The Beatles - Let It Be (Remastered)
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Artist: The BeatlesBrand: EMI Music
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-09-09
Music Label: EMI
Product features:
- BEATLES THE LET IT BE (EDICION LIMITADA)
- Two Of Us
- Dig A Pony
- Across The Universe
- I Me Mine
- Dig It
- Let It Be
- Maggie Mae
- I've Got A Feeling
- One After 909
- The Long And Winding Road
- For You Blue
- Get Back
- Let It Be Documentary
Free Music Notes for Let It Be (Remastered)
Free Music Review: A Flawed Reality
Hit: 5 Stars
For you Beatles expert texpert readers:
I had not heard this release is about 30 years so I come to LET IT BE with fresh ears possible apart from one who has never heard it at all. On the other hand, I come to this in a way that is like a chance meeting with a high-school girl friend whom one has thought about from time-to-time over the years.
For those otherwise:
How does one rate The Beatles least "perfect" work? Should it be judged using the incredibly high standard and pioneering work of The Beatles? Should it be judged considering the music created by other artists that time period? I've read so much hyperbole regarding LET IT BE; however, only The Beatles themselves are worthy judges. What we do know is that McCartney was very upset with the Spector post-production and that the work to record these tunes was not much fun. As far as the sessions go, perhaps everything that needs to be said is said by looking at the pictures of Ringo Starr in the photos that are contained in the wonderful packaging for this remaster. He looks like a Cymbalta poster boy in every shot (ha! drummer needs cymbalta - pun wasn't intended). And then one hears the playful banter included between some tracks. It sure is hard to land on this one.
LET IT BE is probably the most "subjective" of all The Beatles' releases. The work is loose, no question... but isn't that what they were after? How can it be judged for it's sloppiness if loose was the objective?
"Two of Us" - There's that fascinating story of McCartney visiting Lennon at his home in New York and the two of them talking about going down to NBC studios with their guitars during an edition of Saturday Night Live. Every time I hear this song I think of that story. It's a favorite and it's also somewhat prophetic in its lyric: "the two of us have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead"
"I Dig a Pony" - A very abstract lyric but soulful singing and playing. Definitely the sound of a very good band playing live. I'd never noticed the subtle swipe at the Rolling Stones until I purchased this edition.
"Across the Universe" - I feel the Specter production was done nicely here (hear). The string are subtle and the choir gentle enough so as not to disrupt the incredibly poetic, fragile sound and emotion.
"I Me Mine" - I used to skip this tune when I was a teenager. Now, I like it a lot, it rocks. Specter's production doesn't get in the way on this one either.
"Dig It" - Lennon sarcasm, just having some fun with a touch of arrogance all beneath a sort of maniacal circus music. It's a Small World Afterall filled with zombies, werewolves and vampires.
"I've Got a Feeling" - Another rocker that sounds like a very good band playing live. I've never liked Lennon's off the cuff lyric on this, it always smacks of arrogance to me. I still love Lennon though.
"1 After 909" - Best rocker on the album. Another completely live piece. No Specteral sounds here.
"Let it Be" - Always the way I'd remembered it. Specter isn't too heavy-handed but he's flirting with it. I can't wait to obtain LET IT BE... NAKED and hear this unadorned.
"The Long and Winding Road" - A beautiful, poignant tune that has been turned into what amounts to a Disney-movie finale piece, Specter went nuts on this one and, while I can still hear the raw feeling that went into this, it does bug me a bit.
"Get Back" - More flat-out live rockin'. The only bad thing is that this version is too short. The tune makes ME want to get back to Tucson (where I lived for 5 years recently).
And Phil Spector's production isn't that bothersome to my ears. Yeah, the choir is a bit much, almost Disney-like on "The Long and Winding Road". I still don't think this is a bad release, it brings back great memories (I was about 16 when this was released). I think, overall, the production is good. I'm very please with my purchase and I would buy it again and again if something happened to my copy. I will also be buying the "naked" release to hear the other "vision" of LET IT BE, that will be interesting to be sure. But that isn't the version that is remembered historically - though perhaps it should have been. I'm saving that purchase for last, after I have the remaining remasters and the anthology release to finish my collection.
Dig it. Listen to LET IT BE and make up your own mind, don't pay attention to reviews filled with nonsensical hyperbole. Perception is a flawed reality. Only The Beatles themselves have a worthy opinion (and their individual opinions are also a flawed reality) as to where it stands in their legacy.
Let It Be (Remastered) Poster
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release.
Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. The newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
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Sloppy in conception, and even sometimes in the playing, Let It Be often gets a bad rap. Unfairly, as it's often as charming, well written, and (oh yeah) rocking as the Beatles' "better" albums; it's also more outright fun than Abbey Road, the masterpiece it followed into the stores. With Lennon and McCartney working together on the perfect "I've Got a Feeling," "Two of Us," and "Dig a Pony," it's hard to believe these guys were about to implode. --Rickey Wright
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