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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Let It Be
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[The Beatles]]
| Cover = LetItBe.jpg
| Released = [[8 May]] [[1970]]
| Recorded = January 1969, [[Apple Studios]], [[Savile Row]];<br />January 1970, March 1970, [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios, Abbey Road]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[rock and roll]]
| Length = 35:13
| Label = [[Apple Records|Apple]], [[EMI]]
| Producer = [[George Martin]], [[Phil Spector]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aemfozf0heh6k link]
* [[Robert Christgau]] (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1382&name=The+Beatles link]
* ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' {{rating|5|5}}
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (Negative) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles/albums/album/230618/review/5940857/let_it_be link]
| Last album = ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]''<br />(1969)
| This album = '''''Let It Be'''''<br />(1970)
| Next album = —
}}


'''[[Yes]]''' is an English word indicating acceptance or agreement, or making a positive response or exclamation. It may refer to the following articles:
'''''Let It Be''''' is the twelfth and final original album released by [[The Beatles]]. It was released on [[8 May]] [[1970]] by the band's own [[Apple Records]] label, shortly after the group's announced breakup. It was ranked number 86 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 greatest albums of all time]] in 2003.<ref name="RS1234">{{cite web | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598123/86_let_it_be |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|accessdate=2007-12-10 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>


In '''music''':
Most of ''Let It Be'' was recorded in January 1969, before the recording and release of the album ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]''. The Beatles were unhappy with the album and it was temporarily shelved. ''Let It Be'' was later 're-produced' by [[Phil Spector]] in 1970.
* [[Yes (band)]], a progressive rock band from the United Kingdom
** [[Yes (album)|''Yes'' (album)]], their debut album
** ''[[The Yes Album]]'', their third album
* [[Yes (song)]], the opening track from the Manic Street Preachers third album, The Holy Bible
* [[Yes (Mika Nakashima album)|''Yes'' (Mika Nakashima album)]]
* [[Yes (Morphine album)|''Yes'' (Morphine album)]]
* [[Yes! (Chad Brock album)|''Yes!'' (Chad Brock album)]]
** [[Yes! (song)|"Yes!" (song)]], a song from this album
* [[Yes (McAlmont and Butler song)|"Yes" (McAlmont and Butler song)]]
* [[Yes (Tim Moore song)|"Yes" (Tim Moore song)]], a 1985 song by Tim Moore
* "Yes", a song from Coldplay's 2008 studio album ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]''.


'''Other uses''':
==Recording sessions==
* [[Yale Entrepreneurial Society]], an American non-profit organization
By late 1968, [[Paul McCartney]] was eager for the Beatles to perform live again, more than two years after they gave up touring. At the time, there was a great deal of tension among the Beatles, who had been pursuing a number of personal projects over the course of the previous six months.
* [[Yasuj Airport]], Iran IATA code

* [[YES! Magazine]], a non-profit, ad-free magazine
The group began rehearsals at [[Twickenham Studios]] on [[2 January]] [[1969]]. No [[multi-track recording]]s were made of these sessions, as the Beatles were rehearsing for the live show rather than attempting to record an album. (Despite this, there are widely available [[bootleg recordings|bootlegs]] taken from the [[mono recording]]s that were synchronized to the film cameras.) A number of possible locations for the live show were discussed during the Twickenham rehearsals, with the leading candidates being a Roman [[amphitheatre]] in [[North Africa]] or a cruise ship. At one point, [[John Lennon]] sarcastically suggested that they perform in "an [[insane asylum]]".<ref name="sulpy136-138">Sulpy and Schweighard, 136-138</ref>
* [[Yes (film)|''Yes'' (film)]], a film by Sally Potter

