"Let It Be . . . Naked" - November 17

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• 1 - Eric Olsen

  Sep 19, 2003 at 12:27 pm

  I frankly love the Spectorization, although I a willing to go in with anopen mind - not sure if I can erase 30 years of ingrained memory on this though. I like "Let It Be" way more than most fans do, maybe my second or third fave

• 2 - Tom Johnson

  Sep 19, 2003 at 1:24 pm

  I think that's going to be an interesting development - how long-time fans accept "Naked" in comparison to how new(er) fans see it (and there has to be someone who will buy this first having never really heard the original.) I don't have decades of history with the album, so this kind of change doesn't seem so blasphemous to me.
  
  More than anything, I really hope this is the start of a remaster campaign, and not simply an anomaly. The entire catalog, aside from the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, is badly in need of being brought up to today's sonic standards.

• 3 - Eric Olsen

  Sep 19, 2003 at 2:53 pm

  They are lagging on CD remastering and everything digital. Time to bone up, Mop Tops.

• 4 - Steve Rhodes

  Sep 19, 2003 at 11:47 pm

  
  Remastering seems a better use of Apple resources than suing Apple over iTunes.
  
  It would also be good to release the documentary Let It Be on DVD. I only saw it once in the mid-80s.

• 5 - Tom Johnson

  Sep 20, 2003 at 2:15 am

  Let It Be will be released on DVD sometime early-mid next year, from reports I've seen. It was supposed to be ready for simultaneous release with the album but, for whatever reason, that won't be happening.
  
  As for remasters, I really hope we're in for something spectacular - like bonus discs with different mixes, versions, etc. The Beatles and their unbelievably supportive long-time fans deserve something that blows away EVERYTHING ELSE out there. Anything less than that is a travesty. I really hope this extra-special bonus material (plus SACD mixes, as I'm sure they'll be released in a hybrid format like the Dylan sets) is what's setting this back and not stupid projects to reinvent the albums we all know and love.

• 6 - Ralph Del Rio

  Sep 23, 2003 at 12:12 am

  It seems that everyone always focuses on this period so negatively. The entire period encompasses only one month, January 1969. Half of that month was rehearsals that have been heard by too many ears to be objective. The second half of that month was dedicated to finalizing a set of tunes for a purpose that truly materialized much later(the movie and Let it Be album. The fact the remains that there are some very cool songs that came from this one month period.Both versions of the Glyn Johns Get Back album our good concept records. It works in the same way a live album might work. It shows the band in all its strengths in a live setting. But in reality the very best takes were not selected. In the same way, Dig it and Maggie Mae are probably best left off the album.
  So all this hubbub about editing out John is overblown. Phil Spector's Let it Be is a good listening experience. It's a good and uneven album. The spoken word tidbits are OK eventhough they have nothing to do with the movie or much anything else. One track that benefits from his treatment is George's I Me Mine. The others are a treat bare bones. Let It Be...Naked should be awsome sonically and all killer no filler...and hopefully the music album will finally outshine all the negativism that surround it's creation. Some of the best music in History were made under similar stressful conditions and Let it Be...Naked will prove it again.

• 7 - Eric Olsen

  Sep 23, 2003 at 8:12 am

  Thanks Ralph, very nice to have your perspective - as I said earlier, I like Let it Be more than most Beatle fans.

• 8 - Ralph Del Rio

  Sep 24, 2003 at 12:15 am

  The official release of Let it Be ...Naked allows the Beatles Estate more time to explore the DVD format; along with possible additional music/film outtakes that the period contains. It is probable giving the format Let it Be was filmed to provide it in a fine 5.1 format. The promotion of this period of the Beatles career may be extensive.

• 9 - Eric Olsen

  Sep 24, 2003 at 8:17 am

  Although the Beatles are hardly unknown and unpromoted, given their importance and prominence in popular culture, they have been relatively unexploited. I wonder how much the Beatles themselves have channelled this. What will happen when none are left?

• 10 - Ian Beaumont

  Sep 27, 2003 at 6:35 pm

  It'll be good to hear Let It Be as nature intended, though it's a shame that they won't be releasing some of the other unreleased stuff from this era.
  
  Maybe one day we'll get to hear a bit more of the 30 days worth of stuff the Beatles laid down in January 1969 and see the film on DVD.

