The Beatles "LOVE"

A new project released by Apple/EMI was entitled "LOVE". The tracklisting consists of mash-ups for the soundtrack to the Cirque Du Soleil Vegas show using re-mixed Beatles songs. The soundtrack was first released in CD format for the UK on November 20 2006 and for North America a day later on November 21 2006. The catalogue number for the CD is Apple 09463 and there are two choices in format : one being a regular CD and other being a CD/DVD-Audio (which plays in 5.1).

The 2-LP vinyl version of "LOVE" was released five months later on April 30 2007 worldwide although the vinyl was manufactured in England. The catalogue number for the vinyl version is the same as the other formats: Apple 09463 - the sub numbers vary depending on the format.

The front cover for this project shows a colourful yellow and red swirly background. The band logo is on the left in a dark brown (almost black) colour, the "LOVE" title has the letters in dark brown/black with the out lines of the letters in red and this is surrounded by the band members in red silouette from the original Dezo Hoffman photograph taken on Monday March 25 1963 at Allerton Golf Course in Liverpool. The band members have been re-arranged with the original line up on the black and white Hoffman photo as John, Ringo, George and Paul from left to right. On the "LOVE" front cover the member have now become Ringo, Paul, John and George from left to right.

Let's start with a description of the CD/DVD-Audio which I happen to own: there is an outer slip with the front cover as described above. The top and bottom of the slipcase have the front cover logo, the title of the project, Apple, Capitol and catalogue number. The back of the slip contains the tracklisting, the UPC code, the FBI logo and warning (all on the left side). The back also contains the band member silouettes, the website address, various logos, trademarks, composer information and copyright information (all on the right side).

The digipack opens has the front cover and the back is simply the yellow/reddish background with the internet address, composer's credits, copyright and various logos ; FBI, Dolby, DTS, DVD, Apple, Capitol at the bottom. The digipack opens up to reveal more of the background and then opens to reveal the two discs with the tracklisting on either side of the openings. The disc labels feature the background colours and the front cover logos in yellow on the CD and in brown on the DVD-audio. The Apple logo is featured on the left hand side. (The Capitol logo is above it on my North American copy). Copyright information is printed on both discs in white along the perimeter of the disc (s). The CD format also contains a 28 page booklet with an introduction by George Martin and Giles Martin with credits and copyright information. The rest of the booklet features various colourful images and the band members, scene images from the Cirque Du Soleil stage show and various montages.

The LP version features two discs and a gatefold cover. The front cover is the same as the CD, the back cover has the tracklisting under the individual sides in brown, the internet address, the Apple, Parlophone UPC code and Cirque Du Soleil logos from left to right. Underneath are the copyright information. The spine contains the catalogue number, the artist/title, "music from EMI" and the Apple logo. The inner gatefold photo reveals a colourful montage with the band members. The large book has the same information as the CD booklet but much, much more colourful, larger and nicely designed.

The two records come in white inner sleeves, Side A and B have a red label with the yellow front cover logo, the tracklisting for each side, the side letter on the right, the parlophone and Apple logos on the left and the copyright information written in yellow along the perimeter. Side C and D have a yellow label with the red front cover logo, same as above with the exception of the perimeter print being red instead of yellow. Both records are on black vinyl.

The tracklisting is as follows:

"Because"/"Get Back"/ "Glass Onion"/ "Eleanor Rigby"/ "Julia (Transition)"/ "I Am the Walrus"/ "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/ "Drive My Car/What You're Doing"/ "Gnik Nus"/ "Something"/ "Blue Jay Way (Transition)"/ "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter"/ "Help!"/ "Blackbird/Yesterday"/ "Strawberry Fields Forever"/ "Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows"/ "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds"/ "Octopus's Garden"/ "Lady Madonna"/ "Here Comes The Sun"/ "The Inner Light (Transition)/ "Come Together/Dear Prudence"/ "Cry Baby Cry (Transition)"/ "Revolution"/ "Back In The USSR"/ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"/ "A Day In The Life"/ "Hey Jude"/ "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)"/ "All You Need Is Love".

The Beatles' The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 Sampler

In early April 2006, Apple/Capitol/EMI released a CD sampler for the Capitol Albums Vol. 2. The catalogue number for the CD is Apple/Capitol DPRO 0946.

