Let It Be... Naked (2-CD)

Mojo (Publisher): 5 stars out of 5 - "[T]he cleaning up, editing and re-sequencing has brought out a warmth and depth of colour we've not heard before..."

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 2
Released: November 18, 2003
Originally Released: 2003
Label: Apple Corps. Ltd

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 12/11/03, p.207

3 stars out of 5 - "...It's nice to have the sparer rendition of 'Across the Universe' that Lennon recorded, and the sonic improvements to the album as a whole are undeniable..."

Entertainment Weekly - 11/21/03, pp.81-2

"...Some of these changes are for the better. The sonic clarity is welcome and the revamped album concludes, as the original should have, with the title track, one of the most moving songs McCartney ever wrote..." - Rating: B+

Mojo (Publisher) - 12/03, p.134

5 stars out of 5 - "[T]he cleaning up, editing and re-sequencing has brought out a warmth and depth of colour we've not heard before..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Get Back
2.Dig A Pony
3.For You Blue
4.The 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

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Fly On The Wall (Rehearsal & In Studio On January 1969)

Product Description:

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.

Personnel: Billy Preston (keyboards).

Audio Mixers: Alan Rouse; Guy Massey; Paul Hicks.

Liner Note Author: Kevin Howlett.

Recording information: 01/1969.

Editor: Kevin Howlett.

Photographer: Ethan Russell.

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 band 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 the 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.