‘I’m just so high when I get in at night’ John tells the others. Munching toast together, all four chat enthusiastically about playing live in the studio. The film sound rolls recorded at Apple (after their decision to move back to their studio there) disclose how much the atmosphere of the sessions had improved.
It is the Twickenham Film Studios sessions that have characterised the whole Let It Be project as an unhappy one both in the minds of The Beatles themselves and anyone who saw the documentary footage in the movie. However, amidst the turmoil of the band’s breakup, the album was re-produced by Phil Spector before its 1970 release and it did not represent the raw and unadorned set The Beatles had in mind. Thirdly, as the climax of the project was a return to live performance, no studio effects or overdubbing of voices and instruments would be allowed at any time.Īs usual, George Martin would be the supervising producer but - as he recalls - he had been instructed by John that ‘none of your production rubbish!' was needed. A second innovative approach was added when it was decided to film the rehearsals allowing viewers to trace the development of each song from its first rough run through to the final polished version. First, abandoning the easier path, they opted to learn a completely new batch of songs for the televised concert. Let It Be evolved from an original plan to make a television show featuring the group playing tracks from the recent ‘White Album.’ That idea changed in three ways.
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Let It Be… Naked is the stripped-down, return-to-live-takes album that The Beatles originally aimed to create, free of vocal and instrumental overdubs or added effects. No studio effects or overdubbing of voices or instruments would be allowed - just the bare necessities of the band. When The Beatles first set out to make Let It Be in 1969, they intended to record an album that would be a return to live performance.