The Beatles Let It Be: The Story of its Creation

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The Beatles Let It Be: The Story of its Creation
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Part 3 of my Let It Be Deep Dive where I look at how the album was finally created from the abandoned Get Back session of January 1969, though it was a long process.....
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@andreaschlapek780 2 жыл бұрын

I'm honest, I love the Let it be Album as it is. I love Spectors Version. And Paul McCartney still plays Long and Winding road live with Strings played by Wix Wickens..

@BrentHood 2 жыл бұрын

I love Spector he’s one of my biggest influences. McCartney was just pissed because the production was too big for his weak vocals and it drowned them out.

@tonym994 2 жыл бұрын

Andrew, I'm a bit confused by it all, yet I love the details .I don't know if they realized how ironic it'd be eventually, but when John says "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we pass the audition" as this was really the end of their recording career(release wise), it's a perfect farewell. they'd conquered pop music, and they "hope" to pass an audition. their senses of humor, even in bad times, was always there.

@gribwitch 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree on the "passed the audition" bit. And Spector had the foresight to recognise this. That's why I believe he consciously added that part to the album. That's another thing we can be grateful to him for. Irony repeated itself again on "Abbey Road" when Paul sang "And in the end.... the love you take.... is equal to the love.... you make," Poetic and poignant, and the perfect goodbye. Intentional ? Providential ? Or both ?

@kengk1234 4 жыл бұрын

Great job with all this info. Take a deep breath you deserve it. Let it Be. Peace and Love.

@strose2002 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very informative like your other Let It Be videos. Enjoyed them very much, especially this one!

@kathykirk7875 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew Great video. Many interesting facts. Looking forward to the Let It Be movie and box set. Take Care and be safe.

@josecarlosperezrodriguez3830 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastc video, great job Andrew.

@donaldcarpenter5328 2 ай бұрын

I REMEMBER my older brother Jim (RIP) and I huddled over his radio at an ODD hour because we were SUPPOSED to be asleep. Thank goodness he didn't have headphones or I NEVER would have heard. I didn't hear all of it because I WAS sleeping. I remember "Across the Universe being his FAVORITE. A year later Jim was HUGELY disappointed in the Phil Spector version of AtU. I always loved side 2 beginning with I've got a feeling and one after 909

@beatxt 4 жыл бұрын

That was concise and action-packed Andrew! (Hoping for some remixes when the new releases appear.)

@Beatgeneration2010 Жыл бұрын

Very thorough Andew equally impressive!

@jamesgriffithsmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Great work Andrew. I got out of bed on the wrong side this morning, but this video has cheered me up. Love the facts you dug up on the stairwell photoshoot. Exciting titbit about the Glyn Johns mix maybe coming out - hopefully that will have the stairwell photoshoot on it. Interesting that Paul only asked Spector's orchestrations to be 'turned down' in the mix, not removed completely. Cheers, James

@jeffreywunderlich4161 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the wonderful work, Andrew! I just started viewing you, and I truly enjoy your reviews. I don’t have time right now, however, I will post another comment w/some questions, as well. Just wanted to let you know that I’m now a big fan! I’ll be spreading the news regarding you, here in Louisville, Kentucky USA. Thank you. All the Best! Cheers, Jeffrey

@AndrewDixonMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeffrey, and welcome! 🙂👍

@gdkey8025 8 ай бұрын

thanks for these videos, amazing to think it was shelved, AR was recorded using some leftovers and then let it be was finished the next year!

@nielsbie8922 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew very informative.as usual

@goranalnestrand8205 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job, Andrew👍🏼 very interesting as always🙌🏼 Thanks from Sweden🙂

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Göran! 🙂👍

@TheCliffandPhilShow 2 жыл бұрын

Good fun! Good job!

@astrosjer822 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew. Great recap! Can’t wait for the new Peter Jackson movie and the Let it Be 50 box set. The world and the Beatles fans world needs some good news and something to look forward to!

@andreaschlapek780 2 жыл бұрын

One of your best videos. Great work!

@AndrewDixonMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelyoung9909 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Andrew. This and your other two videos was very interesting and informative. I learned a lot. Didn’t know about the jackets or the 4th mix. I hope they do something a little different with this upcoming boxset. I want the Glyn Johns mix be it the 3rd or 4th mix or both even. Thanks again and take care

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael, glad you enjoyed! 🙂👍

@NikonUser5 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I just got around to watching this video Andrew and my Beatles brain is going into sensory overload. I almost feel like I need to take notes to keep all the dates straight. Well done as always. Lastly I want to thank you again for your live chats, they've been a blast. And I'm absolutely gobsmacked (as a Yank can I use that word?) that you took my suggestion for 'Urban Spaceman ', though I'm embarrassed that I didn't pick up on the clues you gave at first. And I hope you don't mind if I follow you on Twitter, but it will make it easier to know about any updates or announcements regarding live chats. Ok, wow, I'll stop now. Take care!

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers, I liked the Urban Spaceman suggestion, gave me the chance to learn it (even though I messed up playing it!) 🙂👍

@beatleman69 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew, another great video with a wealth of information! I wonder why Phil Spector didn't use the version of Get Back from the roof top sessions? I have a bootleg of the Glyn Johns 2nd mix, it's pretty good imop. I can't wait to see how they'll release LIB 50th anniversary version. Now I saw on FB that it'll be 8 CDs.

@fgrady1 2 жыл бұрын

I just saw this masterful breakdown of the events that led to the album’s 1970 release. The release of the Get Back coffeetable book will get it’s release on October 12 and the various editions of the “Let it Be” remixed album will FINALLY be released Friday, October 15! I would be ‘amiss’ not to mention Sir Peter Jackson’s documentaries will begin streaming on Disney+ on November 25, 26 & 27, amounting to 3 two-hour high definition movies culminating on Nov 27’s release of the FULL rooftop concert! There will eventually be a DVD and BluRay release of it all, the date yet to be determined. I can’t wait to finally get back to where they once belonged! Thank you, Andrew!👍

@commanderstraker6732 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video Andrew. Over the years it always baffled me why the Beatles never used the original EMI building cover shoot for the album as I always thought it was far superior to the Let It Be cover. Thanks to you, I now know it was due to their facial features not resembling what they looked like in the movie! I’m glad though that they resurrected the photo for the cover of the blue album in 1973

@RonaldBrown59 4 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to the Let It Be film, and the remastered/remixed album. But I think the timeline got pushed back to 2021, at least for the film. Great video, thanks for sharing all the great information with us.

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron, yes it does appear we have to wait until next year now! ☹

@LEEFORDJAGG 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the timelines. I have a hankering to hear all the Glyn John mixes. I guess most of the mixes have been in circulation for sometime and not hard to find.

@gribwitch 4 ай бұрын

A lot of fans don't like Phil Spector's so called "interference" on the "Let It Be / Get Back" sessions. But I think it improved the resulting album enormously. The orchestration he included added a sense of grandeur, and suits the songs well. Especially the strings and angelic choir sounds on "Let It Be" and "The Long And Winding Road." and the snippets of conversation and banter that he spliced onto parts of the record, DID add authenticity to the live atmosphere that it was intended to convey. He did a marvellous job in my opinion.

@anthonyh8153 4 жыл бұрын

Really great video and in depth look at the johns mix vs the Spector mix thanks Andrew I hope to hear an official release of the johns mix and wonder how close it sounds to let it be naked as we know Paul was keen on johns as he collaborated with him for some of red rose speedway sessions. Slightly off topic I have an album suggestion you may want to check out jeff Lynne armchair theatre very much like Wilburys/cloud nine an amazing album or of my favourites albums of all time

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony, a few people have mentioned that Jeff Lynne album lately, I will check it out!

@sbutler860 4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Lynne has/had a certain style of production which you can trace back not only to the successful era of Electric Light Orchestra, but back of course beyond that to the more complicated arrangements by The Beatles. It won't be a surprise to anyone that Lynne was hugely influenced by them, and indeed was thrilled to be considered the ideal choice to produce The Beatles in 1994. Any album Lynne was involved in - the ones you mention in your post, as well as Tom Petty's two albums (I think), Roy Orbison's MYSTERY GIRL (1989), and the resurgent ELO Part IX or whatever they're up to, have an unmistakable stamp on them which marks Lynne out as one of rock's greatest producers, like, ever. x

