Terry Wogan had the first play of 'Let it be' from Let it Be-Naked this morning. Even he muttered afterwards that it wasn't that different. In fact its distinct from the virtually Acoustic Anthology 3 version by being heavy on the Billy Preston organ and none the worse for that. The reviews are starting to roll in and I suppose its another excuse for the monthlies to do a Beatles 'special' (again) which of course I don't mind at all. The new Observer Music Monthly rolls in first with John Harris getting quite carried away.
What remains is a 35-minute, 11-track album that a) sounds like a coherent work rather than a patched-up postscript, and b) stays true to McCartney's original idea of abandoning the studio alchemy that had so defined the psychedelic Beatles and re-emphasising the fact that they were a four-piece rock group (often augmented here by Billy Preston on keyboards).
The cover is terrible btw. The 'official site' is worse. An absolute disgrace. Honestly.
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