The Beatles Let It Be Restored - Better Than Get Back?
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
- Finally, after so many years of stalling, this Peter Jackson directed restoration gives Michael Lindsay-Hogg's original's film the treatment is deserves which, at the time of writing, it is only available via streaming on Disney +. In this video, we look at the differences between the original and restored film and compare both its sound and picture quality to Get Back with some surprising results.
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Thank you!
I went to a late night screening of Let It Be at a local theater with a group of friends in 1978. For some reason, I decided to take my cassette recorder (much like Andrew’s) with me. I taped the entire film with audience reaction. I still have that cassette, and I really should digitize it and upload it to the internet.
Also, around 1990 my local video store was liquidating its entire Betamax stock. Everything was a dollar each and I grabbed around a dozen movies. So glad I got a copy of Let It Be on Beta!
Please do
Contact Apple or Abbey Road... that material will be gold
Please digitize that tape, it deserves to be seen by everyone!
Thoughts, life, etc., that lead to their reactions, from people nearly half a century ago. If you decide to archive it, I hope it's cherished.
I’m still hoping a stand alone rooftop concert Blu ray will be released. One with no cutaways and only Beatles.
For all the expense and trouble to go through restoring Let It Be, there should be no excuse for not making it available on Blu-ray and DVD, It's The Beatles after all! Thanks for the review Andrew.
Agree 100%!
Greg in the Bronx, NYC
Let It Be should certainly be released.
It's most certainly getting issued on physical media later this year
I agree - if it's on Disney+ then no excuse at all
They need to release . The restored version had hit the bootleg Blu-ray market already .
Incredible intro by 12 year old Andrew haha thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
A remarkably large child fot a 12 yr old
It was amazing to hear - a podcast from 1979!
@@beyondvisiblefilms he was already predicting his future hehe
"Be quiet, I'm taping The Beatles".
“SSH everyone, I’m recording this” 😊😊. I still remember when we got our first VHS and my parents wouldn’t talk when they were recording something in case it came out on the tape 🤦♀️😬. Thanks Andrew ❤
Even at a young age, you were "reporting" before your recording, rather than just taping it. A harbinger of things to come.
I was thinking that very same thing!!
What is nice about the new edition of “Let It Be” is the full 4:3 ratio of the original 16mm elements. 35mm theatrical prints were hard matte cropped to 1.85:1, and it was one of these prints that was used for the home video releases on tape and laserdisc back in the day, being left/right cropped further to fit standard 4:3 CRT television screens, with opening and closing credits anamorphically squeezed in to fit the format, so a lot of film frame real estate was lost in the original home video releases.
You are absolutely right
So THAT'S why the old DVD I have of it looks like that, had no idea
@@doctorrobert1339 And the DVD is a bootleg.
@@doctorrobert1339 The DVD is a bootleg. It was shot on 16mm film (instead of the usual 35mm or sometimes 70mm) because it was originally intended for TV. And 16mm has a lot less quality than 35mm. And then they cropped it and blew it up for the theatrical release, and the initial video cropped and blew up again - really causing a lot of grain, etc.
Glad to see someone mention the LaserDisc release of Let It Be, it was the best looking and sounding version available up until now, and the source for most of the pirate copies, either directly or through copies of digital files made from transfers of it. The unfortunate thing is, like most MVC (Magnetic Video Company) LaserDiscs, it was prone to "laser rot" and many copies developed interference in the form of coloured speckles, or became unplayable altogether, due to corrosion of the metal disc inside the outer acrylic layer. Occasionally you'd hear stories of people paying huge sums of money for sealed copies, only to discover the disc had "gone bad" in the interim. The first time I saw a copy was around 1990 at a record show in Baltimore, and even then it was priced at $300.
Andrew, after seeing so many other Beatles-centric UA-cam channels, yours is the only one I have subscribed to and enjoy, watching always from beginning to end. You always give me what I want - a discussion of sound and/or visual quality, remaster and other improvements, along with comparisons to the originals. Being a Beatles fanatic, I enjoy your sharing of background information, which is never a re-telling of old stories or anecdotes that most true Beatles fans would already know, but mostly fascinating details that have rarely been mentioned. I am massively happy that "Let It Be" has finally been restored and re-released, and hope that Apple/Disney realize that a blu-ray release will not only give millions of Beatles fans something they've wanted for more than half a century, but will make them (the studios) a lot more money. Thank you for another enjoyable and enlightening video.