* [[yes (Israel)]], an Israeli satellite television provider
Everyone involved in the Twickenham rehearsals considered them to be disastrous. By the third day of rehearsal, the group openly discussed whether they should break up. Lennon had all but withdrawn creatively from the Beatles, seldom contributing even to the arrangements of his own songs. [[George Harrison]] was increasingly resentful; while he was treated respectfully by musical colleagues such as [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Eric Clapton]], when working within the Beatles his songs usually were either derided or ignored. McCartney's attempts to hold the band together and rally spirits were seen by his bandmates as controlling. The constant presence of Lennon's companion and artistic partner [[Yoko Ono]] -- who often spoke on Lennon's behalf as he sat silently by -- was a major source of tension. The intrusive film cameras and the cold, unfamiliar settings of Twickenham Studios also contributed to ill feelings. Finally, Harrison became fed up with Lennon's creative and communicative disengagement from the band, as well as McCartney's bossiness, and on 10 January announced that he was "leaving the band now".<ref name="sulpy169">Sulpy and Schweighardt, 169</ref> Within a few days Harrison was persuaded to return to the group, who moved to their own [[Apple Studios]].
* [[YES Network]], Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network

* [[yes (Unix)]], a Unix shell command to print a string repetitively
Multi-track recording began when the group moved to Apple Studios on 22 January,<ref name="sulpy205">Sulpy and Schweighardt, 205</ref> continuing until 31 January.<ref name="sulpy305">Sulpy and Schweighardt, 305</ref> Harrison brought in keyboardist [[Billy Preston]] to ease tensions and supplement the band for the live performances. Preston worked with the Beatles from 22–31 January.
* [[Yes! Roadster]], a German sports car

* [[YES Prep Public Schools]], a network of public, open-enrollment charter schools located in Houston, Texas, USA
The live concert idea culminated with the Beatles and Preston performing 30 January on the rooftop of the Beatles' [[Apple Corps|Apple]] Building at 3 [[Savile Row]] before a small audience of friends and employees. The performance was cut short by the police after complaints about noise. The complete concert has circulated among [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] collectors for many years. Three numbers recorded at the rooftop concert, namely "Dig a Pony", "I've Got a Feeling", and "One After 909", do appear on the album, while several spoken parts of the concert appear between tracks that were recorded in studio.
* [[YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday)]] a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

* [[Youth Empowerment Scheme]], a children's charity in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The band played hundreds of songs during the ''Get Back''/''Let It Be'' sessions. Aside from original songs ultimately released on the ''Let It Be'' album were early versions of almost all of the songs that appeared on ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]'', including "[[Mean Mr. Mustard]]", "[[She Came in Through the Bathroom Window]]", "[[Sun King (song)|Sun King]]", "[[Polythene Pam]]", "[[Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)|Golden Slumbers]]", "[[Carry That Weight]]", "[[Something]]", "[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]", "[[Oh! Darling]]", "[[Octopus's Garden]]", and "[[I Want You (She's So Heavy)]]". Still others would eventually end up on Beatles solo albums, including Lennon's "[[Jealous Guy]]" (called "Child of Nature" at the time and originally written and rehearsed for the ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]'') and "[[Gimme Some Truth]]", Harrison's "[[All Things Must Pass]]" and "Hear Me Lord", and McCartney's "[[Teddy Boy (song)|Teddy Boy]]" and "[[Junk (song)|Junk]]" (originally written for the ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]''). Much of the band's attention was focused on extended jams on 12-bar blues as well as a broad range of covers. These included classical pieces such as [[Samuel Barber]]'s "Adagio for Strings", jazz standards such as "[[Ain't She Sweet]]", and an encyclopaedic array of songs from the early rock and roll era such as "[[Stand By Me (song)|Stand By Me]]", "[[Words of Love]]", "[[Lonely Sea]]", "[[Bésame Mucho]]" by Mexican composer [[Consuelo Velázquez]] (a song that was part of The Beatles repertoire in the early days) and "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]". The rehearsals and recording sessions were filmed and formed the basis of the Beatles' film of [[Let It Be (film)|same name]].
* [[Young Epidemiology Scholars]], a college scholarship program

* [[Yes! Youth Movement]], Russia
==The ''Get Back'' albums==
After increasing use of [[overdub]]s and multi-layered recordings on recent albums, there was at first a consensus to record the new album live. In keeping with the back-to-roots concept, the cover artwork was planned to be an update of the cover of their first album, ''[[Please Please Me]]'', with the band looking down the stairwell of [[EMI]]'s headquarters office block in [[Manchester Square|Manchester Square, London]]. The photograph was later used on the compilation album ''[[1967–1970]]'' (aka ''The Blue Album'').