The front cover is similar to the previous volume 1 sampler; the middle has the large black label with rainbow perimeter print and the white playhole in the middle. The center of the label has the band logo in yellow and red with the title underneath in white along with the Capitol logo. The four front replica covers are as follows: "The Early Beatles" in the upper left; "Beatles VI" in the upper right; "Help!" in the lower left and "Rubber Soul" in the lower right.

The back of the sampler has the same colour design as the previous volume 1 sampler: purple into red into orange into yellow etc. The band logo is at the top in white followed by the title. Underneath is the tracklisting twice (once for stereo and once for mono), the production credit to George Martin in black followed by the composer credits. The blurb "From The Capitol Albums: Vol. 2" in black and indicated which songs appear for the first time in stereo. At the lower left are the Apple/Capitol/Compact Disc/ and FBI logos appear. Finally, at the bottom is the catalogue number and copyright information.

The CD has the black label with rainbow perimeter. The artist and title are at the top in white, the tracklisting in white under the playhole. The Capitol logo is at the left and the catalogue number, compact disc logo and EMI logo are at the right. At the bottom is the Apple logo and in the perimeter rainbow colours are the copyright information and FBI warning.

The tracks include "Baby It's You" and "Boys" from "The Early Beatles" collection; "What You're Doing" and "'I Don't Want to Spoil The Party" from the "Beatles VI" collection; "The Night Before" and "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" from the "Help!" soundtrack; "Think For Yourself" and "I've Just seen A Face" from the "Rubber Soul" collection. All tracks are offered in stereo followed by (mainly fake) mono mixes.

The Capitol Albums Vol. 2

On or around April 11 2006, Apple /Capitol/ EMI released the second box set of USA versions of the Beatles' LP mixes on CD. This 4 CD box set contained the 1965 versions of "The Early Beatles", "Beatles VI", "Help!" and "Rubber Soul". The tracklistings for these versions are unique to the American market and as with the first volume, the songs are presented in mono (somewhat) and stereo. The catalogue number for this set is: Apple/Capitol/EMI CDP 0946.

The front cover of the box containing the 4 CDs has the same colours as the previous version with purple at the top changing to red and then yellow. The same large black "label" circle is featured at the top aling with the band logo, a white "playhole", and the title under the band logo in white. The Capitol dome logo is beneath the title. The label has the rainbow perimeter. Under the "lable" is a colour photo of the Beatles taken in late 1965 by Robert Whitaker. Actually, it's the exact same photo as on the cover of the Apple 45/CD single "Real Love" (right down to the fact that the cigarettes have been air brushed out).

The spine of the set has the band logo in white, the title in black and the four CD titles in white from top to bottom. This is followed by the Apple logo, the Capitol logo, "music from EMI" and the catalogue number.

The back of the box contains this blurb at the top..."For the first time on CD...the original 1965 Capitol albums presented in both stereo and mono". Under this are small replicas of the front covers to the 4 CDs follow by the tracklisting. On the bottom left are the Apple logo, Capitol logo, FBI logo and the compact disc logo. The UPC code follows. On the bottom right is the band website address, the catalogue number, FBI statement and copyright information. My set was made in the US.

The inner portion of the box slides out the right side of the outer box. This time the CDs are not released from the top or bottom but the inner section must be folded back to release the CDs. This is due to the fact that complaints from consumers having their CDs fall out of the inner box and onto the floor when removing the inner section on "vol. 1" caused the change for this volume. The inner box duplicated the front cover of the outer box on one side and the tracklisting on the left side and replica covers on the right side complete the inner section (it's similar to volume 1). The 4 CDs fit on the right section and the 58 page booklet with liner notes written by Bruce Spizer and photos from the Beatles' 1965 career (the second movie, Shea Stadium, etc.). What's also nice is the 45 picture sleeves shown in the book. All of the copyright song information is also contained in the book.

All of the CD labels are black with perimeter print similar to the original Capitol labels. All have the titles at the top and the tracklisting at the bottom. The Capitol logo is to the left and the Apple logo at the bottom. The catalogue number and compact disc logo is at the right hand side. The "all right" and FBI warning are writtin in black as the perimeter print within the rainbow colours.

All four CD cardboard covers replicate the front covers, the back covers contain the replicas but the tracklistings are listed twice (mono and stereo) and the addition of the Apple logo, catalogue number, compact disc logo and copyright information are added to the replica photos on the back.

First up is "The Early Beatles": the stereo mixes on the CD are the same ones used on the UK "Please Please Me" LP with the exception of "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" which are issued in face stereo as there are no true stereo mixes of these two songs. The mono mixes used on this CD are not mono mixes. They are simply the fake stereo mixes collapsed to one speaker. Bizarre.

