Let It Be’s Ghost Guitar Solo Mystery Explained
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- Let It Be is one of the most well-known Beatles songs, and you've probably heard it countless times before. But you might not be aware that hidden in the background of the song is a mysterious ghost guitar solo. In this episode of You Can't Unhear This, we dissect the song and explore its complicated recording history.
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New episode is out! So: which version of Let It Be do you prefer?
Single.
Naked > Single > Album
Album>Anthology>Single>Naked
The first solo overdub was recorded before Lennon privately told the Beatles he was leaving the group. The second overdub was recorded afterwards and right before McCartney eventually announced he was also leaving the group. The extra tension and raw feeling of the second overdub is perhaps too coincidental once you put this in perspective.
John > The other 3
3:27 I think I just had an eargasm.
this is crazy
same jesus christ
im gonna edit a video of the full song where u can hear in ur left ear the one solo and the other on ur right ear
@Nala R. it might take me some weeks, you can listen to my crap voice while im still at it, just visit my channel hahaha lol
They should have just released it as a combination of versions lmao
“Couldn’t they just let it be?”😂
Lol!!!
Looking for this comment 👍👍😁😁
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funny funny, good pun...
Followed by 4 different versions of rim shots...
oh no not this guy again he's already messed up strawberry fields for me
Lol
There will be an answer: "Let It Be"
This one is good though and adds to the song.
🤣
It didn’t ruin it for me, but it sure made me hear it differently
3:33: Heaven.
I’ve been trying to do exactly that in my brain for 49 years, hear both guitar solos at the same time. Thank you.
I agree, this was great, and they sound good together! They should have had both in at once. 🎚🎛🎧
I studied heavily + play every nuance of the January 1970 raunchy version 2 years now; I knew 40 years ago, George was playing the prettiest bent note ever played
The album version is supreme. George’s playing and sound is so emotional and suitably reflects what was happening at the time.
NOT even close. George Martin nailed it.
George? It was probably Paul. He liked to play everything. Actually the Taxman solo was McCartney!!!!
@@Taccati I agree with you, Taccati. "It was probably Paul." Paul is a very fine guitar player. He is often heard on Beatles recordings.
The album version is the best, you're right. There's so much feel to it.
@@Taccati It was George.
I'd listen to anything George Harrison played on the guitar.
Anything at all. The guy had a sound.
George wanted to be Chet Atkins. Listen to some Chet and it's obvious. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I grew up on Chet and the Fabs. Plus that's what George said. John said he and Paul didn't want to be Rogers and Hammerstein. They wanted to be Goffin and King.
George admired Buddy Holly also, listen to In Spite Of All the Danger, his guitar solo sounds exactly like Buddy Holly's playing
Oh sure. Plus George wanted his Strat. If there was a butterfly effect and Buddy never existed, John and Paul may not have had started writing songs together. "Hey Paul check out who wrote this fookin! song by the Crickets. It says Holly. He writes his own fookin' songs!"
True. He's one of my favourite slide guitarist. He plays melodic slide.
i know he’s the guitar player from the beatles but for some reason i thought of rick harrison lmao and his pawn shop
You can't "unhear" the album version. Any other release sounds weak.
I can play it note for note, it's really cool, stuck within the box lead pattern but does things like the delayed downward bend and interesting note jumps.
twist and shout is strong
The Beatles Custom Songs that was a cover not a Beatles song
@@TheYankee2221 I KNOW!
@@TheYankee2221 The Beatles made it better tho
This so-called “ghost guitar solo” can be heard fully in Let It Be: Naked album...
Which is imo the best release of the album
@@AspiringDryad the album version of let it be is better on the original though
@@ziggyplayedguitar4201 i personally disagree. That's probably mainly because growing up I only knew the Naked version
@@AspiringDryad im talking specifically about the song "Let It Be" btw the rest of the album is probs better on the naked version tho lol the way i listen to let it be is by mixing the songs from the OG and naked version. Anyway if you like the naked version more that's fine cause its you personal preference ;-)
No, that's from the film version.
Conclusion: they should have played a festival or two in 1970 and done an 11 minute live version with a 6 minute guitar solo.
LoL
Jerry Nielsen cue that ragtime piano banging
Should have played at Woodstock.
