Hello Goodbye: There is no comparison. The 2021 Mix is transcendent. It is John's unadorned voice minus the louder chorus and Yoko's accompanying vocal. Also, the flapping of the bird's wings at the beginning is missing. I really feel John's presence and seeming melancholy as he sings it. It's as if I were in a cozy warm bed on a cold chilly night just listening to him very closely as though immediately nearby and falling asleep into a twilight world of wonderful and peaceful dreams as the song fades to an ever quieting conclusion.
Hello Goodbye: Thanks muchly! For all these years, I thought that was Yoko. Amazing! What a wonderful story.
The bird flaps are only for the version they did for the Spike Milligan album wasn't it? It was also sped up quite a bit I think.
The bird flaps were on The Beatles Rarities LP. I never bought The Beatles Red or Blue LPs but I know that the Blue LP contained the version without the bird flaps as it appeared on the Let It Be LP... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we0tO0LxY8Y&list=PLZJTvVydfLTsbsv10EPA03RsSmb3cQDAP&index=27
I see that the bird flap version was also used on Past Masters Vol2.
that could be it, thanks
I'm still hearing the choir quite strongly in the 2021 remix. It is absence from the Glyn Johns Mix though.
Such a beautiful song. I just got done listening to the 2021 remix. John Lennon's voice, the lyrics, and the orchestration. The meaning behind it.Perfection.