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When The Beatles first set out to make Let It Be in 1969, they intended to record an album that would be a return to live performance. No studio effects or overdubbing of voices or instruments would be allowed - just the bare necessities of the band.
Let It Be… Naked is the stripped-down, return-to-live-takes album that The Beatles originally aimed to create, free of vocal and instrumental overdubs or added effects.
Let It Be evolved from an original plan to make a television show featuring the group playing tracks from the recent ‘White Album.’ That idea changed in three ways. First, abandoning the easier path, they opted to learn a completely new batch of songs for the televised concert. A second innovative approach was added when it was decided to film the rehearsals; allowing viewers to trace the development of each song from its first rough run through to the final polished version. Thirdly, as the climax of the project was a return to live performance, no studio effects or overdubbing of voices and instruments would be allowed at any time.
As usual, George Martin would be the supervising producer but - as he recalls - he had been instructed by John that ‘none of your production rubbish!' was needed. However, amidst the turmoil of the band’s breakup, the album was re-produced by Phil Spector before its 1970 release and it did not represent the raw and unadorned set The Beatles had in mind.
It is the Twickenham Film Studios sessions that have characterised the whole Let It Be project as an unhappy one both in the minds of The Beatles themselves and anyone who saw the documentary footage in the movie. The film sound rolls recorded at Apple (after their decision to move back to their studio there) disclose how much the atmosphere of the sessions had improved. Munching toast together, all four chat enthusiastically about playing live in the studio. ‘I’m just so high when I get in at night’ John tells the others. ‘Yeah, it’s great, isn’t it?’ George responds.
Original film sound rolls now provide an invaluable historical record of these days in the life of The Beatles and they do contain some candid discussions about the future of the group. Throughout the tapes Paul doggedly insists that only by working hard together can the group survive. He is also determined that they should break away from their insular recording career and appear before the public again. The other Beatles’ enthusiasm for the planned concert ebbs and flows. But there are also happy moments in evidence as the group return to their roots - playing not only rock ‘n’ roll favourites but also unreleased early Lennon-McCartney compositions such as “Because I Know You Love Me So.”
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5.63 x 5 x 0.39 inches; 4.59 Ounces Manufacturer
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Capitol Item model number
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2130838 Original Release Date
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2003 SPARS Code
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DDD Date First Available
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April 30, 2006 Label
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Capitol ASIN
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B0000DJZA5 Number of discs
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2
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This version is the album as it was meant to be. Paired down, very listenable. Gems are Across the Universe, Get Back, I've Got a Feeling, and Don't Let Me Down (not on original album). Only down side is George's guitar solo for original Let It Be is not here. I just removed the version on ...Naked and replaced with the original version. Now it's perfect.
Quality of the disc and case was fine. As a quick review of the content, I didn't like it. I generally prefer more heavily produced studio recordings compared to so-called more 'raw' versions. I grew up on McCartney's Long and Winding Road with strings and harps and a choral backing. Having them missing here doesn't make the song better, to me it just makes it missing something. I know McCartney himself prefers the 'naked' versions, but I don't.
PhilipHS Top Contributor: Classic Rock
We all have heard "Let It Be" a million times. Some like, some hate, the "wall of sound" that Phil Spector added to the mixes. Regardless, this album is ingrained in our minds. So I bought this "Naked" version with an open mind, knowing that I could just put it on the shelf and keep listening to the original version if I didn't like the Naked version. However, after a few listens, I like it much better than the original. Only two songs sound dramatically different (Long and Winding Road, Across the Universe), and for the better. The songs sound so much cleaner and Beatles-like without the strings. I also like the removal of the two short studio banter snippets and adding "Don't Let Me Down" which was the B-side of "Get Back" and left off the original album for some reason. It's a great song, a classic. I suppose purists will decry this Naked version, but to each their own, I'm glad Paul went back and did this, I think it's a big improvement, and the one I will keep on my playlist while deleting the original version.
