixes only because they are more akin, being based on the mono mixes, and make for a more consistent overall playlist.



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