• McCartney Recalls the Glyn Johns LIB Mixes

    From Norbert K@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 13 05:39:52 2022
    I always wanted to make the group great, and even greater. When we made the Let It Be album, and it was a bit crummy, I insisted that we make Abbey Road, because I knew what we were capable of. I didn't think that we'd pulled it off on Let It Be,
    and then with the Phil Spector remix, we kinda walked away from that LP. In fact, the best version of it was before anyone got hold of it: Glyn Johns's mixes were great, but they were very, very Spartan; it would be one of the hippest records going if
    they brought it out. But before it had all its raw edges off it, that was one of the best Beatles albums because it was a bit avant-garde. I loved it.

    -- McCartney, in his 1986 Musician Magazine interview

    Okay, I just wish he hadn't used the tem "avant-garde" in an effort to seem hip. Before Yoko, the term may have implied cutting-edge; post-Yoko, it means "garbage."

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 18 02:36:31 2022
    I always wanted to make the group great, and even greater. When we made
    the Let It Be album, and it was a bit crummy, I insisted that we make
    Abbey Road, because I knew what we were capable of. I didn't think that
    we'd pulled it off on Let It Be, and then with the Phil Spector remix,
    we kinda walked away from that LP. In fact, the best version of it was before anyone got hold of it: Glyn Johns's mixes were great, but they
    were very, very Spartan; it would be one of the hippest records going if
    they brought it out. But before it had all its raw edges off it, that
    was one of the best Beatles albums because it was a bit avant-garde. I
    loved it.

    -- McCartney, in his 1986 Musician Magazine interview

    Bleh, he can have it. I never cared to own "Naked" even though I own all
    kinds of weird (non-boot) stuff like Live at the BBC, the 3 Anthology
    releases and the Star Club recordings.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 19 13:08:15 2022
    On 18/03/2022 8:36 pm, super70s wrote:
    I always wanted to make the group great, and even greater. When we made
    the Let It Be album, and it was a bit crummy, I insisted that we make
    Abbey Road, because I knew what we were capable of. I didn't think that
    we'd pulled it off on Let It Be, and then with the Phil Spector remix,
    we kinda walked away from that LP. In fact, the best version of it was
    before anyone got hold of it: Glyn Johns's mixes were great, but they
    were very, very Spartan; it would be one of the hippest records going if
    they brought it out. But before it had all its raw edges off it, that
    was one of the best Beatles albums because it was a bit avant-garde. I
    loved it.

    -- McCartney, in his 1986 Musician Magazine interview

    Bleh, he can have it. I never cared to own "Naked" even though I own all kinds of weird (non-boot) stuff like Live at the BBC, the 3 Anthology releases and the Star Club recordings.

    Well there is an 'open mind' for ya !

    geoff

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to geoff on Sat Mar 19 05:01:21 2022
    On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 8:08:23 PM UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 18/03/2022 8:36 pm, super70s wrote:
    I always wanted to make the group great, and even greater. When we made
    the Let It Be album, and it was a bit crummy, I insisted that we make
    Abbey Road, because I knew what we were capable of. I didn't think that
    we'd pulled it off on Let It Be, and then with the Phil Spector remix,
    we kinda walked away from that LP. In fact, the best version of it was
    before anyone got hold of it: Glyn Johns's mixes were great, but they
    were very, very Spartan; it would be one of the hippest records going if >> they brought it out. But before it had all its raw edges off it, that
    was one of the best Beatles albums because it was a bit avant-garde. I
    loved it.

    -- McCartney, in his 1986 Musician Magazine interview

    Bleh, he can have it. I never cared to own "Naked" even though I own all kinds of weird (non-boot) stuff like Live at the BBC, the 3 Anthology releases and the Star Club recordings.

    Well there is an 'open mind' for ya !

    Although McCartney had something along the lines of the Glyn Johns mixes for Naked, Paul Hicks was its principal producer.

    I hate what Spector did to LiB. However, even a great producer/engineer like Johns could only do so much with what the guys were coming up with at that point.

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to geoff on Sat Mar 19 05:09:52 2022
    On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 8:08:23 PM UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 18/03/2022 8:36 pm, super70s wrote:
    I always wanted to make the group great, and even greater. When we made
    the Let It Be album, and it was a bit crummy, I insisted that we make
    Abbey Road, because I knew what we were capable of. I didn't think that
    we'd pulled it off on Let It Be, and then with the Phil Spector remix,
    we kinda walked away from that LP. In fact, the best version of it was
    before anyone got hold of it: Glyn Johns's mixes were great, but they
    were very, very Spartan; it would be one of the hippest records going if >> they brought it out. But before it had all its raw edges off it, that
    was one of the best Beatles albums because it was a bit avant-garde. I
    loved it.

    -- McCartney, in his 1986 Musician Magazine interview

    Bleh, he can have it. I never cared to own "Naked" even though I own all kinds of weird (non-boot) stuff like Live at the BBC, the 3 Anthology releases and the Star Club recordings.

    Well there is an 'open mind' for ya !

    geoff

    Super 70s, Naked is not the Glyn Johns mixes, although McCartney was striving for something along the lines of the Johns mixes. Naked's principal producer is Paul Hicks.

    Although I hate what Spector did to LiB (Johns likens Spector's work to "vomit"), even a great producer/engineer could only do so much with what the guys were coming up with songwriting-wise at that time.

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