Anything by Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell or Blind Melon! Also, thank you for creating these videos. As a musician and listener, this stuff is great!
Of course I can appreciate what the original was but I know what you mean. It’s REALLY apparent on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. I would love to hear that album like they did Let it Be (Naked) if at all possible.
Thank you to Warren and the team and Produce Like A Pro for this opportunity to share my work with the community. Warren has been a great supporter of my work from the start and it's always so much fun to talk with him about the music and techniques used to produce classic pop and rock of the 60s, 70s and beyond. Dig it!
Please feel free to review every single one of The Beatles' albums just like this. I'll never ever get enough of The Beatles....good job mate and thanks for doing this!
I own all of Jerry’s books on the Beatles recording sessions. For a band that so much has been written about already, I was blown away with how much insight and attention to detail that Jerry brings to my favorite subject. It is this attention to detail why Warren included Jerry in this awesome series for PLAP.
Mick Jagger was asked by a reporter: "What was it like battling with the Beatles for first place?" To which Mick replies: " First place? Are you kidding? The Beatles were so far ahead of everybody, we were battling for second place with the Who & the Kinks!"
Well that’s not a true quote is it. He would not of said that especially as it so very wrong. The who and the kinks were not on the same level of fame as the Rolling Stones and they hadn’t even made it America for a long while after the Rolling Stones.
Let it be Naked was apparently a public attempt of the remaining Beatles to distance themselves from Phil Spector whose reputation was dwindling at the time.
The one major problem for me with Naked is Let It Be. They took out the amazing solo from the album version and the tom drums in the last verse. Never got that.
@@stitchgrimly6167 the solo from album version is one of the best guitar solos from The Beatles with a blistering tone that matched Hendrix, Clapton, or Page. It's kind of a shame that the single version with to my ears a much more pedestrian solo gets the bulk of the radio play.
Paul has always said very clearly that he did *not* approve Spector's mix of 'The Long and Winding Road', and that by the time he heard it the timing of things meant that it was too late to remix it for the album. And it should also be noted that the final version of the 'Let It Be' film was not down to director Michael Lindsay-Hogg: rather, Allen Klein (who was representing John, George and Ringo as their manager) decreed that the footage should only include The Beatles, which must have influenced the feel of the film.
I got the “Naked” version as a gift for Christmas when it came out, so glad it was released, can’t wait for the Peter Jackson film of all the footage from the studio. Great interview with Jerry, thanks Warren.
Every Beatles album is so good that I'm never surprised at someone's answer to their best or favorite. I love this album, but Abbey Road is tops for me.
This is why CZcams is so great. You never get content like this in mainstream media. It's stuff like this that is so riveting and provides an intensely historical and expert view into how art is created.
Love, love this alternative version of the album: Let It Be... Naked is an alternative mix of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be, released on 17 November 2003 by Apple Records. The project was initiated by Paul McCartney, who felt that the original album's producer, Phil Spector, did not capture the group's intended stripped-down aesthetic. I especially love the de-Spectorized version of The Long and Winding Road. A must for any Beatles fan!
I think, even though Let It Be Naked started with a noble motive, it falls a bit flat for me. The mixes seem lifeless. There are some horrible editing choices. They try to mimic Spector on I Me Mine, but goofed it up. They frankensteined two takes of I've Got A Feeling. I like the original The Long And Winding Road and it's nice to have that version, but let's face it, Spector turned that into a #1 hit. The original Let It Be album is perfect really.
The only good thing about Let It Be... Naked is the inclusion of Don’t Let Me Down, otherwise it’s flat and lifeless. A ‘live’ concept album with no live elements. The epic The Long And Winding Road turned into just a nice piano ballad...
ABSOLUTELY! That version of the Long and Winding Road is UPBEAT and faster. It is more like the way he played it in concert during Wings Over America. My first FULL concert from start to finish.
Thank you. That was endlessly informative and entertaining. I love Let It Be, the album, just love it. Let It Be, the song has given me peace and comfort during troubled times for years. A go to song to remind me that everything is going to be ok. I always thought the Let It Be album gave rise and inspiration to a million garage bands. Such great songs and musicianship, that told everybody that you too can do this. A great and under appreciated album. Thank you.
I'm amazed with the quality of this video. I remember, at some point in my life, I would listen to this album every day when I was back from school in my early teens. This video is packed with information that we'd never get from a TV documentary! Subscribed today, avidly. FWIW, I landed here through the "In The Mix" channel.
don't forget the important echo on Ringo's hi hat at the start of the album version and then the amazing lead guitar solo so much better than the 45 version.
I have the "Let It Be ...Naked" cds. PLUS...perspective. What were they, 26 or 27 years old, and had gone through the beatlemania horseshit and still remained creative. We forget how young they were, and the changes "pop" music and studio technology had gone through in such a short number of years. Amazing, when you put Perspective on things. We take it for granted.
I love the Beatles. It’s amazing how this album is less loved than other albums and it has Let it Be and Long and Winding Road and Get Back on it. Modern days this would be a multi million seller.
There was a story that George gave his Gibson acoustic (pictured at 21.16) to Bob Dylan and that the guitar is the one that Dylan is holding the guitar on the front of his 'Nashville Skyline' album. I would say that George's songwriting started to come into its own on 'Revolver', with 'Taxman', 'I Want to Tell You', and 'Love You To'. The latter features an incredibly mature and economical presentation of a Hindstani Classical Music Khyal form - very clever.
It just goes to show that things don't always have to workout the way you plan to workout beautifully. I've learned a ton about the process that I didn't expect. Thank you again, Warren. And Thank you, Jerry Hammack, for bringing such fascinating information to us all.
Please, Warren - can you consider Talk Talk's 'Spirit of Eden'? Phill Brown's excellent biography - 'Are We Still Rolling?' (edited by the wonderful Larry Crane) covers some of the legendary and completely unique recording sessions at Wessex, but some more insight would just be beyond marvellous. I guarantee it would mean so much to so, so many people. It would be immense if you could do 'Spirit of Eden', if I could help in any way here in England, I'd be happy to travel and help in any way logistically or organising or just do some leg work if Phill Brown, Paul Webb (or even the more elusive Lee Harris) would be interested.