Thank you so much!
if only the editing and special effects were turned down a bit,,,its almost as if every second must contain some kind of distraction
@@andy57167 If you don't like it, don't watch it.
@Parlogram - I don't think they were intending to come across as impolite. That said, great video and I love this channel!
@@andy57167 I agree, this guy gets carried away with his technology trickery sometimes. We just want to watch a video on The Beatles, not a demonstration of what a technological whiz he is.
The entire rooftop gig really should have had its own disc in the LIB super deluxe edition. After all, all the other sets have contained extensive recording sessions, and in the context of LIB, that's exactly what the rooftop gig was.
I haven't seen the newly restored version of Let It Be yet, but I'm very disappointed to learn that they did away with Paul's vocal adlib of Get Back at the end of the movie. That was actually the part of the song where it faded out on the 45, so it was always nice to get that little extra glimpse of where the song was going. That was a nice little introduction on the cassette tape. Even as a child, you sounded very professional. Well done!
Yes. I've always thought that one of the Beatle's finest moments was when Ringo comes in to start the reprise of Get Back - on the single.
I saw the film at a theater with a friend when it was released in 1970. I was 13. I remember being depressed because the news that The Beatles had broken up was already out and the theater in Trenton, New Jersey, where I saw the film was run down and closed only a few years later. Also, only a few people were in the theater, which made things even more depressing. I did enjoy the rooftop concert at the end, but my memory of the movie in general was that it was confusing and left me longing for the joy I always got from the group before. However, I really enjoyed the Get Back documentary and will give Let It Be a second chance. Thanks for another excellent video Andrew.
Glad you enjoyed it David and thanks for sharing your memories.
I have a memory of 'Let It Be' playing on BBC 2 on a Saturday lunch time around 1982! I certainly watched it on telly and was overcome, in my young mind, at the pathos within the film that wasn't necessarily detracting from the narrative. This BBC 2 showing was probably the last time it was shown till now!
And I'm still waiting for an extended edition of "Get Back".
Well, I think Get Back is too long. How many minutes of Paul reading the newspaper aloud? I could do without any of that.
@judmcc - I see where you're coming from, but I'm such a deranged Beatles fanatic that I could watch 60+ hours of the Beatles putting their shoes on, and still be mad that they still haven't release the full 120 hours of it, haha.
@@BugRib Yes, I understand that. At one time, decades ago, I wanted to hear all of the Nagra tapes from January 1969. When the complete bootleg did come out, I thought "well, that is just too much" and I haven't gotten it.
@@BugRib One thing though, about Paul reading the newspaper aloud, I do like it when he reads the part about John and George getting into a fight, and they act like they are having one!
@@judmcc Well, you don't have to buy or watch it 🙂The fact is that many people would love to watch as much of this stuff as possible (for many reasons).
It is amazing how you have kept so much cool stuff from your life as a fan. Makes me regretful about how much I've simply lost over the years. Great video yet again.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I saw Let It Be the week it came out in theaters, and then again in the eighties at a local film festival. I’ve never considered it a downer or sad. Quite the contrary, as the rooftop concert was the only thing we could talk about afterwards. That was a revelation.
I love the remastered film and hope it receives a physical release. But the highlight of your video was hearing your cassette tape recording. Thanks for sharing that with us. And yes; I wish they had left the original ending.
1:19 The future UA-camr as a child in 1979.
I've been waiting for this release for years. I was waiting for the "Let It Be" lp to be released in 1970 with anticipation after "Abbey Road" had been such a smash but had to wait till the autumn of that year as I couldn't afford the box set. This release on Disney+ really does fill the hole. They should release a DVD and/or Blu-ray or I'm certain the counterfeiters will, just as they did with the "Rooftop Concert" LP.
I've also been looking forward to your slant on the reissued film and I've not been disappointed. Thank you.
Cheers Steve. Glad you enjoyed it!
I've got to say that it was a joy to watch. I do not have Disney+ but watched it last Saturday at a friend of mine's house, it was our escape from all things Eurovision. I loved the restoration, PJ has done a fantastic job with it. Though I do like this movie, with the passage of time, I last saw it on the Beeb that Saturday afternoon in May '82 I have to say I do enjoy Get Back more, that was more in the documentary style, a kind of Documentary about a Documentary of the Beatles writing and rehearsing their next album/proposed stage show. I have this on DVD and watch it most Bank Holiday weekends, and I always spot something new with each viewing. But it is great to Have Let It Be here all restored to watch and enjoy. I do hope it get's a DVD/Blu-ray release (I'll buy it) But I really do think that Universal have missed a trick here and should consider a Cinema release, after all that's where it was originally seen in 1970, and I for one would love to see it up on the Silver Screen.
thank you, Andrew, for announcing some of your upcoming schedule. I look forward to hearing you speak on other bands and your archives are great. it'll take me a long time to finish watching these !
