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But yeah the 2003 remix was virtually unnecessary. By 2003, the best, definitive versions of every track that SHOULD have been on that album were either on "Let It Be," "Past Masters Vol. 2" or the "Anthology" CD's, or at least used in the film itself (which to be fair, was never issued on DVD). It would've been nice to have them all in one place on an official CD, but they decided to mess around with it, hence the inferior new mixes.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
i finally got around to listening to this years after it came out and thought it was...fine, really. it's always been my least favorite beatles album but i found myself appreciating the songs more in this context -- just a straightforward album, no spector crap, none of the annoying chatter between songs, and they replaced the two throwaways with "don't let me down" which always belonged on this album anyway. i'd probably rather listen to it than the original album. that said i always kinda wished they had just released an album of the rooftop concert and left it at that.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
The track sequence on Let It Be...Naked is actually rock solid - it flows much better than Phil Spector's Let It Be and all three of Glyn Johns's rejected Get Back sequences. I agree that replacing complete throwaways like "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" with "Don't Let Me Down" helps immensely, and I also agree with ditching Spector's orchestral and choral overdubs, I never bought the counter-argument that "The Long and Winding Road" needed those strings - that's like saying Mountain Dew needs more sugar.
What I don't like are the new edits and mixes because for the most part, those were already done right back in 1969 or 1970, and except for stripping Spector's orchestral and choral overdubs, all the noticeable changes made on Let It Be...Naked didn't improve any of the songs - quite the opposite. Losing the coda on "Get Back," picking an inferior take of "Don't Let Me Down," using the guitar solo on "Let It Be" that Harrison himself rejected (and twice re-recorded, with the best one picked for the single and the other Spector used for the album), etc.
I actually like the quiet and brief spoken word bits on Let It Be, the stuff that didn't get their own tracks and opened or followed most of the songs, because in total they did bring a welcome loose and casual atmosphere to the album rather than crossing the line into sloppiness.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 17 September 2020 05:35 (three years ago) link