Let It Be... Naked by Beatles (The) (CD, Nov-2003, 2 Discs, Capitol/EMI Records)

Track listing
DISC 1: LET IT BE... NAKED:
1. Get Back
2. Dig A Pony
3. For You Blue
4. Long And Winding Road
5. Two Of Us
6. I've Got A Feeling
7. One After 909
8. Don't Let Me Down
9. I Me Mine
10. Across The Universe
11. Let It Be

DISC 2: FLY ON THE WALL:
1. A Unique Insight Into The Beatles At Work in Rehearsal And In The Studio During January 1969: Sun King / Don't Let Me Down / One After 909 / Because I Know You Love Me So / Don't Pass Me By / Taking A Trip To Carolina / John's Piano Piece / Child Of


Details
Contributing artists: Billy Preston
Producer: George Martin, The Beatles
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a


Album notes
LET IT BE...NAKED contains a FLY ON THE WALL bonus disc including song rehearsals and conversation snatches.
The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr.
Additional personnel: Billy Preston (keyboards).
Includes liner notes by Kevin Howlett and interview excerpts with The Beatles
from the original LET IT BE book.
In its original form, LET IT BE signaled the end of an era, closing the book on the Beatles, as well as literally and figuratively marking the end of the '60s. The 1970 release evolved from friction-filled sessions the Beatles intended to be an organic, bare-bones return to their roots. Instead, the endless hours of tapes were eventually handed over to Phil Spector, since neither the quickly splintering Beatles nor their longtime producer George Martin wanted to sift through the voluminous results.
LET IT BE... NAKED sets the record straight, revisiting the contentious sessions, stripping away the Spectorian orchestrations, reworking the running order, and losing all extemporaneous in-studio banter. On this version of the album, filler tracks ("Dig It," "Maggie Mae") are dropped, while juicy b-side "Don't Let Me Down" is added. The most obvious revamping is on the songs handled heavily by Spector. Removing the orchestrations from "The Long and Winding Road" and "Across the Universe" gives Paul McCartney's vocals considerably more resonance on the former, doing the same for John Lennon's voice and guitar on the latter. This alternate take on LET IT BE enhances the album's power, reclaiming the raw, unadorned quality that was meant to be its calling card from the beginning.

I was pretty eager to buy this the day of its release, but after playing it several times I have to say I'm kinda disappointed in it. I now own it because of its historical value, and since I own the entire Beatles catalog its a must own for a collector but after decades of being used to the 1970 Let it Be release this leaves me feeling flat. Its okay but if you don't own the original buy it first then consider getting this to do a contrast and comparison, who knows you may enjoy the 'Naked' sound better than I do.

Originally, The Beatles had planned to "Get Back" to their musical roots, so to speak, by recording an album of only the four of them, without any additional overdubs or embellishments. While it started off that way in January 1969, it certainly did not end up like this. The idea was to make a rather bare-bones attempt at a simple recorded album, with the usual line-up of John on Rhythm Guitar, George on Lead Guitar, Paul on Bass, and Ringo on Drums; just like they used to do it, during the earlier part of their career together. Finally, in 2003, the album that The Beatles had planned to make together all along was finally released to the general public. "Let It Be...Naked" shows you exactly what they had in mind from the beginning. The 11 songs included were remixed and remastered for a superior sound quality that is basically just the foursome, with the addition of ketboard player Billy Preston. The result is a fine album that has its strengths in every track. Gone are filler like "Maggie Mae" and "Dig It", replaced by an alternate take of "Don't Let Me Down". The album starts off with the classic rocker "Get Back", which is presented here in an abbreviated form. Songs like "Let It Be", "Across The Universe", "I Me Mine" and "The Long And Winding Road" sound even more pure and simple this time around. "George's "For You Blue" and the duet "Two Of Us" retain their simplicity, while "One After 909" still rocks the house. As a bonus is "Fly On The Wall", over 20 minutes of material that show the group doing warm-ups, rehearsals and in-studio chat. Just like its predecessor "Yellow Submarine Songtrack", this album shows how good The Beatles can sound well into the 21st century!

This is a great CD. I had this as an LP when I was 15 years old and have fond memories of it. Let it be naked is not the same as the original. It is still good. What I wanted was to have the original version. I didn't know things were changed when it was remastered. I am going to buy the original and list the nake version on ebay.

This CD is definitely for the consummate Beatle fan that just wants "one more"! Although I wasn't old enough to appreciate the Beatle mania when it happened, I am one of those people who will never tire of their music. This CD is just pure and simple Beatles and I love it. In my opinion, we will never experience another phenomena like the Beatles. Forty years later, their music sounds as good to me as it did years ago. Long story short, great CD, buy it, you will love it.

Arrived fast and item is in great shape. That's all I have to say but this stupid review insist on information that really doesn't matter.I bought the item because I like the Beatles not because I dislike them.

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i had the original version of let it be on vinyl in the 70's. it was a fav when i was a teenager. ive got an ipod now and i wanted to get a few of the songs on it. searched ebay and discovered this version that i didn't know existed. i bought it instead out of curiosity mostly. the second disc called "fly on the wall" is a bunch of random audio clips from the recording studio some is conversation some is musical it was fun to listen to once a least if youre thinking about buying it go ahead.

This cd jewel case was cracked and damaged in several locations. The cd appears to be fine. It was a gift for Christmas,.... :(

CD was exactly as advertised and was promptly delivered. Stripped of all the over-orchestration and angelic choirs, it's so much better than the Phil Spector version. Thanks!

What I liked about this CD was that the orchastra was removed in most of the songs, hence NAKED.Teh sounds were same as the let it be album but with that special Beatle sound.

i liked how the seller send me the cd as soon as posible, in excellent conditions and in a very good price.
i like the BEATLES music and I've been a fan of this group for many years and when appeard a new version of the let it be i wanted to hear it and decided to buy it thru ebay. and everything went right, thank you

the way, it should have been, stripped, naked. no phil spector. clean. amazing. good job paul! no clutter!! no mess- i would recomended this cd for ANYONE who loves talent!!!!

Thank you for a quite shipping to tokyo,japan.I have heard this CD.First of all,I like `The long and winding road` naked virsion not `Let it be`.