I had the good fortune as a 2 year old to scratch my uncle's vinyl of Abbey Road. My mum had to replace it, I had the old copy and became a Beatles fan forever. It was years later until I heard the Let It Be album.
What a journey to listen to all the tidbits of information, some known, some not known. There was just such a magic with everything the Beatles did, it's no wonder we are still talking about them, and listening to their music.
If you can't i.d. which bass Paul used then that's a testament to the strength of his playing style (and probably flatwound strings as well heh). It doesn't matter which bass he plays; it just sounds like Paul. Great video btw. I'm still amazed The Rutles never sued these guys though 😁
What a great review and recollection by Jerry Hammack, of the Beatles Let it Be recording sessions. This brings an entirely new appreciation to this epic album by the Beatles, for anyone who has the time to listen to this nearly hour long interview. His meticulous research and historical documentation of all the instrumentation, separate takes, and the sentiments of each Beatles use of musical instruments, as to the details of how they composed and recorded each number is especially enjoyable to hear. The relevant rare photographs mated to the narrative is also quite enjoyable to see. I also took note of Mr Hammack's expressing about the producer-director Peter Jackson working on the new Beatles Get Back movie. Thank you for posting this.
If anyone hasn’t, I highly recommend “Let It Be... Naked”. Getting Back to basics, the way it should’ve been. Also can’t wait for The Beatles: Get Back film/book 2021👌🏼
it contains a ton of spectors edits and a few of his and martins overdubs, its not back to basics at all, its maccas ego trip and h e cuts as much john as he can
A much more interesting fun fact was that Paul McCartney wrote this song ...edit: I'm incorrect , was thinking of something John said about recording the song 🙄
@@mightyheights7331 No, the last time all four were in the studio together was on August 20, 1969. At the final mixing date on August 21 at least one or two Beatles were missing. On Aug.22 there was the final photo session at Tittenhurst Park - later used for the LP "Hey Jude". (Happiness ... was a year earlier)
I completely agree with this. I think it's tragic that The Beatles never gave that song the love and respect it deserved. The Anthology version is the closest we'll ever get to that.
At age 7, I was lucky enough to get a free garbage-picked copy of the Capitol US “Rubber Soul” from my parents’ friends’ sons & started picking songs off it to play on the accordion. At 12, I’d made the [very sensible] switch to guitar and bought a $1.99 cutout copy of “Let it Be”, basically the bargain of all time. And more great songs to learn! It was Paul’s & John’s harmony singing, the guitar playing and the FUN it sounded like they were having that inspired my friends & I to get a band together so WE could have fun like that. Turns out my life in music was already a done deal. Jerry, thanks for the hard work you’ve obviously done gathering all this detail, and thanks to you & Warren for presenting it all so well.
I totally concur. I love me some "Let It Be". While it's hard to pick a favorite album with the Beatles, I guess by default this one is mine since I've definitely listened to it from beginning to end more than any other. It was the first Beatles CD I bought when the 2009 reissues came out, as I had long worn out my vinyl copy years earlier. Don't tell anybody I told ya, but over a dozen years ago, I got my greedy hands on a bootleg audio copy of the rooftop concert. 😉 I find it interesting that they performed "I've Got A Feeling" and "Don't Let Me Down" twice, and "Get Back" thrice. Around the same time, I also got my greedy hands on a copy of the entire "Dig It" jam. I really dig it. "This time you're really gonna get it good!" Oh, and back in '18, I got picked as a winner during your live interview with Jerry, and won Vol. 2 of his TBRRM series. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there, and real insight into how they made records back in the '60s. I really need to pick up the other volumes and complete the collection.
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 I totally hear you and your right but I was referring to Lennon being musically more sophisticated rather than love of them. I love both in equal measures as the greatest song writers in history. I think Paul wrote Eleanor Rigby at the age of 21 and in 1967 wrote what I would say is the most musically sophisticated Beatles song ever written "She's Leaving Home" Again really great video from you both but I disagree :)
McCartney, musicianship wise, was the best out of the three Beatles, (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison). On the bass guitar he was better than Lennon at the guitar (actually he is a genius on the bass guitar, not so much sure about Lennon on the guitar) , as a lead guitar player he also was better than both Lennon and Harrison (McCartney played some of the best and most sophisticated guitar solos in the whole Beatles repertoire, like for example the one on Taxman which is absolutely genius and original, on Good Morning, Good Morning, on The End etc.), McCartney was responsible for some of the most complex and advanced arrangements in the whole catalogue of Beatles songs, even responsible for some of John Lennon's songs arrangements within the Beatles catalogue. In fact McCartney was way before Lennon into the avantgarde and not like some people believe Lennon was. It was McCartney who taught the other Beatles how to make tape loops in general and for Tomorrow Never Knows, he played the Mellotron on Strawberry Fields Forever, it was mainly his idea to use the Orchestral crescendo on A Day In The Life etc. As a matter of fact, once Lennon complained how McCartney tended to make some arrangements for certain Lennon's songs, too complex and experimental. Overall McCartney was in better terms with George Martin when it comes to music production, because he knew better than the other Beatles, how production more or less works and also and also knew better about more technical music stuff than the others, well at least at the times of the Beatles he was. Basically he had a more common language with Martin about production stuff. And then, correct me if I am wrong, but McCartney can play more instrument s than the rest the rest of the Beatles and was arguably better technically Wise on the same instruments that the other played. So yeah, McCartney is still very underrated compared to Lennon, but that has probably more to do with the fact that Lennon was the autor of some of the most complex songs within the Beatles' repertoire, but in order to make some of his songs more complex and sophisticated, he needed McCartney's help. P. S. Now I am not so much sure whether after the Beatles disbanded, McCartney was a better Lead Guitarists than Harrison, cuz after the Beatles, Harrison got even better on the guitar, especially better as the Slide Guitar, which he has gradually mastered
Thanks ever so much Bruce! Yes, at times not has felt that the deafening roar of the established opinion has made it difficult to appreciate a wonderful album!