Thats what i always want to do when playing let it be. George harrison had so much melody in his solos i could listen to him play a guitar solo for hours and still not get bored, i have a guitar amp that i can plug my phone into so i can play along to the song and i usually solo the whole way through anyway
BeaTles could of continued but bcuz of their women they broke up lolz 😆 🤣 😂 😜
Imagine if they stayed together like the Stones did??
They could of done solo albums like Mick and Keith did in the 80's ...
If only if only...✌🏽
1:05 this never fails to give me chills
George often played himself down, and referred to himself as a “mere” rhythm guitarist. But while he was no Clapton, he left a HUGE footprint as a soloist, and hundreds of millions-billions?-of us have his riffs and solos worming around in our conscious and subconscious minds.
he was mates with clapton
It wasn't George Harrison. It was Jessie Edwin Davis.
Something and Octopus’s Garden are two of my favorites of George‘s work.
@@callawaycass5148 Isn't octopus's garden Ringo?
Potato Chips he meant lead guitar work
The album version solo is not only far superior to the single version, it's one of George's best solos ever.
The raunchy sounding Guitar solo is the best version.
That wins for me too. It just stands out from the reverential and quasi-religious sound of the rest of the song. What Phil Spector did to Long and Winding Road, though . . . .
..according to you. Lol
Yeah, I always preferred the original album version with the raunchy guitar. My know it all brother prefers the organ solo so I guess I’m just a Philistine or something...
@@BeeWhistler it's not an organ solo..it's a guitar through a Leslie speaker.
I always preferred the banjo solo played by Roy Clark version.
The album version is the first guitar solo that ever made me weep, it is so beautiful. I hate to give Phil Spector much credit, but this time his choice was better than George Martin's.
Same, I kinda wish we could have the Martin mix with the album solo
Why do I always feel scared when I watch one of your videos?
because you're total loser haha go cry and back to your mom
@@iqbalkingcobain6302 shut the fuck up
Yeah I do get a creepy vibe from this
Iqbal kingcobain fucking dumbass
I get it. Audio disturbs me more than visual things. It’s strangely unsettling yet interesting?
the guitar solo on Let It Be is one of the most engaging guitar solo that is soul searching
The two solos, when put together on the right and the left channels is really nice. The solos are slow enough, spacious enough, to hear and comprehend both. On Johnny Winter's first Columbia, there are double leads on right and left channels at same time on the first track. They are fast and nearly impossible to follow simultaneously. The two Let it Be solos played together is really beautiful.
Would make for a good cover with both solos’dueling’…..
I don't think I've ever not heard this solo... I taught myself to play this song on piano as a kid and that "ghost" solo is almost exactly what I used to fill in on the piano during the solo section... I never actively thought about it until now but I must have heard it in there to some extent.
When I was a kid,I found a Let It Be album. The apple was red. It had that heavier sounding solo.
For years I never knew any different,until a friend of mine was playing his album and I heard what we call " the radio version". I figured it was kinda like a stereo glitch of some sort. But,either way it's a true story on my part. This kind of shed some light on what had me baffled for a long time.
Yes many of The Beatles album and single versions were quite different. Also with the American and British lps you saw major differences in some songs.
Mine has Red apple label too
I think they released mono and stereo specific versions back at release era because stereo wasn't the standardized audio platform until the mid 70's
ME TOO....!!
I was lucky to find the red apple 🍎Let it Be at Goodwill for $1. It was in great shape too.
Fun fact: If you take out one earbud while listening to Twist and Shout, you can hear only vocals/instruments. Pretty funny if you take it out the instruments while they are screaming their lungs out.
Not if you're listening to the mono version. Such as the Beatles intended.
i was listening to twist and shout the other day with only one earphone and literally i was like- why can i barely hear the vocals ?? now i get it lmao thank you
I always secretly hated that about the stereo version, but there are tons of songs that utilize that. The one that stands out the most to me is Funk #49 by James Gang. I always forget when the track drops out to just one side and splits between set and guitar
Ohh we love analogue tape
Same with yellow submarine.
Wow, it's cool hearing the ghost solo, but SUPERCOOL hearing both solos juxtaposed against each other and played at the same time !!
rexbpiano: Those two solos did blend quite well together---I'd like to hear the entire solo break that way.
When I was a kid, we would get two record players and play both versions together
Some of the best pentatonic guitar soloing in the beatles repertoire!
