REVIEW! 6 CD/2 Blu Ray John Lennon MIND GAMES Ultimate Collection 

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Out Of the Blue and I Know I Know were always my favourite tracks on the album. Two underappreciated classic Lennon rockers that would have sounded incredible in a Live Concert.

“I fought in the war for your sort…” “I’ll bet you’re sorry you won.”

The video I’ve been waiting for! Really enjoying what I’m hearing on the uncut CD!

Thanks Andrew for taking the time to give such in-depth analysis and review. It’s really appreciated and I can’t wait to hear it all when it’s released.

As always fabulous video Andrew thank you so much for all your hard work we really do appreciate it👍🎸

Thank you so much for this clear and informative review video. I'll get the Uncut cd soon to whet my appetite before I can get hold of this apparently impressive box set.

Awesome video, Andrew! Thank you for this! Your thoroughness and objectivity is much appreciated! Can't wait for July 12th to arrive!

At last ! A review...Thanks, I enjoy yr videos, Andrew.

Whoua ! The best review I ever seen ! What work ! Thank you Andrew !

I still use my Shuffle every day, Andrew! Thanks for the review.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts Andrew, very valuable as always.

My go-to is my trusty iPod Classic! Wonderful review, as always, Andrew!

I love your honest review l Discovered lots you went through this in a clever way ,I find this personally and the deluxe box a fine piece of art.👏

My take on John as a producer/mixing engineer is that he really was rooted in the music he grew up with & listened to at the time. He definitely was not fussed about 'clarity & separation' & did at some point wear a badge stating 'Back to Mono'!! His concession to stereo was to make it sound more like mono!

Thank you. Just what I was looking for. Really enjoyed that!

Excellent review Andrew, thankyou so much for the review and taking the time out to explain the box set. I've picked up the magazine on holiday. What a year for Beatles fans, just got tickets for Paul in Manchester, can't wait.

You have really whetted my appetite for this set and cannot wait for my box, CD's, double LP to arrive. Going by the Uncut CD, this is gonna be the best of the Lennon Boxes so far. Then we hopefully have a Walls and Bridges box to look forward to as well as Rubber Soul... Can't wait to be playing all of this through my surround sound system. Thank you so much for this Andrew..

Very informative Andrew. Now I’m counting the days! ✨🙏✨

Brilliant video as always. I know (I know) Mind Games isn't considered to be John's best album by some people, but for me it's an absolute classic. I don't think there's a bad track on there. This review has me salivating in anticipation for the box set release.

What a wonderful review Andrew ❤! I can’t wait to hear it on Spotify. Things are getting too expensive to buy these days 😢. FYI .. Elton John does an incredible job on his version of “ One Day At A Time” it was on the flip side of Lucy in the Sky , you can find it streaming check it out!

Great job Andrew. Great video.

Thank you so much for the detailed review. Was a little worried by the delay following the unboxing but can fully appreciate the reason for this. You have not rushed out an ill-considered overview, but have spent time becoming accustomed to the various mixes before providing your comments. Mind Games has always been a favourite Lennon album of mine. Perhaps because it was the first of his albums that I experienced when I was buying records myself and fully appreciating music rather than it just being 'around'. I have heard the promo tracks released by the estate and the Uncut CD and am really now looking forward to the deluxe set. Thank you again for the lengthy video. It is much valued. Cheers.

My set should be coming within the next few days. Love the Plastic Ono and Imagine box set sitting neatly on my shelf. Looked forward to your review 😂❤ Thank you

LOVE IT Andrew! im still stuck on the mini shuffle! haha

Excellent comprehensive review of the box audio. Be really interesting to see if my opinion changes once I get to hear it. I've ordered yhe 6cd version so hope its worth it.

I used to have an iPod shuffle for running..what a device that little thing was..all my indie tunes on it😁

Can't wait!

After Imagine, I think every album after was rather weak. Yes, on each there was 4 or 5 good songs. Still I’m excited to get into this Box Set and Thank You very much for the Honest review.

I know it must be your summer time when you have one of your Hard Days Night themed tee shirts on.

What an outstanding overview of the set. Thank you so much for going so deep with your analysis of the sound quality. Much appreciated, and I look forward to the big video you mentioned. Off topic Andrew: what is that red and white ON AIR you have displayed behind you?? Feel like I should know, but I don’t. 🤔

Thank you Andrew.

