On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon, on October 9, 1940, EMI Music and Yoko Ono re-release 8 of his solo albums in new versions.
Apart from the individual releases, in new remasters and new packages that will reproduce the original artwork, there will be some more in the form of box-set. A release date has been set October 4th 2010 for Europe and the next day for America.
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