good vid. +1

Did they ever get Let It Be released on DVD?

Too bad those amateurs failed the audition.

And how many bands today could pull this off, and sound so damn good doing it?

Probably none.

Louder And More Dissonant: Did they ever get Let It Be released on DVD?

Not officially. You can get it places...

Damn the man!


Louder And More Dissonant: Did they ever get Let It Be released on DVD?

One of these years... before I'm dead? Saw it a couple times in college. Would be great to see it all cleaned up on DVD with commentary etc.


kmmontandon:

And how many bands today could pull this off, and sound so damn good doing it?

Probably none.

Now, now. Try to contain the hyperbolizing...

i don't like yoko ono

jan 30, 1969, submitter. i was four days old and 250 miles north!

As someone who remembers watching that at the time let me say ...zzzzzzzzzzzzz.....Ooh Matlock's ON!

It is funny. The Beatles always seemed to me to be so old looking in the vids. But really, they were only in their late 20s.

Naive Beatles lover here...

Do these tracks sound sweetened? I know the bad synch may be causing me to think that but... it just doesn't seem really "live". I am not 100% on it, I am just looking for others opinions.

just to think some ass called the cops and they got shot down. some things never change.

It always blows my mind to think that, like em or not, the whole of the Beatles' recordings were basically 1962-1970, and they changed the world in the same amount of time it take Peter Gabriel to release two albums.

Were we so malleable, so open to new ideas then?

/Don't trust anyone over thirty!
//That includes me.

These guys accomplished so much by 30. As for me... nevermind. :(

The Dynamite Monkey: Naive Beatles lover here...

Do these tracks sound sweetened? I know the bad synch may be causing me to think that but... it just doesn't seem really "live". I am not 100% on it, I am just looking for others opinions.

Well, they did have a soundboard and everything...

Gaddammit, "Don't Let Me Down" is sublime.

5:58---can we bring that look back please?

noheadphones: 5:58---can we bring that look back please?

Second that.

Aparently they were working on a re-master for DVD and then started looking at outtakes and realised that the film was controversial then and it still is today, which means it might be a long time before it comes to DVD.

It would be nice to see though :)

The best part of "Get back" is th old guy with the pipe climbing the ladder and sauntering over to the edge of the roof, hands in pockets.

They actually played a bunch of these songs several times but only the "best" versions were saved for the film, so they were probably up there at least an hour.

That's not too bad, really; an hour of the biggest band ever basically for free and then the cops very politely said, "That's enough, boys!"

uncledeercamp:

noheadphones: 5:58---can we bring that look back please?

Second that.

Third.

I can hear keyboards. Who was playing keyboards? Did George have a synth ax?

Cooper420:

Aparently they were working on a re-master for DVD and then started looking at outtakes and realised that the film was controversial then and it still is today, which means it might be a long time before it comes to DVD.

It would be nice to see though :)


Wouldn't a DVD be great with dueling Paul and Yoko commentary tracks? I would pay big money for that. They actually got her do a commentary on a segment of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus DVD (which is great, if you've never seen the whole thing -- Keith Richards' commentary is quite coherent, thank you very much). She was a tad defensive-sounding, I'd say. Go figure, huh?

LonleyCloud:

I can hear keyboards. Who was playing keyboards? Did George have a synth ax?


That would be the late great Billy Preston. If you've never seen his feature bit in the Concert For Bangladesh, check it out.

BeThe Dynamite Monkey: Naive Beatles lover here...

Do these tracks sound sweetened? I know the bad synch may be causing me to think that but... it just doesn't seem really "live". I am not 100% on it, I am just looking for others opinions.

It's live, and I believe a few of the songs they played were the versions that ended up on the original Let It Be album. They're good quality for being recorded outside, I'll give you that, but since it was for the movie they had some nice equipment up there.

It's live sound. Remember these guys had access to the best recording and live sound equipment available at the time, and they were doing this for posterity, so to speak.

RIP John, George & Billy.

The_Philosopher_King: It is funny. The Beatles always seemed to me to be so old looking in the vids. But really, they were only in their late 20s.