The reviewers had this Box Set really early. We're still waiting. Ordered the Two Sets. Vinyl/CD Deluxe Box Set.

This is an excellent review - thank you! You’ve more than answered all the questions I’ve had about the CD box. Really appreciate how thorough you were. I seriously doubt that a better quality review will appear anywhere.

excellent video

So I’ve finally bit the bullet and ordered via an offer on rough trade via eBay at £110- gonna need to get a UV torch now! Another great video Andrew - and I’ve ordered the uncut promo too- I have been well and truly mind gamed!

Mid 70s is my favorite Lennon musical period. Mind Games and Walls and Bridges to me are the Rubber Soul and Revolver of his catalogue. They could easily be part 1 and part 2 of a double album. Mind Games just always suffered from an inferior mix that it looks like this set will finally rectify once and for all.

I bought this album when it was released on vinyl, a schoolboy’s pocket money, always liked it. I hope they do something with ‘ sometime in New York City, and Walls and Bridges, thanks for great in-depth review

Andrew delivers. My great hope is they don’t bloat the low end like I’ve found on some of John’s remixes & Giles Martin’s Beatles work.

Great in-depth review as ever. It certainly does seem to be a massive improvement on the original mix, especially if listening on headphones. For some reason, I’ve always really liked “Intuition” and thought that it could’ve been a hit single on the radio - but maybe that’s just me!

Top professional musicians working with John on Mind Games album.The band on Sometime in NYC were not very good.Thank you.

Really looking forward to this box now! The original release was indeed muddy -- there's no other word for it. I can only assume that John was trying to emulate Phil Spector's style of production. For all his (many) faults, Spector knew exactly what he was doing and how to get a very specific result, so John's attempt was never going to be as good. And I share your love for "I Know (I Know)," and hopefully it will gain its place among the best of John's solo work. It'll be interesting to compare the ultimate mix here on CD/Blu-Ray to the vinyl release when it comes out.

Are there any full demos?

Hi Andrew, great video as always but I wanted to tell you I'm very happy, Paul is coming to Uruguay for the third time in 12 years, and as this is a very difficult year for me, I have a serious ill and I'll have surgery next month, this visit is great news, my wife told me this time I had to see him as close as possible, not since the last row of the arena (in this case Estadio Centenario of Montevideo), so we spent an incredible amount of money, and we'll go to check sound and very near the stage to the show. It's incredible that in my worst year Paul had decided to came here again, I feel is something magic, I'm 69 and the Beatles and Paul after they split are my heroes. Too long sorry but I know you can understand the feeling. Thanks

Thanks Andrew. Do you think they will do the same for walls and bridges

it was talking about cloud9 boxet should been out in june, do u know more of this

Why bother us with the hidden tracks? I just want to put it in and press to play.

I love One Day (At A Time)!

I’m happy for those who buy this ‘stuff’ every year

This may take many listens, but how do the title track, I Know (I Know) and Out the Blue compare to the same tracks on the Gimme Some Truth set? Or do the liner notes indicate that they are the same mixes?

Nice video

Great video Andrew! Curious if you are planning to do a One Hand Clapping review? Would like to know your thoughts. Thanks!!

Thanks, Andrew, for an honest appraisal of the Mind Games Box Set. Very brief and yet thorough work Even though I haven't heard the album except on RU-vid, I can say that it is a much better album now as far as quality. I also feel that the song writing of John on this album is a bit weaker than previous and future albums. But, on the other hand, the great aspect is that John would approve because he knew there could have been better sounding tracks, and now, here it is. Sean Lennon, along with his Team really knocked themselves out presenting new sounding remixes, which is the normal way. It's over priced for the content of Classic Lennon, but give it time. Thanks for the great view.

I know (I know) was always my fav JL solo song.

which are the titles of the hidden tracks ?

are you getting the super deluxe cube of mind games? if so when will you be doing unboxing

Hello Andrew how does this new mix stand compared to the 2010 cd in the LENNON box? Everyone keeps Comparing this to the original and the 2002 mix but I haven’t heard anything about the 2010 mix.

Andrew, Which of the Beatles box sets is your favorite (Revolver, SPLHCB, WA, AR) and which of the individual Beatles' box sets is your favorite?

Hello Andrew, I am so glad that you did this video. I don't have a Blu-ray player and I thought all these hidden tracks were going to be Blu-ray only so I was disappointed in that after I've already ordered the box set. So the hidden tracks that are on just the regular CDs one through six I'll be able to find easily is that the case? I just watched this whole video and I'm going to be watching it again. I love this album and I can't wait to get the box. Brilliant video Andrew very informative. Thank You. Kregg from Phoenix AZ.