Engineer [[Glyn Johns]] put together a rough version of ''Get Back'' on [[acetate disc|acetate]] in March 1969, which included many of the same songs that made the final cut, plus McCartney's "Teddy Boy". Johns played the acetate for the Beatles, who were not really interested in the project any longer. At least one copy of the acetate made its way to [[United States|America]] and was aired on local radio stations in [[Buffalo, New York]], and [[Boston]] in September.
[[Image:Getback-1.jpg|thumb|Cover of the aborted ''Get Back'' album. Mirroring the cover of the band’s first album, ''[[Please Please Me]]'', was John Lennon’s idea.]]

In March 1969, Lennon and McCartney called Glyn Johns to EMI and offered him free rein to produce an album from the ''Get Back'' recordings.<ref name="CBC">{{cite book |first=Mark |last=Lewisohn |authorlink=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle |year=1996 |publisher=Chancellor Press |isbn=0-7607-0327-2}}</ref> Johns booked time at [[Olympic Studios]] between 3 April and 28 May to mix the album and presented the final banded master tape to the group on 28 May. Only one track, "One After 909", was taken from the rooftop concert, with "I've Got a Feeling" and "Dig a Pony" being studio recordings instead. Johns also favoured earlier, rougher versions of "Two of Us" and "Let It Be" over the more polished performances from the final 31 January session (which were eventually chosen for the ''Let It Be'' album). It also included a [[Jam session|jam]] called "Rocker", and a brief rendition of [[The Drifters]]' "[[Save The Last Dance For Me]]."

The ''Get Back'' album was intended for release in July 1969, but its release was pushed back to September to coincide with the planned television special and the theatrical film about the making of the album. In September, the album's release was pushed back to December because the Beatles had just recorded ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]'' and wanted to release that album instead. By December the album had been shelved.

On 15 December, The Beatles again approached [[Glyn Johns]] to produce an album from the 'Get Back' tapes but this time with the instruction that the songs must match those included in the as yet unreleased ''Get Back'' film. Between [[15 December]] [[1969]] and [[8 January]] [[1970]], new mixes were prepared. Johns' new mix omitted "Teddy Boy" as the song did not appear in the film (and also likely because McCartney had indicated to John that he had re-recorded the song for his upcoming ''[[McCartney (album)|McCartney]]'' album). It also added "Across the Universe" (a [[remix]] of the 1968 studio version, as the January 1969 rehearsals of the song were judged unsatisfactory) and "I Me Mine," on which only McCartney, Harrison and [[Ringo Starr]] performed (Lennon had left the band by that time). "[[I Me Mine]]" was newly recorded, as it appeared in the film and no multi-track recording had yet been made. The Beatles once again rejected the album.

==Completion and release==
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In March 1970 the session tapes were given to American producer [[Phil Spector]], with McCartney's reluctant agreement. Spector worked on the tracks and compiled the eventually released album - by now entitled ''Let It Be''. The album and the [[Let It Be (film)|film with the same name]] were released on 8 May 1970; the Beatles had already broken up by that time. The movie captured on film the critical tensions within the band, and also included footage from the rooftop concert. The rooftop performance closed with the song "Get Back", and afterwards Lennon said, "I'd like to say 'thank you' on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition." The joke was added to the studio version of the song that appeared on the album.

