It actually made it to Aretha Franklin’s T his Girl’s in Love with You album after Paul McCartney offered the track to producer Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records. “Let It Be” was not first recorded by the Beatles.John Lennon reportedly hated the religious atmosphere of the tune and insisted that a song about a Liverpool prostitute, Maggie Mae, follow the song in the track listing. The “mother Mary” mentioned in the song is his mother Mary, not the biblical Mary as many people assume. The song “Let It Be” apparently came to Paul McCartney in a dream about his deceased mother.To signify the switch, the album was released with red apples on the label and back cover in the U.S. Because the Let It Be album was originally intended as a film soundtrack, the album’s distribution in America would be handled by United Artists and not Capital Records as was the case with previous Beatles albums on Apple Records.The song would appear later during 1970 on Harrison’s solo album, “All Things Must Pass.” Unable to bear McCartney’s demands any further, the guitarist walked out. George Harrison wrote the song “Wah Wah” after leaving a Let It Be session in which Paul McCartney was being particularly overbearing.Producer George Martin and Paul McCartney hated the choral and orchestral adornments that Phil Spector added to the tracks “I Me Mine,” “Across the Universe,” “The Long and Winding Road,” and “Let It Be.” Lennon apparently liked them.McCartney threw Starr out of the house and released his own album in April, a full month ahead of Let It Be. In April of 1969, Ringo Starr was sent to Paul McCartney’s house to request that McCartney delay the release of his first solo album so Let It Be could be released first.By the time it appeared on Let It Be in May 1970, the song “One After 909” was already more than a decade old as it was one of the first songs that Lennon and McCartney had written together as members of the Quarrymen back in the day.At least this had been the case when Eric Clapton had laid down his famous guitar solo on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” during the White Album sessions.
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The point of the project was to produce a film and a supporting soundtrack that would serve as a candid document of the Beatles working in studio, creating good old fashioned rock and roll and later playing live at some yet undetermined venue. In January 1969, the Fab Four entered Twickenham Film studios to record tracks for an album and film release that at that point was tentatively titled The Get Back Project. The sessions would shortly move to the band’s own Apple studios. The distinction of last recorded goes to Abbey Road, but Let It Be was the last released. The question as to which of these two albums truly deserves the distinction of “final album” is a matter of hot debate among the fans, but it’s a trivial matter and both releases are classic rock masterpieces. Here are some fun facts you may not know about the release.īeatles fans like to argue about the “last” Beatles album. May 8 marks the anniversary of The Beatles final* album, Let It Be. By Brian Westland 1 year ago Follow Tweet