Now and Then - From John Lennon Original Demo Tape (Remastered By Perfect Silence Creation 2023)

Now and Then (REMASTERED 2023) From John Lennon Original Demo Tape Enhanced Piano and Vocal Tracks (With Original Bridge In Demo Tape) By : Perfect Silence Creation Lennon wrote “Now and Then“ in the late 1970s, and recorded a demo in around 1977 on a tape recorder at his home at the Dakota in New York City. The lyrics are typical of the apologetic love songs that Lennon wrote in the latter half of his career. For the most part the verses are nearly complete, though there are still a few lines that Lennon did not flesh out on the demo tape performance. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Lennon’s composition “a wispy, melancholy ballad“, while Billboard’s Kyle Denis described the song as “a lovelorn guitar-centric rock ballad“. Referring to the original demo, Craig Jenkins of Vulture said “’Now and Then’ languished in an unfinished state, its vocal and piano melodies enshrouded in too dense a thicket of