• 11 - Pedro Freixa

  Sep 28, 2003 at 12:25 am

  People really exaggerate the production job that Phil Spector did on Let it Be. "I Me Mine" definitely improved, as did "Across the Universe" (has anyone heard the brutal version on Past Masters 2?). The song "Let it Be" itself was also improved by Spector's clever tracking of two Harrison guitar solos at the bridge of the song, and by his non-obtrusive chorus. All of the rest of the songs are stripped down, just as the Beatles wanted. The only place Spector went overboard was with "The Long and Winding Road".
  
  I'm looking forward to this new version of Let it Be, even if most of the stripped down versions have already been released on Anthologies 2 and 3 (and the non-Spector version of the song "Let it Be" was on Past Masters 2 AND "1"). Sounds to me like the Beatles just want a little more money.

• 12 - Steve Miller

  Oct 07, 2003 at 8:15 pm

  I don't get it-- de-spectorized cuts are on Anthology Vol.3. And these are the cuts that would have made it on the Get Back album along with the song titled Rocker and Teddy Boy. A complete revamp of the Let it Be tracks just isn't doing the fans justice. Might as well get used to it....why make such CDs as The Christmas Album, The Esher Tapes (White Album acoustic demos), Live at the Hollywood Bowl, when they already and will forever make millions off what they have out? Was it john that said, "when you die you take nothing with you but your soul"?

• 13 - Ralph Del Rio

  Oct 15, 2003 at 1:06 am

  Now that the details of 'Let it Be... Naked' are being unraveled; it is clear that we are finally getting a 'Let it Be' that has been thought out. It all boils down to the fact that the Beatles cut some great live in the studio tracks. It's quite an achievement really, considering that it consists of material built basically from scratch in a months time. Sure there's an edit here and there. But not much tampering.There are a few interesting things. First and foremost it is nice that the album kicks off with a rocker 'Get Back and ends with 'Let it Be'
  
  Get Back
  Same as the original release; does not have the dialogue and rooftop ending of album version, or the reprise ending of single version. it is barerbones.
  
  Dig A Pony
  Rooftop performance, same as the original release; re-did the Phil Spector's edits. Most likely bring the "All I Want Is You" refrains back in.
  
  For You Blue
  Same as the original release;a cleaned up version that most likely brings up the acoustics a bit. To give it a band feel.
  
  The Long And Winding Road
  Different take to the released versions on Let It Be and Anthology 3; It is a studio performance from the last day of recording; it is the one on the Let it Be film; with lyrics alternation and that excellent middle passage with Billy Prestons keyboards to the fore. It is so much better than Phil Spector's version in my opinion.
  
  Two Of Us
  Same as the original release; without the opening 'I dig a Pigmy'...This is a great version of this song.
  
  I’ve Got A Feeling
  Mixture of the two rooftop performances; it is a completely new edit. Which is great because the second 'I Got A Feeling' has one of the best Beatle jam band sequences of their career.This would make it a super 'I Got A Feeling' version.
  
  One After 909
  Rooftop performance, same as the original release; a cleaned up version. If you get a chance to listen to the the Glyn John's version. It just seems looser to me. I look forward to this one.
  
  Don't Let Me Down
  The Rooftop performance. it is unclear whether there willbe any edits on this one. I don't think its the single version.
  
  I Me Mine
  They're keeping it the same as the original release; with the same edits and overdubs. It is unclear whether the orchestration will remain butI assume it will not. Phil's extention of this song was a highlight of the "Let it Be' album.
  
  Across The Universe
  Same as the original release; without Phil Spector's overdubs.
  
  Let It Be
  Same as the original release; with George's original guitar solo. A less fiery version but the keyboards and guitars sound great on the original release.
  
  ...They have taken all the spoken words and intros off this release. It is just the songs that are showcased...The tracklisting has a good flow to it too...I think.
  

• 14 - Eric Olsen

  Oct 15, 2003 at 8:29 am

  Thanks Ralph - very informative!

