Beatles Let It Be '70 Film Doc Widescrn vers. Get Back DVD/CD combo

Description

DVD is region-free, plays globally
DVD
Let It Be 1970 Movie Documentary
This version is taken from the 40th Anniversary of the Let It Be film. This version is widescreen Dolby Stereo.This
film is like you've never seen it before-- the DVD also contains a complete video album version of all the songs included which were made for music
television and contain
approximately 32 minutes of never before seen video footage.Running time for the DVD is 2 hours and 28 minutes.
The DVD is region-free (plays globally)
CD
CD Contents: Original Get Back LP
This version is the raw and unreleased version as was slated for original release.It remained unreleased
due to tremendous controversy at the
time,S
ome "promo" copies were made a few of which found their way to radio stations.
This album was reproduced by Phil Specter and ended up
be
ing released as the Let It Be album.Highlights on this CD include:
Save The Last Dance For Me
, full-length version of
Dig It, The Long And Winding Road, Across The Universe, Get Back,and Let It Be.
This follows the same format as the movie with alot of fun stuff between tracks. After you listen to this version, you can dispose of your
Let It Be Naked
CD that
came out some years ago.
The film observes the Beatles (
John Lennon
,
Paul McCartney
,
George Harrison
and
Ringo Starr
) from a "
fly on the wall
" perspective, without narration, scene titles, or interviews with the main subjects. The first portion of the film shows the band rehearsing on a
sound stage
at
Twickenham Film Studios
. The songs are works in progress, with discussions among the band members about ways to improve them. At one point, McCartney and Harrison have an uncomfortable exchange, with McCartney criticising a guitar riff played by Harrison on "
Two of Us
". Harrison responds: "I'll play whatever you want me to play, or I won't play at all if you don't want to me to play. Whatever it is that will please you, I'll do it." Also appearing are
Mal Evans
, providing the hammer blows on "
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
", and
Yoko Ono
, dancing with Lennon.
The Beatles are then shown individually arriving at
Apple
headquarters, where they begin the studio recording process with Harrison singing "
For You Blue
" while Lennon plays slide guitar. Starr and Harrison are shown working on the structure for "
Octopus's Garden
" and then demonstrating it for
George Martin
.
Billy Preston
accompanies the band on impromptu renditions of several
rock and roll
covers
, as well as Lennon's improvised jam "
Dig It
," while
Linda Eastman's
daughter
Heather
plays around the studio. Lennon is shown listening as McCartney expresses his concern about the band's inclination to stay confined to the recording studio. The Beatles conclude their studio work with complete performances of "Two of Us", "
Let It Be
", and "
The Long and Winding Road
".
For the final portion of the film, the Beatles and Preston are shown giving an
unannounced concert
from the studio rooftop. They perform "
Get Back
," "
Don't Let Me Down
," "
I've Got a Feeling
," "
One After 909
," and "
Dig a Pony
," intercut with reactions and comments from surprised Londoners gathering on the streets below. The police eventually make their way to the roof and try to bring the show to a close, as the show was disrupting businesses' lunch hour nearby. This prompts some ad-libbed lyrical asides from McCartney: during the second performance of 'Get Back,' he sings, "Get back, Loretta ... you've been out too long, Loretta ... you've been playing on the roofs again ... and your mummy doesn't like that ... it makes her angry ... she's gonna have you arrested! Get back, Loretta!". In response to the applause from the people on the rooftop after the final song, McCartney says, "Thanks Mo!" (to Ringo's wife Maureen) and Lennon quips, "I'd like to say 'thank you' on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!"
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