Members coyote-1 Posted April 8, 2013 Members Share Posted April 8, 2013 Heard Sir George make this statement in a rebroadcast of an old interview... But the DJ who played that snippet rightly pointed out that the stuff that eventually became the Let It Be album was just sitting around, with the Beatles themselves disinterested in it... and that Spector's work led to a release which led to two #1 singles. So you can't complain too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted April 10, 2013 Members Share Posted April 10, 2013 From the little I know about Let It Be, the Beatles were really not working together to make it happen. Spector picked up the pieces and made it into something. I always enjoyed that record and thought the production was a natural maturation for the band, even if its a little polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2013 I get Martin's point too though. Compare LIB to SgtPepper. The strings etc on Sgt had a razor's edge sharpness to them, while on LIB the orchestras were almost uniformly schmaltz. From a progressive musical standpoint, it's easy to diss Spector's work on LIB.From a marketing standpoint, however, that work was near genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 10, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nice post Phil. Very insightful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Thanks Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 12, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 12, 2013 Yeah Abbey Road was just mind-boggling in how good it was A peak in the George Martin/Beatles workflow and output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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