Re: Let it Be... Naked

I just got LIBN today and have only listened to it twice so it might be a
little early to judge but I'm not overly impressed. I think I actually
prefer the original album. I know many people feel Spector went a little
overboard on his production and I too could have done without the choirs but
overall I think he did a pretty good job with what he was given to work
with.
A few initial thoughts: Why the abreviated "Get Back"? It sounds awful
ending so abruptly. Why not use the Anthology version of "The Long And
Winding Road" which if I'm not mistaken is the same version of the song as
the "Spectorised" version but without overdubs. Wasn't that the point of
this album, to strip it back to it's original form, not give us some
inferior take just because it hasn't been released before. Why not put on
the original version of "Don't Let Me Down" which I always felt should have
been on the album anyway? I think the answer is that the producers felt that
they had to use alternate takes in order to make it a "new" product but it
looks to me like Phil Spector already picked the best takes so, as I said
before, why not just strip them back and put some of these different takes
on disc two?
One track I think Spector actually improved is "Let It Be". His version just
sounds more cohesive and finished to me than the original single or this new
version. He drowned out John and George's rather distracting (to me anyway)
background vocals and used the better guitar solo in my opinion.
Anyhow, like I said I'm not overly impressed with this project. I think they
should have just let it be. :-)
Cheers,
Alan
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> Bruce Mirken wrote:
>
> >"Let it Be":  I'm not sure whether I like this or the Glyn Johns mix on
the
> >original single better, but either is light-years better than Spector's
> >version with its needless, annoying overdubs.  What an exquisite song
this
> >is.
>
> I don't like the effect on john & georges background vocals.  Sounds
> very similar to the choir they wanted to remove so badly.
>
> I don't care for the echo/fade on Across the Universe.
>
> The rest of the album kicks ass though