I want to buy one of these but am not sure which version to get. Any suggestions will be aprreciated

Well, I've grown accostumed to the Let It Be version as it was done by Phil Spector and his 'wall of sound' in 1970. Comparing to the 'new' Naked-version, it's clear that the songs Dig It and Maggie Mae have been removed in favour of Don't Let Me Down. Fine by me. The talking (most of the times by John Lennon) from the rooftop concert has also been removed. In that opinion, the Naked-version may even be more a studio-album! There are differences between the songs on these two albums, but that doesn't count for every song. The most obvious example is The Long And Winding Road. Paul McCartney (and George Martin as well) always said they hated the way Phil Spector had added all kinds of choirs, violins and other strings to the arrangement. On the Naked-version, the song can be heard more in the way McCartney meant it. I Me Mine, Across The Universe and Let It Be are other songs that are more simplified and got rid of the strings and choirs from Phil Spector. My opinion is that they are much more clear and more Beatles-songs than on the old version. Other songs show no or just slight differences. I think that the Naked-version is more the album as an answer to the original idea of getting back the plain, simple, non-bombastic songs. That also the reason why I like it better and should prefer buying the Naked-version. But there's been a lot of discussion about this already.

Get Get Back sessions

My suggestion is to get the original "Let It Be", and the bootleg of "As Nature Intended", which is the Glyn Johns mix. Its outstanding. I like 'Naked' but still prefer the bootleg version. Easy to find on Ebay.

I prefer the original

I haven't listened to all of the original album, but of the songs I've heard, I like Let It Be...Naked better.  The naked version of the song Let It Be is WAY better than the original release, much better guitar solo.

Naked does sound better, but I miss Dig It.

Yeah I also love the Let it be...naked version better.  It just sounds more realistic than the original verson.  If you watch the movie and then you listen to the album then you can tell that 99% of the dialogue before an after songs are fake.  I personally think Phil Spector messed up Let it be.  Plus if you Buy the Let it be...Naked version(CD) you get a cool bonus CD called fly on the wall.  Its cool audio from the Get Back sessions.

Fly On The Wall ...cool? COOL?? I think not, when you consider what they could have put on. Hours of interesting dialogue, other songs ... man, you are too easily satisfied Wordno.

I like LIBN, but I do prefer the original version of the song Let It Be. If you have the money, I'd suggest getting both.

Well they can't put several hours of audio on a CD.  I'm sure they just picked out what they thought was the best and put it on the Cd.  I do have to agree with you on the fact that I can be easily satisfied.  But I really don't see how thats a major problem.  I just think Fly on the wall was an enjoyable listen.  Its better than not getting it at all.  Sometimes its also good to be satisfied with what you have then always wanting more.

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Well they can't put several hours of audio on a CD.  I'm sure they just picked out what they thought was the best and put it on the Cd.  I do have to agree with you on the fact that I can be easily satisfied.  But I really don't see how thats a major problem.  I just think Fly on the wall was an enjoyable listen.  Its better than not getting it at all.  Sometimes its also good to be satisfied with what you have then always wanting more.

Thanks for the sermon there.

They can certainly put more than a few minutes on a CD!! Thirty Days of material they had, and we got a few minutes!

And your faith that they "just picked out what they thought was the best" is touching, but misplaced. The material on Fly On The Wall are mere dull snippets. I take it you haven't heard very much bootlegged material from the Jan 1969 Get Back Sessions.

I agree that they could have put so much more on there. A CD can hold like 80 minutes, right? Or at least the blank ones I use can.

Oh the wit.

I'm not sure if you knew, but 20 to 30 minutes is not a 'few' minutes.  I don't know why you are getting so worked up that my opinion doesn't match yours.  I happened to like Fly on the wall.  Sheesh, Forgive me for not having the same opinion as Ydoll Gwyn.  If you weren't satisfied with Fly on the wall then don't criticize me on the fact that I think it was cool, just stick to something that satisfisy's you like the bootlegged material from the Jan 1969 Get back sessions.

OK already. 22 minutes near enough. 22 minutes out of Thirty Days, sheesh. The point is, many many fans felt that Fly was a lazy tidbit to throw at them. Like I said, there is some great dialogue that could have been put out, and also some great alternative versions of songs, and new songs.

But if you're happy with the crumbs from the rich man's table, good luck t'ya. But I'll aim higher ...