Secondly, "Beatles VI" uses the true stereo mixes with the exception of "Yes It Is" which has a duophonic mix with the highs on one side the lows on the other from the original mono mix. The mono version of "Beatles VI" uses the true mono mixes for all songs.

Thirdly, the "Help!" soundtrack uses the true stereo mixes for all of the songs with the exception of "Ticket To Ride" which is duophonic from the mono mix. The Ken Thorne instrumentals are also stereo. The mono mixes for the CD are not true mono mixes but actually consist of the stereo mixes collapsed into one speaker with the exception of "Ticket To Ride" which is the true mono mix. The Ken Thorne instrumentals are also folded down from stereo.

Lastly, the "Rubber Soul" stereo mixes are all true stereo; interestingly, "The Word" has a different stereo mix than it's UK counterpart with the vocals mainly on one channel and a harder stereo separation. Also, "I'm Looking Through You" contains a false start on the US stereo version not contained on the UK stereo version. The mono mixes for "Rubber Soul" are true mono mixes (a variation is used for "Michelle" which has louder percussion).

Initial copies of "The Capitol Albums Vol.2" contain an error for the "Rubber Soul" disc. The mono mixes for this version are not mono but folded down stereo. This error was corrected for subsequent issues. (Mine is the first issue).

Lastly: a bit of a complaint. There are three CD missing in action which would have made the set so much better: "The Beatles' Story" (which could have been issued in mono/stereo on the first set) "Yesterday...And Today" (which also could have been issued in mono/stereo on the second set) and "Hey Jude" (same as above). It's interesting to note that all issues released commercially were the work of Dave Dexter Jr. (wonder if that was a contractual thing). I would not include "Revolver" as the US version was simply the UK version with three tracks missing.

The Beatles' The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 Sampler

Yes folks, the release of a new project and the obligatory CD sampler which was at this point becoming a habit (probably used more as collector's items than radio fare at this junction of time). The CD sampler for "The Capitol Albums Vol. 1" was released in early November 2004 and contains selective tracks from the upcoming 4-CD commercial set. The catalogue number for this sampler is Apple DPRO 7087.

The front cover consists of the round logo for the project with a black background and the artist logo in yellow and red with the rainbow perimeter colours. A playhole in the middle of the cover is white. The surrounding four front covers of the Capitol LPs contained within the project are shown with "Beatles '65" at the upper left, "Meet The Beatles" at the upper right, "Something New" at the lower left and "Second Album" at the lower right. No format designations are shown on the front covers.

The back cover consists of the same colours as the commercial version with yellow on top slowly morphing to orange, red, and purple (top to bottom). The band logo is black followed by the project title. The track listing follows with the stereo designation first and the mono designation second. The production credit "Produced by George Martin" is next. Under that, the composer's credit and a blurb promoting the upcoming project. Finally at the bottom, the Apple logo, Capitol logo, compace disc logo and FBI logo are all there as well as the copyright information.

On the CD label, the background is made to look like the classic Capitol label. the black background and the rainbow perimeter. The copyright and "all rights" information is written inside of the rainbow perimeter. The title is at the top, the Capitol logo on the left side and the catalogue number and compact disc logo on the right side. The track listing and the Apple logo are underneath the center hole.

The track listing is as follows: "All My Loving"/ "I Wanna Be Your Man" (from "Meet the Beatles" LP); "I Call Your Name"/ "Roll Over Beethoven" (from "Second Album" LP), "Things We Said Today/ "If I Fell" (from "Something New" LP) and "She's A Woman"/ "I'm A Loser" (from "Beatles '65" LP). All tracks are played first in stereo and then repeated in mono. Why "She's A Woman" was listed as a featured USA mixed track by Capitol I will never know to my dying days.

The Capitol Albums Vol. 1

One year after the release of "Let It Be...Naked", the scraping of the bottom of the musical barrel continued. It was decided by Apple to release the nostalgic configurations of the US 1960s releases by Capitol Records in the USA. The idea was to put out the original Capitol artwork and USA mixes to the public (both being sub-par to the UK artwork and mixes).

