The day I got it, my hands were shaking like xmas morning as I pulled GET BACK from the box. 50 years of bootlegs and searching. To finally hold I t in my hands was almost surreal. The only letdown was the label. It's says GET BACK. THE 1969 GLYN JOHNS MIX. yeah well we know that. Bu tthats not the name. It should read GET BACK, period. But as this guy's said, Apple doesn't consult the fans. They should.
My thoughts on the ''wrong Get Back mix'' being issued are these: I've been a minor producer and a happy engineer for centuries (so it feels), and made my own checks track by track from the old underground boots (69 & 70) of Glyn Johns' mixes and, once re-sequenced and pitch-corrected, compared them to each of the 2021 offerings. All are identical. Even the 'For You Blue' comment on it being the re-recorded vocal version is not true. (re-recorded Jan 8th 1970, with the 'Elmore James has nothing on this..' etc). This version is found on L.I.B. Naked and the L.I.B. album itself. Very different from 69 & 70 mixes [which are identical]. I worked with the editor of Beatles Monthly for many years on this sort of thing. Removing/repairing glitches or improving sound quality by remastering has never counted as a different mix, has it? This is just a case of using the best post-mastering available. My sincerest good wishes to all. There are always some of us that believe in fairydust - and why not? Barty
I agree entirely. Its very obvious that the vocal overdubs are what we hear on let it be and naked, and the 69 and 70 mixes are identical. It's about time that people with oscilloscopes should turn them off and listen to the music instead. My only small gripe is that they mixed out the feedback in Teddy boy
My big concern is that a lot of people are not going to get Disney+ to get the documentary but they want the documentary anyway. I am hoping Apple will release it the entire documentary with bonus footage to the general public as a Blu-ray set
Along with a companion soundtrack album featuring the full-length rooftop concert, similar to how they re-released an updated Live At The Hollywood Bowl along with Eight Days A Week.
I completely agree. I'm not subscribing to a yearly service to watch one film. I was hoping to get to see it on the large screen in theatres. Disney exclusive is the reason I haven't seen it yet. Personally I would have rather had it been a two hour movie if it meant giving it a proper release.
I may be in the minority, But I wanted to hear isolated Spector's orchestra as one of the tracks, like Something's strings on Abbey Road SDX. I Me Mine has great trumpets.
I've been digging a pygmy for almost 52 years. I just love the energy and spontaneity of the "Let It Be" album. I remember seeing a big stack of both the "Let It Be" and "Yellow Submarine" albums in the Woolworth's bargain basement in 1975. They were selling them for 99 cents. I bought 5 copies of each and handed them out to friends. I will get this. Anything related to the Liverpudlian moptops I want. I have all of their albums including the American ones like "Beatles '65" and "Something New."
For me, I have 2 issues with buying the box set. 1: The price, which is why I've not bought any of these new deluxe special box sets (although I am tempted by a few and will probably get them eventually). 2: There's stuff I've heard on bootlegs for years that I'd love to have better quality versions of, but they aren't included. Based on the tracklisting, it seems they focused more on alternate versions of songs that were on the original album rather than including all the songs that didn't make it. That was always the interesting stuff for me. Songs like Madman, Suzy's Parlour, Watching Rainbows and various others, George did a bunch of Bob Dylan songs acoustic but on the bootlegs it's buried in everyone else just chattering away so it would have been cool to have those cleaned up so we could actually hear George.
@@gettinhungrig8806 A Yoko vocal would have been the ultimate insult when there's so many Beatles songs they left off. As for what was said in the video about John, I think they're just his opinions, not meant to be taken as gospel. John by his own admission wasn't the strongest musician in the group and was mostly playing bass on those songs because they wanted to keep it as live as possible and Paul was on piano, George was on lead, so John was left with the bass. It has also been well documented that John was a bit standoffish as he felt the others weren't as accepting of Yoko being there all the time as they'd liked. John doesn't play on I Me Mine at all. The earlier versions he decided he'd rather dance with Yoko and the album version he wasn't even there. So there is some truth to it.
I balked at the price originally but thought the set was worth the money. I don't think they'd be able to get the rights to Dylan songs much less any of the 1950s chestnuts they rolled out. I liked the alt songs because they picked the best material for those two discs. The bootlegs were always a tough slog. This has material I'll want to go back to for years.
@@gettinhungrig8806 did you watch the Get Back series? Billy Preston became a major part of the sessions and ignited a spark in the Beatles that hadn't caught before Billy Showed up. In fact Preston is the only artist who has shared the bill and listed on the lable of Beatles records.
I'm keen to hear the Glynn Johns demo. Worth the price of admission. I've been shocked to realize the number of projects he was involved with that I have always liked: Rolling Stones up to Black & Blue, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Who's Next, Harvest, Rita Coolidge, Delayney & Bonnie on Tour with Clapton, Eric's Slow Hand, Backless & I Still Do, the early Eagles records, and more recent sessions with Linda Ronstadt to name a few.
I forked out my money for the vinyl box as soon as it became available. I've listened to The Beatles practically to death for the past 40 years since I was knee high, but I STILL get excited by special releases with stuff I've never heard before. What can I say, I'm pretty chuffed!
Most people are not buying because of the price being too high and the full awareness of how cheap the material is to manufacture yet record companies over price everything.
This was my first album and the one that turned me into a BEATLES FREAK! My older sister bought it for the title track and abandoned it after a month and was on to The Carpenters or whatever was next.I put it on and was treated to a life changing religious experience that continues 53 years later upon hearing Lennons voice on Across The Universe.I will always hold this album in high esteem.
What I can never understand is Apple NOT consulting Beatle experts, like yourself for instance, on how to put a package together, I've bought the vinyl 5 record package and like you said some of it is again disappointing, and after all it is US the Beatle fans they need to buy this, of course there will be new young buyers I hope, but a majority of the sales will be us old timers, I think this will be the last time I fork out £149.00 on any new remixes, unless it's something extra special
For Apple Corps, maintaining secrecy matters more than putting out a good product. If Apple had consulted with rare records dealers, "Penny Lane" (trumper ending) wouldn't have had to presented with such horrible sound quality in the "Sgt.Peppers" boxed set.
@@56dinosaur I've always thought they had a master of that mix, and that they could just plop it on when it came time to arrange the Sgt Pepper set. I was really shocked when I heard what I heard.
Yes these box sets are bloody well expensive! If they are going to charge way too much money they might at least give you what the fans, collectors, and experts want. Its poppycock if you ask me.
Hi, Andrew. There's a song called "Palace of The King of Birds" that was recorded during the Let It Be sessions that would be worth checking out on YT if you haven't heard it already; its a slow, dreamy 5 to 6 minute instrumental jam with a sort of early Pink Floyd vibe to it; should have been included on the new box set but wasn't.
all stereo remixes were better than the original stereo mixes, but the mono mixes of the white album and st. pepper are still and will always be the best mixes of that albums, mainly because they were mixed with the Beatles in the studio present back in the day. really a great new stereo mix of let it be, gotta admit that.
Based on your unboxing presentation last week I went with the vinyl. Like you mentioned, the Glyn John's LP was what put it over the edge for me. It's great to have it in hand over the boot version.
Highly recommended for Beatles fans. Quibbles: the book should have the title info on the spine; the EP is superfluous; and where is the rooftop concert? A proper EP at 7", with a real picture sleeve, that included the concert would have made this set perfect. It's a quibble since I'm pretty sure those recordings are coming.
Another great video Andrew. I will pass on this box set personally as I have on the Pepper, The Beatles and Abbey Road boxes. The reason being is that having the original copies of the the LP, the 87 cd and the 2009 cd, I can't find a good enough reason to keep on buying the same albums when I can just stream the new content on Spotify. I rarely listen to new mixes or sessions more than a couple of times out of curiosity anyway. What the Beatles approved back in the day sonically has always been good enough for me.
Well I’ll have to wait and see. I’ve always enjoyed the Glyn Johns mix and liked Let It Be as a whole. And having collected the boots over the years really made me want to see more film footage of which there was a lot of in bootleg form. To see clear clean versions will be great! Great job on this edition. Makes me want to hear for myself! Thanks! Looking forward to Collection of Oldies too!
Very nice. I purchased the same two packages and can’t argue with any of your points, well done. Your production quality is improving as well; I enjoy the retro film look you are using (and thankfully not OVER using) on your graphics. I always look forward to your videos.
