Let It Be... Naked

Let It Be... Naked
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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Beatles
EAN: 0724359571324
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 2
Publication Date: 2003
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 2003-11-18
Studio: Capitol
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Summary: The "King Lear" of Beatles records
Comment: I bought the original "Let It Be--Naked" as a teenager in 1969: a vinyl LP bootlegged from the "Let It Be" sessions, in a plain white sleeve with the words "Kum Back" stamped in smudgy blue ink aslant the cover. No masses of sobbing violins, no plaintive French horns.

And what struck me with increasing happy force across the years and dozens of listens was what a wonderful, wondrous live band the Beatles were: by this time, they truly were the other side of each others' heartbeat. Each had certainly become virtuosic in his own right-- Ringo on drums, McCartney on bass (one can't praise enough), Lennon on rhythm and Harrison (usually) on lead guitar, but virtuosos together, grown of what it took to make Beatles music together through all those years and changes. They're recorded here as a live ensemble, just like up on on that fabled Savile Row rooftop, and God, they play with a brilliant loose-but-so-tight jostling grooviness that can just take the breath away. There never was before and never again will be a rock band quite this good.

One has to tip the hat to Billy Preston, whose tasty chops on organ are just about a match for the Fab Four's.

I know all about Lennon's sniping about the decay of the Beatles' group playing in the post-touring years, and of course they often quarreled during these sessions.

Just listen.

It helps that the band went into this project looking for a groove; everybody, especially Lennon and McCartney in their best numbers, seems to be after a sort of Zen-simple deep-groove soulfuness. 'Get Back,'
'Dig a Pony,' 'I've Got a Feeling.' Yes, the "Let It Be" project was (as McCartney has said) a return to roots after all the high '60s psychedelic ambitiousness, but it's an old masters' return: deep, simple, moving (and funky!) in the best numbers. And as for the less than best ones ('Long and Winding Road', indeed)--well, Zen attainment is not about always hitting the target.

There are many different great Beatles records, and "Let It Be--Naked" is one of them.
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Summary: Get Back, High Gas Prices
Comment: America is spending 600 billion dollars a year on foreign oil. The war is costing us a quarter of that (125 billion) per year. Oh yeah, The Beatles, hmmmm...Let It Be!
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Summary: The Beatles
Comment: I throughly enjoy this music. It's much better without all the stuff Phil Specter added.
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Summary: Let it be
Comment: I like this cd, and I like the old one to, but if I have to choose I'll pick the old over the new. just because I like all the strings and things wish the new don't have. but naked has a raw fill to it and thats good to.
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Summary: Never heard Let It Be like this before
Comment: A must for Beatles fans. This was recommended by an audiophile during a discussion of high quality recordings. Cleanest Beatles CD I have ever heard. The more you turn it up the better it gets. Just no distortion at all. GREAT BUY!
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