@sbutler860 4 жыл бұрын

This video, plus the two companion pieces on the Let it Be sessions, are what KZfaq is all about for me. Informative, and more importantly FASCINATING, I watched these three videos off the belt and the time just flew by. Well done, Andrew, you've made three excellent videos here. Of course, we hope that you can do this with some of the other Beatles albums. BUT: there are other topics for in-depth reviews that I feel you have alluded to only briefly. The main one is a detailed examination of the development of The Beatles' BEARDS. Indeed, you could focus on the growth of the band's hair from the early days in the Cavernous Club right through to the newly discovered photo (which you dealt with on a previous video, at least I think it was you) of a photo from the brief sessions from January 1970.* Just a suggestion for an important topic for discussion. You can thank me later.* Cheers, Stephen x *I'm joking, of course.

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks Stephen, I bet somewhere in the depths of KZfaq someone has already done in depth beard analysis! 😄

@sbutler860 4 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewDixonMusic Of course, I had to go and look it up, didn't I... Anyway, it turns out that no such video has ever been made. I believe that the relative hirsuteness of the band is in direct correlation with their musical progress. Indeed, there are points in SGT PEPPER when you can hear John's moustache tickle the microphone slightly. Given the direct nature of the effect that the band's respective follicles appears to have had on the music, it must be of vital importance that this topic be rushed out there before someone else can't be bothered to do it. x

@MrDirtybear 3 жыл бұрын

The latest update on the 'Let It Be' that I have found came to me via a Rolling Stone podcast, dated August 26th. According to the podcast 1-one reason the footage of 'Let It Be' looked so bad was that originally it was shot in 16mm for television. It was badly blown up to 35 mm for cinema release. 2-Peter Jackson 'is still editing the footage' for the new film 'Get Back', and 3-Allan Klein was the man most responsible for the break up of the band, he was the one to force the band's hand most when it came to finances and putting 'product' out-including 4-pushing Phil Spector onto the band to polish up a few too many raw performances.

@farrellmcnulty909 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I never knew they were wearing their old tour suits! My God, such change and growth between 1966 and 1969 - only 3 years!

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

The stat that always gets me is, give or take a few weeks, 2 years between Mr Moonlight and Strawberry Fields Forever! Also, less than 2 years between the Hard Day's Night film premiere, and Tomorrow Never Knows!!

@michaeltriglehmann4039 3 жыл бұрын

Andrew, I live in Buffalo, New York and I was pleasantly surprised when you mentioned the Mighty WKBW 1520 that I listened to constantly. I remember very well when they would play the exclusive "unreleased" cuts from the "Get Back" album. All through the songs program director Jeff Kaye could be heard in a recording over the songs "WKBW Exclusive". It was a very exciting time! WKBW also did a great special that they aired on Halloween night I believe in 1968 called "Paul McCartney Is Alive And Well.....Maybe" which followed all of the supposed McCartney "death clues". It was fascinating albeit a bit creepy. Cheers!

@AndrewDixonMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Michael, it's always good to hear these more obscure elements of the story that I've read about get backed up as fact by someone who was there and lived it, cheers!

@MarkBarna1 4 жыл бұрын

In the recent biography of Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, it is written that Wenner watched Let It Be in 1970 in a private showing with John and Yoko. When Paul McCartney came on the screen for the first time, Lennon cried, Wenner told the biographer.

@PourlephoneProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! But it's not the 66 tour suits, the lining is much tighter on the 69 ones.

@w1lf1ewoo 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent ..I listen to you intensely agog, a dear in headlights you might say...You really know your stuff.... I have many questions and tangents I want to go on but, just one for now : the thing about the 1966 suits at EMI Manchester House....looking at the shot, is it also possible that Ringo & Paul are wearing their black '66 suits as seen in Budokkan , Tokyo ( originally with red shirts)... both these suits were worn during their Japan stint I believe?

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting suggestion! I don't know, I'll have to have a look in to that!

@tonywillans7556 3 жыл бұрын

I always liked Let it Be. There was a 'jam session' vibe about it. It felt less polished up, but really real. I wasn't fussed about the Naked album title and packaging. Should have been called Get Back and had a variation of the original cover. Something about it didn't ring true for me. Musically it's great so hear the songs done without the 'Spectorisation, although I quite liked these additions. Good job on the LIB story.