• 15 - Mawk From the Brawnx

  Oct 17, 2003 at 8:26 pm

  great to see some fellow beatle nerd/heads chatting it out. i have to agree with an earlier poster... some of this material is the beatles very best. hmmm... i'm not a young'un.. i'm old enough to be the echo generation of the 1970's... but i first heard let it be in 1978.. taped it off air and it became one of my fave cassette tapes... at the time the album was not easy to find(i could have looked around a lot more) but as the album was generally out of print at that time because of some complication around it being a united artist release or some reason i never saw it rereleased during the "orange capitol label" era and didn't get a copy until 1981 when the purple reissues came out.
  
  anyway... to MY mind... the crux of these sessions was not the sort of live in the studio sound that was accomplished for the movie... but three critical, thus underrated, tracks... dig a pony, one after 909, i've got a feeling... because spector chose the rooftop versions of these three they totally stand out from the album. the beatles REALLY show that they had some live chops... the fact that these songs were recorded out of the apple studios means the engineers and proper EMI staff have a little less control than usual. which means that the beatles and preston really rip loose on these tracks. just crank up the right channel on one after 909 and get a mouthful of brassy george harrision telecaster thru what i believe is a fender twin(something i spent most of my days 20 or 21 years ago doing) to hear a band AVENGING the poodleization of it's sound during it's early 1962 - 1966 era. not that the beatles didn't rock and that george martin and norman smith/geoff emerick didn't produce them with great skill and taste... but the band really lopes forth with some swagger here that comes from their increased confidence, experience, and the live to 8-track(letting every instrument have basically it's OWN track) setting.
  
  say what you will about spector... i think lewisohn, besides giving a balanced assessment of the spector/mccartney-martin split on what was good/bad/indifferent about the Let It Be final release, hit the nail on the head about one thing that is often overlooked... spector had REAL skills when it came to the tone and equalization of this record. forget for a moment the controversies... i me mine, across the universe, long and winding road, and to a lesser extent let it be(as it was pointed out that all of it's overdubs were planned and executed by the beatles while johns was still on the project). but how about these three crucial tracks AND two of us... which benefit from the sort of high end equalization that makes the acoustics really bright and which on the crucial tracks make these guitars and ringo's cymbal really pay dividends. for those four tracks alone and the general rich analogue quality of the original let it be release cut the anthology 3 AND the glynn johns mixes for the two singles get back/don't let me down let it be/ to utter ribbons. at least ONE of spector's edits is to MY MIND critical.. he adds an extra chorus to let it be at the end... but during the last two choruses brings in brassier high end on the drums... giving the perception that the beatles play the song to a harder climax than they do.. forget the guitar overdubs spector decided to highlight even... i've got to admit.. i love the magical melody of the let it be single.. but i have to admit.. spector's version gets me in the guts every time cause it really rocks to its finale based simply on the man's grasp of equilization and editing.
  
  i'm no tremendous fan of george martin and geoff emerick's rather muddy mastering principles. lewisohn confirms that the guy had some issues with strong high end and revolver and the white album suffer tremendously because of this. this leads me to therefore my next concern... i'm a techno junkie.. the digital era has been a whirlwind of miracles... but hey my early euphoria about digital died hard... particularly during some of the more tarted up remasterings of the early 90's. Layla... Badfinger's No Dice... when you hear a recent digital mixdown from old analogue multi's from this era you really come face to face with the crappy way drums sound when put through this process.. they sound like somebody is hitting a soggy cardboard box. it's astounding that bass can sound so tight but anything that is being struck.. a cymbal.. a bright piano crash.. a drum... plucked guitar strings can lose so much in the digital remastering process. thankfully the release of 1's showed that the newer Digital to Analogue processes can rectify this problem... and from what is being talked about RE SuperAudioCD(upon which the ENTIRE remixed and remastered ABKCO(may his name be forever cursed) Stones catalogue has been reissued) and the DVD-Audio product (which gets high marks from anal gearhead obsessives like Neil Young and which EMI has claimed it is leaning toward for it's reissues) SHOULD allow us to hear the beatles catalogue through a reproduction system whose quality will surpass anything we've heard before including the CD and the LP vinyl record.
  
  so HEY!! why are we awaiting a CD here guys??? why isn't Apple not only blowing off our SONIC doors .. but giving us that "more value for the money" things the beatles used to pride themselves on??? you mean.. we're supposed to rush out and buy the Let It Be... Naked CD... then buy the reissued 88 minute Let It Be movie reissue.. complete with the crappy edit of three choruses of let it be into the MIDDLE of the performance pictured in the movie AND the cutaways from George playing the solos of One after 909 and Dig a Pony and from John singing Don't Let Me Down so we can hear english businessmen ask if this is their new single while the songs echo from above??? you mean... the ORIGINAL FABLED long edit of the movie which Allen Klein ordered edited down due to "too many shots of OTHER people not the Beatles"is not even in the OFFING here??? let ALONE a full re-edit of the movie by some sort of newly hired documentary editor so that... let's say January 30, 2004 we can't have ourselves a big re-release party on the thirty fifth anniversary of you know what??? the Beatles are supposed to try to duke it out on the charts with Justin Timberlake and Britney this Christmas just BECAUSE Apple/EMI still can't tell their arses from their elbows at this late date?
  
