I've got to follow my heart wherever it takes me


-John Lennon 1940-1980


Evolution of Strawberry Fields Forever

The following are demos and outtakes of the Beatles masterpiece "Strawberry Fields Forever". They follow the evolution of song from the early demos of John Lennon to the finished version.
All songs are Real Audio (non streaming)


Santa Isabel demos (takes 5&6)

Kenwood demo (Vocal overdub)

Kenwood Sessions, Takes 2-7

Mellotron/Vocal Overdubs

EMI Sessions (Take 1)

EMI Sessions (Take 4)

EMI Sessions (take 7)

EMI Sessions (Takee 25 RM3)

Final Edit

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Mother (demo)

My Mummy's Dead (Take1)

God (demo)

Well Well Well (alternate)

Love (Home Demo)

John Lennon:Acoustic Masterpieces
Imagine (live in NY)

Watching The Wheels (Home Demo)

Maggie Mae

Corinna,Corinna just for fun

Look At Me (demo) recorded 1968

Maybe Baby for Yoko's film "Clock"

I Know (I Know) demo-spring '73

I'm A Man Just For Fun 1980

Dear Yoko (original demo)

Beautiful Boy studio demo

What You Got demo

I'm Losing You demo

Starting Over rehersal Starting over(streaming)

70's Piano Demos

Free As A Bird (take1)

Real Love (Take1)

Real Love (unknown take) Real G2

Grow Old With Me


Beatles Tracks
I'm So Tired (early take)

Yesterday (Take1)

Her Majesty (Take3)

Across The Universe (Take2)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps acoustic

Norwegian Wood (take 1)

Got To Get You In To My Life outtake

White album sessions (Requires Real G2)
Dear Prudence demo Child Of Nature

I'm So Tired demo Brian Epstein Blues

Hey Jude (rehersal) The Maharishi Song

Julia (demo) Everyone Had A Hard Year

Yer Blues(demo) Everybody's Got Something To Hide..

What's The New Mary Jane (version 1)

What's The New Mary Jane (version 2)

Cry Baby Cry (demo)

Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (outtake)


That's The Way The World Is (MP3)
Lennon demo similar to Real Love

Songs now removed from this site but are available by e-mail: Hide Your Love Away (take 5), The Long & Winding Road (rehersal), Luck Of The Irish (take2)

"I was the walrus but now I'm John."
John Lennon - a man who gave so much to the world.

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I have far more outtakes than I have server space, e-mail me with a request because I might have it. Guru Deva

last updated 28 Feburary '99



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