I’m very much looking forward to a break down of the song Who Are You with you Warren. This was such a well put together song and mix. Everything fit together so well and the song was arranged where nothing ever got in the way of another part. There is so much air and amazing imagery that exists in this production. The Bass sounds Amazing! The drums are never in conflict. I’ll let you comment further, I’m only stating the obvious.
An interesting sonic feature of 'Let It Be' (the track) is that there is so much compression on it that the pulsing caused by the compression adds several 'beats'/instances of Ringo's hi hat to the sound (listen to the 'Let It Be Naked' album version of the track to hear the song without that effect).
Again a fantastic video. So great to listen to people who know what they’re talking about and love it so much. I was slightly surprised that there was no mention of the naked version of the album? Thanks again for all you generously give.
Hi Bees! I just wanted to talk about the album that had its 50th Anniversary that so many of grew up on! Maybe in the future we can do the ‘Naked’ version
The craziest thing no one mentions about Let It Be is that they gave themselves THREE AND A HALF WEEKS to write and record an album and conceive and execute some kind of concert finale, all while being filmed in a foreign work environment under hot lights and at a time when they couldn't agree on anything. They should have had at least three months. Nowadays it would take a year and half.
Really enjoyed this, I listened to each track in my studio one by one as you guys went through the album. Thanks Warren and Jerry for such great content!
"Overproduced" by Phil Spector.... Fantastic video! I would love to learn more about Beggars Banquet - Stones...The Band (second Brown album) by THE BAND, WHO'S NEXT by The Who....love this idea for videos.
Haha, I’m a huge fan, however I don’t know everything! Maybe I just have the time for the research? That why I love being able to talk to Jerry about this!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 it was very insightful about one of my favrouite albums, id love to hear yous break down more beatles albums! Thanks again man!
There never be a better band then The Beatles. I love this album (and all their albums) Great show. I actually like the Spector version best. Thanx for the explanations.
Really enjoyed this one. Great knowledge and thoroughly interesting. Beatles really continue to fascinate me. The creativity and innovation they had is really unmatched until this day.
I agree that listening to the bootlegged Nagra reels gives you a different perspective on the sessions than watching the Let It Be film. There’s a guy here on YT who’s cleaned up a lot of the Nagra audio and uncovered some real gems, such as an early up-tempo version of Get Back with Lennon & McCartney singing unison lead. Lennon in particular sounds really into the song.
This is a great insight Warren and breakdown with who did what so fabulously explained. Convinced John just went with the emerging flow regardless of the time signatures and, the differing chord changes on Across The Universe probably worked in if they appeared when writing and put in, as say a producer might like a delay tail on a verse line. Weaving paper through the piano strings an absolute gem. Go Johnny go and I hope we parrr....ssed the audition. All those little bits help make it all sound live. My fave song to sing Don’t Let Me Down and yes the classic Lennon missing out lyrics despite Paul’s nudges live, as in Help but, the fixes later really catapult this song. Beautiful and what a great follow up to the RS124 re;ease and forthcoming Peter Jackson film of Let It Be magic no doubt. 100% Jerry x
I think McCartney only went back to the Hofner bass because the whole sessions were to be filmed and therefore were a visual picture of the band. I think he must have thought that it was more recognized as his Beatles instrument. I think he cared about the image of the Beatles. He was more of a marketing guy than the others were. He hadn’t used this bass since Rubber Soul and once again dropped it for Abbey Road. I think it’s the same reason he uses that bass in his concerts today just for the visual picture.
It's possible. May well be part of the "Get back" to basics concept too. The modified '61 Hofner did appear in the "Revolution" promo video - probably not on the actual studio recording though (which they are singing to in the video). Trying to wrack my mind, are there no other photos of it from '68, like from the White Album sessions?
I saw a recent interview with McCartney where he says that someone (I can't remember who) convinced him to go back to the Hofner because of its iconic look and he also commented that it doesn't weigh much (is it hollow like a violin?) so it is less tiring to hold it for a long concert (especially at his current age I guess that's extra important).
I find myself listening Let It Be Naked whenever I want to listen to the record - much more intimate sounding. Though I look forward to the remix and movie - waiting so long!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 I got book #5 - wow, the detail. I love the recording/overdub/bouncing diagrams. One question re: For You Blue - who is playing the chromatic bass line before the verses? Doesn't sound like piano, acoustic guitar or the lap slide guitar 🤔 EDIT: just watched some LIB footage - looks like down tuned acoustic by George.
I could listen to these stories for ever! I love this stuff. It is odd how much work it use to be with tape and such, yet they would spend the time for the sake of creativity. I was the same way, running tape backwards, cutting tape from different places to make a track and many other time consuming tasks to make a song. Makes me wonder why it seems so much rougher to do this stuff with computers... I typically intend to, but usually just don't... Other than the typical fix stuff... Interesting none the less.
Best video ever, yes I was thinking “I got a feeling” was live also. The only thing I didn’t hear was, why was Ringo’s drums are so compressed during the out-door concert?
Don't forget Lennon/ McCartney also made three albums with brass music, I have them here on vinyl. Very rare albums. I was born @ 66, so I grew up with these guys, The Beatles and Elvis Presley were hammered in my head, my dad was a DJ and always played louder than loud.
On Don't Let Me Down, Georges vocal had to be erased because John and George's vocals were on the same track. They only had 7, the 8th was for the film sync. Awesome vid, thanks so much!
Don't forget that George played the Fender Bass VI on 'Two Of Us', so there is a kind of bass part on there. And what amazing George guitar on the Rooftop version of 'One After 909' - I hope we finally get to see footage of him playing that solo in the upcoming film re-working the 'Let It Be' film and sessions.
Hahahahahahaha, compared to The Beatles. The Beach Boys were a joke. No idea why we have to have a yank telling us about our band. I never listened to any yank artists from 1963 to 1976 when i did enjoy Bob Dylan's Desire.
