Paul McCartney Let it be

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Description: Having fun doing this. McCartney said he wrote "Let It Be", inspired by a dream he had during the tense period surrounding the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. He dreamt of his mother, and the "Mother Mary" lyric refers to her (Mary (Mohin) McCartney). She died of cancer when McCartney was 14. He said, "It was great to visit with her again. I felt very blessed to have that dream. So that got me writing 'Let It Be'. The master take was recorded on 31 January 1969 as part of the 'Apple studio performance' for the project Get Back. McCartney played the piano (a Blüthner Flügel from Leipzig/former East Germany), Lennon played the bass, Billy Preston played the organ and George Harrison and Ringo Starr assumed their conventional roles. McCartney's lead vocal was backed by Lennon and Harrison (as seen in the film Let It Be). The master take included a subdued guitar solo by Harrison (as can also be heard in the Let It Be film). On 30 April 1969, Harrison overdubbed a new guitar solo on the best take from 29 January. Harrison overdubbed another solo on 4 January 1970. The first overdub solo was used for the original single release, and the second overdub solo was used for the original album release. Some fans mistakenly believed there were two versions of the basic track, based mostly on the different guitar solos but also on some other differences in overdubs and mixes. There are four recordings of the song that have been 'officially' released. Single version It was originally released as a single on 6 March 1970, backed by "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" and produced by George Martin. This version includes orchestration and backing vocals overdubbed on 4 January 1970 under the supervision of McCartney, The backing vocals include the only known contribution by Linda McCartney to a Beatles song. the same session where Harrison recorded the second overdub guitar solo. The intention at one point was to have the two overdub solos playing together, but this idea was dropped for the final mix of the single and only the 30 April solo was used (although the 4 January overdub can he heard faintly during the final verse). Martin mixed the orchestration very low in this mix. Album version On 26 March 1970, Phil Spector remixed the song for the album Let It Be. This version features the "more stinging" 4 Janaury 1970 guitar solo and more prominent orchestration. Anthology version An early version of the song also appears on the third Anthology volume 3. Let It Be... Naked version Finally, another retooled version of the song appears on the 2003 album Let It Be... Naked. Starr's drumming was augmented by echo effects added by Phil Spector on the album version. Starr disliked this mix, so Let It Be... Naked features his original drumming. The guitar solo used in this version was taken from the subsequent take as seen in the film Let It Be. Unused mixes Glyn Johns mixed the song on 28 May 1969 as he finished the mixing for the Get Back album. This version was never released. He used the same mix in a 5 January 1970 attempt to compile an acceptable version of the LP. Again, this version of the LP was never released
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abcakl ::: Favorites Tricky. I don't really think world peace was the greatest thing in John's life, he was more trying to have a good time. It is said that John actually thought it was stupid, at least in the beatles. Lennon thought Paul was nuts to think of something that distant. Everybody can change, of course, but Lennon acted like a schizo. By the way, I agree that "In my Life" is the best song of John. "I'm so tired" is also one of my favorites by him. Imagine is crap. 07-08-07 21:01:34 _____________________________________________________
Bassmaster450 ::: Favorites Paul is number #1 07-08-07 21:01:38 _____________________________________________________
maccasongarethebest ::: Favorites yes to me those two songs are great but people close their minds to things i know because i have close my mind to things i dont like and yes lennon was great and to me paul is even greater i just dont like the fact that people judge paul the way they do, paul doesnt owe to the world no one does.paul is free to turn away from me as to anybody that has nothing to do with music, well thanks for this shared comments abcakl you rock!! 07-08-07 21:11:10 _____________________________________________________
abcakl ::: Favorites Hey man, just I'm just a Betalemaniac tryin' to do his job. Im glad if my knowledge is to any help. Keep on the way you do, Paul rocks and you too. 07-08-07 21:15:45 _____________________________________________________
maccasongarethebest ::: Favorites same here man just a paulmaniac i believe he was the one to carry on in times of beatles trouble being the optimistic of the band, well take care and long live sir james paul mccartney!!! 07-08-07 21:19:53 _____________________________________________________
tweezy99 ::: Favorites Hey man, Excellent job on the sound and video transitions. They were for the most part very smooth. I know it's hard because all of the sound clips sound very different. Great video! 07-08-13 02:44:52 _____________________________________________________
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delise54 ::: Favorites Fabulous job!!! 07-08-14 12:08:02 _____________________________________________________
ElVirtual2007 ::: Favorites Thank you. 07-08-14 12:27:03 _____________________________________________________
86giants ::: Favorites you should have played george's solo, its kick ass 07-08-15 13:58:58 _____________________________________________________
ElVirtual2007 ::: Favorites The only George solo i like is the one in the Let it be album, very heavy, not the others wich i think are too slow or mellow, if you know what i mean. And that George solo is not taped, so... what more can i say, i like the kampuchea solo as well as the others. Keep on rocking. 07-08-15 16:24:21 _____________________________________________________