The Beatles Let It Be Naked, Concert For George and Other Tuesday Releases

The Beatles Let It Be Naked, Concert For George and Other Tuesday Releases

I picked up my copies of some of the upcoming releases for Tuesday (I have "connections")and I must say this is a DAMN good week. Here's a quick rundown:

The Beatles Let It Be Naked: HALLELUJAH!!! For those of you who don't know Let It Be Naked (lame title) is the De-Spectorized/Remastered Let It Be and it sounds GREAT!! The Long and Winding Road is actually good without all the cheesey strings. The remastered sound is also head and shoulders above anything released before. I love the Beatles but their catalog sounds like it was recorded underwater into a tin can with a string. Paul and Ringo need to get George Martin to do quite a bit of remastering for them. There are also quite a few things I have noticed in it that I have never heard before like a second rhyhtm guitar track on For You Blue and a second guitar solo on Let It Be. My only complaint is that the cover looks like a cheesey bootleg cover (A lot like how the boot called "The Alt Abbey Road" looks.) Overall I give it 5/5. The bonus disc is pretty good too (rehersal) however I wish they would not have made it one twenty minute track.

Concert For George DVD: I was EXTREMELY dissappointed in this. My big complaint is that the stage was too crammed. Instead of small individual tributes (like maybe Paul, Clapton, Ringo and Dhani Harrison) the stage had at least 30 people on it almost the whole time. There were high points (The Inner Light with Anushka Shenkar, Something by Paul on uke, I Need You by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) but overall I was dissapointed. 2.5/5

The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 5.1: The Redux of their album. It now has a DSD/DVD Audio disc that comes in 5.1 Surround sound. It's a complete MINDFUCK!! A truly amazing auditory experience. 5/5

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Live From the Hollywood Bowl EP: I picked this up to see if I want to get the DVD. I sure as hell do. Marc Ford (guitarist for the Black Crowes) is in his band and they tore it up!! Great performances and a killer version of War by the Marley and the Wailers. 4.5/5

I also picked up Bill Withers first two albums and I am absolutely floored!

Damn good week for music coming up.

DON'T DIE ON ME!

Hope so. I remember George Martin didn't wan't to be listed as producer
unless the credits read "produced by George Martin- overproduced by Phil
Spector" hehehe glad you give it a 5/5...

McCartney gave a team the tapes, thirty hours and basically said "Let's see what you got"

LOL great quote

Thank you so much for this, YoungLiberal. I've been looking all over for a thorough review!!

How different does "I Me Mine" sound? I always enjoyed the original version.

it really just sounds more raw.

I was hopin that Paul would have kept the original line-up of the sonegs. From what I understand he took out Dig it and Maggie may. I am going to pick "Naked" up Tues if I can. I am looking forward to hearing it, although I have heard so many of the boots out there..I dont know how much different it will sound. I'm sure it will be great though.
Sir George's hearing is pretty bad, so I dont think he had much to do with this...

As for the concert for George, I am probably going to get it, but on DVD. George was George and his songs need him.

Like the "Pot smoking FBI members" that John mumbles before For You Blue


I have the Concert For George on DVD. It had the potential to be great but kind of fell flat.

based solely on your recommendation. :D

They actually got some idiot DJ to talk about how the new "Long and Winding Road" mix "sounds like a demo," while the original release was "special" because, it was a "lump-in-your-throat moment" when the strings came in.

:crazy:

They also polled a bunch of "people in the street," and about half liked the Spector arrangements better.

:eyes:

1) The sound is a million times better. The rest of the catalog needs to remastered immediatly!

2) I would rather have it sound like a demo. It has more character that way

Try The Flaming Lips and Ben Harper records too

At most indie record stores

Compared to the completed versions on Anthology 3? I've always preferred 3's version of "For you Blue" vs. the version on Let It Be.