I remember that 79 Beatles Xmas No internet or video recording it was Xmas heaven.
the smile on your face as you talk about your young self recording the telly is really lovely
I took a cassette recorder to a showing at a lecture hall at my college back in March 1981. When John comes on the screen for the first time the place really cheers. Obviously Let It Be is a vital part of the Beatles filmography and history. And of course Michael Lindsay Hogg could not have anticipated Get Back in 2021. So I appreciate that he shot all the footage and Apple kept it. No doubt there were things out of his control like his four boss’s suggestions and the timing of the film’s release right after the breakup. Still, with all that footage there we now know of, at least the eight hours from Get Back, I do have to question some of his editing choices. But having it restored, with hopefully a blu ray in the future, can only be a plus.
Doesn't the audience boo when Yoko appears? I remember that happening when I saw the movie in the theater.
@@elmerseiscientos they might have booed in the past. But since this was three months after the murder there was none.
Thanks for that Andrew.I recall back when Let It Be the movie was first released back in 1970,that it was quickly promoted again by a U.K.cinema chain and showings were then as a double bill with "A Hard Days Night" film from 1964,Ian
Engaging and informative as always - thanks Andrew. On the "waxy vs grainy" point, you're right but I'm keen not to lose sight of the wonder we all felt when we saw the restored footage in "Get Back" and I bow to no-one in my admiration and thanks for Peter Jackson's (and his team!) work on that and the joy he brought us. Had we not now got this wonderful further restoration I doubt I'd be bothered by the smoothing process.
Another perfect little gem from you Andrew.
I never miss your videos. If I’m not mistaken I don’t think I’ve commented on your videos til now, so it’s about time I do!
It’s always a good day when I see a new Parlogram video has dropped. Respect, and Thanks for all you do for us Fabs fans out here.
I’m from over the pond. I’m a little older than you, I did get to see Let It Be in its theatrical run, and while the film was grainy, I loved every moment of the film. Back in 1970, you couldn’t just click on UA-cam and see The Beatles.
I was 12… almost 13 when I saw Let It Be in the movie theater:
…Wish I’d thought to bring my little Sony cassette recorder there! Good on your young self for thinking of doing that!
But, like your good self, I did figure out the tape record/TV thing, 1971… And I did record John and Yoko’s week of shows on Dick Cavett! I think it came to 6 cassettes I recorded, and I listened to them over and over.
HELP! was replayed on American television that same year… yes, I recorded it off TV with my little cassette recorder as well, I pretty much memorized the dialogue from that movie (“Go to the window… Go tooo the window…”).
It’s good to see M L Hogg’s film out again, finally. Is it Get Back? Hell no.
But is it good?
Heck yes!
Great video as always Andrew, thanks for the great content. We appreciate you!
Thanks, Andrew, for another superb mini-doc from Parlogram. Sorry for the late comment, everyone, but I am eagerly awaiting buying the inevitable Blu-ray release of Michael Lindsay-Hogg's original Let It Be. Let It Be was hard for us Yanks to screen throughout the decades as well. I don't recall any network or syndicated broadcasts of Let It Be in the USA during the 1970s or 1980s (If I am wrong, I hope and expect other Beatlesologists will correct me in the replies.). I first saw the film as a university student in 1993/1994 by renting the sole VHS edition that was released in the USA in the early eighties. I visited the oldest video rental store in town, which luckily rented out their copy without a cash deposit (because Let It Be received only one VHS release in the USA, store rental copies were frequently reported "lost" or "stolen."). The VHS transfer was poor, but the appeal of watching The Beatles make music together, warts and all, was still a thrill. And those late '60s fashions!
I finally saw a 35-milimeter print of Let It Be at The Mary Pickford Theater at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, in the late 2000s or early 2010s. The Mary Pickford Theater is just a small screening room, but I felt privileged to catch a view of a 35mil cinema print. Unfortunately, the sound system in the Pickford Theater is only adequate, and the dialogue was just as hard to hear as the VHS print. But the music sounded fine. I have no idea how the Library of Congress obtained the print: I wonder if the Library made a direct plea to Apple Corps. Ltd., who perhaps decided they could not refuse such a prestigious institution? Anyway, we Beatles fans can rejoice at the remastering of such a fascinating visual document of The Beatles making one of their last and best albums.
