REPLACEMENTS Let It Be V Rare Orig UK 1984 Zippo LP Paul Westerberg Post Punk
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The Replacements
Let It Be
Very Rare original UK LP released on Zippo Records in 1984. 1st UK pressing.
In September 1984, The Replacements released their third full length album entitled Let It Be. The album's title is a reference to the album of the same name by The Beatles, however Paul Westerberg has been quoted numerous times about the title's origins and meaning saying that it "was our way of saying that nothing is sacred, that the Beatles were just a damn fine rock & roll band. We seriously were gonna call the next record Let It Bleed." This is no surprise given this Minneapolis bands previous history. Prior to this album's release, The Replacements earlier sound was very fast and Punk oriented. Let It Be built on the sounds that the band first experimented with on 1983’s Hootenanny, an album in which they played other styles of music breaking from the Punk mould that they had been associated with. This album took that differing of styles to another level.
Overall, Let It Be showcased not only Paul Westerberg’s song writing abilities, which were developing into something other than fast Punk songs. The Replacements as a band and their chemistry is also evident on Let It Be. Bob Mould of Husker Du, another Minneapolis band from that time described The Replacements live shows in The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting: An Oral History by Jim Walsh as this “If you see ten Replacements shows, one of them you’re going to think they’re the greatest that ever walked the face of the earth, and the other nine might degenerate into drunken covers.” That quote is relevant when describing this album. Let It Be has the greatest moments, but also the drunken degenerate ones. From the songs to the now iconic photograph that was taken on the roof of Bob and Tommy Stinson’s mother’s house for the albums front cover, Let It Be captured something that was hard to define, it had something that until this point in 1984 other Replacements albums did not.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 I Will Dare 3:11
2 Favorite Thing 2:17
3 We're Comin' Out 2:20
4 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out 1:51
5 Androgynous 3:14
6 Black Diamond 2:36
Side Two
1 Unsatisfied 3:59
2 Seen Your Video 3:05
3 Gary's Got A Boner 2:25
4 Sixteen Blue 4:21
5 Answering Machine 3:37
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Released on Zippo Records in 1984
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Catalogue Number ZONG 002
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Record is in Near Mint condition
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Sleeve is in Near Mint condition
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