Thanks for the effort you put in your videos. The quality of production & editing is incredible. I look forward to new content on this channel every week. I'm not a very prolific Beatles collector but I definitely enjoy watching your reviews & unboxings. Keep up the amazing work.
I bought both the CD and LP boxed sets. And let me tell you, I am happy I have it all now being a collector and a huge fan. I even have the Rooftop Concerts bootleg on CD. Great video like always, so thank you!
I received the Let it Be boxed set for Christmas. Other than the high price, I think it is amazing. The book and the Glyn Johns Get Back album, were worth it alone.
I got the "Black Album" bootleg of the Get Back sessions (2 cd's) a few years ago, and for me, a person who can usually enjoy even mundane Beatle material, the black album is something to endure rather than like. Many of the songs were recorded from the movie soundtrack rather than the soundboard. I thought they did a pretty good job in this new box set of pulling together some of the best moments on the two "sessions" discs.
Andrew your analysis of these sets is incredible!! I really enjoy your videos and as a new Beatles fan myself, they are helpful and very informative! I did purchase the vinyl set and so far have been very happy with it...
People are saying that the Glyn Johns Get Back mix in the box set is actually the 70 mix and not the 69 mix... Only the Japanese box set brings the 69 mix... Has anyone else heard about it too???
I purchased the vinyl set. I am 69 years old and a Beatles fan since 1964. Although with all of the Beatles LPs I have obtained through the years, I never bought Let It Be. I didnt go for the box set but the single record. Mainly I wanted to hear the new Giles Martin mix.
I picked up the single disc vinyl edition of the album the day it came out. The set has a lot of great stuff on it, but I really don't see a need to get the sessions albums on vinyl. Get Back and the Let It Be EP are going to be collector's items, so I have considered getting the Vinyl set down the road when I have the money for it, but the sessions discs will sit unopened.
I've ordered both the CD and the Vinyl set. One thing that disappointed me immediately was overlap. I think we all know that Abbey Road tracks were being worked upon at the time of this album. I would have preferred more from the Nagra tape reels rather than early incarnations of Abbey Road material, which should have been kept apart for the Abbey Road box set instead. Why haven't the upbeat versions of "Two of Us", Paul's "Back Seat of my Car", John's, "Child of Nature" (Jealous Guy) and even better rehearsal takes of George's "All things Must Pass" been included? Although some of this material might be slightly fragmented, it would have been more appreciated. I'm spoilt I guess, as I have a copy of the Vigotone "30 Days" bootleg. The omissions of alternative and more interesting material was an opportunity missed from this set.
Thank you very much for a great video it made me look at my Queen CDs collection and the differences between Island Universal music for UK and Hollywood Records for USA just in terms of attention paid to front and back cover art the Hollywood Records artwork looks like photocopies
Let It Be is not one of my go-to albums, but I have been playing this set over and over which I haven't done with the others. I think less is more as far as outtakes. The "jams" do nothing for me. I heard Suzy Parker on RUclips for the first time and am glad they left it off.
Not bought either set but I have listened to it. I like the remix a lot but felt the rest was a real let down. A full cd of Twickenham rehearsals would have been much more interesting (even with the low quality nagra soundtrack) and then a cd of Apple outtakes plus the Glyn Johns mixes. That would have been more like it! Great video as always 👍
I definitely agree with your conclusion, Andrew. And I do feel a little put out that, as a CD buyer, I don't get the full-sized Glyn Johns LP. That would look so much better than the CD version. Also, I, too, wondered why they simply reproduced the EP on CD instead of putting those tracks as "extras" on one of the others. It would have been nice to have a "proper" cover for the EP. Perhaps use one of the singles covers from the time? That might have justified the separate CD. All that said, I don't know if these issues would rise to paying another $100+ for the LP set, especially since the source is digital as with the CDs. The music is what ultimately matters, and it sounds great to my ears. Excellent review. Thank you! Looking forward to next week... 😀
Great video, Andrew! I appreciate hearing your take on this release. Still trying to understand why Apple allowed the true ‘69 Glyn Johns release in Japan and no where else.🤔
I think the missing concert disc is a valid criticism. It’s something most people have wanted. If it’s only the film version without an accompanying vinyl sold stand alone, I can only speak for my anecdotal Disney+ experience, but I’ve yet to find a way to make it play on my duel 1229 and stack I’ve spent years putting together (and that’s my preferred way to enjoy music). Sure I can run it through the old 5.1 with the tv off, or even run the audio through my receiver (a remarkably inconvenient proposition that doesn’t seem to be worthwhile). Don’t get me wrong I’m excited to see the concert in full, but the bits on the old laser disc are the best part of the let it be film (imo). It will be amazing to get to see everything remastered and complete. In the end of the film series doesn’t coincide with a proper release of the concert on physical audio media I believe it’s as valid a criticism as any. I guess I’d understand it not being a valid criticism for you personally if you don’t care about having a nice vinyl copy of the performance, but if that’s was important to you and it’s not there are you supposed to send Apple a thank you card for Christmas for specifically excluding it? So that even after spending all this money on all these sets maybe they can release yet one further set that negates this one entirely? All in all it’s an amazing set that I’ve enjoyed completely. People have got things so wrong these days. A criticism doesn’t mean the entire thing is garbage or of no value. It means people I’ve discussed this with, and I all wanted something that isn’t there. Apple even set it up as a possibility with the marketing for the film and the way they’ve handled all the recent releases. It’s great! I’ve always loved this album and film (maybe ranking Beatles for Sale as my “worst” Beatles record, but does that mean I don’t love that album? Nope, but it does mean I haven’t listened to Mr Moonlight in over a decade). Could this set have included something that would make many fans happy and serve to make this release feel definitive (at least in its tracks if not audio preference/quality) like the recent White Album/self titled release? I believe so.
I guarantee you that bootleggers will rip audio from the Disney + rooftop concert and make a vinyl release of it. They did it with oasis unplugged in 1996, and it was a huge hit with fans and not doing the rooftop concept is a huge miss for Apple
Lennon was certainly stoned for a lot of rehearsals, but his rhythm guitar work was always perfect. He was “empathetic” in his accompaniment. I love his feel for rock/pop.
The Glyn Johns mix of I Me Mine just makes me sad. When I heard it for the first time I geniunely thought they accidentally uploaded the wrong file or something, which is a shame because I love the Hammond organ in this mix. I was also expecting to hear Let It Be's original ghost solo from take 27a somewhere. (the one you can somewhat hear in all Let It Be versions except for Anthology, Naked and Take 28 (also known as Take 27b - the take from the Let It Be film)) And also, as many others I was also expecting to see the rooftop concert in its entirety here as well.
Some of the Glyn John mixes, specially I Me Mine, are too muddy. I'm hoping to get my hands on a japanese box set to compare them and decide which are the best mixes.
Loved the review Andrew! I agree with you about I Me Mine. The acoustic guitar in the right channel is now buried and yes the original bite is lacking. Other than that, I like what Giles has done. Or hasn't done for that matter. :)
I've just seen for sale, 8CDs worth of Glyn Johns' Get Back sessions. I would certainly grab an official release of this! With the terribly skimpy number of alternate takes/extra material on this latest SDE set, I'll just delay purchase until I've acquired other items on the shopping list.
I can’t believe your videos are getting even better and better!! Wonderful review! I’m exited for both the get back film, and your video on a collection of Beatles oldies (but goldies!)! I will place the vinyl edition of the box set on the top of my Christmas wish list! My super kind aunt, who lives in the us, bought me the target edition of the get back book (with the 4 prints :)), so I’ll be getting that one as well! :)
Hi Andrew would be great to compare the 1970/87/2003/2009/2021 albums at a later date. Another great & interesting video! BTW going out on a limb here, but to me the let it Be version on the Glyn Johns album minus the banter before & after is the best version I have heard & could have been worthy to have been put on the original final album.
Great "Coming Next" video. Very stylish. Looking forward to see it as was my first Beatles record. i'm waiting for the Get Back film before I buy anything related to it. A Blu ray of that is a must for me. As for the boxset, I'll let it be for now.