The first volume of the Capitol Albums was entitled "The Capitol Albums Vol. 1" as a 4-CD set, a short 12 page booklet by Bruce Spizer and a 52 page booklet with introduction by Mark Lewisohn and photos courtesy of Apple and Capitol Records. There is also a credit for Chip Madinger who supplies the Original Album Sleeves (although you would think Capitol had a few copies as well). The Bruce Spizer booklet was added to the set my myself after the fact. The date of release for this set was on or about November 15 (for the UK) November 16 (for North America) 2004.

The first four Capitol LPs include: "Meet the Beatles!", "The Beatles's Second Album", "Something New" and "Beatles '65". The catalogue number for the set is Apple 7243.

The front cover of the box has a flow of yellow (at the top) blending to orange, red and purple (at the bottom). At the top is the Beatles logo in full colours like the background and the title in white with the Capitol logo in white underneath. All this within a round black "label" with a rainbow perimeter. Underneath the "label" is a black and white photo of the Beatles circa 1964. The spine of the box has the band logo, the title (both in black), the 4 CD titles (in white). The Apple, Capitol and EMI logos are featured at the bottom of the spine along with the catalogue number.

The back of the box had the same background colours as the front and spine of the box. The back of the box also states "For the first time on CD...the original 1964 Capitol albums presented in both stereo and mono." Underneath are the front covers of the first four LPs (minus "A Hard Day's Night" which was originally released through United Artists - and minus Capitol's own documentary "The Beatles' Story" 2-LP set). The tracklisting appears beneath the album covers with a small circle showing which tracks are stereo and which are mono. Basically, the tracklist follows the order of the vinyl side one and two repeated first in stereo and then in mono. The tracklisting is followed by the website address for the band. My US copy has the Apple logo, Capitol logo, FBI WARNING logo (I'm not kidding) and the compact disc logo in the lower bottom left. The copyright information is at the bottom lower right. There is also a UPC code at the bottom left.

The actual CD cardboard covers for "Meet The Beatles!", "The Beatles Second Album", "Something New" and "Beatles '65" look like they came from used copies of the original LPs. Maybe that is what Capitol wanted, but they don't look very nice. The "Second Album" cover looks yellowish and colours on the covers look faded. Too bad. I've seen pirate CDs with the stereo mixes that look much better than this official product. The back covers are no better. The reproductions look blurry and all of them have the addition of the CDP catalogue number on the upper right (with the exception of "Second Album" which has it on the lower right). The Apple logo has been added. The tracklisting has doubled on all of them with either "stereo" or "mono" before the songs. All covers have the "file under" print with the solid black dot indicating mono on the original LPs. There are no inners.

The CD labels are made to look like the original Capitol black labels with rainbow perimeter print. All four labels has the "all rights" warning in black along the perimeter of the rainbow. The title at the top and "recorded in England" underneath (with the exception of "Meet The Beatles!"), the catalogue number and compact disc logo at the right, the Capitol logo at the left, the tracklisting at the bottom along with an Apple logo.

All four CDs and booklet come in an inner tray with openings at either end. I remember during the time of release that a lot of consumers were complaining about the CDs falling out of the inner tray due to both sides of the tray being open ended. The inner tray is split in two and can be folded inward. The inner tray mimicks the front cover while the other side of the tray has the four album covers on one side and the tracklisting on the other side.

Finally, it must be remembered that this release contains the USA mixes by the notorious Dave Dexter Jr. (bbboooooo!!!) who actually turned down the first 3 Beatles singles when offered to Capitol. Capitol Records had this guy take charge of mixing the Beatles music when Mr. Dexter Jr. has even been on record saying that he hated the Beatles !!! Anyway, let's look at each CD:

First up is "Meet The Beatles!": Only two songs ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy") are true mono mixes; the rest of the mono mixes for the CD are folded-down from the stereo mixes. All stereo mixes for the songs on "Meet The Beatles" are true stereo mixes with the exception of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" which are duophonic with highs on one side and lows on the other side; in other words, fake stereo.

Second up is "The Beatles' Second Album": Eight of the tracks "Roll Over Beethoven", "You Really Got A Hold On Me", "Money", "Please Mr. Postman" "I Call Your Name", "Long Tall Sally" "You Can't Do That" and "Devil In Her Heart" are true stereo with reverb added onto them. "Thank You Girl" has a unique stereo mix from the UK (mixed on March 13 1963) with added reverb and additional harmonica. Both "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" are fake stereo (duophonic). For the mono portion of the CD, "She Loves You", "I'll Get You" and "Thank You Girl" are true mono mixes. "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name" are mono mixes from the UK mixed March 05 1964. The rest of the tracks are folded-down stereo.

