THE BEATLES Let It Be MFSL 1-109 Mobile Fidelity HALF SPEED MASTERED All Analog
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THE BEATLES Let It Be MFSL 1-109 Mobile Fidelity HALF SPEED MASTERED All Analog (Half-Speed Mastered by Stan Ricker and pressed in Japan on High Definition Super Vinyl) (Disc 13 from the The Beatles MFSL Box Set)
LP13-A1 Two Of Us Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:37 LP13-A2 Dig A Pony Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:55 LP13-A3 Across The Universe Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:48 LP13-A4 I Me Mine Written-By – George Harrison 2:26 LP13-A5 Dig It Written-By – George Harrison, Lennon-McCartney, Richard Starkey 0:50 LP13-A6 Let It Be Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 4:03 LP13-A7 Maggie Mae Arranged By – George Harrison, Lennon-McCartney, Richard StarkeyWritten-By – Traditional 0:40 LP13-B1 I've Got A Feeling Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:38 LP13-B2 One After 909 Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 2:54 LP13-B3 The Long And Winding Road Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:38 LP13-B4 For You Blue Written-By – George Harrison 2:32 LP13-B5 Get Back Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 3:09
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Note: This lp was purchase individually and was originally from the box set. The Beatles: The Collection was a vinyl box set of every Beatles album remastered at half speed from the original stereo master recordings, except for Magical Mystery Tour which was mastered from Capitol Records' submasters with the last three tracks in rechanneled stereo.[1] Each album was pressed on virgin vinyl by the Victor Company of Japan ensuring the best sound quality possible. The album covers were replaced with photographs of tape boxes and log sheet. The original album covers were included in a booklet which also featured a certificate of authenticity as this was a limited edition collection. Missing from this collection was all of the Beatles' singles that did not appear on their original UK albums.Released with much anticipation in early October 1982, The Collection was lauded by critics and fans worldwide for the superb sound, and sold-out completely within the first year. MFSL repressed a second run of the Beatles Box Set for a total production run of 25,000 over the next two years or until October 1985. Review by Richie Unterberger The only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews, there are few other rock records as controversial as Let It Be. First off, several facts need to be explained: although released in May 1970, this was not their final album, but largely recorded in early 1969, way before Abbey Road. Phil Spector was enlisted in early 1970 to do some post-production work, but did not work with the band as a unit, as George Martin and Glyn Johns had on the sessions themselves; Spector's work was limited to mixing and some overdubs. And, although his use of strings has generated much criticism, by and large he left the original performances to stand as is: only "The Long and Winding Road" and (to a lesser degree) "Across the Universe" and "I Me Mine" get the wall-of-sound layers of strings and female choruses. Although most of the album, then, has a live-in-the-studio feel, the main problem was that the material wasn't uniformly strong, and that the Beatles themselves were in fairly lousy moods due to inter-group tension. All that said, the album is on the whole underrated, even discounting the fact that a sub-standard Beatles record is better than almost any other group's best work. McCartney in particular offers several gems: the gospelish "Let It Be," which has some of his best lyrics; "Get Back," one of his hardest rockers; and the melodic "The Long and Winding Road," ruined by Spector's heavy-handed overdubs (the superior string-less, choir-less version was finally released on Anthology Vol. 3). The folky "Two of Us," with John and Paul harmonizing together, was also a highlight. Most of the rest of the material, by contrast, was going through the motions to some degree, although there are some good moments of straight hard rock in "I've Got a Feeling" and "Dig a Pony." As flawed and bumpy as it is, it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever.
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