Ok let’s talk about me my uncle and the album. First me I was born 1973 After they broke up. The Beatles became one of my top 10 bands and artist of all time. My set up for listening is a bunch of bluetooth speakers a bar speaker for my tv with 5.1 surround sound. I also have Apples air pods. I don’t buy cds much any more specially if there a streamable version. I have a subscription to Spotify. I am so happy they got all the mixes in the super deluxe set minus the Blu-ray Disc. I love all the remixes the 2021 and 1969-70. I could listen a lot to them and do jam to them in the car. The song as different takes except for a few I like to jam to but the rest will only be listened to a few times a year as history of what happened in the studio. The set is very fun to listen to and my son likes the band too. He won’t care so much for different takes. He is only 18. Also I can’t weight for the movie as I only had a stolen copy I got from Lime Wire a file sharing app in the early 2000 were you stole album copy’s for free. The Let It Be movie I have on a media stick only works if you play it straight threw. If you fast forward it it has glitches. So I happy for what I got. As for my uncle for helping me out a lot in my life and to say thank you I got him the cd supper deluxe set with book as a gift. Why the cds. He as a fan is worthy of the records and had been since he got the first album in the USA when it came out as a kid, but not his record player. Also I wanted him to have the blue-ray disc. He first opened the set up and was so suprize I spent the money on such a nice set he knew it not cheep. Second it his favorite band of all time and loves anything by them. So after he opened it he said always wanted the album mixed the one from 1969 and 70s. Second he listen to the blue-ray disc stereo mix said it Beautiful and rich sounding. As he listens more to the set I get more on what he likes about it. He also said the book is so good. He did say if he was buying it he get the cds as it more convenient to listen to with out the fuss. So from two happy Beatles fans we love this set. I just got one suggestion. Just get a copy of it in your choice of formates. Then put it on and listen to it like you would of as a kid. I am happy to just listen to the songs. I think comparing each albums to the same album but on a different pressing or formate and comparing them loses some of the fun. I know we don’t want a bad recording but at some point once you got a good one just get into the music.
3:58 Hello Mr. Parlogram, I am the owner of one of the CD SMH Japanese Super Deluxe Let It Be and my book serial number is the same as yours. After the UK stopped producing albums due to EU entry, the best version available for any Beatles album will be the Japanese editions.
Thank you for (continuing) posting HQ videos that strike a good balance between nitty gritty detail, and overviews that allow others to gather sufficient understanding to interpret the contents meaningfully. Plus they're engaging.
I have the 2009 CD and feel it is good enuf. A lot of Let It Be was recorded live, and there is just so much additional fidelity that can be rung out of the tracks. I also feel like it is not a strong enough Beatles record for me to get something that's slightly different. I am waiting for Revolver CD remix, which sounds like it could use a fresher mix. I have the White Album and Abbey Road in the new remixes, and while interesting, do not really move the needle like, say, the remix of All Things Must Pass (which I know many people hate).
Sort of weird that they didn't just get an artist to recreate the source art for the title font and the apple. Really great and comprehensive look at this- thanks man!!!
I had to return it. A lot of groove distortion in Get Back and the remix ( both in two last songs of each side) . Waiting for the replacement, let's see. Great video!
I wish the Let It Be album were left alone. The album didn’t need “freshening up.” In the future, it won’t need refreshing either. It’s historical work. Let it be…
Of all the reviews I've seen regarding the new Let It Be, this is the finest by a mile. Very professional. It's has the quality of a BBC arts programme. Just outstanding. Thank you. Peace out!
Great review if these two box sets. I was originally going to buy just the cd bios set to get Blu-ray. Ultimately I decided to buy both because the vinyl box set includes much better packaging (in particular GJ’ let it be vinyl). I have reasonable BluRay and 4K tv. And really enjoyed contents of Blu-ray which does have some visual content. I really liked Stereo mid and 5.1 mixes - I was though disappointed with Atmos version which added little. I am hoping that Disney will release 4K version of six hour documentary with a really good immersive 5,1 sound mix - particularly for roof top concert. I really liked 4 track ep too. I imagine that Apple will next look at revolver and rubber soul for upgrades. I note that Criterion are releasing new 4K UHD of hard days night in 2022. That should be excellent.
They could have saved room in the CD box by combining both sessions discs into one 73 minute disc, and adding the EP tracks onto the Get Back disc. I would have also added the original 1970 mix to Disc 1, for CD buyers who may not already have a copy. And I would have made sure the 12" book scales down to a 5" version, so that the box set could fit on the same shelf with a CD collection.
I’ve enjoyed the second Glenn Johns cut of the album for years, and it’s nice to have a slightly cleaner version than my old CD bootleg (that looks identical to the one shown here). I enjoy a lot in this version of the album. It’s a small gripe but the one thing that I really miss is George’s guitar is turned down in For You Blue, but does nic the added studio chatter in John lap steel solo; which I’m mostly indifferent on.. but that is one of George’s subtle beautiful sounding guitar songs. It’s simple, but a favorite of mine. Bringing that rhythm guitar up a bit was one of Specters positive additions
I wasn't too jazzed about this box when it was announced (after all, Let It Be never was among my favorite Beatles albums), but the thing is, I'm a diehard nutcase fan who needs EVERYTHING. So of course I got it. And I was THRILLED when I heard it - because the sound (except that mix of "I, Me, Mine" -- and I was thinking the exact same thing: digital noise) is spectacular! In terms of content, the "white" album box is my favorite of the 50th anniversary boxes, but for sound quality, this one easily wins it for me. The thing is, this came out shortly after The Beach Boys' Feel Flows set, a 5-CD box (well, not really a box but more of a book-with-CDs-inside-it) in which they used just about every usable second of CD space. I think the list price on both the Let It Be and Feel Flows sets was the same. So yeah, for five CDs, we were getting 3 CDs worth of material. Also, the folks at Brother KNOW what the fans want. There are plenty of folks on the inside who do reach out to fans, which is why their more recent archival releases and year-end copyright extension releases have been so stellar. They know what the fans like, and they know how to push the fans' buttons. Apple, on the other hand...they don't seem to have any fan outreach at all. Their attitude seems to be: "It's The Beatles. People will gobble up anything Beatles." And just like the computer company called Apple, the Beatles' Apple does not reach out to find out what their consumers want: they TELL their consumers what they want. Now, I don't think the rooftop concert ever was considered as part of the set -- I mean, does the target audience as a whole really want to sit through just the audio of, oh, three performances of "Get Back," two performances of "Don't Let Me Down," etc.? But my thought is that the box was conceived first for vinyl, and it makes sense how it's arranged: one 12-inch disc for the new version of Let It Be, another for the Glyn Frankenstein album, two 12-inchers for the rehearsals and recording sessions, and an EP. (Although I was surprised to learn it's a 12-inch EP instead of a 7-inch.) I'm thinking that they basically took each record and turned it into a CD. It's not the first time the Apple suits did this to The Beatles: all of Let It Be...Naked [still my favorite of the various lineups to listen to the Get Back / Let It Be material] could have fit on one CD (but it worked well as a 12-inch and 7-inch on vinyl), and the "red" album could have fit on one CD instead of a (list price) $32 two-CD set.
It proves again that this project can never be completely sorted out - although THIS was a good try. The polling which you did supports this. The Peter Jackson film irons it all out the best it could be, and the boxes are acceptable keepsakes yet really provide nothing new. LOVED your intro to this, btw.
Chantilly Serial Heavy exists as a computer typeface. In fact it's at all the free font sites and has been for years. But the Beatles have been using Futura in their packaging and promotional materials since Anthology. And it was used for Let It Be...Naked in 2003.
It occurs to me that from now on every Beatle song can be remixed and then released many times. Every time they can boost the vocals or boost any instrument or even add sounds from tracks that were left off the original releases. In his way EMI will make a fortune. What EMI needs to do is release all Beatle songs in the future on a new medium that has ALL the isolated channels on it so it is in effect an exact copy of the MASTER TAPE. Together with the launch of a new player for this new medium the listener can play back these songs either in the default way they were originally released OR the user can boost any track with a mixing table included with the player. So in effect the user can pay back any way they want and listen to any isolated track or boost tracks etc. Listen to bass track only or drums only or vocals only. Then if you add AI you can isolate parts that are on one track . I wouldnt pay for any new releases based on new mixes BUT I would pay for both all Beatle songs released with all individual tracks accessable to the listener and the player needed.