Hey, maybe that's why they recorded it this way! ;)
One idea they had was to release the song with both solos. One panned hard left and the other hard right. Somebody actually made that version and every once in a while it gets played on Sirius XM radio on the Deep Tracks channel.
All versions are great. Love hearing George's guitar work.
please watch the original and never released solo of the let it be take 27a, played by George on january 31, 1969
th-cam.com/video/vCJ4ivhVMaQ/w-d-xo.html
Harrison was always a good player he just didn't have it until later
My favorite is the album version. It cuts right to my soul every time I hear it!
I think google isn’t just listening. They’re full on reading minds now. I had no idea there were two different versions of this solo. I had grown up listening to the more distorted solo version only so that was stuck in my head. When I searched up the song on youtube earlier today, I heard the different solo and was immediately confused. I thought this was one of those Mandela effect things and of course, 4hrs later, this video pops up even though I hadn’t audibly said anything about this. I’m so glad I wasn’t going crazy though! Thanks for the video!
Noah Waterman nice try, google. i’m onto you
Other people with similar interests searched for it, they map everything. You basically have clones out there.
Same man... I recently think about my claustrophobia and the next thing that pops up on my TH-cam recommendations are tight caves explorers even though I didn't search or said anything about it.
Ryan Tan thats hysterical! But scaaaary :/
Neil Clapp No Neil. It’s the algorithms that matches it up. People who are interested in Let it Be might also watch a video about its solos, it’s that simple. Don’t let paranoid thoughts take over, it’s not good for you.
The Beatles did multiple versions of all theirs songs and they were well known for overlapping sounds and effects onto the recordings. This is not unusual.
Nancy has spoken. Delete the video. Nothing to see here.
Not to mention the demos. The demo version of Let It Be is remarkable in that Paul debuts the song to everyone. He hasn't figured out all the lyrics yet. So as a listener I found myself wanting to correct the demo. It's amazing to think of a world where this song didn't already exist fully formed. Check out the demo if you never have.
I mean, he wasn't saying it's particular weird for the band, he was just exploring one of the many anomalies within their songs.
I prefer the album let it be. The solo just has more emotion in it.
the guitar tone is much better too
I've only ever heard the album version, so I thought the normal solo was the ghost. XD
Same here.
More energy doesn't mean more emotion.
@@ctrlaltshift I'd only heard the single for years, then upon hearing the album, was like what?? Could not believe how much better I enjoyed it.
I loved when you put both solos, one in each channel. I always thought that the fainted guitar was on purpose because it kinda answers the phrases of the main solo. Now I can't unhear this!!! 😂
I like the album version better. I was 7 when they broke up, I was devastated. I was a Beatle fan at a very young age. I watched the Beatles cartoons every time they came on . I still love them. I always thought that ghost solo was just part of the song. I didn't know it was not supposed to be there. I'm looking forward to the 50th anniversary release of the album.
I have heard that “ghost solo” before, but I just figured it was another guitar track they layered in there on purpose.
the things you learn eh.. :)
please watch the original and never released solo of the let it be take 27a, played by George on january 31, 1969
th-cam.com/video/vCJ4ivhVMaQ/w-d-xo.html
Yeah. Compare to "Layla" with dozens of guitar tracks, and not too far off time-wise.
Clapyon!
There are countless "ghost solos/notes/vocals etc... on many recordings up til the 80s and some beyond. This has to do with recording techniques and limitations. There are a few different reasons for them to occur. One reason is that isolating each instrument in the studio was difficult, as well as the fact that some people prefer to record their tracks while playing along with someone else and it bleeds through the mics. The biggest reason is drum tracks recorded while the guitar plays along and the guitar gets picked up by a drum overhead Mic. The drum track is perfect and the band uses that track for the album while the guitar track is replayed and overdubbed later but you can hear the original guitar part that was picked up by the drum mics. That is most common. Some less common occurrences like the ghost vocals in Whole Lotta Love by led zeppelin was unintended but sounded cool so it was left on the album, was due to the fact that the master tapes were stored incorrectly. When storing tape we store it "tails out", meaning it is fast forwarded off the machine instead of being rewound off the machine because once it is spooled onto the reel and the tape is tightly packed, the top layer can bleed through to the next winding that it lays on top of. This has to due with the way tape works which is basically magnetism and rust particles so the magnetic field imparts onto the subsequent layer of tape. It would take a whole video to explain more about how tape recording works so you might want to check it out. I'm sure there are videos about it here on youtube
I personally like the version where you actually hear George Harrison's guitar solo.😀
Thanks
Meaning all versions, technically. 😃
That's literally all of them
Never noticed until now that everyone is happy on the cover, and then to ringos just like :/
tadpoleguy cause he doesn’t get as much love
@@gavingrant8254 His solo stuff is amazing in my opinion. He's really underrated, even after the Beatles.
tadpoleguy - Ever noticed they are all looking the same way except Paul... the break up is in/on the cover. :)
They should have let him sing “One After 909”.