  i'd have rather waited till Christmas 2004 for this product to have been done RIGHT.. Let It Be...Naked... what are the beatles now? MTV?? call the thing Get Back... get that groovy photo of them on the balcony... give us that 4:46 minute version of Dig It.. Give us the Glyn John balanced Nagra recordings of the electric version of two of us... suzy parker... any covers that work halfway well. make sure you give us the versions that really rock(i AM looking forward to cranking the version of i've got a feeling that is upcoming after hearing it described here.. i've long heard that the other rooftop version is kickass) and LAST but not LEAST... HEY... once we've shelled out for the CD.. are we EVENTUALLY going to get a HIGH RESOLUTION DVD-A stereo mix AND a 5.1(or 7.2) multichannel surround mix when the DVD-A release comes out or not?? oh.. and WHEN will that be.
  
  all this and i JUST found out that George's let it be telecaster which he gave to Delaney Bramlett in December of 1969 just sold at auction on september 16 for $484,000.. man... of ALL the Beatles memoribilia to own in this lifetime... i'd have liked to have that piece.
  
  all that being said.. i'm looking forward.. i hope the digital mixes on this new release sound great... that the old 'white album' level muddiness gives way to abbey road level richness and clarity(and i wait for the day that the DVD-A 192 khz stereo mix of the White Album is available so we can finally put the mono white album to rest(or at least get a newly mastered copy of the mix as a bonus disc!). my belief is this.. i wait until Apple finally REALLY gets its act together on reissues. i believe the FIRST ACT to show this will be when Past Masters ONE and Past Masters TWO are DELETED from the Beatles Catalogue.. they should be replaced with the reissue on 3.5" CD/DVD-A in a decorative 5.25" plastic full size CD adapter in a slimline jewel case... of EVERY ORIGINAL BEATLES SINGLE priced at 1/2 or 1/3 of a full length CD OR packaged with the relevant album. therefore... Rubber Soul would come with Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out and on this CD single can be outtakes, live performances, mono mixes etc. i'd like to see each record packaged separate however... whatever is most reasonable. but the only way for Hey Jude to get its just due.. is NOT to have it on 1's or Past Masters or a rerelease of Hey Jude.. but rather.. to have a fan be able to go to the Beatles record section and be able to pick up Hey Jude/Revolution for say $3.50 to $5.00... perhaps this idea is a bit too late now that we are in the MP3 era. but at least that is how it SHOULD have been done 15 years ago.
  
  sorry for all the rambling.. it's nice to meet fellow fanatics!

• 16 - pepe jaleo

  Oct 27, 2003 at 10:45 am

  I read all the preceding comments with interest and thought i'd make a few of my own.
  
  I particularly agree with the previous post regarding sound quality. Spector did boost up the sonic fidelity of the Let It Be album and gave us a fairly decent recording. Practically all bar The long and winding road are superior to the Glynn Johns mixes heard on Bootlegs and on the singles. The only other niggles are the annoying bits of dialogue (in the spirit of the Get Back concept i know) the repeat echo on the hi hat in Let It Be's first verses. And the inclusion of such pointless tracks as a 55 second Dig It, and Maggie Mae.
  
  Aside from that the rooftop stuff is cool and i would have loved a whole side of that performance coupled with the following days live in the studio style tracks. That really is what the crux of this album is anyway.
  
  Reading the excellent book on this subject who's title i cna't remember but it was subtitled the chronicle of the Beatles Let It Be disaster, I came to the conclusion rapidly that all the camera's witnessed apart from the squabbling was a band that had been off the road for more than two years gradually learning to play as a band again.
  
