rdnzl
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Post by rdnzl on Apr 5, 2013 12:41:26 GMT
I think I'm just sick in the head! LIBN is pretty good, as it adds to the alternate recordings from these sessions. But I still don't see it as an improvement over the original "Let It Be" album. I think of this as an extra "Anthology 3" disc. And the "Fly On The Wall" stuff? Rarely play it. I wouldn't have put it together like that, all in one track.
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Post by ranger on Apr 5, 2013 14:13:36 GMT
Played it about six times (i.e. twice as many times as the lamentable 'Love').
It always seemed daft that, as the tag line for the original early '69 stuff was 'The Beatles as nature intended,' Apple went to so much trouble to release stuff the way nature clearly didn't intend it! I guess that as everything is now airbrushed to within an inch of its life, they though they should do the same.
Personally, I would much have preferred the original Glyn Johns' mix of Get Back with the 'staircase' photo. Single CD, Mark Lewisohn sleeve-note, price - £9.99. If it had faults; poor sound in places, less than fantastic performances.....fine.....it's an historical document.....and it's the BEATLES!!!!!
Last point. I always loved 'Long & Winding Road,' and I never really understood Paul's dislike of it, but when it comes to Spector's production of 'All Things Must Pass,' I think he made a real pig's ear of what should have been a great record and, personally, I've never been able to listen to it.
It sounds like mud and/or that my stylus has perpetual fluff on it. I listen to 'Wonderwall Music' instead as my George LP of choice.
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Post by mrmustard on Apr 5, 2013 16:37:27 GMT
You're right, Spectors handy work on All Things Must Pass is appalling. If it wasn't for the quality of the songs the production would have killed the album.
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Post by The End on Apr 6, 2013 14:24:32 GMT
Funnily enough, LIBN has just been released on iTunes!
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Post by Mr Kite on Apr 6, 2013 16:30:03 GMT
I like them both . Any Beatles album is a good thing is`nt it .
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rdnzl
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Post by rdnzl on Apr 9, 2013 20:00:21 GMT
LIBN is quite good, as it does have great Beatles' music on it. It's more of a companion piece to the original LIB, however.
The "Fly On The Wall" disc offers very little that hasn't been heard before on bootlegs. It really could have been a great bonus disc, but they dropped the ball on this one.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BONUS DISC?
I think most people would have preferred every note of the rooftop performance, in stereo. Nothing says The Beatles as nature intended as The Beatles blasting their tunes to the sky on that cold day in 1969. I still get my childhood goosebumps watching what I have of the rooftop performance. It's clearly the last extremely exciting Beatles moment on film, and it deserves to be documented in its' complete form in both audio and video formats. Imagine LIBN as a 2 CD/1 DVD set. CD 1 could have been the same as the LIBN CD. CD 2 could have scrapped the FOTW collage, instead offering the complete rooftop performance in stereo. The DVD could have been the rooftop film, complete, with stereo & 5.1 surround sound options. Would that have been terrific, or what?
Then simultaneously they could have re-released the LIB movie once and for all. I'm assuming that McCartney isn't keen on having the movie re-released, and that's why we still don't have it. Paul McCartney needs to get over what happened while they filmed and recorded this. Millions of people remember watching Paul arguing with George in the film. Most everyone knows The Beatles weren't getting along well at the time. Sweeping this film under the rug doesn't change what happened. Not having an official LIB movie is a huge gaping hole in our Beatles collections. And those of us who feel this way will find a way to obtain the LIB film through other means. And you'd think EMI/Apple would rather get that money instead of allowing it to go to the bootleggers.
So, LIBN represents a semi-important collection of great songs with a bonus disc that rarely gets played and an extremely huge missed opportunity.
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Post by The End on Apr 9, 2013 22:35:43 GMT
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rdnzl
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Post by rdnzl on Apr 18, 2013 4:36:31 GMT
rdnzl: Still at the hospital waiting for my wife to heal.
This is LIB related. One of my wife's nurses noticed my Beatles shirt. She started talking Beatles with me, and I was sure she's too young to have experienced The Beatles as a "current band". She really loves them...
She was very nice, and treated my wife with kindness. I burned a copy of the Apple Roof performance for her, and she was pleasantly surprised. It's nice to share!
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Post by tkitna on May 10, 2013 10:23:12 GMT
I dont TLAWR regardless of what version is played or whoever plays it, so thats a moot point for me. I hate Naked though. I think i've only played it once. Just give me what i'm used to I guess.
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Post by beatlesfansunite1 on Sept 18, 2013 9:33:01 GMT
An extensively remixed and reworked version of songs first released in 1970, Let It Be... Naked stripped away the studio chatter and Phil Spector post-production from The Beatles' swansong Let It Be, presenting a release closer to the group's original vision.
The project came about following a chance meeting between Paul McCartney and the Let It Be film director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. They discussed the lack of availability of the film on VHS and DVD, and spoke about the possibility of remixing the soundtrack to accompany such a release.
McCartney had long been aggrieved by the Let It Be album, particularly the Spector's 1970 post-production work which added his Wall of Sound signature to several songs. Chief among McCartney's objections was The Long And Winding Road, which he felt had been transformed from a simple piano ballad to a full-blown orchestral epic without his consent.