Hey Andrew, I'd love to know your thoughts on Let It Be Naked. For me it's the version of the album that I most connected with. It sounds like it doesn't do too much for you. Maybe doing a video on it's conception would be worth a try?
Great Review Andrew! You brought up some good points. I’m gonna half to pass on the box set, because I don’t feel like I need it with the Disney+ Get Back. But if I did get it I would definitely get the Vinyl set.
Another great video Andrew … I got the ‘day by day’ set over 10 years ago.. I’ve tried to listen but it’s hard without visuals. The book in the set is good,but I agree that the scrapbook style isn’t that great. Also I would have liked dates for the sessions. I have the cd set but would love a separate vinyl release for the Glyn Johns mix.
I wasn't planning on getting this set, but I just found the vinyl box on eBay for just over 40 bucks! At that price, I simply couldn't resist getting it and I'm anxious to hear how everything sounds when it arrives in the mail.
Wonderful video, again! I do own the original UK box-set and I totally agree, the very first glossy box has an amazing picture quality don't know why the current reissue hasn't. Even the red-apple vinyl! On the other hand the back cover photographs of the vinyl has been restored.. Love.
In the wild days of the late 2000s MP3 downloading I found a complete set of the Nagra reels. It’s interesting and tedious as they’re not edited at all and labeled only by reel.
hello again, I have withdrawn my post of this afternoon, as I was - I think now - too harsh with the LP box... It is what it is: the track "I Me Mine" on the EP has strange noises on the left channel, that's what everyone I have talked to today hears. But: it is NOT a pressing error! I have heard the said track digitally again (Amazon Music HD), and there is this disturbance also, just not so strong, have probably paid too little attention at the first hearing... So, I guess it's definitely not a pressing error! Ringo's cymbals on the Glyn Johns Mix LP are very clanging on the left channel on side A, especially in "Dig A Pony", but that is certainly also on the master. So - after all! After listening through it again, I have to say, yes, I'm calmed down, all is well! Or- not well, but it is how it is! And it's fine! As for the tracks of the Glyn Johns Mix, yes, that's certainly interesting and a question of how that could happen or why Apple did it that way! So, all the best and enjoy Let it Be!
The version of " Let It Be " on this album is far superior than the 45 version or the version on the Blue album, The first time I heard the album version in 1980, I was totally blown away by it !!!!
it´s been a time saturation of info and opinions on this release but your analysis is superb as always. i´m really happy with the sound and the extras.
Thanks, Andrew, for another well thought out review. Have you compared "Get Back", Across the Universe", and "Don't Let Me Down", from the 2013 analogue mono box, to the new digital sourced 2021 vinyl box?
Hi. I could find 1969 mix, instead of 1970 mix, of "For you blue" on disc 4 of the Japanese SHM-CD box but other tracks are identical to, or undistinguishable from, those on the international version. Stereo image was inverted on "One after 909" and Billy was almost disappeared on "I've got a feeling". Regards
Love your channel Andrew!! I had the opportunity to see the rooftop concert and Peter Jackson’s live link up at an I Max theater while vacationing in Florida last January. My wish is that they would have shown the roof top concert without the cut aways. The audio was breathtaking and loud!!! I’ll probably never hear it as good as I did at that I Max theatre. As far as the Get Back box set, I have the CD version and think the 5.1 surround mix is the best out of all the Giles Martin surround mixes. It’s a awesome. Usually, the surround mix is interesting but not my go to listen. On Get Back, it’s my preferred listen. I’m disappointed that they didn’t include the complete rooftop concert without cut aways on the Blu Ray disc. It would have been the extra icing on an already sweet cake. I wait patiently for a stand alone rooftop performance Blu Ray.
Let It Be is a great album. Rough and rocky and full of great songs. It’s now had three different remixes! The original, the Naked from 2003 and Giles Martin’s on the latest one. Which one is the best?
Thanks for taking the time and detailed effort to produce these videos. I like the design of the CD set and how it can be displayed to show either set of portraits. Apart from the audio, I buy these sets for the books, as they contain studio documentation and tape box notes that can't always be found elsewhere.
We only had to wait over 50 years! For me the Get Back Glyn Johns mix album is what I am interested in. As for the rest....I have quite a number of Let It Be bootlegs. I will buy the Get Back vinyl if it becomes available.
Omg Andrew! That was superb review!! And the tease for the next episode really hooked me 😆 I want it now! 🤣 Years ago I downloaded a complete discography (up to 2012) including band's studio albums and collections + solo albums and collections. In George's folder there was a 2002 collection of lifetime works including rehearsals but I never got to listen to it until yesterday. There were rehearsals from around Let It Be period too, and I found it so impressive. Listening to them chatting in the studio and working out different moods of a song's intro... Magnificent. One last thing.... How did we live without you all these years?
I really enjoy your videos Andrew. As a Beatles fan and having bought both the vinyl and cd editions of the previously released anniversary editions, I have yet to purchase either of the versions of 'Let it Be". I really just don't have much interest. I have much of the Nagra reel material, so not much need for the sessions, either. To make the cd set really worth the putchase, they could have made all the sessions avaliable on Blu-ray discs. Apple dropped the ball again, IMO. Thanks again for all of your videos.
I've listened to the first side of Get Back online so far. It feels so lonely. Seems that Glyn Johns was going for something more true to the film rather than a commercial release, and it's clear why it was never issued. For me, "Naked" was the first time I heard this material in a way that felt like a complete album that was up to their standards, and I'm reluctant to buy a different version that will tear that away. Other reasons reluctant to buy it: (a) Giles Martin; (b) no rooftop concert; (c) one of the discs is only 4 tracks??
@@DonkeyBoyVids I think people are just mad because he removed some easter eggs (or random noises which somehow made it into the album) in the 2019 mix of Abbey Road
This release is notable for what is still missing and the fact that both Glynn johns mixes should have been issued. Having had them booth for nearly 30 years i believe i understand this moot p[oint. Where is Black Dog Blues/ Not Fade Away, the full re-make of Hold Me Tight, Mailman Don’t Bring Me No More Blues to name but a few, also Isn’t It A Pity, . However having them in my personal stack makes me realise just how much there is. IT SCORES FOR PRESENTATION, BUT LOSES ON THE CONTENT. In other words you win on the percentages, but lose on the bonuses. I have put my own Get back album together by splitting the studio set to the live set. There is no studio chatter just the recordings, and that sounds much much better.cay la vie!!
After all these years, to see an official Apple Get Back LP on vinyl is remarkable.
Honestly a big reason why I made the purchase lol
The day I got it, my hands were shaking like xmas morning as I pulled GET BACK from the box. 50 years of bootlegs and searching. To finally hold I t in my hands was almost surreal. The only letdown was the label. It's says GET BACK. THE 1969 GLYN JOHNS MIX. yeah well we know that. Bu tthats not the name. It should read GET BACK, period. But as this guy's said, Apple doesn't consult the fans. They should.
My thoughts on the ''wrong Get Back mix'' being issued are these:
I've been a minor producer and a happy engineer for centuries (so it feels), and made my own checks track by track from the old underground boots (69 & 70) of Glyn Johns' mixes and, once re-sequenced and pitch-corrected, compared them to each of the 2021 offerings. All are identical.
Even the 'For You Blue' comment on it being the re-recorded vocal version is not true. (re-recorded Jan 8th 1970, with the 'Elmore James has nothing on this..' etc). This version is found on L.I.B. Naked and the L.I.B. album itself. Very different from 69 & 70 mixes [which are identical].
I worked with the editor of Beatles Monthly for many years on this sort of thing.
Removing/repairing glitches or improving sound quality by remastering has never counted as a different mix, has it?
This is just a case of using the best post-mastering available.
My sincerest good wishes to all.
There are always some of us that believe in fairydust - and why not?
Barty
I agree entirely. Its very obvious that the vocal overdubs are what we hear on let it be and naked, and the 69 and 70 mixes are identical. It's about time that people with oscilloscopes should turn them off and listen to the music instead. My only small gripe is that they mixed out the feedback in Teddy boy
My big concern is that a lot of people are not going to get Disney+ to get the documentary but they want the documentary anyway. I am hoping Apple will release it the entire documentary with bonus footage to the general public as a Blu-ray set
Along with a companion soundtrack album featuring the full-length rooftop concert, similar to how they re-released an updated Live At The Hollywood Bowl along with Eight Days A Week.
