While I understand and hear the imperfections of the original LIB, it's what I grew up hearing and I have a real emotional attachment to it as is. LIB..N is cool and I don't dislike it, but it sounds kind of weird and digital to me. It has some of the same effect for me as the Yellow Submarine Songtrack or the revised version of the Star Wars films....the variations, however small, from what I am used to hearing distract me when I listen to it and I don't really like it as much as the original.
I have to disagree on the sound quality. The rock and roll tracks sound very modern and punchy to my ears. I remember when the remasters were released being knocked out by how good the album sounded. I understand some of the reasons behind revamping this disc - but sound quality couldn't have been one of them.
I liked it when I first got it, then later I got sick of it and sold it. I now have the remaster of the original album (and my old red-apple LP) and it's fine with me. Some of the alternate takes were OK but the sound just wasn't there.
I like it and think it sounds good on my system. Not a reference disk or anything, but I put my LP copy on once every couple months. I much prefer it over the original, but I enjoy that too. Some great songs are on these records! I wish they would've titled it "Get Back" and used the original cover art though... 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is awesome!
Could not agree more - no issues with the music but IMO, they sucked the life out of the tapes along with that hiss...
I never realized there was any disdain for it. I like it better than the original, though some songs on the original I prefer. The naked version of Long and Winding Road is 1000x better imo.
You disagree that somebody basing their decision of foregoing an album based on the cover art is NOT an idiot? It'd be interesting to hear the reasoning behind this. I can understand some people being disappointed with the cover art, but to be genuinely honest with you, I don't care one bit about cover art at all. Close your eyes and listen to the music. The cover art is a complete non-factor in my enjoyment of music. Can we agree that music is an aural pleasure? Last I checked, blind people enjoy music as well. Don't think that their enjoyment is lessened by not seeing the cover art. My 2 cents.
Kind of a head-scratcher of a comment, to be honest with you. You never listened to it and pan it all the same. Very strange POV.
The thing I particularly dislike about it is that although it's called 'Naked', it's just as convoluted as Spector's effort. Plus the sound. And the quick fade-outs. And the complex editing. And...
I agree. "Let It Be ... Naked" is far superior to the original album, despite the stupid title and the really, really horrible cover art.
I don't have disdain for this LP, I was happy to listen to it. I realize Paul wanted a version of "Long and Winding Road" without the many layers of chorus, etc., but I didn't appreciate his version any better. I think I said on another forum one time that the naked version sounds like Paul is playing it on a piano in a half-empty cocktail lounge late at night.
1. Don't like the mix. George's guitar is too low in the mix for one-- you can hear his great licks on the rooftop songs much better in Spector's mix. 2. Excessive noise reduction sucks the life out of the songs. Just listen to Paul's vocal at the beginning of The Long and Winding Road. 3. That called it "naked" but drenched the end of Across the Universe with unnecessary reverb. 4. They faded out the end of Two of Us and One After 909 way too soon. I like the whistling ad-lib at the end of Two of Us. 5. They edited all sorts of little bits in I've Got A Feeling. The take used by Spector was awesome; they was no need to fly in parts from an inferior take. 6. If you're going to advertise the album as "naked", why re-create Spector's edits on I Me Mine and Dig a Pony? 7. They left out the coda on Get Back. Spector did too, but at least he used the "hope we passed the audition" clip which is a good end to the album. The original LIB album isn't perfect, but for the most part Spector used the best takes (unlike Glyn Johns) and he did a great mix (especially for the rooftop songs). Personally, I burned a CD of the original album but replaced Across the Universe and The Long and Winding Road with the Anthology versions and added the Past Masters Don't Let Me Down, and I prefer that much more than LIBN.
I am one of those who would have loved to have seen this come out done properly. Im not against the *idea*, just the execution. They really frankenstiened this. Chopped up songs and flew in stuff. They have the multis and it could have been done much much better. Listen for the tape hiss going in and out on the vocals and cymbals. The metallic crappy sound. The pumping throughout. All hallmarks of overuse of NR. And not just any NR machine. A really crappy one. One word... Behringer. Would love to see them re do this right. Maybe call it "Let It Be ..Naked..But Not Chopped Up And Dead"
Album art is important to me. It's a part of the package. To say outside forces beyond the music doesn't affect how someone feels about said music is hard for me to believe. An artist's image can affect it. The genre a song gets labeled can affect it. Peer pressure. So I can believe a crappy cover can affect it. With that, I really like LIBN.
I've honestly never listened to it but have always enjoyed Glyn John's acetate versions that have been floating around for some time. Is it much different than those?
Not a big fan of Naked. I think the original just works really well, flows kind of like a TV special. I do like the Naked Across The Universe though. And Fly on the Wall is fun, but could have been fantastic - a real missed opportunity there.
I've always liked it just fine. That said, it appears to be the only Beatles album I don't own on vinyl...
The cover art has an undeniable impact on how people perceive the music within. That's why musical artists, and record companies, spend tens of thousands of dollars on cover art. Just as a music video colors the way we hear the musical soundtrack -- often to the song's detriment! -- listeners' expectations of any new record are going to be based in part on the cover art. It's just the way humans are wired. In this instance, "Let It Be...Naked" was intended to look raw and unpolished, but instead it looks cheap and unfinished. And the irony is that the album inside, even without the Spector overdubs, comes across as much more polished than the original "Let It Be" album, which had those very formal, black-bordered, symmetrical portraits. "Let It Be...Naked" is a classic case of an album cover that telegraphs exactly the wrong message to potential buyers.
Generally agreed on all counts. Not that it's perfect. There are few song endings that sound abrupt and the sessions were always short by a great song or two to make an A-List Beatles album. I didn't mind Lennon's snotty asides, but I don't miss them much either. I enjoy the album and the Naked version is more listenable all around.
I like them both. Different perspectives on a great album. I'm with the majority that doesn't like what Spector did to Long and Winding Road, but I really do miss the studio banter from Let It Be Naked. The "Get Back" concept was supposed to be raw and live, and having the studio chichat between the songs helps give it that feel.
I prefer Naked, because it feels more like a standard Beatles album to me. It's just a set of catchy tunes, that flow together. The original album felt like a cross between a soundtrack to the film and an audio-documentary. Neither of which it did particularly well. It almost requires a working knowledge of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions to be appreciated.
