The album consists of nine re-imagined Meditation Mixes of John Lennon’s classic 1971 ballad, “Love”, from the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
Side B on LP3 features nine unique 1.8 second mantras that play continuously in the vinyl’s run out grooves to create infinite loops. It follows the release of nine re-imagined Meditation Mixes of John Lennon’s classic 1973 peace-and-love anthem, “Mind Games” on vinyl and via the consciousness-expanding photo app, Lumenate, released last year on John’s birthday, October 9th.
Sean Ono Lennon says, “After the surprising success of the Mind Games Meditation Mixes, and our collaboration with Lumenate the Meditation App, we are very pleased to bring you Volume Two – a collection of Ambient reimaginings of John Lennon’s classic song, to create a meditation of ‘Love’.
To create LOVE (Meditation Mixes) various sound design techniques and processes have been applied to the original 1970 one-inch multitrack recordings, and in some cases have been enhanced with additional instrumentation from Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon. They were mixed and engineered by Sam Gannon with additional recording engineered by Scott Holingsworth and mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios. Production Management by Simon Hilton.
GAMMA WAVES 30-100Hz
Insight – Peak Experiences – Synchronization
BETA WAVES 12-30Hz
Alertness – Concentration – Thinking
ALPHA WAVES 8-12Hz
Meditation – Creativity – Relaxation
THETA WAVES 4-8Hz
Visualisation – Trance – Dreaming
DELTA WAVES 0.5-4Hz
Deep Sleep – Transcendence – Restoration
LOVE (Meditation Mixes) create their own space while maintaining firm, authentic roots in John Lennon’s original recording of the song. Each of the nine mixes has been radically altered, slowed down and extended, ranging from 5 to upwards of 23 minutes, allowing for the musical soundtrack to wash over the listener and provide a relaxing, immersive, deep listening and meditative experience.
JOHN LENNON LOVE (Meditation Mixes)
Produced by Sean Ono Lennon.
Mixed and Engineered by Sam Gannon.
Recording Engineer (2025): Scott Hollingsworth.
Stereo Mastering Engineer: Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.
Vocals and acoustic guitar: John Lennon
Piano: Phil Spector
Producers: John & Yoko and Phil Spector.
Recording Engineers: Phil McDonald, John Leckie
Vocal from Take 37, piano from Take 38.
Recorded 19 October, 1970 in EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, UK.
Cover art based on photocollages by John Lennon.
Art Direction by Sean Ono Lennon, Simon Hilton & Liz Hirsch.
Designed by Liz Hirsch.
Compilation Producer & Production Management: Simon Hilton.