Thirdly is "Something New": The stereo portion uses true stereo mixes for all songs ("I'll Cry Instead" is edited on the stereo mix). The mono portion uses true mono mixes with the following exceptions: "And I Love Her" has an early mono mix (March 03 1964), "I'll Cry Instead" uses a different edit but still a mono mix. "Any Time At All" and "When I get Home" use different (earlier) mono mixes from the UK. "Slow Down", "Matchbox" and "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" have the same mono mixes as the UK "Long Tall Sally" EP and the German single respectively.

Last is "Beatles '65": The stereo portion uses true stereo mixes for all songs with the exception of "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" which use fake stereo (duophonic). The mono portion uses true mono mixes of the songs with the exceptino of "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" which retain earlier UK mono mixes (both from October 21 1964). Both have added reverb although not as much as the fake stereo versions which have TONS of reverb.

Fly On The Wall

With the release of the LP/CD "Let It Be...Naked" came a bonus 45 vinyl disc (with the LP) and a bonus CD (with the CD) of material entitled "Fly On The Wall". This addition to the project is described as "A unique insight into the Beatles at work in rehearsal and in the studio during January 1969". The bonus material was released the same day as the commercial project (November 17 2003) and was included in the gatefold cover of the LP and as a second CD. All of the segments contained on the bonus material are from the Nagra A rolls which were used to sync up to the film during the making of the "Let It Be" movie.

All segments last less than two minutes with some of the segments lasting only a few seconds. Unfortunately, there is no real purpose to these recordings and you are better off getting the full versions from our friends (Vigotone, etc.) This is also a disc/CD that I have personally played maybe twice in my entire life as I already have the material on other sources.

The cover of the 45 bonus disc has the title of the project "Let It Be...Naked" and "Fly On The Wall" underneath. The photos are the same as the commercial front cover and the artist is listed below the photos. The gray back cover features the title and description. Underneath is the track listing for side 1 on the left and for side 2 on the right. The Beatles website address is underneath the track listing and the copyright is at the bottom. The bottom right contains the Parlophone and Apple logos. The bonus CD and 45 labels have the copyright perimeter print, the title at the top, a round film strip around the center hole, the artist at the bottom along with the catalogue number. The CD has the Apple/EMI/Copy Controlled logos at the left and the 45 label has the Apple and Parlophone logos at the left.

The tracklisting is as follows: Conversation (Roll 1), Sun King/Don't let Me Down (Roll 7), Conversation (Roll 12), One After 909/Conversation/ Because I Know You Love Me So (Rolls 16 and 17), Conversation/Don't Pass Me By/ Taking a Trip to Carolina (Roll 12), John's Piano Piece (Roll 70), Conversation (Roll 6), Child Of Nature (Roll 2), Back In The USSR/Conversation/ Every Little Thing (Roll 24), Don't Let Me Down (Roll 8), Don't Let Me Down (Roll 39), Conversation/All Things Must Pass (Roll 24), Conversation (Roll 25), Conversation/Improvisation (Roll 36), Conversation/Instrumental (Roll 51), Conversation (Roll 53), Get Back (Roll 114), Conversation (Roll 144), Two Of Us/Maggie Mae/Fancy My Chances With You (Roll 444), Conversation (Roll 54), Can You Dig It? (Roll 449), Conversation (Roll 414), Get Back (Roll 447), Conversation (Roll 458), Conversation/I Lost My Little Girl (Rolls 136/459). Many, many thanks to John C. Winn for the references.

Let It Be...Naked

The years 2001 to 2008 were very strange for Beatles fans. Apple/EMI were scraping the bottom of the barrel and with the official releases and Anthology releases out in the shops, things started to get weird. The first strange release became apparent on November 17 2003 when a new project was released on LP and CD with the title "Let It Be...Naked". An ugly title to begin with (credited to Ringo) and a true vanity concept.

The main reason for this release was to clean up, remix, remaster and digitally "fix" the recordings from the January 1969 "Get Back/Let It Be" project. All of the Phil Spector orchestrations would be removed, the original 8 track tapes would be subjected to review and various takes would be edited together and remixed. Some songs would be dropped and a song added. The tracklisting order would change as well.

In my opinion, the real reason for this project was simply that George, Ringo and especially Paul were not satisfied with the original mixes and overdubs. It has long been known that Paul hated the orchestral overdubs for his ballads on the original LP and didn't like the Spector mixes whatsoever. This re-release would rectify these "problems".