I am grateful for this re-release/restoration of Let It Be! Please release it on DVD, Apple and Disney! As for the visual quality of Get Back, I can report feeling like I was there with The Beatles and most of the people with whom I’ve discussed Get Back - especially kids and young adults - agree, enthusiastically! Another fab effort, Andrew, to which the inclusion of your audible - younger self - lent great charm. Thanks lad and man!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
If you haven't seen it in 4K with HDR your missing out on a amazing experience. a DVD would be a very poor drinks coaster.
DVD is a dead format. Why would you master something to 4K and then release it on DVD? That’s like mastering audio to modern standards and then playing down a landline.
This channel keeps getting better and better. Looking forward to more sixties band stuff!
Thanks for sharing your memories and tape recording with us. As a child I would do the same thing. Recording the audio from TV shows and movies.
Now onto Let It Be. I was very pleased with the remastering and restoration of the film. This has been a long wait for Beatles fans being that LIB hasn’t been available since the days of VHS, Betamax and laser disc in 1981. And all those years of terrible copies from the Internet and eBay.
The new restoration sounds and looks great ! FaB!
And Andrea agree with you they should have left the original ending in with the new release. Including the drop T letters The End. And in the end, love you take is equal to the love you make.
Great video Andrew ! Many thanks!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, thank you so much for this video! Had I not been subscribed to your channel, I would’ve completely missed this awesome release of Beatles history on DP. I guess I’ve been living under a rock with so much work lately hahaha. Thank you sir, so much! 🥰
Thank you, Sir! 😊
12 year old Andrew proves that he was always organized, well spoken and talented at hosting and presenting his Beatles treasures. Well, I suppose his mother should know.
This film was hard to find in the U.S. as well. Yeah, it may officially have been released on VHS but that doesn't mean you could walk into your local Blockbuster & rent it anytime you wanted. I did see it one time in a mom & pop video store but for the most part, finding a copy was very rare.
I signed up for Disney+ specifically to watch "Let It Be". And then to my complete surprise found out that Disney+ also has "Get Back", which I had never seen before and am in the middle of watching right how. So it's a win/win for me I'm having a lot of fun.
You have to see them both.
@@judmccHi! I have a question for you if you don’t mind. Seeing as you’ve seen both, Get Back and Let It Be, is there a particular order that I should watch these films?
Thank you and I’m looking forward to hearing your opinion
Robert
@@robertshapiro-xu9di That's hard to answer - I could make a case for either order. I'm tempted to say LiB first and then GB for more of the background, but alternatively, you could watch GB first because it leads up to LiB as the final product.
@@robertshapiro-xu9di PS, I saw LiB in the theater in 1970 and have seen it several times since.
@@robertshapiro-xu9di Thinking about it longer, I think I'd go with LiB first. I think it is better to see it the first time before you've seen GB.
1:27 These are the kind of details that make me appreciate your videos even more, the appreciation and emotional connection you have with these things is genuine. LOVE THAT❗❗
Thank you!
Great job as usual, Andrew!
Thank you!
Excellent videos as always. you're hired! I've always liked Let It Be regardless of the complaints from fans and critics. The Beatles are human like everyone else, hats off for keeping their cool and being gentlemen through out their career together. They are the unsurpassed masters. I'm impressed with the Disney + stream Peter Jackson update. Hopefully we'll get it on Blu Ray.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great review of Let it Be! I have been enjoying watching it and glad it’s finally restored. I do miss the original ending though but I understand the need for new credits to acknowledge all the people that worked on it…..they should have done something similar to what they did for Yellow Submarine but leaving the original film intact and adding on new credits afterwards……looking forward to future videos…. I am hoping to hear your thoughts on the new Rolling Stones singles box 1966-1971….thanks so much Andrew!
Thanks Bill. Glad you enjoyed the review.
Hi Andrew, I look forward to watching both Get Back and Let it Be!
Great review. Thanks for sharing the old cassette tape of yourself!
