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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.
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
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.