@@docgonzales he’s right about the beach boys comparison though. There a fun band fit for party compilations kind of albums. With jive bunny and so forth. If Wilson has the personality of a normal stuffy producer he’d be seen as more of a menace
Really enjoyed this show! I feel as though some remake-edits reference to modern "Naked Let it Be" should had been included as well. I learned so much!
Thanks for watching, Kevin - I try and stick with the work that was contemporary to The Beatles career in the studio. The "Naked" variations are a story in and of themselves!
Which other albums would you like to learn more about?
Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Anything by Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell or Blind Melon! Also, thank you for creating these videos. As a musician and listener, this stuff is great!
Londons Calling from The Clash!
Anything by Supertramp !
George Martin once commented that the credits should have said “Produced by George Martin, Over-produced by Phil Spector”
Haha thanks for that comment!!
Maybe it's cuz I'm a youngin at 22 years of age but I like the Phil Spector production, especially on Long and Winding Road
Thanks for watching, Gary!
@@ezrabrownstein3237 I personally love it all! Old, new, just give me the Beatles!
Of course I can appreciate what the original was but I know what you mean. It’s REALLY apparent on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. I would love to hear that album like they did Let it Be (Naked) if at all possible.
Thank you to Warren and the team and Produce Like A Pro for this opportunity to share my work with the community. Warren has been a great supporter of my work from the start and it's always so much fun to talk with him about the music and techniques used to produce classic pop and rock of the 60s, 70s and beyond. Dig it!
You Rock Jerry! Always amazing to have you here on the channel! You Rock!
Please feel free to review every single one of The Beatles' albums just like this. I'll never ever get enough of The Beatles....good job mate and thanks for doing this!
Thanks ever so much!! I really appreciate your kind words!!
Thanks, dreamsongs! I'm with you - never enough Beatles goodness!
Haha yes indeed Jerry!!
@@Producelikeapro Let's work our way back from here Warren. Next Abbey Road and back from there until we get to the 1st Album!!
I own all of Jerry’s books on the Beatles recording sessions. For a band that so much has been written about already, I was blown away with how much insight and attention to detail that Jerry brings to my favorite subject. It is this attention to detail why Warren included Jerry in this awesome series for PLAP.
Mick Jagger was asked by a reporter: "What was it like battling with the Beatles for first place?" To which Mick replies: " First place? Are you kidding? The Beatles were so far ahead of everybody, we were battling for second place with the Who & the Kinks!"
Well that’s not a true quote is it. He would not of said that especially as it so very wrong. The who and the kinks were not on the same level of fame as the Rolling Stones and they hadn’t even made it America for a long while after the Rolling Stones.
One of the big reasons I like LET IT BE NAKED is the inclusion of Don't Let Me Down....also prefer stripped down LONG AND WINDING ROAD...
Thanks for watching, 1rwjwith
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Yes, 'Don't Let Me Down' is one of my favourite songs!
Let it be Naked was apparently a public attempt of the remaining Beatles to distance themselves from Phil Spector whose reputation was dwindling at the time.
The one major problem for me with Naked is Let It Be. They took out the amazing solo from the album version and the tom drums in the last verse. Never got that.
@@stitchgrimly6167 the solo from album version is one of the best guitar solos from The Beatles with a blistering tone that matched Hendrix, Clapton, or Page. It's kind of a shame that the single version with to my ears a much more pedestrian solo gets the bulk of the radio play.
50 years later, and it is still as amazing as ever. An iconic album from the greatest!
Thanks for watching, RC32!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 My pleasure!
Agreed RC32!!
@@Producelikeapro Thank you!
I was extremely fortunate to have met Billy Preston at his Beatles Fest appearance in 2005, a year or so before he left us, what a guy!
Jerry Hammack is so knowledgeable. Really interesting listening to him.
Agreed! Thanks ever so much
Paul has always said very clearly that he did *not* approve Spector's mix of 'The Long and Winding Road', and that by the time he heard it the timing of things meant that it was too late to remix it for the album.
And it should also be noted that the final version of the 'Let It Be' film was not down to director Michael Lindsay-Hogg: rather, Allen Klein (who was representing John, George and Ringo as their manager) decreed that the footage should only include The Beatles, which must have influenced the feel of the film.
Fantastic info! I also am a huge fan of the album
I got the “Naked” version as a gift for Christmas when it came out, so glad it was released, can’t wait for the Peter Jackson film of all the footage from the studio. Great interview with Jerry, thanks Warren.
Very excited for the Peter Jackson film!
Listening to long and winding road gives me goosebumps
Thanks for watching, Redkaz430!
Yes, beautiful song!
Every Beatles album is so good that I'm never surprised at someone's answer to their best or favorite. I love this album, but Abbey Road is tops for me.
Thanks for watching, NeckCheese!
Yes, we love them all!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 agreed!
This is why CZcams is so great. You never get content like this in mainstream media. It's stuff like this that is so riveting and provides an intensely historical and expert view into how art is created.
Wow!! Thanks ever so much!!
I fully agree. I ditched my cable bundle a couple of years ago and wondered why on earth it took me so long.
Love, love this alternative version of the album: Let It Be... Naked is an alternative mix of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be, released on 17 November 2003 by Apple Records. The project was initiated by Paul McCartney, who felt that the original album's producer, Phil Spector, did not capture the group's intended stripped-down aesthetic. I especially love the de-Spectorized version of The Long and Winding Road. A must for any Beatles fan!
Thanks for watching Billy S!
I think, even though Let It Be Naked started with a noble motive, it falls a bit flat for me. The mixes seem lifeless. There are some horrible editing choices. They try to mimic Spector on I Me Mine, but goofed it up. They frankensteined two takes of I've Got A Feeling.
I like the original The Long And Winding Road and it's nice to have that version, but let's face it, Spector turned that into a #1 hit.
The original Let It Be album is perfect really.
The only good thing about Let It Be... Naked is the inclusion of Don’t Let Me Down, otherwise it’s flat and lifeless. A ‘live’ concept album with no live elements. The epic The Long And Winding Road turned into just a nice piano ballad...