Thanks Andrew! I especially liked your cassette recording as a kid of your voice and the audio from TV speakers via a microphone - you were very professional for your age! I also did that in the mid 60s, but it was with a small Japanese 3-inch open-reel recorder (before Philips cassettes became popular), and the programming wasn't The Beatles but rather original "Star Trek" episodes. Unfortunately, none of my tapes or that recorder survived our frequent moves during those years. Sorry to hear about some of the edits done to this restored version - glad I have a pseudo-bootleg (Russian?) VHS copy of the original (dubbed to DVD), which DOES include the unforgettable McCartney singing at the very end of his "whooping" version of the last part of "Get Back".
Andrew, you've covered this very well !! I last saw the movie as a teenager in the mid 1970s. Looking forward to seeing this restored version.
Baby Andrew is remarkable! Amazing that you were even so organized so young
This is another good video. I'm glad that you included the audio of the original end of the film.
Another wonderful video, Andrew, and I especially enjoy the little personal moments you include of yourself. I have to vote "significantly jarring" on the ending credits change, though. And as much as I enjoyed Get Back, it still seems incomplete without the original film. Finally, greatly looking forward to future Stones videos. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can't belive you still have that tape. Wish I had any of the tapes I made back in the 80's. I enjoyed pretending to be a DJ.
Brilliant review Andrew
I saw let it be on its release in 1970. I was 11. Saw it three times in the one day. It was double feature with yellow submarine. Obviously in 1970 I never knew the whole story or noticed or cared about the editing of the film. The Beatles start a song in one set of clothes and finish in another lol. I loved it then and still love it today
Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned the grain!
It just amazes me how much objectively better it looks.
I didn't know there were some small changes in the edit of the film. To be fair it's my first ever seeing it.
Generally speaking, I don't really have a problem with directors re-editing their films (even if small changes) AS LONG AS the original IS always EASILY accessible.
What happened to preserving films as they WERE, as a product of their time?
Having said that, I'm still happy that the film has been finally re-released even though it's not 100% the same film from 1970.
Thanks for showing that Radio Times cutting from xmas 1979... that was the exact time i recall recording the audio to my then new cassette recorder also! That was quite a xmas to be able to watch all the Beatles films in sequence.
Always welcoming everything Beatles related. Hope to see this version of Let It Be somehow in the future
Andrew, great information as always. Thank you for your content and information. I very much enjoyed your childhood tape.
Glad you enjoyed it, Chris!
I hope I can get this "Let It Be" performance on disc. I've enjoyed "Get Back" a number of times on Blu-Ray. What a thing!
You and I both saw the movie in 1979 ( before I was a fan) and in1982 (when I was a fan and luckily my girlfriend's family had a VHS recorder). Thanks for the review. Looking forward to my Disney+ time next week.
Great episode Andrew!
The one thing that stood out to me was that the Let It Be film had no cohesion before the Rooftop performance. I’m sure it was difficult to make any thing cohesive, at that time, as the end seemed eminent. Not really a documentary but “live” snapshots which was alright since it had been years since we had seen a “movie” with them at all. Only the Ed Sullivan shows gave us glimpses of what they were up to at that time.
I remember walking out of the movie gathering with friends and they were confused. In honesty so was I. Except for the rooftop performance. That was the sun breaking through the dark clouds.
The band were immediately in their element. Paul was right pushing them to perform live one more time. Their smiles showed everything!
Luckily I have a boot of the film that was reformatted, cleaned up pretty well and lovely audio with the original ending.
Good to hear your take on it!
And I got great joy out of your ending to the episode.
Thanks for posting your memories, Brian. Glad you enjoyed the review!
Fantastic Let It Be update Andrew ✌️ I love your channel 💕 keep up the great work mate 😎✌️⭐️
Thanks! ✌️😎
It is soooo worthwhile. I’ve had a bootleg copy of the original film for years and couldn’t watch it more than once as it only left me feeling depressed. The restored version leaves me, once again, in awe of these four incredibly talented men and the gifts they collectively bestowed upon us all.
I've had Let It Be in my collection for decades and have watched it probably once a decade, and it's been a good 10 years since I'd seen it last. The new version really surprised me still at being not a band breaking up but a band taking on a difficult project. I loved it. Great video!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
The lower third graphic at the beginning of Let It Be show that Jackson was in New Zealand Lindsay-Hogh was in New York City. I had to rewind to check it myself. Great job, Andrews 1979 and 2024.
The Beatles are my favorite group of all time, but it’s so cool seeing you branch off and cover other groups. It was your Hollies video that introduced me to them and have since gone onto become one of my all time favorites.
