I hear ya, B. M.
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"Or maybe the new man at Apple is going to give it to us for Christmas!"
If John were still w/ us, he probably would say "do it right, man ..but don't drag it out forever--the fans have waited long enough.." Granted, that much newly discovered footage might've made the protracted delay well worth it in "the end" (no pun intended) but something tells me it's more Paul & Yoko holding it up (the latter more than the former) I read McCartney's book a few years ago (Many years From Now) and even he admits to looking exceedingly "bossy" during the Twickingham sessions--I think he still has "reservations" about being seen as "musical martinet" during that notorious not-so-halcyon period. Don't get me wrong, I dearly love EVERY ONE of the Beatles (or I wouldnt be here w/such passion) but I HOPE they put all these trivial personal considerations away and JUST LET THE FILM RESTORERS DO THEIR THING so MAYBE (like u said the "new man" at Apple can cut through all the bull and have it out by x-mas or early Spring '08 (*fingers crossed*) I mean, after all....ANTHOLOGY had MUCH more audio and vid material to plow through and somehow they seemed to have far fewer obstacles in their way with that lofty project back in '95........LET IT BE is WAY overdue...in fact, WE ALL DESERVE A DOUBLE-DISC w/ a PLETHORA of EXTRAS when we finally DO get it in our grubby little beatlemaniac hands...
(ps: I just take issue w/ u on one thing...........do you really think George's estate would hold it up? that never occurred to me, but WE CAN ONLY BE GRATEFUL ALLEN KLEIN ISNT PART OF THIS...........!!! OMG !!!! lol) Those are Paul's two MOST hated words : Allen Klein.