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Exclusively in Record Shops for Record Store Day 20 April 2024 MIND GAMES (ULTIMATE MIX) John: That was a fun track because the voice is in stereo and the seeming orchestra on it is just me playing three notes with slide guitar. On ‘Mind Games’ it’s a Mellotron, on ‘Imagine’ it’s an orchestra. And the middle eight is reggae. I was thinking of it in terms of guerilla warfare. It’s just like inside of a physical guerilla. A ‘mind’ guerilla – a conceptual guerilla. It was originally called ‘Make Love Not War’. Yoko: John was trying to convey the message that we all play mind games. But if we can play mind games, why not make a positive future with it – to play a positive mind game? ‘Mind Games’ is such an incredibly strong song. At the time, people didn’t quite get the message because this was before its time. Now, people would understand it. I don’t think in those days people knew they were playing mind games anyway. John Lennon: Clavinet, tambourine, maracas, Mellotron, slide guitar, vocals