I had a tape recorder and mic to the TV just like that in the US. So happy for UA-cam today. 🎬
I used that technique for taping my favourite songs off the radio. You could guarantee that it was nearly always spoiled by either the DJ talking incessantly over the song, or one of my parents shouting at me to "turn that bloody noise down". 🤣
As usual good content and explanations. And nice detail that one to expose your old cassette record… even being a child lad you knew you were recording for future 👍🏼😉
Another great video! Thank you, sir 🙏🏻 The Beatles Films podcast seemed confident in saying that Peter Jackson and MLH were indeed NOT in the same room for that interview.
Great video Andrew, love this reissue
Thanks!
Absolutely spot on Andrew. I have nothing to add and you've made all the points I was going to. At 63, I also remember those BBC screenings before it was vetoed by the surviving three Beatles. The remaster is a triumph indeed and I found it refreshing to not have the prospect of enduring 8+ hours, regardless of my obsession with the greatest band ever.
Thanks Ian. Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes I would love a Blu-ray of this film.
Hopefully the Shea Stadium film will get a release in the future as well
I first saw Let It Be through a bootleg DVD bought on eBay in early 2005 that eventually stopped working. I fell in love with it's randomness, and it's great to see it again - I really missed the full basement performances of Two of Us etc in Get Back. And for what it's worth, I really like the long version of Dig It with Paul doing the counter-melody. They're all vibing.
Remarkably I did almost exactly the same thing. I wore out the tape listening to it on a loop as I fell asleep. Wonderful!
Let it Be was also available on Laserdisc, In 1981, the movie Let It Be was released to the home video market through 20th Century Fox and Magnetic Video Corporation. VHS , Betamax, and Laserdisc were distributed through them. On today's market, the laserdisc Let It Be could set you back about $300 U.S. Dollars.
I mentioned in a previous comment that I saw an original United Artists/MVC LaserDisc at a record show for $300 in 1990, a little rich for the blood of this college student, and I think the value has stayed about the same over the years due to the fact that hardly anyone can play the darn things anymore (luckily, I have a working LD player, so I still hope to find one in the wild), plus the fact that the sole North American pressing on LD was prone to "laser rot" and many copies became unplayable over the years (or playable, but unwatchable due to the cloud of coloured speckles that filled the screen). I'm sure they will drop in value now that a version of the film is available on streaming and (one hopes) soon on physical media.
But my LaserDisc of The Compleat Beatles documentary is still intact and playable, and has never been reissued (either Apple or MPL snapped up the rights and buried it in the vaults prior to Anthology's release), and that might be a good @Parlogram video topic down the road! Same with my LaserDisc of Around the Beatles, with the band's performance on a special edition of Ready Steady Go that was released by Dave Clark back in the early '90s.
Wonderful review as usual.
I will wait for the physical media... if any or not.
Great memories.
Barty
I saw this movie in college after a friend gave me a copy. It is an incomplete story that really needed a reedit. But the restoration puts the old copy I used to have to shame. Great as always Andrew
Many thanks, Michael!
The movie was first released on home video in 1981 in the US by Magnetic Video which was unrestored. And now, it has been restored on Disney+ as of now.
lovely touch at the end Andrew :)
Thanks Stuart!
I first saw “Let It Be” here in Southern California in 1971. A local downtown theater was showing all four theatrical Beatles movies. My older sister and I went. As a six-year-old, I was absolutely transfixed! I had become a Beatles fan just before Abbey Road. So anything Beatle related was Gold as far as I was concerned.
When I saw the film again five or six years later, I was struck in how low-key it was. But I never subscribed to the negative criticism that was thrown at it for so many years.
Upon viewing it once again last week, I was struck by how “tight” it was. Pretty fast moving. Yes, there’s absolutely no context at all. But anybody who would watch this movie know the context anyway, or already have watched “Get Back”!
I was disappointed at the end bit being eliminated. I thought that was a important part of the movie. But that’s OK. I truly enjoyed it, and I hope it is released on Blu-ray or DVD. Thanks Andrew!
Thanks for sharing your memories!
Loved the 12 year old Andrew snippet. I've watched the film last night and I found it amazing. Cheers, Andrew, thanks for your labour of love.
The sound and picture quality are great, we loved hearing the roof top concert in surround sound. The film has songs that were shamelessly omitted from the LET IT BE super deluxe release such as Suzy Parker (or Suzy's Parlour).
