Let It Be

When the Beatles embarked on the project that would result in Let It Be, they sought to reconnect with their roots, return to a more direct sound, almost like in the beginning. The idea was to document this return to live performances, something they hadn't done since 1966. The early sessions, in early 1969 at studios in Twickenham, were marked by internal tensions, even leading George Harrison to take a break from the group. To resume, they moved to their own studio, Apple Studio, and added keyboardist Billy Preston. It was there that they performed an impromptu rooftop concert on January 30th, from which three tracks were included on the final album.

Year: 1970
Songs: 12
Duration: 31 min 0 seg

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12 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱

Let It Be

Two of Us

Intermediate

3:36 02

Dig a Pony

Easy

3:54 03

Across the Universe

Intermediate

3:47 04

I Me Mine

Intermediate

2:26 05

Dig It

Intermediate

0:50 07

Maggie Mae

Easy

0:40 08

I’ve Got a Feeling

Intermediate

3:37 09

One After 909

Intermediate

2:53 10

The Long and Winding Road

Advanced

3:38 11

For You Blue

Intermediate

2:32 12

Get Back

Intermediate

3:07

Genres

Classic rock Rock Pop Britpop mainstream rock

Details

Year: 1970
Songs: 12
Duration: 31 min 0 seg

About the album

Let It Be, according to DoReSol

The path of Let It Be was somewhat tortuous. In April 1969, the single "Get Back" with "Don't Let Me Down" was released. Then, engineer Glyn Johns prepared a version of the album, which would be called Get Back, but the band rejected it. The material was put on hold while they recorded Abbey Road. It was in January 1970, after the departure of John Lennon, that tracks like "Let It Be" and "I Me Mine" were completed, the latter with the production of George Martin. When the idea of the documentary film was revisited, Lennon and Harrison enlisted producer Phil Spector to assemble the album. Spector made decisions such as incorporating a 1968 take of "Across the Universe" and adding orchestral and choral arrangements to several songs, something that did not convince Paul McCartney, especially on "The Long and Winding Road".

Despite the complications in its creation, Let It Be reached the top positions on the charts in several countries. In 2003, McCartney spearheaded Let It Be... Naked, a version without Spector's additions and with a different track order. And in 2021, an expanded and remixed edition was released, coinciding with the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, which revisited the January 1969 sessions and the rooftop concert. The album, officially released on May 8, 1970, is remembered as the Beatles' last studio album.

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