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Let It Be (Remastered) | 
| Artist: The Beatles
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $9.10
as of 11/20/2009 07:39 CST details
You Save: $9.88 (52%)
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Seller: megahitrecords
Rating:  406 reviews
Sales Rank: 166
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.2
UPC: 094638247227
EAN: 0094638247227
ASIN: B0025KVLV0
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Two Of Us | | • | Dig A Pony | | • | Across The Universe | | • | I Me Mine | | • | Dig It | | • | Let It Be | | • | Maggie Mae | | • | I've Got A Feeling | | • | One After 909 | | • | The Long And Winding Road | | • | For You Blue | | • | Get Back | | • | Let It Be Documentary |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Sloppy in conception, and even sometimes in the playing, Let It Be often gets a bad rap. Unfairly, as it's often as charming, well written, and (oh yeah) rocking as the Beatles' "better" albums; it's also more outright fun than Abbey Road, the masterpiece it followed into the stores. With Lennon and McCartney working together on the perfect "I've Got a Feeling," "Two of Us," and "Dig a Pony," it's hard to believe these guys were about to implode. --Rickey Wright
Product Description
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release.
Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. The newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
Album Description
Digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic 1970 album from The Beatles featuring 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Across The Universe', 'Let It Be', 'Get Back' and many more. The album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. Within the CD's new packaging, the booklet includes detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. A newly produced mini-documentary on the making of the album is included as a QuickTime file on each album. The documentary contains archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere. Capitol. NOTE: Let It Be was never released in mono and is not available in The Beatles In Mono boxset.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 long time beatle fan November 16, 2009
Dennis Wilmoth (akron, oh)
This has always been one of my favorite cds. Being remastered just means it sounds even better.
 The Beatles implode. November 10, 2009
Joseph M. Perorazio (Columbus, OH USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are moments of greatness here, to be sure. And times when the band sounds like they are actually having fun. And sadly, of course, there is Phil Spector's smothering production, from the sappy strings and choir on Paul's gentle "Long and Winding Road", to his knob-twiddling distortion of John's vocal on "Across the Universe." Spector of course was given the unenviable task of plowing through the miles of session tapes from the aborted 'Get Back' album, and he should at least be credited for assembling a halfway coherent album. Although it is essential listening for Beatles fans, 'Let It Be' is by and large a downer, a document of a great rock band disintegrating from within.
Beatles: "Let It Be" remastered November 10, 2009
A. Raino Trifonoff (St. Louis)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are expecting this to sound like the Beatles have (in some cases risen from the grave) reunited, and re-recorded this album in Dolby Digital 7.1, fogetaboutit...but if you have a good system, a keen ear and are a Beatles fan, you will appreciate the magic that was performed on this 40 year old recording.
Remastered audio, yes - mini-doc, no October 25, 2009
Brendan Chenowith (Chicago, Illinois)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I think the remastered audio sounds top-notch, I was disappointed in the mini-documentary and was glad that I didn't get the stereo box for the DVD, because these docs aren't really much. With Let It Be, I was expecting to hear the bitchy stories that we all know and love. I think the harshest thing said in this doc was that Twickenham was too cold and that Apple made for a nicer atmosphere. Then there was a comment from Paul about the Spector mix, but it didn't get any further than mentioning Glyn Johns' mix wasn't up to par and that Spector was brought in. Just enjoy the album, as it is very enjoyable, but don't expect much from the mini-doc, or from any of the mini-docs, for that matter.
When they're hot, they're hot. When they're not, they're not. October 20, 2009
H. Jin (Melbourne, Australia)
I won't repeat the details of how difficult the Get Back sessions were, that's been done elsewhere. Suffice to say, 'Let It Be' is one of the weaker Beatles albums, for a combination of reasons. Obviously, the the personal and creative tensions in the band and the album's convoluted genesis play a part. But I also think the attempt to create a very raw, back-to-basics album means some songs are less polished, even unfinished, compared to The Beatles' best work. While there are some standout tracks, there is also a fair share of directionless filler.
Clearly, the two standout tracks were the McCartney compositions 'Get Back' and the title track. The former is one of their best rockers, the latter a great ballad. These two songs stand with The Beatles' very best work. The folky opener 'Two Of Us' and the raw 'I've Got A Feeling' find Lennon and McCartney collaborating closely (interesting, considering the two were composing almost entirely alone by this time), and Harrison's 'I Me Mine' seems to look forward to his masterpiece 'All Things Must Pass'.
Unfortunately, the rest of the album seems to showcase the unfocussed, unproductive nature of the Get Back sessions. 'Dig It' and 'Maggie Mae' are throwaways, the bluesy 'For You Blue' is slight, 'Dig A Pony' is just okay, and 'The Long And Winding Road' is completely ruined by layers of syrupy schmaltz (added without McCartney's knowledge). The fact that they were forced to dust off Lennon's 'Across The Universe' from 1968, and one of their earliest songs 'One After 909' to fill out the album shows how poor the sessions must have been. Oddly, 'Don't Let Me Down' is left off, although it appears on 'Naked'. Considering that was one of the best songs from the sessions, that was a big mistake.
So when The Beatles can pull it together, they prove they've still got it. Despite all the problems they faced, they were still able to craft some great music. But the reality is that the Get Back project was mostly a directionless mess, and the album can't really hide that fact, no matter how hard it tries.
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