@@65TossTrap And they SHOULD NOT have let Yoko sit on the amp.
I've always heard it when i listened to the song, i just always assumed that it was warped intentionally in the studio
Damn that was cool hearing both solos at the same time.
Kevin Kent Little fun fact I didn’t put in the video: at one point, the band considered using both solos at the same time (or at least weaving them together in the mix). 50 years later, it finally happened! ;)
@@YouCantUnhearThis and it sounded really dope! they should release a new version with the both solos together! :D
Thank you. You are cool as hell.
The Album version was the 1 I heard when I was 4 years old and still love it almost 50 years later👌🎸🤗
Complicated explanation for the lead guitar bled into the other microphones in the studio when they recorded it.
I've always noticed the ghost solo. I prefer the raunchy solo myself because its the one I grew up with. Go,Georgie,Go.
please watch the original and never released solo of the let it be take 27a, played by George on january 31, 1969
th-cam.com/video/vCJ4ivhVMaQ/w-d-xo.html
Your videos are astonishing imo due to how creative yet simple they are, I can tell you put effort into this my friend
As a long time Beatle freak ( 1965 ), I prefer the album version.
Wow this is s lot of comments. Let It Be album release by far. Love the way George lets it play out so smooth yet a little gritty. Sure miss him and John.
I really love your analysis videos, they are always intriguing, keep up the good work
I second this comment. Quality content about interesting ans unexplored details that really change the way you listen to these songs.
Thanks for watching! More episodes coming soon...and suggestions are always welcome.
I grew up listening to the whole album and always liked that guitar solo. Now that I'm older, and play guitar, the album version is still king. One of Harrison's best solos.
The album solo was Iconic!
The lp version has always been and remains my favorite. Something about the aural contrast created by that buzzsaw-like guitar of George’s really showcases the beauty of the melody and raises it another level. A fitting coda to the band’s legacy, that remind us that despite the variety of their recorded output, the Beatles were always first and foremost, a rock and roll band.
I was 11 yrs old, I bought the album in my local downtown store and Loved it, remember back them as a young kid, no inter-web Lol, cells, social "Disturbing" media etc, news came by TV/radio or word of mouth by friends, So still play sports and other kid stuff always "Outdoors" imagine !!! Lol I found out days later that the Beatles broke up !!!
I was shocked like we all were, funny watching this kinda brought that feeling back a little this many years later !! Amazing how music works the mind and emotions ......
Thanks for this Man !! Oh the Gritty Solo from the album, : D
You only scratched the surface on "Let It Be". Also in early 1970, Ringo added more drums, Paul replaced Johns Bass, and George and Linda McCartney added backup vocals.
I would have to say that the album version has a stronger guitar solo which fits in more with the kind of music that I like. I remember when this album came out and of course I bought it right away. I just want to thank you so much for putting this together because this is truly fascinating. Just a side note: it was my parents that turned me on to the Beatles in 1966 when I was seven years old. They had really good taste in music.
THANKS for this! I've always wondered how the album version and the single had such different guitar solos -- and I always suspected it was a George Martin v. Phil Spector thing. After all, that "raunchy" guitar sound fit in perfectly with the "wall of sound" concept (and that's the one I prefer). So now I got the info to confirm that, plus lots more. Much appreciated!
This is one of my favorite channels. I get so excited when a new video drops. Let it Be...Naked is my favorite as I feel it’s the closest to being the album they tried to make before Phil Spectered all over it
Robert Suthard Let It Be...Naked is a fascinating listen, and the absolutely amazing Don’t Let Me Down should have been on the original album. But I have to say: the Naked version does lose some of the charm and fun of the original album thanks to John’s witty comments, the sloppy arrangements, the short unfinished song snippets, etc.
You Can't Unhear This I agree with a lot of that. I totally have a burnt cd somewhere at my parents that has a mix of tracks from both. The original totally has a charm to it that is needed. Naked is a great supplement after being so familiar with the original.
