But Vol.II contains "Let It Be," which was included on the album. Is that version an alternate version, not heard on the album, single, Anthology, or Naked?
you get the Let IT Be single version on Past Masters, the same one on the Blue album. but the Album version was slightly different. obviusly the anthology was a take & i think the Naked version was a completley new versionthat haden't heard before (not sure though! :-/)
All three versions of Let It Be are from the same master tape. It contains two different guitar solo's, the more raunchy one is used on the original album, together with Spectors orchestration. The single (Past Masters 2) version is minus the orchestration, and with a different guitar solo, and the backing vocals are slightly higher in the mix. The version on 'Naked' is also a different mix, but essentially the same as the single.The Get Back single and album versions are different recordings. Across The Universe was originally given over to a charity album in 1968 for the World Wildlife Fund, hence the wildlife sounds at the beginning on PM2. These were taken off for the Let It Be album.