Re: Let it Be... Naked

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> "The Long and Winding Road":  For me this is the only one of the three that
> doesn't quite work.  The Spector version is an abomination, but it's clear
> the Beatles just never quite nailed this one.  This version sounds like a
> rehearsal.  Paul's vocal is a bit tentative in spots, and the instrumental
> break feels not-quite-fully-worked-out.  The song did need SOMETHING to make
> it a finished record -- alas, Spector's version of something was hideous.
> For my money the definitive arrangement of this song is the one Paul used on
> the '76 Wings Over America Tour (though I do like some of the touches on the
> Back in the U.S. version as well).


Yeah, "Winding Road" on WOA - with the heavy bass emphasis - was
probably the one version the Beatles should have strived for during
the LIB sessions - maybe that's one for the next "definitive" LIB
remix whenever that is.