The catalogue number for this release is Apple 595438. The front cover for both the LP and CD show a grey background. The title of the project has the words "Let It Be..." in black and "Naked" in red at the top of the cover. There are two film strips running across the cover with the negative image of John and Paul on the upper strip and Ringo and George on the lower strip. The numbered frames are apparent and the stills show a negative image from the original LP with the exception of George Harrison (probably because the original image would not have been flattering with black teeth !!).

The back cover for the LP and CD both have the title of the project at the top (black and red) and the tracklisting in black (broken up in sides for the LP). The background is still gray. The outer back cover for the LP shows film strips with negative images from the movie while the CD does not. Both formats have the UPC code in the upper right hand side. The LP features the Apple logo and the Parlophone logo at the upper right while the CD features the Apple logo and the EMI logo at the lower right. (My copy of the CD being Canadian). The LP was only available as a UK import in North America. The copyright and trademark information can be seen at the lower portion of the back cover for both formats.

The CD contains a 32 page booklet with liner notes by Kevin Howlett written August 2003. The rest of the booklet contains images from the movie/photographs by Ethan Russell and dialogue from the original 1969 sessions. The middle of the booket features a full photograph from the rooftop concert. The LP contains the booklet blown up much larger and is 20 pages. It contains the same information as the CD but looks much better with the Ethan Russell photos being so much bigger and in better detail. Oddly, both books contain the rooftop photo and the LP gatefold also show the same photo as in the booklet. Weird. The back of the books show the tracklisting, a credit to Billy Preston on keyboards (nice ), production credits, the Beatles wetsite and copyright information.

The booklets claim the original 1969 production to The Beatles and George Martin and engineered by Glyn Johns. I beg to differ. The original production was essentially Glyn Johns with little involvment by George Martin and/or The Beatles as the group originally gave all the tapes to G. Johns who produced a couple of versions of the LP. There is absolutley no credit given to Phil Spector. The 2003 production is credited to Paul Hicks, Guy Massey and Allan Rouse and mastered by Steve Rooke. Probably all done at Abbey Road.

The custom labels for the LP show the following: Perimeter print has the copyright information. Gray background with the title and artist at the top. A film strip with the four individual negatives run across the middle of the label. The bottom has the side number and tracklisting and catalogue number at the bottom. The Apple and Parlophone logos are at the left side of the label at the top. The CD has the following: Perimet print has the copyright information. Title above the hole. Film strip running across the middle. The Apple logo, EMI logo and Copy Control logo are at the left bottom. The artist and catalogue number are at the bottom. The inner sleeve for the LP is plain white.

The tracklisting is as follows: "Get Back" (same take as the original LP and single but with the guitars separated and the ending is edited), "Dig A Pony" (same rooftop take as the original LP, the Phil Spector edit at the beginning and end is left in, the ending is edited and the electric piano is more pronounced), "For You Blue" (same take as the original LP and same vocal from January 1970, the acoustic guitar is more pronouned), "The Long and Winding Road" (the January 31 take is used here rather than the January 26 take, no orchestration and scat vocals in the middle eliminated), "Two Of Us" (same take as the original LP but acoustic guitars and drums much cleaner and tighter fade at the end), "I've Got A Feeling" (this project uses two rooftop takes edited together rather than the original LP which only uses one take, the electric piano is more pronounced), "One After 909" (same take as the original LP but faded out much earlier), "Don't Let Me Down" (not on the original LP but issued as a B-side, this version uses the first rooftop take while the last verse is edited to use the second rooftop take, there is also a rumour that "auto-tune was used on Lennon's vocal), "I Me Mine" (same January 03 1970 take as the original LP and the same Phil Spector edit to lengthen the song, but no orchestration), "Across The Universe" (take seven is used which is the same version used on both the World Wildlife Fund LP and the original LP, but stipped down to just Lennon vocal and acoustic, Ringo's tom tom and George Harrison's tamboura, the reverb effect is annoying and in my opinion destroys a bit of the beauty of the song. They should have left it alone throughout without the effect), "Let It Be" ( this version uses both takes 27A and 27B for various sections with overdubbed backing vocals and Paul's bass).

Please note that both "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" are not on this project. "Don't Let Me Down" was added. All dialogue appeared on the original LP have been edited out.

The "Fly On The Wall" bonus disc and seven inch 45 are discussed in the next post.