I totally agree with Robert! Let It Be...Naked was the way The Beatles wanted the record to be heard (according to Paul). I have to say I believe him. The juxtaposition of the two albums is amazing, just listen to the over produced product of Let It Be and the rawness and basic cut of Let it Be...Naked. The track listing and pure sound quality stand out immediately. I wish I was able to secure this album on vinyl. The whole premise was to get back to their roots before they stopped touring and became a studio group. Remember the original album cover for Let It Be was the "Blue" album cover (mimicking "Please, Please Me"). To me Let It Be...Naked is one of the best Beatles albums. I understand they were in turmoil during the recording of this album and ultimately broke up, but it was really refreshing to hear Let It Be (Naked)...the way it was intended to be heard.
Food for Thought!
'Naked' is IMHO a "better" album than the Phil Spector mix but there is a lot to be said for the Glyn Johns mix which I have on a bootleg.
before Phil Spectored all over it. 😂
It is called doubling tracks. It isn't a mistake. Did you know that on Riders on the Storm, Jim Morison sang AND whispered the vocals ?
DB Cisco fun fact: the entire L.A Woman album vocals were recorded in the bathroom of the studio
@@GamingOneOnOne Yep. Another fun fact for you, the Motown Studio reverb was an empty elevator shaft.
@@GamingOneOnOne Thought you might like this: th-cam.com/video/y0cMHSuH2nk/w-d-xo.html
dubbing
No, its called bleed
I am constantly amazed by the amount of detailed intricacies within the fabric of the Beatles music.
Many people are critical of them and their music.
What, may, sound so perfect to the ear can give an impression of ease in execution. Their music is 3 dimensional, and as Hendrix had flourishes and notations within chords, so did the Beatles. The musical frame work between the verses and chorus' is like a dna for the entire song, the heart beat and blood flow, beneath the lyrics, choir like in reverence, but with a soul beat. Ringo's drumming is quite unique, regardless, but here he dances on his toes metaphorically . His sticks dance upon his drums , again so well it's easily taken for granted.
As van Gogh painted many variations of his glorious Sunflowers, some only slightly altered, but all just as beautiful.
This too is true of Let It Be.
The guitar Pentimento audiable on first version is compatible with a variant first edition postage stamp.
It is as it is called a ghost guitar.
The Beatles had been together as early teenagers playing skiffle, John was their older brother who already had his own band before Paul met him.
I think that they had a really great love for each other because their time together from Hamburg almost constant. They worked long hours polishing their ability to become their own unique entity of originality. The breakup would have been like getting divorced. .Eventually even brothers will marry and move on.
They have been part of my life since the mid 60's.
onwards was
Could you have possibly overthought this any more?
I can't imagine how much work stuff like this has. Kudos to you man and I love the Beatles.
Love the sound of the 2 solos played side by side!
So you'll love this remix I did: instaud.io/3iWP
The greatest band ever , love Let it be but its Revolver for me all day long
Yeah, me too. Although, depending on my mood, sometimes Rubber Soul takes the lead spot.
For me, it's Abbey Road. That really has stood the test of time, hardly dated at all
Just got to say like Abbey Road that bit better 🤗🤗
yup. put on revolver, turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream
The Stones are STILL together....SO, there's THAT!! sorry for all the yelling.
I love this channel. The uploads are few and far between but every video is a treat.
Thanks for explaining the different guitar solos. I remember hearing the single on the radio and not knowing why the solo had changed in later listenings.
I love your videos and hope you keep making more, I even remember stumbling across you Hey jude video from awhile back
I've always heard that "ghost" solo. Never knew until now that I wasn't supposed to...if that indeed is the case.
I had always thought that was a overdubbed version of billy prestons organ cause I could not hear it super clearly but WOW I did not know that it was the original guitar solo, I have good hearing and rhythm and now that I heard just those notes I can hear the whole 1st solo pretty clearly and it sounds super cool, they really need to try to find a tape of it and release it somewhere! Great video and keep up the great Beatles mystery song videos buddy ! 44 EVER 5-12-2020
What I CAN'T unhear is that combined solo at 3:26. Holy shit. Is there a full version of this? I think I can't ever listen to any other version anymore (I still can and will but that's how much I like it)
George's solo guitar of the album. And I still got the original LP and the 45 rpm.