Several songs from the recording sessions have been released officially in versions different from those on the ''Let It Be'' album. "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" and "Let It Be" were released as singles in 1969 and 1970, respectively. "[[Across the Universe]]", a Lennon composition recorded in February 1968, was added to pad out his sparse contributions to the album, having previously been released as part of the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wildlife Fund]] charity album ''[[No One's Gonna Change Our World]]''. Neither version was at the originally recorded speed (the ''[[No One's Gonna Change Our World]]'' version being sped up and the Let It Be version being slowed down). The track appeared for the first time at its original speed on the ''[[Let It Be… Naked]]'' album in 2003. The [[Glyn Johns]] version of "The Long and Winding Road" was released in 1996 on ''[[Anthology 3|The Beatles Anthology 3]]''.

Six tracks were live performances, in accordance with the original album concept: "I've Got a Feeling", "One After 909", and "Dig a Pony" from the rooftop performance, and "Two of Us", "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" from studio sessions. However, the album versions of "For You Blue", "I Me Mine", "Let It Be", "The Long and Winding Road" and "Get Back" featured editing, splicing, and overdubs. The twelfth track on the album was a slowed-down version of the original 1968 recording of "Across the Universe", which had only been rehearsed at Twickenham and not professionally recorded on multi-track tape during the January 1969 sessions.

McCartney was deeply dissatisfied with Spector's treatment of some songs, particularly "The Long and Winding Road". McCartney had conceived of the song as a simple piano ballad, but Spector dubbed in orchestral and choral accompaniment. McCartney unsuccessfully attempted to halt release of Spector's version of the song. He was fine with the orchestra, but the choir and harp he wanted to be removed. His bitterness over this was a contributing factor to his public announcement that he was leaving the Beatles shortly thereafter. Despite the criticisms levelled at Spector over the years for his handling of the material, Lennon defended him in his famous ''[[Playboy]]'' interview 10 years later, saying, "He was given the shittiest load of badly-recorded shit with a lousy feeling to it ever, and he ''made'' something of it."

[[Image:Letitbebox.jpg|thumb|right|The original box set packaging of ''Let It Be''. It contained a 160 page booklet with photos and quotes from the film.]]

In the UK, the album was originally issued by Apple (and distributed by EMI) in a lavish boxed set that also included a book featuring stills from the ''Let It Be'' film. Several months later, the album was reissued in Great Britain in a standard LP jacket, sans book. In the [[United States]], the ''Let It Be'' album was issued in a standard jacket, without the book. The American release was also originally issued by Apple Records, but because [[United Artists]] distributed the film, United Artists also held the rights to distribute the record in America. (EMI subsidiary [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], which held the Beatles' US contract, had simultaneous rights to the music on the album, and could distribute the songs on various singles and compilation albums. Capitol, however, did not have the rights to release or distribute the actual album.) To indicate that ''Let It Be'' was not distributed by Capitol, the original record label in America sported a red apple, rather than the Beatles' usual green granny smith apple. In early 1976, when the Beatles' Apple Record contract expired, most of the group's catalogue in the United States transferred from Apple to Capitol; ''Let It Be'', however, went out-of-print in America for three years. Then in 1979, Capitol/EMI purchased United Artists Records. With this acquisition, Capitol acquired the rights to two Beatles albums previously distributed in the United States by United Artists, ''Let It Be'' and the soundtrack album ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]].'' (As ''A Hard Day's Night'' had never been issued by Apple in the United States, it remained in print in America under the United Artists label when the Apple contract expired in 1976.) Shortly after acquiring United Artists Records, Capitol re-issued both Beatles albums under the Capitol imprint.

The Beatles would ultimately win the [[Academy Award]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song Score|Best Original Song Score]] in 1970 for the songs in the movie.

===''Let It Be... Naked''===
{{main|Let It Be… Naked}}
At the same time the film's re-release was announced, McCartney announced plans to release a new version of the album that is closer to what the band had originally intended for the project. McCartney was particularly upset about the "[[Wall of Sound]]" treatment Spector had given to "The Long and Winding Road", and had previously rerecorded it on the solo album ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]''. The new collection, ''[[Let It Be... Naked]]'', was released on [[17 November]] [[2003]] in a two-disc format—the second disc contained fly-on-the-wall recordings of the band chit-chatting during the ''Get Back'' Sessions.