You know that if its not released by Apple, the bootleggers will !
I completely agree. I'm not subscribing to a yearly service to watch one film. I was hoping to get to see it on the large screen in theatres. Disney exclusive is the reason I haven't seen it yet. Personally I would have rather had it been a two hour movie if it meant giving it a proper release.
@@benkleschinsky Just do the one month introductory deal and then cancel it.
you can just get it for a month for $10. that's 6hrs of Beatles. Pretty good value.
I may be in the minority, But I wanted to hear isolated Spector's orchestra as one of the tracks, like Something's strings on Abbey Road SDX. I Me Mine has great trumpets.
Me too! I wonder if something like that is available on RUclips, I love instrumentals and isolations
Me too!
I'd love to hear let it be details
@@walterwhitejr.445 the “it’s not too bad” bootleg is goated
I've been digging a pygmy for almost 52 years. I just love the energy and spontaneity of the "Let It Be" album. I remember seeing a big stack of both the "Let It Be" and "Yellow Submarine" albums in the Woolworth's bargain basement in 1975. They were selling them for 99 cents. I bought 5 copies of each and handed them out to friends. I will get this. Anything related to the Liverpudlian moptops I want. I have all of their albums including the American ones like "Beatles '65" and "Something New."
For me, I have 2 issues with buying the box set. 1: The price, which is why I've not bought any of these new deluxe special box sets (although I am tempted by a few and will probably get them eventually). 2: There's stuff I've heard on bootlegs for years that I'd love to have better quality versions of, but they aren't included. Based on the tracklisting, it seems they focused more on alternate versions of songs that were on the original album rather than including all the songs that didn't make it. That was always the interesting stuff for me. Songs like Madman, Suzy's Parlour, Watching Rainbows and various others, George did a bunch of Bob Dylan songs acoustic but on the bootlegs it's buried in everyone else just chattering away so it would have been cool to have those cleaned up so we could actually hear George.
@@gettinhungrig8806 A Yoko vocal would have been the ultimate insult when there's so many Beatles songs they left off. As for what was said in the video about John, I think they're just his opinions, not meant to be taken as gospel. John by his own admission wasn't the strongest musician in the group and was mostly playing bass on those songs because they wanted to keep it as live as possible and Paul was on piano, George was on lead, so John was left with the bass. It has also been well documented that John was a bit standoffish as he felt the others weren't as accepting of Yoko being there all the time as they'd liked. John doesn't play on I Me Mine at all. The earlier versions he decided he'd rather dance with Yoko and the album version he wasn't even there. So there is some truth to it.
I balked at the price originally but thought the set was worth the money. I don't think they'd be able to get the rights to Dylan songs much less any of the 1950s chestnuts they rolled out. I liked the alt songs because they picked the best material for those two discs. The bootlegs were always a tough slog. This has material I'll want to go back to for years.
@@gettinhungrig8806 Um...who exactly are you calling an idiot? And what are you talking about?
probably saving them up for a hypothetical release in the future.
@@gettinhungrig8806 did you watch the Get Back series? Billy Preston became a major part of the sessions and ignited a spark in the Beatles that hadn't caught before Billy Showed up. In fact Preston is the only artist who has shared the bill and listed on the lable of Beatles records.
I'm keen to hear the Glynn Johns demo. Worth the price of admission. I've been shocked to realize the number of projects he was involved with that I have always liked: Rolling Stones up to Black & Blue, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Who's Next, Harvest, Rita Coolidge, Delayney & Bonnie on Tour with Clapton, Eric's Slow Hand, Backless & I Still Do, the early Eagles records, and more recent sessions with Linda Ronstadt to name a few.
I forked out my money for the vinyl box as soon as it became available. I've listened to The Beatles practically to death for the past 40 years since I was knee high, but I STILL get excited by special releases with stuff I've never heard before. What can I say, I'm pretty chuffed!
Most people are not buying because of the price being too high and the full awareness of how cheap the material is to manufacture yet record companies over price everything.
The Glyn Johns mix adds a lot of energy to the tunes, although some feel slightly sloppy.
I have grown to love the other Giles mixes. I am excited to check this out.
i dont even like the beatles yet i can not stop watching this channel
While I didn’t want to buy this at first, I bought the Revolver super deluxe and was so pleased, then saw this on sale for $50 and couldn’t be happier
This was my first album and the one that turned me into a BEATLES FREAK! My older sister bought it for the title track and abandoned it after a month and was on to The Carpenters or whatever was next.I put it on and was treated to a life changing religious experience that continues 53 years later upon hearing Lennons voice on Across The Universe.I will always hold this album in high esteem.
What I can never understand is Apple NOT consulting Beatle experts, like yourself for instance, on how to put a package together, I've bought the vinyl 5 record package and like you said some of it is again disappointing, and after all it is US the Beatle fans they need to buy this, of course there will be new young buyers I hope, but a majority of the sales will be us old timers, I think this will be the last time I fork out £149.00 on any new remixes, unless it's something extra special
I think this is rhe last time I can for quire a while
For Apple Corps, maintaining secrecy matters more than putting out a good product. If Apple had consulted with rare records dealers, "Penny Lane" (trumper ending) wouldn't have had to presented with such horrible sound quality in the "Sgt.Peppers" boxed set.
@@56dinosaur I've always thought they had a master of that mix, and that they could just plop it on when it came time to arrange the Sgt Pepper set. I was really shocked when I heard what I heard.
Yes these box sets are bloody well expensive! If they are going to charge way too much money they might at least give you what the fans, collectors, and experts want. Its poppycock if you ask me.
Hi, Andrew. There's a song called "Palace of The King of Birds" that
was recorded during the Let It Be sessions that would be worth
checking out on YT if you haven't heard it already; its a slow, dreamy
5 to 6 minute instrumental jam with a sort of early Pink Floyd
vibe to it; should have been included on the new box set but wasn't.
I have the super deluxe CD set , I agree that it could have been done on 3 discs. Over all I'm happy with it but I wish I bought the vinyl version.
Good set but I still prefer the "naked" version
all stereo remixes were better than the original stereo mixes, but the mono mixes of the white album and st. pepper are still and will always be the best mixes of that albums, mainly because they were mixed with the Beatles in the studio present back in the day.
really a great new stereo mix of let it be, gotta admit that.
Based on your unboxing presentation last week I went with the vinyl. Like you mentioned, the Glyn John's LP was what put it over the edge for me. It's great to have it in hand over the boot version.
Agreed! Well worth the time and money spent! The books are fantastic as well and very informative.
Highly recommended for Beatles fans. Quibbles: the book should have the title info on the spine; the EP is superfluous; and where is the rooftop concert? A proper EP at 7", with a real picture sleeve, that included the concert would have made this set perfect. It's a quibble since I'm pretty sure those recordings are coming.
Another great video Andrew. I will pass on this box set personally as I have on the Pepper, The Beatles and Abbey Road boxes. The reason being is that having the original copies of the the LP, the 87 cd and the 2009 cd, I can't find a good enough reason to keep on buying the same albums when I can just stream the new content on Spotify. I rarely listen to new mixes or sessions more than a couple of times out of curiosity anyway. What the Beatles approved back in the day sonically has always been good enough for me.
Love the new profile picture
Thing is for me, I just don’t have the budget. I have all the original mono/stereo in my collection, so no big deal :)
Your videos never disappoint, Andrew! As incisive as ever! Thank you.
My pleasure, Nick!
Well I’ll have to wait and see. I’ve always enjoyed the Glyn Johns mix and liked Let It Be as a whole. And having collected the boots over the years really made me want to see more film footage of which there was a lot of in bootleg form. To see clear clean versions will be great!
Great job on this edition. Makes me want to hear for myself!
Thanks!
Looking forward to Collection of Oldies too!
Very nice. I purchased the same two packages and can’t argue with any of your points, well done. Your production quality is improving as well; I enjoy the retro film look you are using (and thankfully not OVER using) on your graphics. I always look forward to your videos.
Thanks David. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the effort you put in your videos. The quality of production & editing is incredible. I look forward to new content on this channel every week. I'm not a very prolific Beatles collector but I definitely enjoy watching your reviews & unboxings. Keep up the amazing work.
Much appreciated, Jair.
