John Lennon 'Roots' USA TV Sold Adam VIII 1975 (ReRelease)

	£		72
	$		96

JOHN LENNON.

'Roots'.

Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits is a rare mail-order album issued by Adam VIII consisting of rough mixes of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album. It was available through television sale for three days in January 1975 before Lennon and Apple/EMI pulled it off the market. Lennon then rush-released his "official" version in February 1975.

In February 1976, the case was heard in New York District Court. Lennon (sporting a crewcut) and Ono attended the proceedings, which were at times amusing. When asked by Levy's attorney if he had cut his hair as to not resemble the cover photo of Roots, Lennon replied, "Rubbish! I cut it every 18 months." Later on in the trial, the same lawyer asked Lennon to autograph a copy of his Mind Games album "for my daughter, I can't account for her taste."[7]

By June, Lennon and Capitol/EMI had prevailed. Though Levy was awarded a token payment for the infringement on "You Can't Catch Me", he had to pay EMI $109,700 in lost revenue and $42,000 to Lennon for "damages to his reputation"—due to the poor sound quality (besides the rough mixes, some of the songs were sped up to fit in more tracks) and the "horrible album cover".

Production and distribution of Roots was halted and the albums were ordered destroyed. With only 3,000 copies of Roots reportedly pressed, original copies are rare and sought-after collector's items. Copies in mint condition have sold for US$2,000. (This is not one, It's a rerelease). Lennon was disappointed at how poorly the mail order setup had actually worked, having ordered his own copy as a follow-up and had to wait almost a month to receive it.

Still a nice variation.

TRACKS
Side One

1. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Tex Davis, Gene Vincent) – 2:39

2. "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 2:38

o  Contains a longer fadeout than the Rock 'n' Roll version

3. "Stand by Me" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ben E. King) – 3:26

o  Without the strings added to the official release

4. "Sweet Little Sixteen" † (Chuck Berry) – 3:01

5. "Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" (Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 1:33

6. "Angel Baby" † (Rosie Hamlin) – 3:42

o  Not officially released until the 1986 compilation Menlove Ave.

7. "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 3:15

8. "You Can't Catch Me" † (Chuck Berry) – 4:03

o  The Rock 'n' Roll version was stretched to 4:51 by repeating the first verse

Side Two

1. "Bony Moronie" † (Larry Williams) – 3:47

2. "Peggy Sue" (Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, Buddy Holly) – 2:06

3. "Medley: Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke)/ (John Marascalco, Leo Price) – 3:41

4. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, Richard Wayne Penniman, James H. Smith) – 2:20

o   Contains a longer fadeout than the Rock 'n' Roll version

5. "Be My Baby" † (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) – 4:32

o   Not officially released until the 1998 John Lennon Anthology

6. "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 2:17

7. "Just Because" † (Lloyd Price) – 4:25

 USA ADAM VIII Records 

Good as you can see from the pictures

Release Date:  1January 1975

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Thanks for looking and happy bidding

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