Did Paul, Ringo, Yoko & Olivia REALLY sign off on Let it Be...Naked?

Thanks for digging up and sharing this report. This quote refers to the camera sync/Nagra tapes - not studio tapes - doesn't it?

 

Off topic I know:
I like the idea of Let It Be- Naked. As an album, it actually sits quite nicely between the White Album and Abbey Road.
My quibble is I Me Mine: while it still has the idea of the longer edit, the edit is wrong in my opinion. On Let It Be, it cuts back to “all through the day/I Me Mine” and then repeats the middle 8, then the last verse.
The Naked version lets the last line “all through your life/I Me Mine” happen in the middle of the song, which should be the closing statement of the lyric. Bugs me!
Makes me realize Spector was at least paying attention to the lyric so he edited it that way.

 

Even cheaper on Amazon, if you don't mind used.

Amazon.co.uk: Buying Choices: Let It Be... Naked

 

Love that, too. Though there's too much digital noise reduction.

 

Possibly may show up in a Let It Be 50th Anniversary box? Just pure speculation of course, but I could see that box going:
CD 1: Original Album remastered (or new Giles mix)
CD 2: LIB Naked
CD's 3 & 4: session outtakes/demos/jams...
DVD/Blu Ray: Let It Be movie

 

Indeed true. My comments were just tongue and cheek. I love the Beatles.

I have no problem with any reissues or special projects like LIBN.

 

What part of that film would she want to go unseen, her dancing?

 

I’m still waiting for that “Fly On The Wall Deluxe”.

 

I noticed the same thing. The Naked version simply repeats the entire second verse. Also, the intonation of "all through the day" is different from "all through your life," so the hybrid middle verse "feels" like a different verse than the final verse. I think that when Anthology 3 came out, I made my own extended edit on cassette, following the Spector template.

I'm not a fan of the "wall of sound" overdubs, but I have to say Spector generally chose good takes for the album.

 

Let's face it, once they all saw dollar signs I'm sure they had no issue signing off on it.

 

I've actually never watched the film so I shouldn't comment. I was just picking one hypothetical scenario of how there may have been a negotiation.

 

If "The Love Of Money" was the ONLY impetus for any product since their catalog became theirs, we'd see a LOT of crap!
Most Beatles product released in the last 25 years has been pretty classy in presentation and most fans are happy.

The "cash grab" sensibility a lot of you have here is really boring and overused, and usually incorrect.

 

Agreed. I oversimplified somewhat in my dramatization of Paul and Yoko's conversation. The Beatles have been pretty conservative, compared to many other major groups, when it comes to milking the catalog. There are lesser band out there whose compilations outnumber their core albums. When Apple gained some degree of control, most of the comps went out of print. If the Beatles valued money above all else, they could have cashed in in a hundred different ways by now.

 

Another "nefarious, scheming Paul" thread...

Next up, his scheming to have Please Please Me and Strawberry Fields excluded from '1' ...

 

Do you have a link that supports this, or is this just a guess?

 

I remember someone I know seeing that cover and saying "I'll never look at John Lennon the same way again". I think she was grossed out by it.

 

I think a lot of us (certainly me) were grossed out by seeing them on that cover.

 

All of those were before Apple exerted control in the 80s, Hamburg was never officially released by the group.

 

You mean Lingasong wasn't a Apple subsidiary? ...

Lingasong Records - Wikipedia

The Beatles vs. Lingasong: The Star Club Litigation

 

"I see you've got the Times there..." - Ringo Starr

 

I'm pretty certain the original master nagra reels were found after "fly-on the wall", which to me was pretty much lo-fi clips and teasers, source unknown, though pretty crisp A-B complete sessions were out there.

While not "studio" quality, they are likely the first generation reels-hopefully already digitally converted and with some hope being de-mixed and remastered- at least a few dozen full takes of rehearsals, oldies, demos and early untracked takes. Removing beeps, farts and drifting wah wahs...

 

^ The ultimate turd-polishing exercise

 

If Giles can use his de-mixing process to remove all those incessant George wah wahs and leslied noodling that ruins so many of the rehearsals, I will take back all those things I've said about how he's performed on several of his previous re-mix and de-mix efforts!

 

I know, I know.

I was just joking about post Beatles releases in general. Not that I haven't purchased my share.

 

The later the month went on-the more polished some of those turds were starting to sound. A lot of stuff at Apple wasn't tracked or filmed. We're not talking "studio" quality...but Kinfauns or Decca level quality might not be too bad. I can think of at least 30 songs that cleaned up would be cool to hear.