Herson Lamolli
I think let it be is the only one I've got.
I got albums.
Nope.
A hard days night.
Says "wut" and tells me to speak English. Another toxic youtube prick.
after nearly 50 years, it was great to finally hear the two solos together at the same time. plus, Glyn Johns created two versions of the Get Back album. they are both excellent
Phil Spector’s version jumps out at you AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME to remind the listeners that this is still a rock n’ roll band!
I truly appreciate this video. I am a guitarist and these ghost notes in guitar solo were bugging me when I was studying this beautiful song back then. Thank you.
Same thing with Can't Buy Me Love, there's a solo in there that tried to be erased
That "ghost" solo is much more obvious than the one in Let It Be.
Also, love the Oasis profile pic
Same thing with i'm down
There's a 2nd lower-level solo that also runs during the up-front solo in Yer Blues. It's really rocking!
@@harveycan5820 Exactly, and I´m glad you take that one up. I think that there´s an over-keenness in adding "mystery" or "drama" to everything having to do with The Beatles, especially in their latter stages. In my opinion, what is happening is that the ever-original Beatles picked a short-lived but very interesting trend of making TWO overlapping guitar solos, different but complementary. The LP version of LIB, methinks, is the deepest and most emotional. George´s solos in the middle and at the end must rank among the greatest ever.
The ghost Can't Buy Me Love guitar solo is clearly audible in the vocal track from the RockBand stems. It was a revelation the first time I heard it. You can tell George had some idea of what he wanted to do but it was not really fully developed and a little sloppy. Near the end of the solo you can hear Paul laughing as if George was wincing or pulling a face, which leads to Paul's "hey!" that you can barely hear just before the vocals come back in.
George's final guitar solo on Let It Be is ALSO the last recording of any Beatle as a Beatle!
abbey road was recorded after let it be.
Let It Be became their last original album to be released, even though it was not their last recorded album.
@@alexandermacdougall7873 George's final guitar solo on Let It Be was recorded in january 1970, after Abbey Road.
alexander macdougall I Me Mine was also recorded after Abbey Road, and is the last song to be recorded by the band (altho without Lennon)
Thanks for the info! I had always wondered about the ghost guitar in the background as well as the fact that there were the 2 different versions.
Great video! Keep it up the good work
My favorite Beatles song EVER!! Thankfully my parents were kind enough to raise me on their music.
I owned a copy of the Beatles' recording sessions catalog which is rich in footnotes details and all kinds of info about the group from 1962 to 1970.
Based on that detailed information, I can say that Let it be was the very last recording session of the Beatles, it was dated January 4th 1970 and John did not attend. The slow guitar version is credited from this session (I like it more than the loud '69 one) so I have no doubt that it would be something to observe by their fans.
PS another song was recorded, the day before, it was George Harrison's I me mine, I believe.
John went to Holland at that time (with his shadow Yoko :/)
Thanks for the info. I've always wondered the origins of all the different guitar solos and now I know.
For me it has to be the Spector Wall of Sound version, it's the one I heard first and sticks in my mind as the best one. Thanks for this, very interesting!
Always noticed two different versions: the flanger guitar solo and the overdriven solo that starts sooner. Always wondered what was going on; thanks for the info.
I definitely like the Phil Spector gritty take of Harrison's C chord position
with his pinky on the C note/6th string & bars at the third fret with his forefinger. It's a brilliant positioning.
Gee that was highly specific
@@judsta123kickass It is indeed specific, but the chord shapes make a ton of difference...
@Jeff McLeod There are three kinds of guitar players, those who can count the frets, and those who cannot.
Riiiiiiight.........
I have always preferred the album version. Often, when listening to the radio, I hear the single version instead. I am disappointed once the solo shows up because the album solo is far, far superior. I love how the album version has a more "full" sound, one that fills up your ears and completely absorbs you. And that solo... Definitely one of the greatest of all time. The guitar becomes its own voice, almost seeming scream, call out, and beckon you. It is beautiful and never fails to have an effect on me when I hear it. Fantastic video as always!
Having a full version of both mixes on either channel would be really cool.
I think the ghost guitar solo in "Can't Buy Me Love" would make for a great video! Also, if you are a fan of "Pet Sounds," there are interesting anomalies on the original mono mixes: on "I'm Waiting For the Day," I have been told that there is bleedthrough (very difficult to hear) of a different song from a different artist altogether and it's a total mystery how that happened. And then on "Here Today" there is much more audible talking happening in the song.
