Re: Let it Be... Naked

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
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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
>
>