Loved the restoration, it looked and sounded good! Great discussion.

I’ve seen Let it Be since it came out in 1970 in a theater. Saw it later at midnight shows in the 70’s including a marathon Beatles midnight to 6am showing of all 5 Beatles movies. Then saw it on TV, VHS and dvd bootlegs. The Disney+ version is the best looking and best sounding as I heard things I hadn’t noticed before. It’s a good movie that is more balanced than I thought back in 1970 when the breakup clouded opinions about it. And it has the trio of full Paul songs that Get Back only showed snippets of. Definitely a worthwhile effort. I hope it comes out on Blu-ray so I can added it to the collection.

I am a diehard Beatles fan so I hate to admit that I had never seen the Let It Be movie before. I just had heard how bad it was - dark and dreary, spelling the end of the Beatles. I watched it yesterday and I loved it. It so full of joy and great music. I loved the tightness after watching Get Back. I would recommend Let It Be to everyone. I think Get Back was just for the Beatles fans.Get Back followed a story line in minute detail. Let It Be just enjoyed the music (oldies and Let It Be music- I loved it all) and the joy the Beatles had making music.

Excellent discussion! Loved the movie.

Been looking forward to this podcast!

I remember staying home from HS when LiB was first played on cinemax or hbo back in 1980 or 81. Home alone watching this and feeling how dark and moody it was until, of course Apple. It's amazing how they pulled it all together to put on a masterpiece of a short concert on the roof.

Andy fully agree with you re they went back to the studio too soon. BTW another great vid!!!!

It is great to have Let It Be out and proud at last and as many have said long overdue. As a documentary it's very flawed narratively, but the running time is the reason it's a bit of a mess. The film is definitely a better watch after seeing the Get Back docuseries which offers much more context to proceedings. The main highlights are the complete Two Of Us, Let It Be, and The Long And Winding Road, and obviously the rooftop gig which is goosebumpy everytime I watch it. It doesn't get mentioned that much, but playing music in England out in the open in January is a real challenge to guitar players, it's bloody freezing! :) It was my fifth Birthday the day of the rooftop gig so I always think their's some serendipity that I turned out to love the Beatles and solo Beatles. As for a DVD/Blu Ray release I think unlike the Get Back no extras discs we could have a complete rooftop show without the street footage, and as a new Let It Be song video dropped with differing angles that should be on with Two Of Us and The Long And Winding Road done the same way. I think in an ideal world we would have a Michael Lindsay Hogg commentary track but I can't see that coming.

I sold my Let it Be VHS for $105 on ebay in the late 90's. I couldn't pass up that much cash for something I didn't watch too much, I had it for almost 10 years. Got it for free from a video store that went out of business

The last recording session for the White Album took place on 14 October 1968; John and Paul's 24-hour mixing/editing session was on 16-17 October. That would give them two-and-a-half months off before Get Back. Five-six weeks until the release of the double album; then another five-six weeks to the next project. Still not a lot, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking they worked on the White Album until its release date on 22 November.

Great review guys. I am debating whether to start up Disney Plus again or wait until the Blu-Ray/4K comes out. Tom is 100% the dreariness is partly due to the shitty quality we have watched the last 40 years on VHS and then DVD.

@48:32 - I elect everyone to watch John's lapsteel fretboard playing during For You Blue - him sliding the high notes do not immediately match the sound. That's not a buffer/sync issue that's a film/sound match up within the film. George playing his chords on the acoustic match up fine. Watched it at two different places with one with a solid network - same visual/audio result.

Thanks Tom and Andy, great show. At this point, I still would like to see Eric Clapton and possibly ELO.

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I never bought into the idea that it was a depressing movie. I thought it was great how they were still able to play live after 3 years. I’ll be in London this summer and intend to visit 3 Seville Row. Any tips? I know it’s a clothing store now.

Hi guys.. Andy is loud and clear but Tom is about half as loud.. Please could we get Tom louder..?

Sorry chaps, you have a volume problem - I couldn't get past the 5 min mark and had to switch it off.

Surprised that Glyn Johns thought Red Rose Speedway material was subpar compared to Let It Be. This album is among the weakest in the Beatles catalog albeit with a few classics like the title track, Two of Us and Get Back. Dig It and Maggie Mae should have been saved for the Anthology, Long and Winding Road is not fully developed yet and Dig a Pony, For You Blue and I Me Mine are just throwaways even if the first two are enjoyable. I prefer RRS, especially if you expand it into a double album. Get on the Right Thing, My Love, I Would Only Smile, Lazy Dynamite, Powercut, When the Night, Mama's Little Girl, Tragedy, Little Lamb/Dragonfly, I Lie Around, Big Barn Bed, Night Out, I mean, come on!