Let It Be (50th Anniversary Reissue Deluxe 4LP & 12")
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The Beatles
Let It Be (50th Anniversary Reissue Deluxe 4LP & 12")
[ Universal / Vinyl Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 15 October 2021
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On January 2, 1969, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr kickstarted the new year together on a cavernous soundstage at Twickenham Film Studios in London. The Beatles jumped into rehearsals for a project envisioned to get them back to where they once belonged: onstage. For 21 days, cameras and tape recorders documented almost every moment: first at Twickenham and then at The Beatles' own Apple Studio, where Billy Preston joined them on keyboards. Together they rehearsed brand new originals and jammed on older songs, all captured live and unvarnished.
On January 30, the cameras and recorders were rolling as The Beatles, with Preston, staged what was to be their final concert on the chilly rooftop of their Savile Row Apple Corps headquarters before a small assembly of family and friends, and any others who were within wind-carried range of their amps. The midday performance brought London's West End to a halt as necks craned skyward from the streets and the windows of neighboring buildings were flung open for better vantage. A flurry of noise complaints drew police officers to the rooftop, shutting the concert down after 42 minutes.
Work to compile an album to be called "Get Back" was carried out in April and May by Glyn Johns, who, for his version, included false starts, banter between songs, early takes rather than later, more polished performances, and even "I've Got A Feeling" falling apart with John explaining, "I cocked it up trying to get loud." The Beatles, however, decided to shelve the project's copious tapes, film reels, and photos, in order to record and release their LP masterpiece, Abbey Road. Drawn from the tapes made in January 1969, plus some sessions which preceded and followed those recordings, The Beatles' final album, Let It Be, was eventually issued on May 8, 1970 (May 18 in the U.S.) to accompany the release of the Let It Be film.
Contents:
LP1: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album)
LP2: Get Back - Apple Sessions
LP3: Get Back - Rehearsals and Apple Jams
LP4: Get Back LP - 1969 Glyn Johns Mix
12" EP: Let It Be EP
105-page hardbound book in slipcase
Limited Edition
Tracks:
LP One: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album) [Side 1]
1. Two Of Us
2. Dig A Pony
3. Across The Universe
4. I Me Mine
5. Dig It
6. Let It Be
7. Maggie Mae
LP One: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album) [Side 2]
1. I've Got A Feeling
2. One After 909
3. The Long And Winding Road
4. For You Blue
5. Get Back
LP Two: Get Back - Apple Sessions [Side 1]
1. Morning Camera (Speech - mono) / Two Of Us (Take 4)
2. Maggie Mae / Fancy My Chances With You (Mono)
3. Can You Dig It?
4. Don't Know Why I'm Moaning (Speech - mono)
5. For You Blue (Take 4)
6. Let It Be / Please Please Me / Let It Be (Take 10)
7. I've Got A Feeling (Take 10)
LP Two: Get Back - Apple Sessions [Side 2]
1. Dig A Pony (Take 14)
2. Get Back (Take 19)
3. Like Making An Album? (Speech)
4. One After 909 (Take 3)
5. Don't Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)
6. The Long And Winding Road (Take 19)
7. Wake Up Little Susie / I Me Mine (Take 11)
LP Three: Get Back - Rehearsals and Apple Jams [Side 1]
1. On The Day Shift Now (Speech - mono) / All Things Must Pass (Rehearsals - mono)
2. Concentrate On The Sound (mono)
3. Gimme Some Truth (Rehearsal - mono)
4. I Me Mine (Rehearsal - mono)
5. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Rehearsal)
6. Polythene Pam (Rehearsal - mono)
7. Octopus's Garden (Rehearsal - mono)
LP Three: Get Back - Rehearsals and Apple Jams [Side 2]
1. Oh! Darling (Jam)
2. Get Back (Take 8)
3. The Walk (Jam)
4. Without A Song (Jam) - Billy Preston with John and Ringo
5. Something (Rehearsal - mono)
6. Let It Be (Take 28)
LP Four: Get Back LP - 1969 Glyn Johns Mix [Side 1]
1. One After 909
2. I'm Ready (aka Rocker) / Save The Last Dance For Me / Don't Let Me Down
3. Don't Let Me Down
4. Dig A Pony
5. I've Got A Feeling
6. Get Back
LP Four: Get Back LP - 1969 Glyn Johns Mix [Side 2]
1. For You Blue
2. Teddy Boy
3. Two Of Us
4. Maggie Mae
5. Dig It
6. Let It Be
7. The Long And Winding Road
8. Get Back (Reprise)
12-Inch Let It Be EP [Side 1]
1. Across The Universe (unreleased Glyn Johns 1970 mix)
2. I Me Mine (unreleased Glyn Johns 1970 mix)
12-Inch Let It Be EP [Side 2]
1. Don't Let Me Down (new mix of original single version)
2. Let It Be (new mix of original single version)