Riley Smith I love that your icon is Joey Molland!
Yeah, I've noticed that on here today, right before the strong piano part
I think it occurs when reusing the same tape over and over. If there is a quieter spot in the song of the last person to record, that's where you will hear the bleed through of the previous recording.
Now what? Reusing tape? On demos maybe. But why on Gods green earth would an engineer worth his salt, reuse tape on a serious recording in the making? Yes recorded without tracks, you are bound to have bleed through because the microphones will pick up the instrument playing next to it or the loudest instrument in the room (usually drums, cymbals) and good luck trying to remove the bleed through. With this method the bleed through will muddy up the sound, but the spontaneity of the band will not be compromised, a key ingredient in many very successful bands.
But here we have the bleed through of a completely different artist or band. Why? The engineer is either blasted out of his mind, or the studio is 2 steps from bankruptcy, or engineer is a life long cheapskate. If i am wrong, please correct me....im hardly an expert! But i cant think of any other reasons to reuse tape on a new project?!
I've always wished I could hear the one on Can't Buy Me Love more clearly.
I have always heard the "Ghost Solo".
And for me, like most others, vastly prefer the album version. I STILL "air guitar" with George to this day to that version.
George's ripping solo on the album version gives the song spirit and lifts the message higher. I always cringe when the other versions are played on radio.
I was full aware that there are multiple solos for Let It Be and every single one of them are great.
The album version for me, it's such a great guitar solo that makes the track my favourite, on a brilliant album.
Great videos about the greatest band ever!Thanks!
I heard the LP version FIRST as a kid- over and over- so I am always missing that gritty agressive solo when I hear the single version
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Always tot it sounds different, thanks for confirming it!
Album version is one of George’s best solos, and easily the best version of the song
Rob Montraix, Single version is best.
@Rob Montraix: Agreed. An excellent solo. This one and the solo from Something are my favorite George solos!
Rob Montraix, Ding bag "let It Be" is Paul on vocals not George. And the guitar solo on the single version is the best.
Rob Montraix, The single version guitar solo is better than the album version.
isn't that John?
It's also interesting to note that the single version only has John and George on backing vocals, while the album version doesn't. At least I find that interesting. I honestly think the song should have both the backing vocals and the heavier guitar solo.
Thanks for doing this comparison and detailing the timeline of things. Brilliant stuff! The original solo of January 1969 sounds great too, it's a shame it hasn't survided.
I always preferred the single version. Over the years i got use to the album solo, but was always pleased when the single version was played on the radio.
Even though the original solo was unwanted, it was preserved through the other microphones. I know there were times I could hear the ghost guitar but I thought it was intentional. I'm glad it stuck around
I noticed that too when hearing the solos. They sound great together.
I have been waiting for someone to make this video since I was a kid!
It's not really a mystery nor is it a new discovery. What IS a bit of a mystery though is the duel solo on "Can't Buy Me Love" with an entirely different solo in the distance.
Same thing happened there. The solo he played while laying down the backing track in Paris bleeds through the other instruments mics. He overdubbed a new solo while back in London.
I prefer the album version, the solo is one of George’s best.
I totally agree see my comments above
Fortunately I had noticed it before watching your video, so I didn't end up traumatized, haha. Thank you so much for combining the solos, tho'. That was beautiful. And all the info about dates and stuff, really appreciate it, your videos are awesome.
For some reason, I think Let It Be is the perfect song to listen to on Christmas. It just has the right vibes to me.
Good work.
Many of us Beatles fanatics think we know what we know.
We might, but when you think you're ripe, you begin to rot.
Abbey Road may have been their last recorded album together, but Harrison tried to nail a solo when they were already history.
Great! Thanks!
....and yes, I've had both versions since they were released.
I'd love to hear Glyn John's version.
George is a hecking good guitarist
My favorite is the album cut. George plays the Telecaster through a Leslie Speaker. The single cut sounds muddy to me. I didn’t realize the base track was recorded live, but that explains a lot. Usually piano in the drum track or drums in the piano track is the giveaway. But depending on how the studio is setup, I can definitely see an amplified guitar sneaking into the drum track. Very informative piece, thank you.
So stoked we have the Glyn Johns mix now! 🙌