Excellent Andrew, I still have a VHS copy that I got in the early 90s, which curiously contains an hour and a half of black and white footage and unsynchronized audio (It's from "Let it be", but they don't match the images ).
Needless to say, the quality was bad, but for years and before internet access, that's what I had.
Comparing "Let it be" with "Get Back" is inevitable, but you have to see each thing in its context.
Let's continue enjoying the Beatle legacy.
Greetings Beatlepeople.
Yes to more of The Stones, most welcome alongside The Beatles content
Great episode as usual, Andrew! Let it Be should absolutely be released on DVD/BluRay. I really prefer physical product. And like you mentioned, it would be a waste to not release the extra material recorded and filmed for such a release.
I thought the film looked great, but not sure why some changes were done. The original wipes, the “made of wood” after George gets zapped and Get Back reprise and other aspects are missed. - Roger
I absolutely love how nitpicky you are about the smallest, most insignificant details...shows you are a true hyper fan. You are simply the authority on all things Beatles. Brilliant channel, don't change!
Thanks.I appreciate that!
OFF TOPIC: Glad to hear that you are going to do videos about other 60s bands. If you take suggestions, I'd like to hear you talking about my other favorite beat groups: The Hollies, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, Buffalo Springfield... Thank you for these great Beatles video-series Andrew. You always let us wanting to hear and learn more.
Thanks for the suggestions, Paul!
Similarly I taped most of it on cassette from TV when shown on BBC in 1976. Also luckily my brother had a VHS recorder by 82 so have had it on my own VHS since then. Agree about the Get Back refrain on the ending being essential..!
It's great to hear you at twelve years old, Andrew. You certainly had your chops as a presenter even then. I first saw "Let It Be" in a movie theatre, when it fist came out, and I was nine years old, and had been a Beatles fan about four years. I saw "Get Back", and found it hard to sit through. It was way too long, I got bored. The thing could have used a good editor. Which would have destroyed the purpose of the film, I know. Even a hardcore, longtime Beatles fan like me found it hard to endure. I dropped my free trial of Disney+ after watching it, although I may have to sign up again, to watch "Doctor Who". There are a lot of other connections between Disney and The Beatles you could have mentioned.
The 1970 film was never meant to be a straightforward documentary, in the traditional sense, as far as I know. Although I never did like the edits you spoke of.
Amazing you still have that tape!
I waited to post this until I confirmed the details of when I saw the film, which I just did through an old newspaper online archive. During the Christmas holidays of 1970, one of the two National General Theatres screens at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California was showing all four Beatles films daily. I was a month short of 12 years old. I went with a friend and it was the first time I saw Hard Days Night, Help, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. Surprisingly very few people were in the theater. I carried the memory of Let It Be all these decades and I never met anyone else over the years who had seen it, they just heard about it. I knew it would return one day, it was just a matter of time.
Great vid! Can't wait to see Let It Be this weekend! :)
Hope you enjoy it!
After watching Get Back documentary, and now having seen the Let It Be movie properly restored I understand much better the project and I appreciate the album much more. Even what Spector did back in 1970. After so many years listening to this album, watching my early 90's VHS film copy thounsand of times, now I really appreciate their initial idea and I find it absolutely challenging by 1969. Great description of everything as always! Joan
Thank you, Joan. Glad you enjoyed it!
I clearly remember that season of Beatles films at Christmas 1979. I was 16 years old and I'd seen all of the films before as they were often screened during school holidays in the '70's. However, I didn't get to see 'Magical Mystery Tour' until 1979, when it was shown for the first time in 11 years. It was so exciting and yes, I recorded everything on one of those cassette recorders too. Another great video, Andrew!
Thanks Glenn! Glad you enjoyed it!
I watched it on Disney+ and I am quite impressed with the visual and audio quality, never got to see the original so I have nothing to compare it with, well done to Peter Jackson and his team for their hard work with this restoration.
My parents bought a vhs recorder when they first came out and i had a "gift" of a really expensive (at the time) 60 minute tape to record whenever i wanted, so i watched an even more edited (by me) 1 hour version of Let It Be for years afterwards!
Hi Andrew, thanks again for this very informative video. Cheers Fred
Glad you enjoyed it, Fred!