ABSOLUTELY! That version of the Long and Winding Road is UPBEAT and faster. It is more like the way he played it in concert during Wings Over America. My first FULL concert from start to finish.
Thank you. That was endlessly informative and entertaining. I love Let It Be, the album, just love it. Let It Be, the song has given me peace and comfort during troubled times for years. A go to song to remind me that everything is going to be ok. I always thought the Let It Be album gave rise and inspiration to a million garage bands. Such great songs and musicianship, that told everybody that you too can do this. A great and under appreciated album. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, Michael!
Thanks ever so much for sharing Michael! You Rock!!
I'm amazed with the quality of this video. I remember, at some point in my life, I would listen to this album every day when I was back from school in my early teens. This video is packed with information that we'd never get from a TV documentary! Subscribed today, avidly.
FWIW, I landed here through the "In The Mix" channel.
Wow! Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
don't forget the important echo on Ringo's hi hat at the start of the album version and then the amazing lead guitar solo so much better than the 45 version.
Thanks for watching, 999beat. Yes the album and single versions of Let It Be are VERY different!
Thanks ever so much 999beat!
Imagine releasing this album, ten years into your career! The song writing is peerless.
Thanks for watching, Andrew!
Thanks for the great comment Andrew!
I have the "Let It Be ...Naked" cds. PLUS...perspective. What were they, 26 or 27 years old, and had gone through the beatlemania horseshit and still remained creative. We forget how young they were, and the changes "pop" music and studio technology had gone through in such a short number of years. Amazing, when you put Perspective on things. We take it for granted.
great perspective Terry!
In the movie, for "Dig It", John was playing the Fender VI bass, Paul was on piano.
Absolutely right Dave, my comments we're about an earlier take! Sorry for the confusion. THanks for watching and caring!
I love the Beatles. It’s amazing how this album is less loved than other albums and it has Let it Be and Long and Winding Road and Get Back on it. Modern days this would be a multi million seller.
When your least loved album is still a classic and of the kind of quality we aspire to is a remarkable achievement for any band.
There was a story that George gave his Gibson acoustic (pictured at 21.16) to Bob Dylan and that the guitar is the one that Dylan is holding the guitar on the front of his 'Nashville Skyline' album.
I would say that George's songwriting started to come into its own on 'Revolver', with 'Taxman', 'I Want to Tell You', and 'Love You To'. The latter features an incredibly mature and economical presentation of a Hindstani Classical Music Khyal form - very clever.
Cool story! Thanks ever so much for sharing
It just goes to show that things don't always have to workout the way you plan to workout beautifully. I've learned a ton about the process that I didn't expect. Thank you again, Warren. And Thank you, Jerry Hammack, for bringing such fascinating information to us all.
Glad you got something from it, Bobby! Thanks for watching!
I love hearing all that went into such a classic recording! Thanks for sharing Warren!
Thanks for watching, Tom C!
Really like these Beatles breakdowns. Jerry’s info is top notch. Great stuff! 🎼🎸🥁🎤🎼👍🏻
Thanks for watching, Ryan! Glad you enjoy them!
Thanks ever so much Ryan!
Please, Warren - can you consider Talk Talk's 'Spirit of Eden'? Phill Brown's excellent biography - 'Are We Still Rolling?' (edited by the wonderful Larry Crane) covers some of the legendary and completely unique recording sessions at Wessex, but some more insight would just be beyond marvellous. I guarantee it would mean so much to so, so many people. It would be immense if you could do 'Spirit of Eden', if I could help in any way here in England, I'd be happy to travel and help in any way logistically or organising or just do some leg work if Phill Brown, Paul Webb (or even the more elusive Lee Harris) would be interested.
A song by song breakdown with so much fun behind the scenes photos! It's awesome!
Thanks for watching,, Eric!
Thanks ever so much Eric! You Rock!!
I had the good fortune as a 2 year old to scratch my uncle's vinyl of Abbey Road. My mum had to replace it, I had the old copy and became a Beatles fan forever. It was years later until I heard the Let It Be album.
That's lucky and unlucky! Thanks for watching, galhadkeys!
One of my favourite albums too
Top shelf. This guy really knows his stuff when it comes to Let It Be.
Yes, agreed 100%!
@@Producelikeapro I'm glad I found your podcast. If you ever want to discuss Beach Boys, hit me up. ;)
thanks for the kind words and for watching, Alti2de!
What a journey to listen to all the tidbits of information, some known, some not known. There was just such a magic with everything the Beatles did, it's no wonder we are still talking about them, and listening to their music.
Thanks for watching, Geo!
If you can't i.d. which bass Paul used then that's a testament to the strength of his playing style (and probably flatwound strings as well heh). It doesn't matter which bass he plays; it just sounds like Paul.
Great video btw. I'm still amazed The Rutles never sued these guys though 😁
Thanks for watching, Dave!
What a great review and recollection by Jerry Hammack, of the Beatles Let it Be recording sessions.
This brings an entirely new appreciation to this epic album by the Beatles, for anyone who has the time to listen to this nearly hour long interview. His meticulous research and historical documentation of all the instrumentation, separate takes, and the sentiments of each Beatles use of musical instruments, as to the details of how they composed and recorded each number is especially enjoyable to hear. The relevant rare photographs mated to the narrative is also quite enjoyable to see.
I also took note of Mr Hammack's expressing about the producer-director Peter Jackson working on the new Beatles Get Back movie.
Thank you for posting this.
Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment! Yes, Jerry Rocks!!
If anyone hasn’t, I highly recommend “Let It Be... Naked”. Getting Back to basics, the way it should’ve been.
Also can’t wait for The Beatles: Get Back film/book 2021👌🏼
Absolutely! I love ALL things Beatles!!
it contains a ton of spectors edits and a few of his and martins overdubs, its not back to basics at all, its maccas ego trip and h
e cuts as much john as he can
one of my favorite albums of all time !!
Mine too!!
Thanks Warren, Christmas came early with this one! Really appreciate the research that when into putting this together, Jerry! Well done sir!
