Re: Let it Be... Naked

Well, as Dinah Washington once said "What A Difference A Day Made".
I've now listened to LIBN about five or six times and am starting to change
my initial opinion. I still can't get used to the abbreviated "Get Back", I
can't imagine why they would do this. I'm finding on the other songs the
initial shock of hearing them has worn off and I'm really enjoying the
improved fidelity of the recordings. I never knew George was saying "Same
old twelve bar blues" during "For You Blue" for instance. I always thought
it was "they won't tell my blues" or something! I 'm really impressed also
with "Let It Be" which initially was one of the tracks I had reservations
about. I love the new guitar solo! "The Long And Winding Road" is also
growing on me, I still prefer the original but do now like this version. I
actually prefer the new "Across The Universe", It was the one track on LIB
that I didn't really like, stripping it back has vastly improved it IMO.
All in all, I'm fairly impressed. I guess it just goes to show that first
impressions aren't always accurate. One has to live with an album for awhile
before getting a true feel for it, especially in a situation such as this
where you're so used to the original version.
-Alan
"Bruce Mirken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Funny, I LOVE this version of "Let it Bee" (the song), and the Spectorized
> version always made me ill.  No accounting for taste.  I agree, though,
that
> the abbreviated "Get Back" is unfortunate, and in general I miss  the
> between-song chatter.
>
>
> "vintar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > 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
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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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
> >
> >
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