  In a period of not much more that 2-3 weeks working five day weeks the band just jammed out old favourites and worked on getting their chops together. What seems to the untrained ear as time wasting and aimless doodling is the case in rehearsal rooms around the world. Bands getting used to new material especially musically unschooled ones such as the Beatles take a seeming age to get to grips with the material. But two points about the Beatles perspective on this period sum up my feelings on the subject. One is Paul telling Michael Lindsay Hogg that " We'll get it together our end, you concentrate on your bit" or words to that effect, the other is their assertion that they wanted to not over rehearse the songs. Hence their need to tighten up using oldies. Lennon used the same trick to an extent in his last sessions, the reason we have Milk and Honey at all is because he was breaking in his new band on different songs to keep the prefered songs sounding fresh.
  
  Any listen to the finished Live performances on the Rooftop and then in the Bassment proves that this approach is right on the ball, the band play funkier and dirtier than ever before and the songs are given just the right atmosphere.
  
  I'm not totally convinced that at this point the band were considering splitting despite hindsight to the contrary. The biggest mistake made by them was that they could make an interesting film out of the tedium of Rehearsing a live set. It's a difficult decision for them really. To be truly polished on film they needed to pre-rehearse the songs and then film a less realistic "rehearsal" of already worked out songs. This would have gone against principle of the project which was to be a fly on the wall watching the amazing alchemy of the Beatles creating masterpeices. Trouble is this was a lot like watching paint dry as the Beatles appeared human afterall. Unable to talk to each other in musical terms and still getting to grips with playing as a band after years of overdubbing ( Ringo finally appears to be getting back on track as a drummer by these sessions ) working up songs to the required (high) standard is pretty laborious with much misunderstanding and frustration and a lot of time wasted. Small wonder they often cleared the air with a half-baked Jam.
  
  So in the long run the few weeks leading to the Rooftop concert and the subsequent bassment performance were very productive and well spent. It's just unfortunate that we expected to see more from this band during rehearsals. The results are great, the messiness leading up to it were always there it's just that we never saw them on camera before.
  
  Pepe

• 17 - Tom Johnson

  Oct 27, 2003 at 1:48 pm

  This has grown into a really fascinating succession of comments. I'm glad to see some Beatles die-hards here bashing out the details. I never knew most of this stuff and reading it gives new perspective to Let It Be. Very cool - please keep it up!

• 18 - John Tiedemann

  Oct 27, 2003 at 10:59 pm

  Yes or no: Will there, or will there not, be any "new" songs, like "Suzy Parker," released on a "Bonus Track" CD with "Let It Be....Naked?"
  
  Love, etc.

• 19 - jack adesman

  Oct 29, 2003 at 3:31 pm

  INSTEAD OF RE-MASTERING TRY THE JAPANESE PRESSING OF BEATLES CD'S....MUCH BETTER!!!!!

• 20 - Todd

  Nov 01, 2003 at 9:59 pm

  Let's all pray this campaign leads to an expanded "Let It Be" dvd, (at the very least) and eventually a catalog upgrade to either dvd-audio (most likely they'll go all out with graphics) or sacd-hybrid. Anything less would be a total rip at this point. P.s... I heard an advertisment for a radio station broadcast of "Naked", and the teaser for "Don't Let Me Down" was way stripped, sort of like "Revolution" acoustic vs. electric. Maybe we're in for a treat with this one?

• 21 - OldFart

  Nov 04, 2003 at 6:51 am

  I already have Let It Be on DVD.