Thanks for watching, rbrown6214! I appreciate your kind words.
Fantastic show Warren & Jerry!, thanks so much! I grew up with this album and it still blows my mind, wonderful to hear how it all came together
Thanks for watching, Willem! It's fun to get under the hood with these songs!
Thanks for that interesting and revealing interview I'm sure all Beatles fans would have liked to be on those sessions
Thanks for watching Paul! Wouldn't that have been amazing, or boring? Or both?!
Hi Paul! Glad you enjoyed it! Yes! I would have loved to have been there!
Fun Fact - The last song all four Beatles worked on as a band was John Lennons " I Want You ( She's so Heavy )"
A much more interesting fun fact was that Paul McCartney wrote this song ...edit: I'm incorrect , was thinking of something John said about recording the song 🙄
@beatle pete my bad, I misremembered something John said about Paul during the recording of the song.
I remember reading that the last time that all of them were in a studio and working together was the doo wop part of happiness is a warm gun.
@@mightyheights7331 No, the last time all four were in the studio together was on August 20, 1969. At the final mixing date on August 21 at least one or two Beatles were missing. On Aug.22 there was the final photo session at Tittenhurst Park - later used for the LP "Hey Jude".
(Happiness ... was a year earlier)
The Beatles today? that’s amazing!! Thank you...
Thanks for watching, AlienOrchestraOfficial!
Cool video Warren, I love The Beatles, I’ve been doing a few Beatles covers lately, Let it Be being one of them. This is a great album.
Thanks for watching, Mark!
The Anthology version of The Long and Winding Road is my favourite.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
"The Wall" would be epic no doubt.
^^ This!!
"If don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"
The Wall?? Zzzzzz
@@chipgaasche4933 oh shut up
A truly amazing Album!!
Anthology Across The Universe is the definitive version.
I completely agree with this. I think it's tragic that The Beatles never gave that song the love and respect it deserved. The Anthology version is the closest we'll ever get to that.
This is outstanding. Thank you for the upload! Incredible interview..
Thanks ever so much
At age 7, I was lucky enough to get a free garbage-picked copy of the Capitol US “Rubber Soul” from my parents’ friends’ sons & started picking songs off it to play on the accordion. At 12, I’d made the [very sensible] switch to guitar and bought a $1.99 cutout copy of “Let it Be”, basically the bargain of all time. And more great songs to learn!
It was Paul’s & John’s harmony singing, the guitar playing and the FUN it sounded like they were having that inspired my friends & I to get a band together so WE could have fun like that. Turns out my life in music was already a done deal.
Jerry, thanks for the hard work you’ve obviously done gathering all this detail, and thanks to you & Warren for presenting it all so well.
Thanks for watching, Pete and for your kind words. It's a blast to share this stuff with you!
Thanks ever so much Pete for sharing your experiences!!
Thank you Mr. Hammack and Warren of course
Thanks for watching, Bops!
I totally concur. I love me some "Let It Be". While it's hard to pick a favorite album with the Beatles, I guess by default this one is mine since I've definitely listened to it from beginning to end more than any other. It was the first Beatles CD I bought when the 2009 reissues came out, as I had long worn out my vinyl copy years earlier.
Don't tell anybody I told ya, but over a dozen years ago, I got my greedy hands on a bootleg audio copy of the rooftop concert. 😉 I find it interesting that they performed "I've Got A Feeling" and "Don't Let Me Down" twice, and "Get Back" thrice. Around the same time, I also got my greedy hands on a copy of the entire "Dig It" jam. I really dig it. "This time you're really gonna get it good!"
Oh, and back in '18, I got picked as a winner during your live interview with Jerry, and won Vol. 2 of his TBRRM series. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there, and real insight into how they made records back in the '60s. I really need to pick up the other volumes and complete the collection.
Thanks for watching, Adam and I'm glad Volume 2 passed your audition!
Totally disagree that Lennon was more sophisticated than McCartney but great video. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
As I noted, I love Paul too. Sort of like trying to define what makes a PB and J sandwich good - the Pb? The J? Thanks for watching Robbie!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 I totally hear you and your right but I was referring to Lennon being musically more sophisticated rather than love of them. I love both in equal measures as the greatest song writers in history. I think Paul wrote Eleanor Rigby at the age of 21 and in 1967 wrote what I would say is the most musically sophisticated Beatles song ever written "She's Leaving Home" Again really great video from you both but I disagree :)
@@robbiemichaels2347 I understand. They are both sophisticated in their own way to be sure!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 Agreed. It's called genius - both of them :)
McCartney, musicianship wise, was the best out of the three Beatles, (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison). On the bass guitar he was better than Lennon at the guitar (actually he is a genius on the bass guitar, not so much sure about Lennon on the guitar) , as a lead guitar player he also was better than both Lennon and Harrison (McCartney played some of the best and most sophisticated guitar solos in the whole Beatles repertoire, like for example the one on Taxman which is absolutely genius and original, on Good Morning, Good Morning, on The End etc.), McCartney was responsible for some of the most complex and advanced arrangements in the whole catalogue of Beatles songs, even responsible for some of John Lennon's songs arrangements within the Beatles catalogue. In fact McCartney was way before Lennon into the avantgarde and not like some people believe Lennon was. It was McCartney who taught the other Beatles how to make tape loops in general and for Tomorrow Never Knows, he played the Mellotron on Strawberry Fields Forever, it was mainly his idea to use the Orchestral crescendo on A Day In The Life etc. As a matter of fact, once Lennon complained how McCartney tended to make some arrangements for certain Lennon's songs, too complex and experimental. Overall McCartney was in better terms with George Martin when it comes to music production, because he knew better than the other Beatles, how production more or less works and also and also knew better about more technical music stuff than the others, well at least at the times of the Beatles he was. Basically he had a more common language with Martin about production stuff. And then, correct me if I am wrong, but McCartney can play more instrument s than the rest the rest of the Beatles and was arguably better technically Wise on the same instruments that the other played. So yeah, McCartney is still very underrated compared to Lennon, but that has probably more to do with the fact that Lennon was the autor of some of the most complex songs within the Beatles' repertoire, but in order to make some of his songs more complex and sophisticated, he needed McCartney's help. P. S. Now I am not so much sure whether after the Beatles disbanded, McCartney was a better Lead Guitarists than Harrison, cuz after the Beatles, Harrison got even better on the guitar, especially better as the Slide Guitar, which he has gradually mastered
I agree with you brother..Let It Be is so organic varied and loose....It's a milestone...always has been in my top 3
Thanks ever so much! Yes, thoroughly loved this form the first time I heard it!
