What A Shame, Mary Jane Had A Pain At The Party

The bootleg single

The first bootlegs bearing the title What A Shame, Mary Jane Had A Pain At The Party appeared in 1979 with a catalog number of R8028 and little else in the way of label information. Rather than a full-length bootleg, the first edition was a 12″ 45 RPM vinyl disc, each side consisting of an alternate extended version of What’s The New Mary Jane:

Track list

Side 1

1. What A Shame, Mary Jane Had A Pain At The Party (sic) (Take 4) (6:35)

Side 2

1. What A Shame, Mary Jane Had A Pain At The Party (sic) (Take 5) (7:04)

Full-length bootlegs

The title and cover art were used on an unknown number of later compilations, including the following with some misidentified tracks. Sources for the tracks of What’s The New Mary Jane appear to vary, making the release of uneven quality.

1. Comment On Mary Jane
   Listed as a series of comments on the song by John Lennon, but is actually a public apology made by John after his comments about the band being more popular than Jesus (June 12, 1966 in Chicago).
2. What’s The New Mary Jane
   3:12 stereo version taken from original test press EP
3. What’s The New Mary Jane
   4:18 mono version taken from original test press EP
4. What’s The New Mary Jane
   2:34 mono demo
5. What’s The New Mary Jane
   6:05 stereo first take
6. What’s The New Mary Jane
   6:05 stereo mix for unreleased “Sessions” album
7. What’s The New Mary Jane
   6:44 stereo overdubbed version
8. What’s The New Mary Jane
   6:34 stereo version with additional overdubs
9. What’s The New Mary Jane
   6:34 stereo version with additional overdubs
10. What’s The New Mary Jane
    6:34 stereo version from final session
11. What’s The New Mary Jane
    3:15 stereo final take
12. Not Guilty
    3:20 mono (version #1)
13. Not Guilty
    4:24 mono (version #2)
14. Not Guilty
    3:20 mono (version #3)
15. You Know My Name
    one minute long mono demo
16. Comment On Mary Jane
    actual comments on the song from a John Lennon interview (bonus track)
17. Hey Jude/St. Louis Blues
    from “White Gold”, the TV rehearsals for ‘Hey Jude’ (bonus track)
18. By George! It’s The David Frost Theme/It’s Now Or Never
    different intro than Anthology video, with engineer’s count-in (bonus track)