I resisted buying this CD for a long time because I've always liked the original Let It Be album, and the reviews of Naked led me to believe that it just muddied the waters and was not a clear improvement on the Phil Spector-produced version. But in the end, I decided that it all comes down to this: If you wanted someone to make an album out of the "Get Back" session tapes, would you rather have it be Phil Spector or Paul McCartney? There is only one answer to that question, and it's not Phil Spector. Due to circumstances that got out of McCartney's control (and may have been partly is own fault), Spector got to make his album 33 years before McCartney did, which means that it has become entrenched as part of Beatles culture and is hard to replace. But better late than never. I think the Naked version of Let It Be is clearly superior than the original. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a revelation, but it is simply a better presentation of the material. For starters, the fragments "Dig It" and "Maggie May" have been dropped in favor of "Don't Let Me Down," a full-fledged song that was played on the rooftop and should have been included on the original album. My only major beef with the Spector album was how overproduced and maudlin "The Long And Winding Road" sounds. This was also McCartney's main objection, and the Naked version takes care of that problem, presenting the song in a straightforward manner. Rather than sounding overblown, it actually sounds kind of humble, and I am no longer tempted to skip over it. "Across The Universe" also benefits significantly from the lack of embellishments. While I've always thought Phil Spector's version was beautiful, I now realize that his post production was unnecessary. The song is even better in this stripped-down version, with just John Lennon's voice and guitar and a few subtle echo effects. "I Me Mine" is another song that Spector altered substantially, lengthening it and adding orchestration. Let It Be...Naked wisely maintains Spector's edit for length but drops the orchestration--the best of both worlds, although I do think this is one of the weaker songs on either version of the album. George Harrison's other song, "For You Blue," benefits from a more prominent acoustic rhythm guitar that provides backbone. Some of the other songs, such as "The One After 909" and "I've Got A Feeling," also sound a little punchier in these new mixes, for reasons I can't quite put my finger on yet. I think the decision to drop the between-song banter was the right one. It was included on the original album mostly because it was meant to accompany the Let It Be film. It was fun in that context, but I don't need to hear it all over again. I also think the banter tends to get old after awhile. I don't need to hear John singing about "Sweet Loretta Fart" every single time I listen to the song "Get Back." The track sequence of Naked is perfect, with "Get Back" leading the charge and "Let It Be" bringing it all home at the end. I've always thought the original album sags a bit in the middle of side two, thanks mostly to the bad version of "The Long And Winding Road," but Naked has no such problems. The placement of George Harrison's "For You Blue" in the #3 spot was a bold move that somehow works, maybe because the song is so simple and happy, helping to set the tone for everything that follows. My only quibble with Let It Be...Naked is that I miss George's big, bombastic guitar solo on the title song. The solo on the Naked version sounds a bit wobbly to me. Maybe it will grow on me, but at any rate, it's a small price to pay for all of the obvious improvements. I'm pretty sure that from now on I'm going to be listening to the Naked version of Let It Be much more often than the original. I love John, but his enlistment of Phil Spector to produce the Let It Be album in 1970 was a misstep. Paul was right all along.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the original.
Is this, as some suggest, how the album was supposed to sound? After all this time who knows. What I do know is that it is more structured and cohesive than the original. The revised order (plus additions/omissions) finally make this album sound and feel like it deserves its place in the Beatles catalogue. The Phil Spector original felt very much a bit of an oddity, overblown and not quite the Beatles.This is where the real difference lies. Some say that Let It Be... Naked is just a marketing ploy...a way to cash in again on the Beatles "brand". If that was the case then we'd see Sgt Pepper et al treated in the same way. This is more than that. It is a stripping away of the Phil Sector production and getting back to something that George Martin might have done. Something that can sit happily with Revolver and Rubber Soul......Ok maybe I'm hearing what I want to hear. It still isn't the best Beatles album...it is still flawed but hey! it's the Beatles....you can't get beyond that. Forget the Anthologies....add this to your collection. Even if you prefer the original you need this album to sit beside it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing's As Good As The Original
Here is the soundtrack to The Beatles final film and last public performance. Their mistake was to allow Phil Spector to produce it. We are lucky that the original tapes are still in existence and using the original George Martin production - though remixing was necessary - the songs were stripped back to how The Beatles wanted them released in the first place. They started as a raw rock band and, with this limited edition, they finish as a raw rock band. Great stuff!!!!!
3.0 out of 5 stars
"...Everybody Had A Hard Year...Everybody Had A Good Time..." - Let it Be...Naked by THE BEATLES (2003 EMI/Apple 2CD Remasters)
Hindsight is a handy thing - we're all experts 'after the fact' I suppose. In other words I can understand the reason why 'Naked' exists – but (and I can't help this) – I hate almost everything about this sterile reissue despite its clearly cleaned-up audio squeaking like new shoe leather. "Let It Be...Naked" is apparently Paul McCartney's stripped down version of the "Let It Be" album (or "Get Back" as it was originally going to be called) The Beatles would have liked to put out back in 1969. But this new version just doesn't work for me. In fact I find most of it an awful listen as opposed to the much maligned released LP (May 1970) that I've always loved. In short - the fun and 'live' freshness is now AWOL. There have been oceans of words eulogised about how Phil Spector ruined the album with additional strings and choirs - a Production-obsessed nutter handed the poison chalice of haphazard recordings made by men already disinterested and in personal disarray. But as Ringo repeatedly said - once the count-in came - The Beatles were a band once more - and even half-baked - the magic was still there. I loved "Let It Be" as an album - that gorgeous four-photograph artwork where they looked like the coolest dudes on the planet (now ruined for some negative atrocity in silver) - the beautiful ballads that literally stopped me in my tracks and made the hairs stand up on my arms - the fresh in-your-face feel to the rockers - and the witty asides that hovered around the main songs. I know "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" were kind of superfluous - but with them missing on this version - the laughs are gone and in 'unplugged' form - it all seems dreadfully po-faced which is something this band never was. This reissue may be 'purer' but I'd argue it's somehow soulless and dead. It’s well documented that John Lennon hated what Spector did to "Across The Universe" in particular and started a feud with Macca that ultimately brought our best loved foursome to a horrible end - but we Joe Public who've been listening to Spectre's mix of "Across The Universe" for 46 years straight have genuinely loved it - were impossibly moved then and remain so to this day. In fact it’s hot-wired into my brain and I want it that way. The song "Let It Be" is the same – reduced to just piano here - but instead of feeling prettier it feels far too naked. The strings that elevated "The Long & Winding Road" to a hymn are gone and even though it's a barely noticeable slight/edit - the witty 'Pot Smoking FBI members' jibe from Lennon is missing at the end of "For You Blue". The larking-about 'sweet Loretta fart' Lennon intro to "Get Back" is gone too as is the song's punch when they kick in. Oh dear oh Doris. Anyway - let's get to the long and winding details... Released Nov
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