The John Lennon Collection is a posthumous compilation album of music from John Lennon's solo career, released on 8 November 1982 through Parlophone Records in the UK and 10 November through Geffen Records in the US.
Release and selection
The album was originally scheduled for release in late 1981, but was held back a year due to legalities since half the songs on the album were licensed to EMI and the other half, songs from Double Fantasy, were licensed to Geffen. It was the first Lennon album to be issued following his death in 1980. The album includes most of Lennon's hit singles and other tracks from his solo albums recorded with EMI from 1970 to 1975, as well as all but one of his compositions (track 3 - "Cleanup Time") from his final album Double Fantasy, which was initially distributed by Geffen Records in America and EMI/Parlophone in the United Kingdom.