Let It Be

Three years after "1" a new Beatles album just in time for the Christamas market.
As you all know, this is the de-Spectorised version of Let it Be that the world has been waiting for.
Although those of you who have heard any Let It Be bootlegs, or indeed have seen the movie have probably heard the original tracks in a stripped down format.

So, is it just those original takes as heard on a million bootlegs without the Spector overdubs ? .... No !
Is it Paul re-writing history and creating his own version of Let It Be ? .... again No !
This new version was mixed and produced by Paul Hicks (son of Hollies' Tony Hicks), Guy Massey and Allan Rouse. They were given the original multi-track tapes, and mixed the album from scratch making their own choices to select the best takes. In general the three producers, who were involved in The Anthology and recent Yellow Submarine projects, didn't refer to the earlier mixes and didn't try to recreate them.
They used one of the industry's current standard music-manipulation computer utilities, Pro-Tools, to clean each track of unwanted background noise and repair mistakes, like John's lyric problem in "Don't Let Me Down", by editing in sections from other takes to create entirely new master versions.
Another decision taken was to remove the evidence of the film soundtrack, the humurous asides (personally, I miss these), and the brief jams. Although, the two tracks omitted on this 2003 release, "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" can both be heard briefly on the second disc. Finally, they re-instated "Don't Let Me Down" which should have been on the original and then chose a new running order.
Therefore this album is NOT "Let It Be as it was meant to be" as the adverts suggest. As it is not the raw, live sound as intended in the original concept. It has been re-mastered using 21st century computer tools to give it a fuller, warmer... sound of NOW.

Also included in the package is an extra disc of "Fly On The Wall" outtakes from the January 1969 sessions.

For ease of play, the C.D. would be the choice ... BUT ... any collector out there must obtain the vinyl version.
The 12" vinyl issue is SUPERB quality. The thick card cover with a wide spine, accomodates a very heavy hi-grade disc. The booklet at proper 12" size cannot be beaten. When one compares it with the booklet from the C.D. one does yet again grieve the passing of 12" productions which we were brought up on.
The "Fly On The Wall" disc is 7" vinyl in it's own picture sleeve.

Get Back Dig a Pony For You Blue The Long and Winding Road Two of Us

I've Got a Feeling One After 909 Don't Let Me Down I Me Mine Across the Universe Let It Be

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