Well done Andrew, another superb informative video. I think I may stick to the 2009 & Naked versions..👍
I bought both the CD and LP boxed sets. And let me tell you, I am happy I have it all now being a collector and a huge fan. I even have the Rooftop Concerts bootleg on CD. Great video like always, so thank you!
I received the Let it Be boxed set for Christmas. Other than the high price, I think it is amazing. The book and the Glyn Johns Get Back album, were worth it alone.
I got the "Black Album" bootleg of the Get Back sessions (2 cd's) a few years ago, and for me, a person who can usually enjoy even mundane Beatle material, the black album is something to endure rather than like. Many of the songs were recorded from the movie soundtrack rather than the soundboard.
I thought they did a pretty good job in this new box set of pulling together some of the best moments on the two "sessions" discs.
Andrew your analysis of these sets is incredible!! I really enjoy your videos and as a new Beatles fan myself, they are helpful and very informative! I did purchase the vinyl set and so far have been very happy with it...
People are saying that the Glyn Johns Get Back mix in the box set is actually the 70 mix and not the 69 mix... Only the Japanese box set brings the 69 mix... Has anyone else heard about it too???
I purchased the vinyl set. I am 69 years old and a Beatles fan since 1964. Although with all of the Beatles LPs I have obtained through the years, I never bought Let It Be. I didnt go for the box set but the single record. Mainly I wanted to hear the new Giles Martin mix.
I picked up the single disc vinyl edition of the album the day it came out. The set has a lot of great stuff on it, but I really don't see a need to get the sessions albums on vinyl. Get Back and the Let It Be EP are going to be collector's items, so I have considered getting the Vinyl set down the road when I have the money for it, but the sessions discs will sit unopened.
You sure about that?
I've ordered both the CD and the Vinyl set. One thing that disappointed me immediately was overlap. I think we all know that Abbey Road tracks were being worked upon at the time of this album. I would have preferred more from the Nagra tape reels rather than early incarnations of Abbey Road material, which should have been kept apart for the Abbey Road box set instead. Why haven't the upbeat versions of "Two of Us", Paul's "Back Seat of my Car", John's, "Child of Nature" (Jealous Guy) and even better rehearsal takes of George's "All things Must Pass" been included? Although some of this material might be slightly fragmented, it would have been more appreciated. I'm spoilt I guess, as I have a copy of the Vigotone "30 Days" bootleg. The omissions of alternative and more interesting material was an opportunity missed from this set.
I stand by what I said last week - the Get Back album should get a seperate release, especially for those who don’t want to buy the box just for that.
Thank you very much for a great video it made me look at my Queen CDs collection and the differences between Island Universal music for UK and Hollywood Records for USA just in terms of attention paid to front and back cover art the Hollywood Records artwork looks like photocopies
Let It Be is not one of my go-to albums, but I have been playing this set over and over which I haven't done with the others. I think less is more as far as outtakes. The "jams" do nothing for me. I heard Suzy Parker on RUclips for the first time and am glad they left it off.
Not bought either set but I have listened to it. I like the remix a lot but felt the rest was a real let down. A full cd of Twickenham rehearsals would have been much more interesting (even with the low quality nagra soundtrack) and then a cd of Apple outtakes plus the Glyn Johns mixes. That would have been more like it! Great video as always 👍
Great video thanks. Loved the groovy outro music!
Glad you liked it!
I definitely agree with your conclusion, Andrew. And I do feel a little put out that, as a CD buyer, I don't get the full-sized Glyn Johns LP. That would look so much better than the CD version. Also, I, too, wondered why they simply reproduced the EP on CD instead of putting those tracks as "extras" on one of the others. It would have been nice to have a "proper" cover for the EP. Perhaps use one of the singles covers from the time? That might have justified the separate CD. All that said, I don't know if these issues would rise to paying another $100+ for the LP set, especially since the source is digital as with the CDs. The music is what ultimately matters, and it sounds great to my ears.
Excellent review. Thank you! Looking forward to next week... 😀
Great video, Andrew! I appreciate hearing your take on this release. Still trying to understand why Apple allowed the true ‘69 Glyn Johns release in Japan and no where else.🤔
I think the missing concert disc is a valid criticism. It’s something most people have wanted. If it’s only the film version without an accompanying vinyl sold stand alone, I can only speak for my anecdotal Disney+ experience, but I’ve yet to find a way to make it play on my duel 1229 and stack I’ve spent years putting together (and that’s my preferred way to enjoy music). Sure I can run it through the old 5.1 with the tv off, or even run the audio through my receiver (a remarkably inconvenient proposition that doesn’t seem to be worthwhile).
Don’t get me wrong I’m excited to see the concert in full, but the bits on the old laser disc are the best part of the let it be film (imo). It will be amazing to get to see everything remastered and complete.
In the end of the film series doesn’t coincide with a proper release of the concert on physical audio media I believe it’s as valid a criticism as any. I guess I’d understand it not being a valid criticism for you personally if you don’t care about having a nice vinyl copy of the performance, but if that’s was important to you and it’s not there are you supposed to send Apple a thank you card for Christmas for specifically excluding it? So that even after spending all this money on all these sets maybe they can release yet one further set that negates this one entirely?
All in all it’s an amazing set that I’ve enjoyed completely. People have got things so wrong these days. A criticism doesn’t mean the entire thing is garbage or of no value. It means people I’ve discussed this with, and I all wanted something that isn’t there. Apple even set it up as a possibility with the marketing for the film and the way they’ve handled all the recent releases.
It’s great! I’ve always loved this album and film (maybe ranking Beatles for Sale as my “worst” Beatles record, but does that mean I don’t love that album? Nope, but it does mean I haven’t listened to Mr Moonlight in over a decade). Could this set have included something that would make many fans happy and serve to make this release feel definitive (at least in its tracks if not audio preference/quality) like the recent White Album/self titled release? I believe so.
I guarantee you that bootleggers will rip audio from the Disney + rooftop concert and make a vinyl release of it. They did it with oasis unplugged in 1996, and it was a huge hit with fans and not doing the rooftop concept is a huge miss for Apple
I agree John is checked out during the sessions, but I think he performs and sings the BEST of all the Beatles on the rooftop. He is really into it.
Lennon was certainly stoned for a lot of rehearsals, but his rhythm guitar work was always perfect. He was “empathetic” in his accompaniment. I love his feel for rock/pop.
The Glyn Johns mix of I Me Mine just makes me sad. When I heard it for the first time I geniunely thought they accidentally uploaded the wrong file or something, which is a shame because I love the Hammond organ in this mix. I was also expecting to hear Let It Be's original ghost solo from take 27a somewhere. (the one you can somewhat hear in all Let It Be versions except for Anthology, Naked and Take 28 (also known as Take 27b - the take from the Let It Be film)) And also, as many others I was also expecting to see the rooftop concert in its entirety here as well.
A friend of mine just made me a copy of the bootleg of the rooftop in its entirety, so I'm good for a while. Doesn't sound bad, either.
Some of the Glyn John mixes, specially I Me Mine, are too muddy. I'm hoping to get my hands on a japanese box set to compare them and decide which are the best mixes.
Loved the review Andrew! I agree with you about I Me Mine. The acoustic guitar in the right channel is now buried and yes the original bite is lacking. Other than that, I like what Giles has done. Or hasn't done for that matter. :)
I've just seen for sale, 8CDs worth of Glyn Johns' Get Back sessions. I would certainly grab an official release of this!
With the terribly skimpy number of alternate takes/extra material on this latest SDE set, I'll just delay purchase until I've acquired other items on the shopping list.
Andrew, once again, fantastic information. Thank you.
Thank you, Chris. Glad you enjoyed it.
I can’t believe your videos are getting even better and better!! Wonderful review! I’m exited for both the get back film, and your video on a collection of Beatles oldies (but goldies!)!
I will place the vinyl edition of the box set on the top of my Christmas wish list!
My super kind aunt, who lives in the us, bought me the target edition of the get back book (with the 4 prints :)), so I’ll be getting that one as well! :)
The Target edition looks great. Nothing like that here in Europe :(
@@Parlogram unfortunately not :(… weird cause the Beatles are from the Uk! Oh well…
Great review and looking forward to the next one. Not too many people talk about or even remember that album so this should be great.
Hi Andrew would be great to compare the 1970/87/2003/2009/2021 albums at a later date. Another great & interesting video! BTW going out on a limb here, but to me the let it Be version on the Glyn Johns album minus the banter before & after is the best version I have heard & could have been worthy to have been put on the original final album.
