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''Let It Be... Naked'' is a 2003 album by the English rock group the Beatles. It is a remixed and remastered version of their 1970 album ''Let It Be''. The project was initiated by Paul McCartney, who had always felt aggrieved that Phil Spector's production did not accurately represent the group's "stripped-down" intentions for the original album. ''Let It Be... Naked'' presents the songs "naked" – without Spector's overdubs and without the incidental studio chatter featured between most cuts of the original album. ''Let It Be... Naked'' also replaces "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae" with "Don't Let Me Down", originally featured as the B-side of the "Get Back" single.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/let-it-be-mw0000192939〕 ==History== The album is presented in a form which Paul McCartney considered closer to its original artistic vision: to "get back" to the rock and roll sound of their early years〔. 〕 rather than the orchestral overdubs and embellishments which were added by Phil Spector in the production of the final ''Let It Be'' album. McCartney in particular was always dissatisfied with the "Wall of Sound" production style of the Phil Spector remixes, especially for his song "The Long and Winding Road", which he believed was ruined by the process.〔 George Harrison gave his approval for the ''Naked'' project before he died. McCartney's attitude contrasted with Lennon's from over two decades earlier. In his 1971 interview with ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, Lennon had defended Spector's work, saying, "He was given the shittiest load of badly recorded shit with a lousy feeling to it ever, and he made something of it... When I heard it, I didn't puke." In January 1969, The Beatles had decided to go back into the studio to rehearse and record new songs and have the project filmed for a documentary. The project's original working title was ''Get Back'', and an album and film were to be the end products of these sessions. Being older and more independent, the individual Beatles' tolerances for each other's quirks had decreased: for instance, on 10 January, George Harrison walked out of the sessions after the latest in a series of arguments with John Lennon over his music and after being harassed by Paul McCartney about his playing style on a take of "Two of Us". By the time the Beatles had decided the project was completed, all parties involved were so aggrieved that all of the resultant recordings and film were left on the shelf for close to a year, with no one wanting to face the gruelling editing process. (In the meantime, later that year, they recorded and released ''Abbey Road'' – with sessions running smoothly and tensions largely abated. Also issued was the single "The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe", recorded in April and released on 30 May.) After nearly a year, with some parties at EMI wanting more of a return on the early 1969 sessions besides just the "Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down" single (released in April 1969), Phil Spector was brought in by John Lennon and George Harrison and given the task of going through the hundreds of hours of audio tape and film and coming up with a marketable product to tie in with the impending film release. The end result was the album ''Let It Be'', released 8 May 1970. (The movie of the same name was released later that month.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Let It Be... Naked」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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