Product Description
Rare New Zealand Pressing With Scarce Black / Silver 1-Box EMI Labels! High Gloss Laminated Cover. Red Apple Shown On Back Cover. Apparently All N.Z. Beatles Pressings From This Era Were Cut From The U.K. Masters. The Soundtrack To The Beatles Film Of The Same Name, ‘Let It Be’ Features “Get Back”, “Across The Universe”, “Two Of Us”, “I’ve Got A Feeling”, “I Me Mine”, “The Long And Winding Road” &…”Let It Be”.
Matrix: YEX 773-3U & YEX 774-3U
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Side 1:
Two of Us
Dig a Pony
Across the Universe
I Me Mine
Dig It
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
Side 2:
I’ve Got a Feeling
One After 909
The Long and Winding Road
For You Blue
Get Back
AMG –
Well worth having -- when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever. 4 ½ Stars Although released in May 1970, this was not the final Beatles album, but largely recorded in early 1969, way before Abbey Road. Phil Spector was enlisted but, 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 treatment. All that said, the album is on the whole underrated, even discounting the fact that a substandard Beatles record is better than almost any other group's best work. McCartney in particular offers several gems: the gospel-ish "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". The folky "Two of Us," with John and Paul harmonizing together, was also a highlight. There are also 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. 4 ½ Stars