That still blows my mind. George Harrison was 24 when Sergent Pepper's was made. The Beatles were broken up before any of them were 30. I'm going to be 30 this month. And what have I done? fark all, that's what.

/off to cry now

GrizzlyAdamsRox: That still blows my mind. George Harrison was 24 when Sergent Pepper's was made. The Beatles were broken up before any of them were 30. I'm going to be 30 this month. And what have I done? fark all, that's what.

Eh, right place, right time.

DrBenway: One of these years... before I'm dead? Saw it a couple times in college. Would be great to see it all cleaned up on DVD with commentary etc.

Well it would have been nice back in 2001, before George and Billy died. Commentary now would be a bit thin, with just Paul and Ringo. Please don't let Yoko anywhere near a microphone. If you really want a bickerfest, invite Phil Spector and George Martin.

kmmontandon: And how many bands today could pull this off, and sound so damn good doing it?

Probably none.

You've got to be kidding.

MikeXpop: If you really want a bickerfest, invite Phil Spector and George Martin.

I dunno, brother. George is a classy gentleman and Phil is, well, nutz.

But, jeeze, does this take me back. I can remember watching it in college along with films like "Gimme Shelter" and thinking that things were really changing in this old world.

Nothing really changed. The yippies all became yuppies. Poor Macca proved there's no fool like an old fool with the Heather Mills business. Yoko is still Yoko. George, Bill, John, Mal, and Derek Taylor are all dead, among others of the Beatles' tribe.

Only Ringo seems to have preserved his dignity. Still married to Barbara Bach, still living in the south of France, and still respected as a musician and a good guy. We should all be so lucky.

It's been done.

I hate the beatles and everything they stand for

The Dynamite Monkey: Do these tracks sound sweetened?

Yeah. I think it sounds way too good for for a rooftop jam no matter how good the recording equip was. There's spots where the camera shows both George and John, and neither of them are playing the guitar part that's heard {allowing for out-of-sync audio/video}
I'm not taking anything away from the Beatles, they were great. I'm just saying the same as I posted a while ago, when one song of this show was posted here, I hear some overdubs. I don't think it's that much of a stretch to consider a popular band would use overdubs. Everybody does it.

Mega_Doof: They actually played a bunch of these songs several times but only the "best" versions were saved for the film, so they were probably up there at least an hour.

pipco:I hear some overdubs. I don't think it's that much of a stretch to consider a popular band would use overdubs. Everybody does it.

Could it be audio from one take with a shot from another?

solitary: I hate the beatles and everything they stand for

Well, that's nice.
*shrug*

Mega_Doof: The best part of "Get back" is th old guy with the pipe climbing the ladder and sauntering over to the edge of the roof, hands in pockets.

Yes, I love that guy too. Walks off as cool as custard; like he "certainly never climed a ladder to see The Beatles, are you MAD?"

solitary: I hate the beatles and everything they stand for


And with luck, you'll die before you reproduce.

solitary:

I hate the beatles and everything they stand for


That is so cute. You are a very special person.

solitary: I hate the beatles and everything they stand for

Then you don't know what that was, or, you stand for evil.

DrBenway: LonleyCloud:

I can hear keyboards. Who was playing keyboards? Did George have a synth ax?


That would be the late great Billy Preston. If you've never seen his feature bit in the Concert For Bangladesh, check it out.

I met Preston at a NJ Beatlefest a few years ago.


Fav Beatle song - "I've Got a Feeling"

Can someone please explain to me "5:58---can we bring that look back please?"

Jeez, how cool are those guys? It made me happy to see this, I've only seen bits and pieces before. Even at the end of the group they were still great.

For those of you who want to save some time, here's the rest of it:

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SwingingJohnson:

Can someone please explain to me "5:58---can we bring that look back please?"

I believe they were referring to this:


the micro-miniskirt and knee-boots combo.

galactus5000: It's been done.

I came in here just to say..... Nice call my friend.

kmmontandon: And how many bands today could pull this off, and sound so damn good doing it?

Probably none.

These guys tried it.

U2 - Streets Have No Name