'Naked' version of Beatles' 'Let It Be'

LONDON, UK (EMI/Beatles Fans Website) - A 'naked' version of The Beatles album Let It Be is to be released next month. Let It Be...Naked strips the album of producer Phil Spector's lavish orchestrations, choirs and effects.
Most of Let It Be was recorded in 1969 for an album which was to have been called Get Back, showing The Beatles returning to their roots as a four-piece rock-and-roll band.

However, the group was splitting up and the album was abandoned until Spector was brought in to convert hundreds of hours of tape into an album, renamed Let It Be.

John Lennon praised Spector's version but Paul was said to be annoyed by the orchestration of his song, The Long and Winding Road.

Ringo Starr said: "Paul was always totally opposed to Phil. I told him on the phone recently 'You're bloody right again. It sounds great without Phil.' Which it does."
Let It Be...Naked keeps roughly the same track listing as the original album, which featured Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road, Get Back and Across the Universe.
Background dialogue, Dig It and Maggie Mae have been taken off the album, and Don't Let Me Down has been added.

Paul McCartney said: "If we had today's technology back then, it would sound like this because this is the noise we made in the studio. It's exactly as it was in the room. You're right there now."
Let It Be...Naked is to be released by EMI Records on November 17.