Re: Let it Be... Naked

Well said.  For me, the "original" of the song "Let it Be" was the Glyn
Johns mix that was the original U.S. single, released when I was a mere lad
of 13.  I played it to death before the album came out, and the Spectorized
album version just never felt right to me.  The LIBN version, though
different, is in the same spirit as the single release, and hearing it just
felt like going home.


"vintar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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