Brad

Actually that honor belongs to I Me Mine, finished on April 2, 1970 whereas LAWR was finished the day before.

I was looking at Macdonald's book about this and the essence of what he says about Let it Be (focusing on the Long and Winding Road) is as follows: the original take of LAWR was basically a demo with some bad playing by Lennon on bass and that as a result Lennon brought in Spector, whose solution to the song was tasteless but that he had no choice but to do something since it was basically a demo. Macdonald asks why, when they did the overdub, why not call McCartney to redo the bass parts since he was only minutes away? Lennon knew, according to Macdonald, that if his song was being worked on, he would have stopped the Let it Be project or had the session produced properly. He finds Lennon's indifference to the maintenance of Beatles production standards indefensible and that although his bad bass playing was accidental, it amounted to sabotage when presented as a finished work. Neither Paul nor George Martin knew the Get Back session were being prepared for release and, of course, McCartney had a fit when he heard Spector's rendition of LAWR, unsuccessfully tried to block it and having assured himself that his solo album would be released before the Spector session, quit the group. Macdonald concludes that while McCartney is no angel, Lennon's conduct was appalling.

I haven't participated in awhile so I'm in too.

I have an Edge through work and it's very handy. You can look at documents on it, although those can be a bit hard to read.

I bought it. How can you beat $2.99? With $1.99. Heck of a price. I guess registering with the Beatles web site does produce a benefit here and there

Have some of these in Japanese mini lp format; very nice sound. I think Dusty Groove also had them in some kind so sampler once.

Some of us (maybe most of us?) sync manually, not automatically. There are things I want to keep in iTunes, but don't want on my ipod. Not only that, but those of us who have multiple ipods want to sync different material from the iTunes library to different ipods. I do it too for my nano or that is I check only the categories I want the Ipod to snyc so I don't get my son's (heavy metal; ugh) collection on there.

I'm not sure what you're doing but everything in your library, assuming the song is checked, when you sync up should show up on your ipod. You can also create a playlist (check the plus sign at the bottom left of the iTunes screen, call it what you want, and then drag in whatever you want. Since my son mostly uses iTunes, for what I want on my nano (although I'm thinking of getting an iTouch) I create separate play lists. Just easier to manage, plus he has about 9,000 songs so I have to control what I want inputted into the Nano or what I want won't make it in.

I don't know if this is your speed but the metal drummers are really good technically.

On Xanadu, there is a CD called Shaw Nuff, which has three tracks from 1945: Reverse the Charges, The Man I Love and September in the Rain, featuring Freddy Webster (tp), Frank Socolow (ts), Bud, Leonard Gaskin (b) and Irv Krueger (ds). Regarding the Bebop Boys, you may able to somewhere find Blues in Bebop under Kenny Dorham's name issued by Savoy a few years ago, which features eight songs (plus two alternate takes) from 1946.

Johns, from what I've read, prepared a couple of versions, which were both rejected, which to what you are probably referring. The point I'm trying to make and I think Alexander made is that this wasn't really a finished album so that there are no definitive Get Back sessions, whatever you call it. However, I doubt the Beatles, Applie or EMI are going to do anythiing about it; Let it Be was issued the way it was and there it's going to rest for some time, maybe all time.

Must have to use a lot of glue.

I guess I'll respectfully disagree as Naked was released by them and which was, I believe, a group effort (although I'm not sure what you mean by group effort). Naked just represents Let it Be as apparently they wanted it to be when they recorded it: true to the get back concept, not over produced. Brad, what I mean is "Naked" is not something released by the group when they were a group. Which puts it in there with Anthology, etc. which also are not part of this reissue program. Lon, Guess I was being thick. Yes, you are right. It's like revisionist history on their part. Interestingly, the new liner notes mention the Naked version being released in 2003. I think I would put it somewhere between a regular issue and something like an anthology.

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I guess I'll respectfully disagree as Naked was released by them and which was, I believe, a group effort (although I'm not sure what you mean by group effort). Naked just represents Let it Be as apparently they wanted it to be when they recorded it: true to the get back concept, not over produced.

Not sure I totally agree about the candidate for the remastering as it wasn't exactly something they all agreed upon unlike the other albums; it's apparently not the intended original. In that way, it's different. The others don't really qualify since they're not group albums. On the other hand, the remaining Beatles and the heirs, plus EMI and Apple may have come to the conclusion that you did: this is what everybody knows, this is what was issued as a definitive Beatles album and, folks, that's just the way it is. I'm sure we haven't the last word.

I received the Naked disc and while, yes, the 2009 remaster is better I don't find the sound terrible. If it's a choice between having a recording like this or not because it may not have pristine sound, I'll chhose the former. Overall, and I haven't done a real close listen yet, the recordings, particularly the instruments sound sparer. I assume this is the intent and not just the result of remastering. The Long and Winding Road and Across the Universe sound much better without that Spector nonsense. I guess we can thank Allan Klein for that. One thing I don't understand is the different sequences or the dropping of the Get Back coda. I suppose there is a reason. Perhaps this is the way the Beatles envisioned it. Unfortunately the liner notes aren't that revealing. Also, if this was a Beatles project, why wasn't the Naked sessions presented in the 2009 remaster as the principal one. At the very least, I might have included it. Perhaps in the end all parties concerned (the Beatles and heirs, Apple and EMI) decided that since the original disc was the way it was originally released, that was how it would be remastered. I would love to hear additional views.

It wouldn't surprise me if Brian Epstein chose the song for them. I always kind of liked the song.

According to Macdonald, this was originally recorded by a girl group called The Donays. Macdonald refers to it as a "drooping scoop of candyfloss.". Guess he doesn't like it

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No, still waiting for its arrival. Hopefully today or tomorrow.

Not to necessarily prolong the Let it Be discussion but I came across this 2003 article from the New York Times about the Naked Let it Be disc.

On a somewhat related note, I picked up yesterday Paul McCartney live cd set that he did at Citifield earlier this year (which I didn't attend). It's a two CD set, with about two thirds of the set being Beatles material. Some are interesting (haven't listened to the whole thing yet) such as Drive My Car, Let it Be and a Day in the Life (although I obviously prefer the Sgt Peppers version and the Jeff Beck renditions) but I don't think his voice may be up to it anymore. Seems to lack that timbre. Now, of course he is 67 years old so he may not have the range he used to. With all that being said, if he did another concert, I would be sure to attend it.

Doesn't sound like these will be re-issued singly but as a box set.

Way to go. You're in for an extended treat.