Re: Let It Be...with a Fig Leaf

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Who were the three sound engineers? Who's mixes are used on the new release?

(Opticreep) wrote in message >...
> (Doctor Phibes) wrote in message >...
> > They should re title it though..."Paul McCartney's let it be". Paul
> >
> > William
>
>
> Gimme a break. How the heck could you justify calling it "Paul
> McCartney's Let it Be"? He had as much to do with influencing the new
> album version as Ringo... which is to say, he had not much influence
> at all. It was Paul's idea to start the project, with blessings from
> the Ringo, Yoko, and the late George Harrison. They gave the old
> recordings to 3 sound engineers. The engineers remixed the recordings
> on their own, and submitted it to the surviving Beatles. Paul and
> Ringo approved the engineers' submission without making a single
> change.
>
> But they didn't *really* add anything to the songs. If Paul had
> recorded new backing vocals and mixed new tracks into the songs, it
> would be a different story.

[Doctor Phibes]

Not the main point of my post though. One can debate things like that
forever but it is fact based on Paul's own words compared to
Harrison,Lennon and Starr's lack of words regarding Let it be, that
Let it be most affected Paul. I've read lennon complaining how Paul
would arrive after a long hiatus and say let's record here's my songs
while John scrambled to come up with something.(I for one am glad that
Paul pushed John)For Let it be Paul came out with the Long and winding
road, around same time Hey Jude. You'
d be hard pressed to hear I dig a pony being done over at the rate of
those 2 songs. You can see how Paul was so rehearsed in the movie when
he introduced his new song, long and winding road. It was almost
perfect from the start. You can tell he was quite proud of it. In the
movie Paul was giving a lot of direction. At one point tensions really
built between Paul and George. The arguement was over arrangment
ideas. Paul had to have his way. The original title was going to be
"Get Back"..another Paul song. It's not that hard to understand Paul
had more of an interest in Let it be than say Ringo, or the estate of
John or George.

[Tommy B]

I happened to be listening in the living room of a gent named David Anderle.
He had a wonderful picture of Brain Wilson on the wall. I think he got his
copy from Apple. He was the Pres of Electra at the time,
but I really don't remember. What I remember, was being
gassed by the tracks. Right place, right time & luck.
Then again it could have been a head shop. ;-)
Tom




"Charles Thomas" > wrote in
message ...
> In article . net>,
> "Tommy B" > wrote:
>
> > I guess it depends on what you hear first. I heard the unsweetend tracks
in
> > 1969, before the release of the album, so when I heard the record, it
was
> > kind of,
> > HUH, what happened?
>
> Just wondering if you'd favor us with the story of how you got such a
> great opportunity.
>
>
> CT

[EggHd]

<< I happened to be listening in the living room of a gent named David Anderle.
>>

Prince more like it. Great person.



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[WillStG]

(georgeh)

>The bootlegs of Let It Be were fairly common in the "head shops" of the day.

Hell, there are bootleg record labels of the Glyn John's alternative mixes
of Let It Be and so forth, if you really want to buy a CD of one (they're not
CDR's either), go over to the Beatles newsgroup.

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

[LeBaron & Alrich]

Charles Thomas wrote:

> Just wondering if you'd favor us with the story of how you got such a
> great opportunity.

I think he already did and Google would have it.

--
ha

[ScotFraser]

<< Not too many people know about
Paul's speech where he advocated using Ringo to look for hidden mines in
Cambodia. >>

That's because Paul was speaking to the Heritage Foundation & the biased
liberal media doesn't report on those events.


Scott Fraser

[Charles Thomas]

In article >,
(ScotFraser) wrote:

> << Not too many people know about
> Paul's speech where he advocated using Ringo to look for hidden mines in
> Cambodia. >>
>
> That's because Paul was speaking to the Heritage Foundation & the biased
> liberal media doesn't report on those events.

I wouldn't have found out about it if it weren't for Ann Coulter's
non-biased excellence in investigative journalism.

CT

[Justin Ulysses Morse]

Doctor Phibes > wrote:

> rumor has it he was the walrus too ;-)
> William

Cuckoo Cashew.

ulysses

[Stephen Hobbs TPG]

Nah, to me, it sounds better than the Glyn Johns mix

"JWelsh3374" > wrote in message
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> I've got some boots of the Glyn Johns mixes. Pretty cool, but the quality
of my
> copy is poop.
>
> I really dunno if I mind the 'finished' mixes being released...chatter
gone,
> etc... but agree that was part of the charm of the original. Arguments,
warts
> and all.
>
> I just wish they'd release the movie on DVD.
>
>
> searching for peace, love and quality footwear
> guido
>
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