For more than 50 years, nobody has known what the hell to do with Let It Be. As for the accompanying album, they rejected an initial edit of the live-in-the-studio takes by engineer Glyn Johns bearing the title Get Back , handed the tapes to Phil Spector, the most famous producer in the world turning their own attention to making Abbey Road , and then complained about the final version, which would be the last Beatles record released.
And for the fans, Let It Be has always been complicated. The material has also carried the weight of being their farewell statement—a lot for a three-week experiment to carry—when in fact the magnificent Abbey Road , which largely sounds like it was recorded by an entirely different band, was really the last work the Beatles did together. This fall, though, Let It Be is finally getting a full overhaul and a massive re-examination.
On October 12, the Get Back book collects transcripts from hours of the sessions along with hundreds of photos by Ethan Russell and Linda McCartney. The excitement among Beatlemaniacs about the Jackson film—which, he promises, will not repeat a single shot from the original Let It Be —is tempered by the concern that it will whitewash this problematic month, which began on January 2, , when the group convened on a cavernous soundstage at Twickenham Film Studios in London.
For 21 days, cameras and tape recorders documented their work first at Twickenham and then at their own hastily assembled Apple Studio before wrapping up on January 31, the day after the rooftop performance.
The sessions were fraught and unfocused, and of course we all know how the story ends. The Get Back book, at least, reveals some unexpected nuances to the Let It Be period, and ultimately shows that the band was suffering from boredom and lethargy rather than hostility. The initial concept was that they would play a big concert, their first since , somewhere—in a Libyan ruin? With no real sense of purpose, simmering tensions emerge, especially between Harrison and McCartney.
One thing the two bandmates could agree on is that the death of manager Brian Epstein in was a huge blow. You know, your daddy goes away at a certain point in your life. You stand on your own feet. Premium Digital access, plus: Convenient access for groups of users Integration with third party platforms and CRM systems Usage based pricing and volume discounts for multiple users Subscription management tools and usage reporting SAML-based single sign-on SSO Dedicated account and customer success teams.
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