The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked (2003)

"Let It Be... Naked" is a 2003 album by English rock group The Beatles. It is a remixed & remastered version of their 1970 album "Let It Be". The project was overseen by Paul McCartney, who felt that Phil Spector's production did not accurately represent the group's "stripped-down" intentions for the original album. "Let It Be... Naked" presents the songs "naked" - without Spector's overdubs and without the incidental studio chatter featured between most cuts of the original album. "Let It Be... Naked" also replaces "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" with "Don't Let Me Down", originally featured as the B-side of the "Get Back" single. The album is presented in a form which Paul McCartney considers closer to its original artistic vision: to "get back" to the rock and roll sound of their early years rather than the orchestral overdubs and embellishments which were added by Phil Spector in the production of the final "Let It Be" album. McCartney in particular was always dissatisfied with the "Wall of Sound" production style of the Phil Spector remixes, especially for his song "The Long and Winding Road", which he believed was ruined by the process. George Harrison gave his approval for the Naked project before he died. McCartney's attitude contrasted with Lennon's from over two decades earlier. In his 1971 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Lennon had defended Spector's work, saying, "He was given the shittiest load of badly recorded shit with a lousy feeling to it ever, and he made something of it.

The 22-minute "Fly On The Wall" bonus disc contains song excerpts and dialogue from the many hours of tape which accumulated during the "Let It Be" sessions. Some of the removed dialogue that had appeared on the original album appears on this disc. In total, the track is 21 minutes and 55 seconds long and brings the album's total length to 56:59.

Compiled and edited by Kevin Howlett. All songs credited to Lennon–McCartney except where noted.

 

01. "Get Back"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 2:34

02. "Dig a Pony"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:38

03. "For You Blue"  (George Harrison)  - 2:27

04. "The Long and Winding Road"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:34

05. "Two of Us"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:21

06. "I've Got a Feeling"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:30

07. "One After 909"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 2:44

08. "Don't Let Me Down"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:18

09. "I Me Mine"  (Harrison)  - 2:21

10. "Across the Universe"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:38

11. "Let It Be"  (Lennon–McCartney)  - 3:55

12. Fly On The Wall (bonus disc) -  21:54

      "Sun King"  

      "Don't Let Me Down"  

      "One After 909" 

      "Because I Know You Love Me So" 

      "Don't Pass Me By" (Richard Starkey)   

      "Taking a Trip to Carolina" (Starkey)  

      "John's Piano Piece" (Lennon)  

      "Child of Nature" (Lennon)  

      "Back in the U.S.S.R."  

      "Every Little Thing"  

      "Don't Let Me Down"  

      "All Things Must Pass" (Harrison)  

      "John's Jam"  

      "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" 

      "Paul's Bass Jam"  

      "Paul's Piano Piece"  

      "Get Back"  

      "Two of Us"  

      "Maggie Mae" (Traditional, arranged by Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey)   

      "Fancy My Chances with You"       

      "Can You Dig It?" (Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey)     

      "Get Back"  

Released:  17 November 2003 

Genre:  Pop, Rock

Length:  56:46

Label:  Apple

Producer:  Paul Hicks, Guy Massey, Allan Rouse

Personnel

George Harrison - vocals, guitars, sitar, tambura

John Lennon - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, lap steel guitar

Paul McCartney - vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitars, piano, organ, electric piano

Ringo Starr - drums

George Martin - organ, percussion

Billy Preston - organ, electric piano