licensed from Capitol Records, does present one version or another of almost all of John Lennon's solo chart hits. There are 35 tracks spread over three CDs with a running time just over two hours, selling on release in the 30 dollar range. The discs are subtitled "The Hits," "Sings Classic Rock 'n' Roll," and "The Classics Live." Roughly speaking, that means the first disc contains original studio recordings of hit singles like "(Just Like) Starting Over," "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night," "Woman," and the title song; the second disc consists of tracks from the 1974 Rock 'n' Roll album with a couple from Live Peace in Toronto, 1969 thrown in; and the third disc consists of Live in New York City with a track from Sometime in New York City. The chief criticism to be made of the set (in addition to its bare-bones packaging) is that some of Lennon's biggest and most familiar hits -- "Cold Turkey," "Mother," "Imagine" -- are included only in live versions, not the hit studio recordings.