In February 2002 Apple's Neil Aspinall called Abbey Road Studios' Allan Rouse to ask him to remix the Let It Be recordings. Rouse recruited fellow in-house engineers Paul Hicks and Guy Massey, and the trio began assembling a new album from the 30 reels of tape, referring to the albums assembled by Spector and Glyn Johns for comparison.
The tapes were transferred into Pro Tools 5.2. Each individual track of every song was digitally cleaned up before remixing work began.
Rather than being a straightforward remixing project, Let It Be... Naked contained a number of significant differences from the original 1970 release. The songs' running order was changed, with the album opening with Get Back and closing with the title track.
A composite edit of two versions of Don't Let Me Down was included, rather than the original Get Back b-side recording. A composite version of two rooftop performances of I've Got A Feeling was also used.
The improvised songs Dig It and Maggie Mae were left off after being judged to be ill-fitting on a conventional Beatles album.
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Post by mrmustard on Sept 18, 2013 18:11:11 GMT
An extensively remixed and reworked version of songs first released in 1970, Let It Be... Naked stripped away the studio chatter and Phil Spector post-production from The Beatles' swansong Let It Be, presenting a release closer to the group's original vision. The project came about following a chance meeting between Paul McCartney and the Let It Be film director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. They discussed the lack of availability of the film on VHS and DVD, and spoke about the possibility of remixing the soundtrack to accompany such a release. McCartney had long been aggrieved by the Let It Be album, particularly the Spector's 1970 post-production work which added his Wall of Sound signature to several songs. Chief among McCartney's objections was The Long And Winding Road, which he felt had been transformed from a simple piano ballad to a full-blown orchestral epic without his consent. In February 2002 Apple's Neil Aspinall called Abbey Road Studios' Allan Rouse to ask him to remix the Let It Be recordings. Rouse recruited fellow in-house engineers Paul Hicks and Guy Massey, and the trio began assembling a new album from the 30 reels of tape, referring to the albums assembled by Spector and Glyn Johns for comparison. The tapes were transferred into Pro Tools 5.2. Each individual track of every song was digitally cleaned up before remixing work began. Rather than being a straightforward remixing project, Let It Be... Naked contained a number of significant differences from the original 1970 release. The songs' running order was changed, with the album opening with Get Back and closing with the title track. A composite edit of two versions of Don't Let Me Down was included, rather than the original Get Back b-side recording. A composite version of two rooftop performances of I've Got A Feeling was also used. The improvised songs Dig It and Maggie Mae were left off after being judged to be ill-fitting on a conventional Beatles album. Yes, this is all very well but you haven't answered the question. The information you have given in all of your posts is all very good but how about some opinion rather than just regurgitating facts?
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Post by Amadeus on Sept 18, 2013 18:22:42 GMT
On a desert Isle, I'll take Phil Spector's product.
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Post by mrmustard on Sept 18, 2013 23:41:01 GMT
On a desert Isle, I'll take Phil Spector's product. That's offensive. You're on a warning! They have 'special places' for people like you!!
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Post by Amadeus on Sept 19, 2013 1:10:14 GMT
WHAT THE.....! It wasn't my idea to call it "Let it Be naked". Are you allowed to say that word here? How is that any worse than saying "Phil Spector's product"? You don't even know what it is. "Yeah, so I saw Tony Blair's product yesterday....." Son of a stitch! Now I'm really mad! APPLE,,,,What have you done?? bent to Paul's pressure to put out a Let It Be retort to Phil Spector? My Gosh! May your poo come to life and kiss you on the mouth.
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Post by Mr Kite on Sept 19, 2013 18:16:59 GMT
I love Let It Be . And Naked as well . I Think it is a good way to hear it without all the distractions . Since hearing Double Fantasy stripped down , I`m up for hearing other albums in the same way . Imagine Sgt. Pepper .
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Post by Amadeus on Sept 19, 2013 20:06:37 GMT
Sgt Pepper. needs the dressing to make sense. Some of the songs aren't strong enough to stand on their own.
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Post by The End on Sept 19, 2013 21:50:39 GMT
Sgt Pepper. needs the dressing to make sense. Some of the songs aren't strong enough to stand on their own. Oh my God - I think Kitey may actually be making his way across the Atlantic as we speak to remonstrate with you in the sternest of terms about that last comment! LOL!
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Post by mrmustard on Sept 19, 2013 21:57:03 GMT
Sgt Pepper. needs the dressing to make sense. Some of the songs aren't strong enough to stand on their own. Let's not spoil the reveiw(Christ, if we ever get there!!!) but what songs on the album aren't strong enough on their own?
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Post by Amadeus on Sept 19, 2013 22:20:32 GMT
Well, Hawt Damm! Lessee,,, You can take an acoustic guitar and play and sing all those early albums around the campfire. But, take away all the brass and strings from Sgt. Pepper,,,,well, a big part of the Pepper experience is the recorded texture innit. I'm prolly going to be reprimanded for this opinion but, the performance is the show. same with Dark Side Of The Moon. Not a lot of campfire material there.
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Post by mrmustard on Sept 19, 2013 22:43:33 GMT
Well, Hawt Damm! Lessee,,, You can take an acoustic guitar and play and sing all those early albums around the campfire. But, take away all the brass and strings from Sgt. Pepper,,,,well, a big part of the Pepper experience is the recorded texture innit. I'm prolly going to be reprimanded for this opinion but, the performance is the show. same with Dark Side Of The Moon. Not a lot of campfire material there. You really are pushing the line man! Arguably what you have just described is progressive rock.
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