Great "Coming Next" video. Very stylish. Looking forward to see it as was my first Beatles record. i'm waiting for the Get Back film before I buy anything related to it. A Blu ray of that is a must for me. As for the boxset, I'll let it be for now.
Ok let’s talk about me my uncle and the album. First me I was born 1973 After they broke up. The Beatles became one of my top 10 bands and artist of all time. My set up for listening is a bunch of bluetooth speakers a bar speaker for my tv with 5.1 surround sound. I also have Apples air pods. I don’t buy cds much any more specially if there a streamable version. I have a subscription to Spotify. I am so happy they got all the mixes in the super deluxe set minus the Blu-ray Disc. I love all the remixes the 2021 and 1969-70. I could listen a lot to them and do jam to them in the car. The song as different takes except for a few I like to jam to but the rest will only be listened to a few times a year as history of what happened in the studio. The set is very fun to listen to and my son likes the band too. He won’t care so much for different takes. He is only 18. Also I can’t weight for the movie as I only had a stolen copy I got from Lime Wire a file sharing app in the early 2000 were you stole album copy’s for free. The Let It Be movie I have on a media stick only works if you play it straight threw. If you fast forward it it has glitches. So I happy for what I got. As for my uncle for helping me out a lot in my life and to say thank you I got him the cd supper deluxe set with book as a gift. Why the cds. He as a fan is worthy of the records and had been since he got the first album in the USA when it came out as a kid, but not his record player. Also I wanted him to have the blue-ray disc. He first opened the set up and was so suprize I spent the money on such a nice set he knew it not cheep. Second it his favorite band of all time and loves anything by them. So after he opened it he said always wanted the album mixed the one from 1969 and 70s. Second he listen to the blue-ray disc stereo mix said it Beautiful and rich sounding. As he listens more to the set I get more on what he likes about it. He also said the book is so good. He did say if he was buying it he get the cds as it more convenient to listen to with out the fuss. So from two happy Beatles fans we love this set. I just got one suggestion. Just get a copy of it in your choice of formates. Then put it on and listen to it like you would of as a kid. I am happy to just listen to the songs. I think comparing each albums to the same album but on a different pressing or formate and comparing them loses some of the fun. I know we don’t want a bad recording but at some point once you got a good one just get into the music.
It's the video content that really sets this package apart.
3:58 Hello Mr. Parlogram, I am the owner of one of the CD SMH Japanese Super Deluxe Let It Be and my book serial number is the same as yours. After the UK stopped producing albums due to EU entry, the best version available for any Beatles album will be the Japanese editions.
Thank you for (continuing) posting HQ videos that strike a good balance between nitty gritty detail, and overviews that allow others to gather sufficient understanding to interpret the contents meaningfully. Plus they're engaging.
Thank you for watching. Glad you like them.
Some of the Glen Johns mix I actually liked. Dig a Pony, Dig is my favorite one. I also like some of the other mixes for the Glen John’s mix.
I have the 2009 CD and feel it is good enuf. A lot of Let It Be was recorded live, and there is just so much additional fidelity that can be rung out of the tracks. I also feel like it is not a strong enough Beatles record for me to get something that's slightly different. I am waiting for Revolver CD remix, which sounds like it could use a fresher mix. I have the White Album and Abbey Road in the new remixes, and while interesting, do not really move the needle like, say, the remix of All Things Must Pass (which I know many people hate).
Sort of weird that they didn't just get an artist to recreate the source art for the title font and the apple. Really great and comprehensive look at this- thanks man!!!
I had to return it. A lot of groove distortion in Get Back and the remix ( both in two last songs of each side) . Waiting for the replacement, let's see. Great video!
I wish the Let It Be album were left alone. The album didn’t need “freshening up.” In the future, it won’t need refreshing either. It’s historical work. Let it be…
Of all the reviews I've seen regarding the new Let It Be, this is the finest by a mile. Very professional. It's has the quality of a BBC arts programme. Just outstanding. Thank you.
Peace out!
Thank you very much, Vita!
Great review if these two box sets. I was originally going to buy just the cd bios set to get Blu-ray. Ultimately I decided to buy both because the vinyl box set includes much better packaging (in particular GJ’ let it be vinyl). I have reasonable BluRay and 4K tv. And really enjoyed contents of Blu-ray which does have some visual content. I really liked Stereo mid and 5.1 mixes - I was though disappointed with Atmos version which added little. I am hoping that Disney will release 4K version of six hour documentary with a really good immersive 5,1 sound mix - particularly for roof top concert.
I really liked 4 track ep too.
I imagine that Apple will next look at revolver and rubber soul for upgrades. I note that Criterion are releasing new 4K UHD of hard days night in 2022. That should be excellent.
got this in the rock and roll hall of fame and I love it! I also got the dvd and I'd say it's amazing
Great video!! And I'll have something to say about next video ("...oldies...")... Greetings from Chile!
They could have saved room in the CD box by combining both sessions discs into one 73 minute disc, and adding the EP tracks onto the Get Back disc.
I would have also added the original 1970 mix to Disc 1, for CD buyers who may not already have a copy. And I would have made sure the 12" book scales down to a 5" version, so that the box set could fit on the same shelf with a CD collection.
I’ve enjoyed the second Glenn Johns cut of the album for years, and it’s nice to have a slightly cleaner version than my old CD bootleg (that looks identical to the one shown here). I enjoy a lot in this version of the album. It’s a small gripe but the one thing that I really miss is George’s guitar is turned down in For You Blue, but does nic the added studio chatter in John lap steel solo; which I’m mostly indifferent on.. but that is one of George’s subtle beautiful sounding guitar songs. It’s simple, but a favorite of mine. Bringing that rhythm guitar up a bit was one of Specters positive additions
I wasn't too jazzed about this box when it was announced (after all, Let It Be never was among my favorite Beatles albums), but the thing is, I'm a diehard nutcase fan who needs EVERYTHING. So of course I got it. And I was THRILLED when I heard it - because the sound (except that mix of "I, Me, Mine" -- and I was thinking the exact same thing: digital noise) is spectacular! In terms of content, the "white" album box is my favorite of the 50th anniversary boxes, but for sound quality, this one easily wins it for me.
The thing is, this came out shortly after The Beach Boys' Feel Flows set, a 5-CD box (well, not really a box but more of a book-with-CDs-inside-it) in which they used just about every usable second of CD space. I think the list price on both the Let It Be and Feel Flows sets was the same. So yeah, for five CDs, we were getting 3 CDs worth of material. Also, the folks at Brother KNOW what the fans want. There are plenty of folks on the inside who do reach out to fans, which is why their more recent archival releases and year-end copyright extension releases have been so stellar. They know what the fans like, and they know how to push the fans' buttons. Apple, on the other hand...they don't seem to have any fan outreach at all. Their attitude seems to be: "It's The Beatles. People will gobble up anything Beatles." And just like the computer company called Apple, the Beatles' Apple does not reach out to find out what their consumers want: they TELL their consumers what they want.
Now, I don't think the rooftop concert ever was considered as part of the set -- I mean, does the target audience as a whole really want to sit through just the audio of, oh, three performances of "Get Back," two performances of "Don't Let Me Down," etc.? But my thought is that the box was conceived first for vinyl, and it makes sense how it's arranged: one 12-inch disc for the new version of Let It Be, another for the Glyn Frankenstein album, two 12-inchers for the rehearsals and recording sessions, and an EP. (Although I was surprised to learn it's a 12-inch EP instead of a 7-inch.) I'm thinking that they basically took each record and turned it into a CD. It's not the first time the Apple suits did this to The Beatles: all of Let It Be...Naked [still my favorite of the various lineups to listen to the Get Back / Let It Be material] could have fit on one CD (but it worked well as a 12-inch and 7-inch on vinyl), and the "red" album could have fit on one CD instead of a (list price) $32 two-CD set.
I have the CD box set and I’m more than happy. The Blu Ray hi res mixes are especially good.
It proves again that this project can never be completely sorted out - although THIS was a good try. The polling which you did supports this. The Peter Jackson film irons it all out the best it could be, and the boxes are acceptable keepsakes yet really provide nothing new. LOVED your intro to this, btw.