Thanks for watching, Lionheart!
Interesting musical trivia on the Bluthner pianos, they had an extra string (4 instead of 3) on each note of the upper octaves.
Interesting indeed! Maybe that's why Paul's piano-triplets in the treble register on "For You Blue" sound so great.
Thank you for giving permission to love this album
Thanks ever so much Bruce! Yes, at times not has felt that the deafening roar of the established opinion has made it difficult to appreciate a wonderful album!
No permission required, Bruce! It's such a cool album in its own unique way!
Agreed 100%!
The Who, Who Are You. The song Who are You is an amazing production.
Thanks ever so much! Agreed 100%!
I’m very much looking forward to a break down of the song Who Are You with you Warren. This was such a well put together song and mix. Everything fit together so well and the song was arranged where nothing ever got in the way of another part. There is so much air and amazing imagery that exists in this production. The Bass sounds Amazing! The drums are never in conflict. I’ll let you comment further, I’m only stating the obvious.
@@Producelikeapro I might add “Slip Kid” off The Who By Numbers
Sometime try to find the isolated track of Townshend BB King-ish guitar riffs throughout "Who Are You"; they're amazing.
An interesting sonic feature of 'Let It Be' (the track) is that there is so much compression on it that the pulsing caused by the compression adds several 'beats'/instances of Ringo's hi hat to the sound (listen to the 'Let It Be Naked' album version of the track to hear the song without that effect).
Spector's mix is very different for sure! Thanks for watching, drutgat2!
I believe that is a modulation effect called “delay”
Again a fantastic video. So great to listen to people who know what they’re talking about and love it so much. I was slightly surprised that there was no mention of the naked version of the album? Thanks again for all you generously give.
Thanks for watching, Bees of the Invisible!
Hi Bees! I just wanted to talk about the album that had its 50th Anniversary that so many of grew up on! Maybe in the future we can do the ‘Naked’ version
The craziest thing no one mentions about Let It Be is that they gave themselves THREE AND A HALF WEEKS to write and record an album and conceive and execute some kind of concert finale, all while being filmed in a foreign work environment under hot lights and at a time when they couldn't agree on anything. They should have had at least three months.
Nowadays it would take a year and half.
yeah instead it took a year and a half to finish it
Brilliantly insightful interview. Well done Warren.
Thanks for watching, Chris!
Thanks ever so much Chris!!
Wow. Incredible album and breakdown.
Thanks ever so much!!
Thank you Produce Like A Pro!
Thanks ever so much
Really enjoyed this, I listened to each track in my studio one by one as you guys went through the album. Thanks Warren and Jerry for such great content!
Wow! Thanks ever so much! That's an amazing idea!!
Thanks for watching, Mac! Glad you enjoyed the mni-breakdowns!
"Overproduced" by Phil Spector.... Fantastic video! I would love to learn more about Beggars Banquet - Stones...The Band (second Brown album) by THE BAND, WHO'S NEXT by The Who....love this idea for videos.
None of this in new information. Any Beatle fan has heard this many times. However, it is still good to hear it again.
Haha, I’m a huge fan, however I don’t know everything! Maybe I just have the time for the research? That why I love being able to talk to Jerry about this!
woo-hoo! Thank you Warren and Jerry! Amazing!
Thanks for watching, Sergio!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 thank you for the amazing manuals! No. 5 is just arrived, what a holiday gift!😉👏🏻
Thank you Jerry and Warren!
You're very welcome, Audrey!
This is the best video you've ever done, in my opinion
Thanks for watching and for the kind words, Mark!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 it was very insightful about one of my favrouite albums, id love to hear yous break down more beatles albums! Thanks again man!
Love this, Warren! One album that was a mainstay of my childhood through to today was Who's Next. If you know someone, wink wink nudge nudge!
Thanks for watching, Chris!
Thanks Jerry for the fantastic work you've done. It's priceless for us who really care about The Beatles studio technic as well.
Thanks for watching and your kind words, Sixstring!
There never be a better band then The Beatles. I love this album (and all their albums) Great show. I actually like the Spector version best. Thanx for the explanations.
Someone has probably already confirmed that the title of the WWF album was indeed "NO ONE'S GONNA CHANGE OUR WORLD" - spot on, well done!
Thank You Warren, this was truly a great video with Jerry. I truly learn a lot more than I knew.
Thanks ever so much Anthony!
Thanks for watching, Anthony! And for your kind words too!
You Rock Jerry!!
What an enjoyable hour, thank you so much
Thanks ever so much
Really enjoyed this one. Great knowledge and thoroughly interesting. Beatles really continue to fascinate me. The creativity and innovation they had is really unmatched until this day.
Thanks for watching, pipperoooo! It's hard to match them, but we have to keep trying!
Thanks ever so much Pipperoooo!
I agree that listening to the bootlegged Nagra reels gives you a different perspective on the sessions than watching the Let It Be film. There’s a guy here on YT who’s cleaned up a lot of the Nagra audio and uncovered some real gems, such as an early up-tempo version of Get Back with Lennon & McCartney singing unison lead. Lennon in particular sounds really into the song.
Thanks for watching, David - yes the Nagra reels are revelatory. Purple Chick's AB Road is a particularly complete collection.
Incredible breakdown...now, we need a "short" follow up to "Let It Be...Naked"
Thanks for watching, musicfreak21!
Great history lesson. Jerry knows his stuff. Enjoyable video.
Thanks ever so much
Thanks for watching and for the kind words, Eric!