In my opinion, the original mix is superb. Rich and chrystal clear. But it will be interesting to hear the new mix and all the new versions. Byvthe way, Aisumasen may well be my all-tim fav John aong.

I don't get the difference between the raw studio mixes and the elemental mixes. Can you explain, Andrew?

I’m sure you went over this, but how do you find the hidden tracks on the CDs? Great work Andrew.

Thanks Andrew a very enthusiastic review. I'm surprised there are 18 takes of some tracks, given John always said he was 3 takes - done! I've got the 2 CD version & book on order and just bought the new Uncut so working my way through that. The album received a lowly 4/10 in Classic Rock. While not my favourite JL album it's worth more than that. How do you rate it on a scale of 1 - 10?

Richard Ashcroft does a very good version of Bring on the Lucie, worth a listen 🎶

Enjoyed the review and glad you're enjoying the set. I'll be passing on it since, in my opinion, Mind Games is a sub-par album.

I always loved this record. I purchased it upon initial release and never thought the mix was muddy like everyone is saying. Of course, there was nothing to compare it to at that point. I still own my OG LP but one of my cats has rendered my turntable unplayable(no need for details here). It seems like this Ultra version is too much work! All the hidden stuff! If I want hidden stuff I’ll buy a Where’s Waldo! Who has time for this? Sean, I love ya, but you’ve gone too far! I’m probably just going to get the double CD set and be very satisfied. Cheers from Asbury Park NJ USA!

does the blue ray cds work?

Where's the 2 Virgins ultimate mix box set?? 🤣

I’m looking forward to listening to all of this on Apple Music but I really wish the 7LP set that’s in the Super Deluxe Box Set was being sold separately. I would have easily dropped $200 on that.

Hi Andrew I tried to reply to your Instagram page but for some reason it was taken down. I got uncut magazine too with the bonus cd which is quite good. I also liked the little magazine reviewing all JL’s solo albums. Although I like mind games, it’s not my fave John album, I’d probably place it behind plastic Ono band, imagine, walls and bridges and even double fantasy. Where does it rank on your list? Also the main feature in the magazine about the making of the new release of mind games is a good read. Cheers !

I would have liked to have had Illusions (not for love of money) outtake remastered if that’s possible, which was apparently written during Mind Games (according to Pamela Davies who did an excellent cover of it). Mind Games if my favorite followed by Plastic Ono Band.

It's unfortunate that Intuition is considered by many to be minor, because the lyrics are very life-affirming. I've sent them to people when they've been feeling down, particularly 'it's only a condition of seeing things that way' and 'confirmed an old suspicion it's good to be alive'.

Interesting review Andrew. Waiting for mine to come in July Uncut magazine has a free sampler and a supplement reviewing all John’s albums. It rates every track. It seems Side one of Two Virgins gets 3 stars. As does the song Imagine 😂 laughable

Why don‘t you compare the excisting ultimate mixed songs to the gimme some truth ultimate mixes anymore like you did with imagine and plastic ono band? We already have Mind Games, Out The Blue and I Know.

Hello there Andrew, Sorry about this is so long. You mentioned where on can find the upcoming hidden tracks on this new Mind Games box set. For example, I'm The Greatest is the last track on disc 1 immediate following track 6, but all of the other hidden tracks you only talked about them and the disc they are on. If it is easy to find these other tracks that's fine, but if it is not that easy, would it be possible for you to mentioned where these tracks can be found (I would imagine they are all the last track on the discs, but it wasn't mentioned) or send out a short video or written message as to where these tracks can be found. By the way, I have watched other people's RU-vid channels talking about this new Mind Games box set. The only people I will ever watch their RU-vid channels are yours and the guy from Polygram Auctions. That's because most of the others are just goofy and I won't want to watch something like that. The one thing I don't care for is the Polygram channel more like real business type video where he is taking about Beatles related things which is fine, but what I don't like is when he talks about those commercial like items in the middle of his videos, other than that I do like him a lot. I started watching his channel I think just over a couple of years, shortly after that I found your channel. I do and will only watch those two RU-vid channels. You both seem very privileged and honored to receive your items from record companies or in this case from Sean Lennon. Anyway, too much about that. I've been "collecting" The Beatles since 1969, but I have thinned down my collection considerably except now I only having CD's. Almost everything else that I had I've sold off. You are really good at what you do. Thank you so much for all your work.

