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    The Number Ones: The Beatles' "Let It Be"

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    • jimmix
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      The Number Ones: The Beatles' "Let It Be"

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      • Bruce M.
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        This relatively detailed history of the song totally misses the fact that the version released as a single was not the Spectorized version that appeared later on the album. I clung to my copy of the 45 for years because I always liked it better (alas, it eventually met an unfortunate accident).

        In any case, Let It Be remains my favorite song ever.

        "The only true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it."

        \--Mark Twain

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        • Nancy R
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          Bruce M. wrote:

          This relatively detailed history of the song totally misses the fact that the version released as a single was not the Spectorized version that appeared later on the album. I clung to my copy of the 45 for years because I always liked it better (alas, it eventually met an unfortunate accident).

          In any case, Let It Be remains my favorite song ever.

          That’s too bad you don’t still have it (I have mine and about wore it out!) Did you get the CD  of Let It Be...Naked?

          Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

          GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

          Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

          FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

          Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

          Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

          Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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          • toris
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            I love both versions of this song. It's such a brilliant song, it could even have survived 'a rap interlude'. It's a magnificent song. Still sends shivers up my spine.

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            • toris
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              The Long and Winding Road is the one Phil Spector truly got hold of. I still love it. I love both versions. Another brilliant song.... and then Paul mixed it up further with his Broad Street version. If anything, that was the stranger one. But I love that too. A great song. It could survive anything. And the Broad Street version was the most over-produced.

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              • Bruce M.
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                Nancy R wrote:

                Bruce M. wrote:

                This relatively detailed history of the song totally misses the fact that the version released as a single was not the Spectorized version that appeared later on the album. I clung to my copy of the 45 for years because I always liked it better (alas, it eventually met an unfortunate accident).

                In any case, Let It Be remains my favorite song ever.

                That’s too bad you don’t still have it (I have mine and about wore it out!) Did you get the CD  of Let It Be...Naked?

                Yes, I have "Naked" but that's not the same version that was released as a single. It's close, but perhaps a different take (I'm sure there are Beatles geeks out there who have sorted out all these details, but I've never bothered to hunt for them).

                "The only true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it."

                \--Mark Twain

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                • Nancy R
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                  Bruce M. wrote:

                  Nancy R wrote:

                  Bruce M. wrote:

                  This relatively detailed history of the song totally misses the fact that the version released as a single was not the Spectorized version that appeared later on the album. I clung to my copy of the 45 for years because I always liked it better (alas, it eventually met an unfortunate accident).

                  In any case, Let It Be remains my favorite song ever.

                  That’s too bad you don’t still have it (I have mine and about wore it out!) Did you get the CD  of Let It Be...Naked?

                  Yes, I have "Naked" but that's not the same version that was released as a single. It's close, but perhaps a different take (I'm sure there are Beatles geeks out there who have sorted out all these details, but I've never bothered to hunt for them).

                  I know it is not the same as the single, but I just wondered if you liked it. It may just be the album version without all the Phil Spectorizing. I haven’t listened to it in ages - need to!

                  Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

                  GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

                  Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

                  FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

                  Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

                  Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

                  Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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