the beatles let it be album download zip

However, that final version of the album was also ultimately rejected for release.

So, I thought I would put up something representing the original Get Back album concept, but which version As I went back through all my Get Back sessions-related recordings, with all the different versions and recordings, I realized that it had became very confusing sorting out just what was what.

So, what I am presenting here hopefully will help clarify a little just what the deal is with all the various (released and unreleased) versions of Get Back, and its subsequent counterpart, the Let It Be albums.

So, The Beatles would get back to their roots and develop and record their next album live, as a full group, with no overdubs or recording gimmicks, and the songs would grow directly out of the rehearsal sessions, and be presented warts and all, and this process would be documented as both a film and album, and hopefully (for Paul, at least), an actual live show or tour, and would be called Get Back.

Great, right Well, as we all know, things didnt go so well right from the start, with rehearsals beginning on January 2, 1969.

Since the rehearsals were to be filmed, it was decided to conduct the initial sessions in the Twickenham film studios, which, as it turned out, no one liked, as the large soundstage was cold and cavernous.

The bickering and acrimony among the group returned as soon as rehearsals started, and the rehearsals were rough and ragged.

After several days and tempers flaring, George walked out, leaving the group for a week before being talked into coming back.

As for the live shows, the rest of the Beatles (particularly George) were not at all keen on performing live, so that aspect was dropped, but at the end of the sessions, it was eventually decided to do an impromptu filmed concert on the Apple rooftop (which, as we know, was halted partway through by police for noise and disruption complaints).

After the Get Back sessions and concert were concluded on January 31, The Beatles themselves were fed-up and not happy with the whole thing, and just lost interest in the project, and moved on to other things (actually started working on songs for Abbey Road almost right away).

Producer Glyn Johns was brought in to work on the recordings, but was not really given any direction or cooperation from The Beatles.

After working through some early rough mixes of several songs, Johns had an acetate made (March 10, 1969) of his mixes to distribute to and get feedback from The Beatles.

This acetate version was never intended for release, but was a work in progress of what he had done so far.

A few days later he pressed another acetate of primarily Rock n Roll oldies from the sessions, as well as different takes of Let it Be and Ive Got a Feeling.

He continued working on the tapes, including leaving or editing in rehearsal background noise, song fragments, and studio chatter to enhance the rehearsal atmosphere of the recordings, and on May 28 produced what he considered to be the finished version of the Get Back album (known as the original or 1st version).

A cover shoot was done, recreating the photo from their first album ( Please Please Me ), but then the album release was delayed and put on hold (reasons cited included delays with the Film version, but the real reason was probably that The Beatles were just not that happy with the album).

By late August, The Beatles were putting the finishing touches on Abbey Road and were eager to release that instead, so Get Back was shelved indefinitely.

By the end of the year, as plans for release of the film were firming up, they went back to Johns to revive the project again, but this time with the added instruction that the songs on the album needed to correspond with what was shown in the film.

So, Teddy Boy was dropped (not in film, and Paul had already re-recorded the song for his upcoming solo album), and I Me Mine and Across the Universe were added to the album.

Unfortunately, they had no complete multi-track recordings of either of these songs from the January sessions.

So, in early January, a new recording of I Me Mine was made specifically for the album (the earlier, original 1968 recording of Across the Universe was used).

In addition, new overdubs for Let It Be (another new guitar solo, background vocals, drums, and brass added) were also recorded at that time (1470 - which was the last ever Beatles recording session, with only Paul, George, and Ringo present - John was away on vacation in Denmark, and had little interest at this point), but this new overdubbed version was not used by Glyn Johns for Get Back (but was used by Phil Spector for the Let It Be album).

Thus, in January, 1970, Johns completed his final version (sometimes referred to as 2nd version) of the Get Back Album (which was very similar to the 1st version - same overall order and mixes), with changes being the 2 added and 1 dropped songs, and Let it Be moved from the 13th track to the 8th track (2 new songs added as tracks 14 and 15).

The Beatles Let It Be Album Download Zip