My sense is the shouting was for the movie, which is not included in this project.
Chantilly Serial Heavy exists as a computer typeface. In fact it's at all the free font sites and has been for years. But the Beatles have been using Futura in their packaging and promotional materials since Anthology. And it was used for Let It Be...Naked in 2003.
I'm wainting for my box set, but i've already herad the sound files that came about and i think you're right. Great video. Thanks.
It occurs to me that from now on every Beatle song can be remixed and then released many times. Every time they can boost the vocals or boost any instrument or even add sounds from tracks that were left off the original releases. In his way EMI will make a fortune.
What EMI needs to do is release all Beatle songs in the future on a new medium that has ALL the isolated channels on it so it is in effect an exact copy of the MASTER TAPE. Together with the launch of a new player for this new medium the listener can play back these songs either in the default way they were originally released OR the user can boost any track with a mixing table included with the player. So in effect the user can pay back any way they want and listen to any isolated track or boost tracks etc.
Listen to bass track only or drums only or vocals only. Then if you add AI you can isolate parts that are on one track .
I wouldnt pay for any new releases based on new mixes BUT I would pay for both all Beatle songs released with all individual tracks accessable to the listener and the player needed.
Hey Andrew, I'd love to know your thoughts on Let It Be Naked. For me it's the version of the album that I most connected with. It sounds like it doesn't do too much for you. Maybe doing a video on it's conception would be worth a try?
Great Review Andrew! You brought up some good points. I’m gonna half to pass on the box set, because I don’t feel like I need it with the Disney+ Get Back. But if I did get it I would definitely get the Vinyl set.
Another great video Andrew … I got the ‘day by day’ set over 10 years ago.. I’ve tried to listen but it’s hard without visuals.
The book in the set is good,but I agree that the scrapbook style isn’t that great.
Also I would have liked dates for the sessions.
I have the cd set but would love a separate vinyl release for the Glyn Johns mix.
I wasn't planning on getting this set, but I just found the vinyl box on eBay for just over 40 bucks! At that price, I simply couldn't resist getting it and I'm anxious to hear how everything sounds when it arrives in the mail.
Wonderful video, again! I do own the original UK box-set and I totally agree, the very first glossy box has an amazing picture quality don't know why the current reissue hasn't. Even the red-apple vinyl! On the other hand the back cover photographs of the vinyl has been restored.. Love.
I'd be happy if they would release all the digital surround mixes on separate, blu ray releases. It's really all I'm interested in paying for.
In the wild days of the late 2000s MP3 downloading I found a complete set of the Nagra reels. It’s interesting and tedious as they’re not edited at all and labeled only by reel.
hello again, I have withdrawn my post of this afternoon, as I was - I think now - too harsh with the LP box...
It is what it is: the track "I Me Mine" on the EP has strange noises on the left channel, that's what everyone I have talked to today hears. But: it is NOT a pressing error! I have heard the said track digitally again (Amazon Music HD), and there is this disturbance also, just not so strong, have probably paid too little attention at the first hearing... So, I guess it's definitely not a pressing error!
Ringo's cymbals on the Glyn Johns Mix LP are very clanging on the left channel on side A, especially in "Dig A Pony", but that is certainly also on the master. So - after all! After listening through it again, I have to say, yes, I'm calmed down, all is well! Or- not well, but it is how it is! And it's fine!
As for the tracks of the Glyn Johns Mix, yes, that's certainly interesting and a question of how that could happen or why Apple did it that way!
So, all the best and enjoy Let it Be!
The version of " Let It Be " on this album is far superior than the 45 version or the version on the Blue album, The first time I heard the album version in 1980, I was totally blown away by it !!!!
it´s been a time saturation of info and opinions on this release but your analysis is superb as always. i´m really happy with the sound and the extras.
Thanks, Andrew, for another well thought out review.
Have you compared "Get Back", Across the Universe", and "Don't Let Me Down", from the 2013 analogue mono box, to the new digital sourced 2021 vinyl box?
Hi. I could find 1969 mix, instead of 1970 mix, of "For you blue" on disc 4 of the Japanese SHM-CD box but other tracks are identical to, or undistinguishable from, those on the international version. Stereo image was inverted on "One after 909" and Billy was almost disappeared on "I've got a feeling". Regards
Love your channel Andrew!!
I had the opportunity to see the rooftop concert and Peter Jackson’s live link up at an I Max theater while vacationing in Florida last January. My wish is that they would have shown the roof top concert without the cut aways. The audio was breathtaking and loud!!! I’ll probably never hear it as good as I did at that I Max theatre.
As far as the Get Back box set, I have the CD version and think the 5.1 surround mix is the best out of all the Giles Martin surround mixes. It’s a awesome. Usually, the surround mix is interesting but not my go to listen. On Get Back, it’s my preferred listen.
I’m disappointed that they didn’t include the complete rooftop concert without cut aways on the Blu Ray disc. It would have been the extra icing on an already sweet cake.
I wait patiently for a stand alone rooftop performance Blu Ray.
Let It Be is a great album. Rough and rocky and full of great songs. It’s now had three different remixes! The original, the Naked from 2003 and Giles Martin’s on the latest one. Which one is the best?
@2:57 Clever that they managed to get the 5.1 on the vinyl!
Thanks for taking the time and detailed effort to produce these videos. I like the design of the CD set and how it can be displayed to show either set of portraits. Apart from the audio, I buy these sets for the books, as they contain studio documentation and tape box notes that can't always be found elsewhere.
The “unimaginative” EP cover is just an identical throwback to the OG Apple 45 wrappers... total nostalgia play.
We only had to wait over 50 years! For me the Get Back Glyn Johns mix album is what I am interested in. As for the rest....I have quite a number of Let It Be bootlegs. I will buy the Get Back vinyl if it becomes available.
Thanks Andrew. I'm loving the vinyl box and the Get Back book!!
Omg Andrew! That was superb review!! And the tease for the next episode really hooked me 😆 I want it now! 🤣
Years ago I downloaded a complete discography (up to 2012) including band's studio albums and collections + solo albums and collections. In George's folder there was a 2002 collection of lifetime works including rehearsals but I never got to listen to it until yesterday. There were rehearsals from around Let It Be period too, and I found it so impressive. Listening to them chatting in the studio and working out different moods of a song's intro... Magnificent.
One last thing....
How did we live without you all these years?
The Get Back Album cover is a newly made - photoshopped composite of 2 known variations of the photo...
I really enjoy your videos Andrew.
As a Beatles fan and having bought both the vinyl and cd editions of the previously released anniversary editions, I have yet to purchase either of the versions of 'Let it Be". I really just don't have much interest. I have much of the Nagra reel material, so not much need for the sessions, either.
To make the cd set really worth the putchase, they could have made all the sessions avaliable on Blu-ray discs. Apple dropped the ball again, IMO.
Thanks again for all of your videos.
Thanks for watching, Larry.
I've listened to the first side of Get Back online so far. It feels so lonely. Seems that Glyn Johns was going for something more true to the film rather than a commercial release, and it's clear why it was never issued.
For me, "Naked" was the first time I heard this material in a way that felt like a complete album that was up to their standards, and I'm reluctant to buy a different version that will tear that away. Other reasons reluctant to buy it: (a) Giles Martin; (b) no rooftop concert; (c) one of the discs is only 4 tracks??
Just curious, what's the issue with Giles?
@@DonkeyBoyVids Exactly. He's done a splendid job with these remixes, especially the Sgt. Pepper remix and now Revolver which is in the works.
@@shaitet yeah I thought that he did great so far
@@DonkeyBoyVids I think people are just mad because he removed some easter eggs (or random noises which somehow made it into the album) in the 2019 mix of Abbey Road
This release is notable for what is still missing and the fact that both Glynn johns mixes should have been issued. Having had them booth for nearly 30 years i believe i understand this moot p[oint. Where is Black Dog Blues/ Not Fade Away, the full re-make of Hold Me Tight, Mailman Don’t Bring Me No More Blues to name but a few, also Isn’t It A Pity, . However having them in my personal stack makes me realise just how much there is. IT SCORES FOR PRESENTATION, BUT LOSES ON THE CONTENT. In other words you win on the percentages, but lose on the bonuses. I have put my own Get back album together by splitting the studio set to the live set. There is no studio chatter just the recordings, and that sounds much much better.cay la vie!!