@jnagarya519 2 жыл бұрын

I heard and saw on sale the Glynn Johns version in Summer, 1969, in the US. I believe its title might have been "Yellow Matter Custard," but as a bootleg.

@markpercival7076 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely researched Andrew. I also didn't know that Glyn Johns did four mixes. Thanks!

@elchichosantana6410 3 жыл бұрын

Glyn Johns was not the right person to produced a Beatles album. He was a newbie in the Beatles circle. I hope they stay with George Martin.

@jeffreywunderlich4161 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I love your shirt! Where did you purchase it? Please let me know. Thank you. Best. P.S. Where’s “phase one…”?✌️😎

@AndrewDixonMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks? I got it here: amzn.to/32vLvdB Phase one is there, if I was a bit slimmer you'd probably see it! 😄

@jeffreywunderlich4161 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for lmk where the shirt came from. I was just kidding about “Phase One…”! Just playing on John’s words, that’s all. Take care!

@jeffreywunderlich4161 2 жыл бұрын

The shirt looks great on ya! I’ll have to get one for myself and my longtime girlfriend. Best, Jeffrey

@manco828 Жыл бұрын

"'I Dig a Pygmy', by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats!"

@LEEFORDJAGG 2 жыл бұрын

Why was Macca’s Bass Guitar track on ‘Across The Universe’ not used on Let It Be’ ?

@Songwriterbehindthecurtain 2 ай бұрын

🤯

@auletjohnast03638 2 жыл бұрын

SCREW McCARTNEY. THE PHIL SPECTOR WALL SOUND WAS GREAT.

@kennethshort2016 4 жыл бұрын

Does the Glyn John's album command a good collector's monetary value?

@AndrewDixonMusic 2 жыл бұрын

You can order Let It Be (original mixes, not the 2021 mix!) via the links below: Let It Be vinyl: amzn.to/2N7f9hW Let It Be CD: amzn.to/2ANjrbE Let It Be Naked CD: amzn.to/3fyP33M Let It Be Naked Vinyl: amzn.to/2ABJgvz

@elchichosantana6410 3 жыл бұрын

In Let It Be project. The Beatles hired the wrong person in both film and album. Michael Lindsay Hogg had no idea how to create a good documentary. While Glyn Johns had no idea how to create a decent Beatles album. I hope they stick with George Martin and find a right man to create a documentary. And fast forward 2021 I hope Peter Jackson redeem the ill fated movie.

@graniterhythm53 3 жыл бұрын

Well, whatever happens in the future all the original LIB footage was overseen by Lindsay-Hogg & most of the recordings by Glyn Johns so they must have done something right!

@lpquagmire3621 2 жыл бұрын

I shouldn't have to order the original 1970 mix as I was lead to believe that's what I would be getting when I bought the box set.

@AndrewDixonMusic 2 жыл бұрын

By who though? That was never stated as being a part of this box by anyone involved.

@lpquagmire3621 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewDixonMusic My bad -- I was referring to the original unreleased Glyn Johns mix. Sorry.

@echochina2 2 жыл бұрын

i add the ballad of john and yoko and old brown shoe to the let it be album

@ChazzAvery 4 жыл бұрын

Across The Universe was recorded OVER the WKBW broadcast. It was not part of the mix 2 broadcast. The full mix 2 is found on the old and rare bootleg titled O.P.D. Albeit only one channel of stereo. beatlesource.com/bs/mains/audio/GetBack/gb2intro.html

@sbutler860 4 жыл бұрын

And furthermore, according to this fascinating website, the suggestion that George recorded his final vocal, and indeed the final vocal for a Beatles recording for 24 years, on 8 January 1970 is not borne out by the fact that the vocal appears on the final Glyn Johns edition of the album, which is dated 5 January 1970. Don't shoot the messenger - it was their suggestion, not mine. x

@jnagarya519 2 жыл бұрын

I hope it has "Teddy Boy" for the fun John interjects.

@NortholtJohn3 2 жыл бұрын

The track list on iTunes Music has Teddy Boy 1969 Glynn Johns mix

@ricardorusca8190 2 жыл бұрын

Just watching this.my thoughts are after getting the new Let it be set.that the Glyn Johns mix sounded to rough.like a jam mostly. I do understand what Phil Spector did. To release a proper album.most songs needed re recording them.and by then The Beatles just forgot about them.they moved on by then.I dont hate Phil Spector Let it Be.I think it was a good album of what they did.