How cute was your kids intro, fab video as always
Glad you enjoyed it
I first saw Let It Be on cable TV in the US in the early 1980's , I think I watched it twice. And hadn't seen it again until last week when I watched it on Disney Plus. Though I had seen the rooftop concert portion many times over the years on UA-cam. And while I watching Get Back I was thinking to myself that many of the clips I remembered from Let It Be were missing. I really enjoyed seeing the film again, after all these years. And it looked great, much better than the version I saw in the 80's, and it sounded great as well. Great video, and thanks for sharing
Thank you Ronald. Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve got a DVD of Let it Be - good quality and I didn’t realise it is a bootleg.
Hi Andrew. I recorded "Let It Be" onto VHS in 1982, and thanks for providing the exact date ! Around 2003 I bought a DVD player with a hard drive so I could transfer my VHS copy to DVD; and I still have it today ! No comparison though with the new fully restored version which is very impressive. Interestingly, there seems to be more audio in the new version (inc George's F bombs) which I assume has arisen because of the clean up of the audio tracks. When I play the '82 version now, it serves as a testament to the development of televisions from the old square box to the magnificent wide screen TVs of today, hence why I'll be retiring my old DVD copy to the archives ! One thing that struck me when I watched the restored version was the amount of completed takes in it; Jackson's Get back docuseries emphasised the chatter although I felt he could have included some alternate takes from 31/1/69 sessions, but Jackson's remarks emphasising that he tried to avoid duplication with the "Let It Be" film has now paid dividends ! Cheers Tim
Cheers Tim!
thank you, andrew! yes, as another comment mentioned! your 13th-old- year recording is truly revealing of the adult you became!! a great filmic moment!! yes, more Stones and other bands!! Thank you for your analysis of this film! Accurate to a t!
Many thanks, Antonio! Glad you enjoyed it!
Andrew, I'm a few months older than you and remember watching all The Beatles films after Christmas 1979, though I didn't record any off them! I also recall watching it in May 1982 just before sitting my O-levels. After that I didn't see again until my brother gave me a murky bootleg DVD copy twenty years later. 🙂
thanks for this vid! i really wanted to hear your opinion on this before i watched it because i trust your say on these things and i know the reputation of the original
Get Back and now Let It Be were both simply fascinating to me as a new fan of The Beatles. Given the privilege of a look behind the genius of these four is something we should all be thankful for. I purchased Get Back on bluray and I plan on watching Let It Be again soon. There is a hint of sadness for me as I watched these two incredible documentaries... that this talented group only recorded together for (slightly less) than 8 short years. One can only imagine what might have been had they continued to work together. But getting back to the topic at hand, I loved the renewed film and I look forward to seeing it again. Thanks for your review, Andrew.
Don't forget to send your old cassette of Let it Be to Peter Jackson so we can hear the Stereo introduction. 🤣 Great program as always
🤣 Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi again Andrew & greetings from sunny Scotland. Thanks again for another great video.
Ah, 08 May 1982 - I remember my Mum & I watching Let It Be on BBC, & taping it on my newly acquired rented Betamax. At the time, my Mum who is only a casual Beatles fan asked who the keyboard player who suddenly appeared was, plus who's the hammer guy, who's the little girl with Ringo? (She did know who Yoko & George Martin were).
One thing you DIDN'T mention was the complete lack of Who? & When? in the original film.
The ONLY date given is copyright 1970. There is NOTHING that states everything we see was filmed during January 1969. No-one is introduced. It wasn't until Peter Jackson's Get Back docu that I could finally put names to several of the "fringe" players like Kevin Harrington.
For those of us around in May 1970, remember. The Beatles Monthly Book had ceased publication in Dec '69. In Feb 1970 we saw John with cropped hair + Mal Evans in TOTP's studio singing Instant Karma, then in April on film doing backing to Let It Be with long hair, then Paul looking identical with his solo album. So, the impression given when the film was released was that it was all filmed fairly recently, & NOT back in Jan '69 BEFORE Abbey Road.
Best wishes, & could you maybe cover The Monkees? I saw ALL 4 in-concert x
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll add it to my list!
Thanks for the review. I haven't seen it yet, but I may subscribe to Disney + again just to watch it, like I did with Get Back. They better release physical copies of it... They would be stupid not to, as it's the Beatles afterall! And if they don't, bootleggers will, so it would be wise to cash in. 👍
I still didn't see the Get Back documental only bits here on UA-cam, i have the Let It Be film in a bootleg DVD, i didn't have Disney+ but i'd love to see the new remastered Let It Be movie, you are amazing Andrew.
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