Hi Andrew , you say you have got another BIG mind games video coming soon , don’t say you have obtained the massive Mind games cube box set priced at £1’390 , from the Lennon estate.

I collect these things just for the sake of it. My grandchildren and great grandchildren will inherit a large collection of Beatles related music.The long and winding road

£130!!

The Lennon estate has apparently sent this box set to several RU-vid creators. I've seen at least 3 or 4 others like this. Great way to get this way overpriced set promoted. Please do not misunderstand me, I have all of John's records, and several of Yoko's on vinyl from 50 years ago. So, it's not like I don't love John and Yoko. Lovely presentation, Andrew.

You would think that if any artist/estate sends you a copy of their music to PROMOTE, that they would also give fair use license to use SHORT SNIPPETS of their music to add to the review/promotion.

It's correct. If there is one Lennon album that needed a total remix, it's Mind Games. Walls and Bridges sounds so much better.

Is I Promise on it?

It sounds like i’m going to have issues ripping the CD. (i already have issues since on some CDs my external disc drive ejects on the last 2 or 3 songs while ripping even if the CD is brand new, that’s why i like have a few bonus tracks on there because at least there’s a good chance i’ll rip the original album) I may have to pass and just stream☹️ BTW, have you ever heard Elton’s cover of “One Day At a Time”? His version is better i think 😄

Mind games world cup still on Andrew ???

PSST!

Nice. I needed a new box set! You mention the poor mix on the original album....well, that's obviously true. It was muddy and somewhat ugly. Walls and Bridges didn't have much of a better mix, in my opinion, so that should be nice to hear in an Ultimate Mix as well someday. However, what I really want is a Some Time in New York City box set! The mix on some of those songs is truly horrible! Which is a real shame, because apart from the superfluous live disc, it has some absolutely excellent songs on it. Even Yoko's songs rival those of John's for once! But I guess I'll have to wait a very long time, indeed, for a box like that...

I love Lennon but I don't see the point of having umpteen versions of the same songs.

So, you havent found the hidden tracks yet?!?

This set is way overpriced in Canada at $250 Cdn while the POB and Imagine sets are $100 cheaper. I will wait till the price comes down but in the meantime will download a free copy online.

I’ve got the Uncut Magazines CD containing some of the extras which is more than enough for me so all I’m wanting now is a single remastered vinyl album as originally issued…… but it aint gonna happen is it and I’m expected to fork out £40+ for a double album half of which I don’t want. 🤨

A fine job regarding the 6 CD"s but..... I am perplexed that the high resolution surround mixes on the blu rays have been missing in action here. Who cares abut the dopey video portions!... the surround mixes are a major selling point, at least for myself.. I also despise the hidden track easter egg/ultraviolet scenario. That concept went out the window years ago with DVD movies and are beyond played out. Just put the tracks on and allow the listeners to access them minus the juvenile game playing that Sean seems to embrace. One more thing.... I hope the mixes are not the bass heavy nonsense that are too prevalent with the previous Lennon boxes and the abomination that was the Dhani inspired "All Things Must Pass." Bobby Whitlock was right on the money about that bit of amateur hour before he was threatened in some kind of degenerate fashion for speaking his mind at the time.

You are making it very hard for me to stick with my decision to just get the 2CD version...

Thanks for the review. I think this is a 6 out of 10 album (same as Walls And Bridges)--both have some good tracks (after all it's John Lennon!). I bought them both when they were originally released. Lennon sounds like an old man--hard to believe he was only 32/33 making these--depressing . Boring studio-bound music because he'd stopped playing live. It's worth a 2-CD issue only. Awful cover. Poor Andrew had to listen to 5 1/2 hours and more of this of this but at least he didn't have to pay for it--he's obviously grateful for the Lennon estate freebies! Wait a few months and it will be a much lower price. Imagine the mugs who are going to buy the uber box set!

Paul is dead miss him miss him.

All sounds wonderful however the bottom line is that Mind Games is a poor album.

Get on with it mate,stop talking,

Your review is immediately biased for receiving this for free. L

Andrew My Friend, Fantastic review of the songs I can’t wait to recieve mine , original great,, This is a Masterpiece, Andrew you are awesome friend, All his albums Masterpiece, Takecare, Besafe, Thank You, Steve