@RickM01 4 жыл бұрын

For free bootlegs re: Let It Be, on the website thetradersden.org (a torrent site with lossless audio) there's what's called an alternate Let It Be album mixed by Glyn Johns (Strawberry Records) - not the radio broadcast; an Apple Building Rooftop, Savile Row recording - which includes a Glyn Johns set of tracks after the 9 rooftop tracks (without I Want You (She's So Heavy); and Let It Be Deluxe Edition (Purple Chick) - 6 discs. I'm sure there are reviews somewhere for each. I am not an audiophile. But until an official version is released, I suggest that Beatle completists (is that a word?) check it out. Peace all!! And really much thanks to you Andrew for such in depth videos!!! Set my brain gears rolling - Love them!!!! Peace!!!!

@joaod.andradecosme5869 2 жыл бұрын

The "The Long and Winding Road" topic on Wikipedia is very truthfull about the polemic stated by McCartney. This guy das very smart. The concept of no overdubs, tricks was dead before the work of Phil. Glyn Johns made even with bad track selection what Lennon wished but the rejected at all. Two times! Get Back is honest but inferior to Let It Be.

@ChristianV581 3 жыл бұрын

Is the Let It Be remixed album going to be released this year or shall we wait till 2021?

@AndrewDixonMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I'd have to assume, based on the Peter Jackson movie and the planned book both being delayed to 2021, that we'll also see that happen with the box set. Pesky virus!!

@stplm01 3 жыл бұрын

I much prefer the let it be naked version. It sounds great on vinyl.

@AndrewDixonMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I never got around to buying that on vinyl, but hopefully will sometime.

@stplm01 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewDixonMusic I obtained a near mint vinyl copy last year from Discogs at a fair price without the 7" additional vinyl. -Including 'Don't let me down' makes it a more consistent and enjoyable record.

@Songwriterbehindthecurtain 2 ай бұрын

The Beatles broke up at Disney’s Polynesian resort.

@nblanch2 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Andrew, you did a good job. I didn't know about the suits that John and George wore on the Get Back album cover were the same ones they wore on the 1966 US tour? Good spot on that. It could be anyone's guess to which Glyn Johns mix they will use for the forthcoming box set? So, with whichever Get Back mix they use for release (most of the tracks are the same mixes on all 4 compilations), they should also issue the missing tracks off the other mixes so we can programme our desired, best mix from the tracks. What do you think?

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

The more they give us the happier I'll be! In theory mix 3 (without I Me Mine) feels like the right one to release, but my gut feeling says that won't be the one we get.

@meanderer06513 2 жыл бұрын

Having the bootleg set "A/B Road", and seeing the track listings for the bonus material for the boxed set of "Let It Be", I can honestly say that I'm very disappointed by the choices made for the bonus tracks. Yeah, I understand that it might be 'interesting' to hear tracks that would eventually be on "Abbey Road"...but, there are MUCH BETTER tracks that Apple should have used. Even a cleaned up version of "Suzy Parker" would have been a better choice than one more version of "Polythene Pam". How about "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" with Billy Preston trading vocals with John? The list of 'what they should have used instead' is quite lengthy. But, I'm not going to bother getting the remix - I've got a better assortment on the bootlegs.

@leemaloney8527 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew ya better than wikapedia good man

@AndrewDixonMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, and just as cheap! 🙂👍 Cheers

@fwnfaa 3 жыл бұрын

Swan song , maybe a good way to stop on the top.

@davidholiday4494 2 жыл бұрын

Andrew: Your research is faultless. However I think you had to work from a very convoluted history. What a bloody mess it all was!!! Personally, I think Phil Spector was a mistake - but maybe it was an easy way out. I am looking forward to the Glyn Johns mix but otherwise it seems a bit like scraping the barrel of the whole ill-fated (?) exercise. I feel a bit deflated by all the speculation and on-going histrionics regarding what may be a half-hearted attempt to continue a reputation.

@johnnypocknee2842 2 жыл бұрын

I myself often wondered back in 70 why they put strings on The Long and Winding Road then i heard Spector was involved big mistake even though he was a genius a rock group with strings no he spoilt it