• 22 - Bonneville Bruce

  Nov 10, 2003 at 11:06 am

  Dear Beatles Fans,
  As an original die-hard fan of the lads from Liverpool I am excited to hear the revised Let It Be. I don't see it as exploitive at all, unless they plan on re-releasing it again as a SACD mix later.
  At the heart of the confilict over the George Martin/George Harrison/Glyns John mix vs. the Phil Spector mix of Let It Be was Lennon's conviction that the original mix "was pure sh*te." John felt very strongly that the album was languishing in limbo and someone must kick the final product into gear, where the Fabs had no stomach to do it. John then took the master reels to Spector, and Phil did what he did to the best of his considerable abilities. This caused hard feelings from George M., George H., and Glyns because their mix wasn't used, then Paul, after he heard the strings and brassy EQ on "Long and Winding Road". I don't blame Paul, as I have always cringed when I heard the song with strings. I'm not sure that John would have approved of this re-do of the album, as he was vehemanently opposed to the original mix.
  As someone here pointed out, Mr. Spector's abilities as a producer were legendary for good reason, and most of his edits to "Let It Be" were for the good, if and olny if the goal were to make the album fit into the pop landscape of 1969/1970. On the other hand, in John's own words, the album was to be the Beatles "with their knickers down," the raw, uncut band, so to speak, at work. On this premise, contrary to the band's intention going into the project, the Spector production fails. That is why I think that "Let It Be ... Naked" (please guys, couldn't it have just been "Get Back"?) has a fitting place in the magnus opus of the Fab Four. As the long lost project of presenting the boys "with their knickers down" this has been long over-due.
  I agree with some comments made here that this should have included several out-takes or less familiar songs and versions of those on the "Let It Be" release. I think that album needn't be redone just to make a point about Spectorization or the lack thereof, I think it should be to serve up the band as they were for that tremendous burst of creativity. This was to be, in retrospect, the first "unplugged" album from the rock pantheon and this is a niche that is wanting in their catalog. We could use much more concert music from the Beatles cleaned up with the whiz-bang technology that can take out most of the noise. I never had the chance to see them in concert and this is what has been needed all along, "Live at the Hollywood Bowl," notwithstanding. The Beatles' instincts were spot-on to do this type of album whan they hadn't performed in concert for nearly five years prior to its inception.
  I wish that Apple/Paul/Ringo/Yoko/Olivia would have given us more of the material that was floating around that was part of the "Get Back" project and some of the material that would eventually end up on their respective solo projects, such as "My Sweet Lord" and "Instant Karma."
  A friend of mine is putting together the "Next Beatles Album" comprised of the best cuts from their solo efforts released within a year or two after "Let It Be" was released. His critera is that the songs should have at least two, but preferably three Beatles on them done within two years of the release of "Let It Be." This would be a tremendous album with great cuts from "All Things Must Pass," "Plastic Ono Band," "Ringo," etc.
  I would also like to see the Capitol versions released in their original track and packaging configurations, as this was the Beatles as I knew and loved them the first time around. I know I can simply re-assemble the albums from the existing material, but it would seem lacking and would not have the polish of the real deal.
  
  Glad to have the chance to ramble on about the Beatles,
  Bruce

• 23 - Todd

  Nov 11, 2003 at 7:08 am

  I managed to score just a couple of tracks from "Naked," namely "Across The Universe" and "Let It Be."
  "Universe" has been speed-corrected (finally) and John's voice sounds very sweet. The vocal harmonies have been removed (also a good thing), but as a result you can hear him gasping for air/running out of breath quite a bit. It's a fairly basic swirling guitar/sitar backing track, which sounds suspiciously new, although it's not totally evident given the massive overdubs on the original album version.
  "Let It Be" is just the single version minus the orchestral overdubs. Personally, I wish they had used the film version coupled with an overdub of the lead guitar track from the album version (that solo is, to me at least, THE highlight of the original album.) I've also heard a snippet of "Don't Let Me Down," and it sounds like an early, basic run-through of the song, not the single version (does Paul not like the original for some reason?)
  I think based on what I've heard so far, this will probably not be the "definitive" version of the album, but will at least provide fans with a couple of superior tracks to use for compilng their own personal "Let It Be." "Universe" is a keeper, I'm sure "Winding Road" will be superior (hey, I'd quit the Beatles too given the original production on that one) provided it has a bit more instrumentation than the "Anthology" version. As for the rest...I can't imagine improving the rooftop songs, "Two Of Us" or "For You Blue". "I Me Mine" will be interesting to hear without orchestration, although quite frankly, I'd replace both Harrison tracks with the demo for "All Things Must Pass" from "Anthology".
  Anyway, there's a bit of news for you all, along with some insight. I'd be curious to know what others think of what they've heard so far, along with ANY info on the supposed release of the dvd (the REAL treat of this project provided it's expanded.) Also, does anyone have any info regarding whether or not "new" overdubs are being used for "Naked"? Thanks for this forum. Very interesting posts.

• 24 - Tom Johnson

  Nov 11, 2003 at 10:56 am

  I'd love to know why the rooftop concert wasn't included on a second disc. Everyone probably has a bootleg of this, but wouldn't it be great to have this thing officially released (and remastered, of course) in an audio format?

• 25 - Pierce

  Nov 11, 2003 at 6:22 pm

  I loved the "Let It Be" record but look forward to the new version. I must say that on "Anthology 3" I liked the stripped takes of these songs better. One thing that I will miss though is John's quip at the end about "I hope we passed the audition". That was priceless.