==Reception==

The album was met with mixed reviews at the time of its release. [[NME]] critic Alan Smith wrote "If the new Beatles soundtrack is to be their last then it will stand as a cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to a musical fusion which wiped clean and drew again the face of pop". [[Rolling Stone]] magazine was also critical of the album, citing Spector's production embellishments as a sore point: "Musically, boys, you passed the audition. In terms of having the judgment to avoid either over-producing yourselves or casting the fate of your get-back statement to the most notorious of all over-producers, you didn't...".

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Lennon/McCartney]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Two of Us (The Beatles song)|Two of Us]]
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = [[Dig a Pony]]
| note2 = live
| length2 = 3:52
| title3 = [[Across the Universe]]
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = [[I Me Mine]]
| note4 = Harrison
| length4 = 2:25
| title5 = [[Dig It]]
| note5 = Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey
| length5 = 0:49
| title6 = [[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = [[Maggie May (traditional song)|Maggie Mae]]
| note7 = traditional, arr. by Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey
| length7 = 0:41
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = [[I've Got a Feeling]]
| note1 = live
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = [[One After 909]]
| note2 = live
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = [[The Long and Winding Road]]
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = [[For You Blue]]
| note4 = Harrison
| length4 = 2:32
| title5 = [[Get Back]]
| length5 = 3:07
}}

==Personnel==
*[[John Lennon]] – vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar
*[[Paul McCartney]] – vocals; acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, [[Hammond Organ]], [[maraca]]s
*[[George Harrison]] – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals, [[tamboura]]
*[[Ringo Starr]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] and maracas.
*[[Billy Preston]] – [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano and [[Hammond organ]].
*[[George Martin]] – [[Record producer|producer]], arranger ("Let It Be"), [[shaker (percussion)|shaker]] ("Dig It")
*[[Phil Spector]] – producer (final overdubs), mixing
*[[Glyn Johns]] – engineer, mixing
*[[Richard Anthony Hewson]] – string, choir and brass arrangements


==See also==
==See also==
* {{selfref|{{lookfrom|Yes}}|}}
* ''[[Let It Be (Laibach album)|Let It Be]]'' (1988) by the [[Slovenia]]n band [[Laibach (band)|Laibach]], which covered most of the Beatles' album.

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite book |last=Sulpy |first=Doug |coauthors=Schweighardt, Ray |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=1999 |title=Get Back: The Unauthorized Chronicle of the Beatles "Let it Be" Disaster |location=New York |isbn=0-312-19981-3}}

==External links==
* [http://www.norwegianwood.org/beatles/disko/uklp/letitbe.htm Recording data and notes]
* [http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/live031403/ The Lost Beatle Tapes / The Making of Let It Be]
* [http://www.bootlegzone.com/album.php?name=letitbe&section=1 'Let it be' entry on BootlegZone]

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{{succession box
| before = ''[[McCartney (album)|McCartney]]'' by Paul McCartney
| title = [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] [[Number one albums of 1970 (U.S.)|number one album]]
| years = [[June 13]] - [[July 10]] [[1970]]
| after = ''[[Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More]]''<br /> by [[Various artists]]}}
{{succession box
| before = ''[[Hey Jude (album)|Hey Jude]]'' by The Beatles
| title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report]] [[Number one albums of 1970 (Australia)|number one album]]
| years = [[June 15]] - [[July 12]] [[1970]]
| after = ''[[Déjà Vu (album)|Déjà Vu]]'' by [[Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)]]}}
{{end}}

{{The Beatles}}


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[[Category:The Beatles albums]]
[[Category:1970 albums]]
[[Category:Apple Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Phil Spector]]
[[Category:EMI Records albums]]


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