This is a great insight Warren and breakdown with who did what so fabulously explained. Convinced John just went with the emerging flow regardless of the time signatures and, the differing chord changes on Across The Universe probably worked in if they appeared when writing and put in, as say a producer might like a delay tail on a verse line. Weaving paper through the piano strings an absolute gem. Go Johnny go and I hope we parrr....ssed the audition. All those little bits help make it all sound live. My fave song to sing Don’t Let Me Down and yes the classic Lennon missing out lyrics despite Paul’s nudges live, as in Help but, the fixes later really catapult this song. Beautiful and what a great follow up to the RS124 re;ease and forthcoming Peter Jackson film of Let It Be magic no doubt. 100% Jerry x
Thanks for watching, Andy!
I think McCartney only went back to the Hofner bass because the whole sessions were to be filmed and therefore were a visual picture of the band. I think he must have thought that it was more recognized as his Beatles instrument. I think he cared about the image of the Beatles. He was more of a marketing guy than the others were. He hadn’t used this bass since Rubber Soul and once again dropped it for Abbey Road. I think it’s the same reason he uses that bass in his concerts today just for the visual picture.
It's possible. May well be part of the "Get back" to basics concept too. The modified '61 Hofner did appear in the "Revolution" promo video - probably not on the actual studio recording though (which they are singing to in the video). Trying to wrack my mind, are there no other photos of it from '68, like from the White Album sessions?
I saw a recent interview with McCartney where he says that someone (I can't remember who) convinced him to go back to the Hofner because of its iconic look and he also commented that it doesn't weigh much (is it hollow like a violin?) so it is less tiring to hold it for a long concert (especially at his current age I guess that's extra important).
Damn! The content is on 🔥 🔥 🔥
Thanks for watching, Issac!
Thanks ever so much Issac!
I find myself listening Let It Be Naked whenever I want to listen to the record - much more intimate sounding. Though I look forward to the remix and movie - waiting so long!
Thanks for watching, jbognap!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 I'm going to get your books, starting with the last one 🙂
@@jbognap Thank you so much for your support of my work!
@@thebeatlesrecordingreferen8667 I got book #5 - wow, the detail. I love the recording/overdub/bouncing diagrams. One question re: For You Blue - who is playing the chromatic bass line before the verses? Doesn't sound like piano, acoustic guitar or the lap slide guitar 🤔 EDIT: just watched some LIB footage - looks like down tuned acoustic by George.
Hi Warren, Jerry, really fantastic content, thank you for all the great info, have a lovely day, all the best.
Thanks for watching, Darren!
Thank you!!! What a great trip through this album! One After 909 is still in our set list! HA!
...and why wouldn't it be?! Thanks for watching, Mark!
This is my favorite Beatles album!
I could listen to these stories for ever! I love this stuff. It is odd how much work it use to be with tape and such, yet they would spend the time for the sake of creativity. I was the same way, running tape backwards, cutting tape from different places to make a track and many other time consuming tasks to make a song. Makes me wonder why it seems so much rougher to do this stuff with computers... I typically intend to, but usually just don't... Other than the typical fix stuff... Interesting none the less.
Thanks for watching, Alex!
This was great, very illuminating. Thanks, guys!
Thanks ever so much
Its all about songwriting skills. One of the biggest albums, no doubt 🎯
Incredible songs indeed
McCartney asked to some changes to the Phil Spencer mix of The Long And Winding Road, but it was released without the changes he asked for.
Best video ever, yes I was thinking “I got a feeling” was live also. The only thing I didn’t hear was, why was Ringo’s drums are so compressed during the out-door concert?
It is live and from the rooftop concert, but the release version is an edit of three different mixes! Thanks for watching Huey!
I understand that but, I think you said it was comped from a few live takes.
Don't forget Lennon/ McCartney also made three albums with brass music, I have them here on vinyl. Very rare albums. I was born @ 66, so I grew up with these guys, The Beatles and Elvis Presley were hammered in my head, my dad was a DJ and always played louder than loud.
Thanks for watching, Gunther!
On Don't Let Me Down, Georges vocal had to be erased because John and George's vocals were on the same track. They only had 7, the 8th was for the film sync. Awesome vid, thanks so much!
Thanks for watching, Ray. Yes they only used 7 of the 8-tracks because of the film sync! Great point.
Absolutely Awesome Show
Thanks ever so much
GREAT SHOW
Thanks ever so much Robert!
Don't forget that George played the Fender Bass VI on 'Two Of Us', so there is a kind of bass part on there. And what amazing George guitar on the Rooftop version of 'One After 909' - I hope we finally get to see footage of him playing that solo in the upcoming film re-working the 'Let It Be' film and sessions.
It's actually played on his Rosewood Tele...no bass.
Yes, that’s definitely the Tele, you can hear there’s not a note lower than a regular 6 string guitar’s range.
That's true, George plays a blistering solo on "One After 909". Maybe the cameras missed it, or didn't have a proper shot of it?
An amazing video! Thank you for all great info!
Thanks ever so much
Thank you Warren!!!! Awesome stuff
Thanks for watching, Martin!
Beach Boys Smile álbum. For it's modular recording process
Marvellous album!
Hahahahahahaha, compared to The Beatles. The Beach Boys were a joke. No idea why we have to have a yank telling us about our band. I never listened to any yank artists from 1963 to 1976 when i did enjoy Bob Dylan's Desire.
StrayCatBlues1953 bit weird.
OH, NICE choice. I can't hear enough about SMILE.
@@docgonzales he’s right about the beach boys comparison though. There a fun band fit for party compilations kind of albums. With jive bunny and so forth. If Wilson has the personality of a normal stuffy producer he’d be seen as more of a menace
Really enjoyed this show! I feel as though some remake-edits reference to modern "Naked Let it Be" should had been included as well. I learned so much!
Thanks for watching, Kevin - I try and stick with the work that was contemporary to The Beatles career in the studio. The "Naked" variations are a story in and of themselves!
Fantastic, Thanks
Thanks for watching, Mike!
Brilliant video. Fantastic insight.
Thanks ever so much