The Different Guitar Solos of Let It Be

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@vbaker168 10 ай бұрын

The album version sounds most natural and rehearsed. The single and ghost solo sound more “improvised”

@jaelge 2 ай бұрын

Most of what we just heard were practice sessions during the filming of LIB, and George getting a feel for the song and trying to land on something Paul would sign off on.

@gunsgalore7571 11 ай бұрын

To be honest, I think the album one (with which all of us who were not around at the time are probably most familiar with) is by far the best. It plays so perfectly with the song, amplifying its beautiful and joyous feeling. It's also significantly more climatic and much stronger-sounding than the other ones, some of which you can barely even make out the guitar in. Maybe it's because that's the one I was first familiar with, but I just don't see how any of the others can measure up.

@pahlevymu Ай бұрын

Same here, i heard the album first so maybe there's bias in here. But i do agree it's more punchy and such a climatic way to end the song.

@leoranora 11 ай бұрын

The Album version really stood out

@BMI2048 7 ай бұрын

In the isolated version of the album version, you clearly hear that little octave note before the highest note of the sole. For some reason, any youtube guitar video replicating the sole omits that little note. It's clearly there at 1:44!

@MatthewShoaf 29 күн бұрын

Sounds like a mistake, open g string maybe lol

@petezereeeah Жыл бұрын

Never understood the two guitar lead breaks. I was a kid when this came out. The album version kicks ass. What we heard on the radio was ridiculous.

@dawsonrose8489 10 ай бұрын

Now I’m curious to know what did you hear on the radio

@edwhite7475 10 ай бұрын

@dawsonrose8489 2:37 the first couple im pretty sure...the 'ghost solos'..they just sounded anemic.

@steveh7216 4 ай бұрын

I'm from Australia when this came out on the radio. I bought the single and the solo sounded great! Later when the album came out, I bought that and when hearing how 'Let It Be' was remixed and with the over-powering solo, sounded inferior the the magic mix of the original.

@RobertGraziose 3 ай бұрын

I feel the exact opposite. The single features Billy Preston's brilliant lick with the drums when the solo starts. My guitarist always did the album solo, oy the fights we had. Hey music is subjective. It's your cup of tea. To each his own

@RobertGraziose 3 ай бұрын

I never cared for the album version. It blots out Billy Prestons organ lick when they go into the solo. It sounds pooly edited also. To each his own. My guitarist insisted we do the album version. Hey basically it wss his band so i backed off. Just my opinion.

@elirosen1391 11 ай бұрын

How George got so much overdrive out of his January 4 guitar solo is something that baffles gear nerds like myself. Sure, the 100-watts Fender Twin Reverb could really get loud and crunchy, but to me, it sounds like George is either using a Fuzz Face, or running his guitar straight into through a mic preamp. What would you say?

@isolatedstems 11 ай бұрын

A person named Chris Buck did a video about how that tone was achieved and it does seem like George did use a Fuzz Face to get the overdrive heard on the final record.

@elirosen1391 11 ай бұрын

@@isolatedstems I saw that video, and yes, the tone does soundly largely identical to what's in the video. But like most guitar enthusiasts, the thing that makes me doubt that is that George was usually one to turn his guitar up to max volume. And if you've heard a guitar in full volume with the fuzz face, you know the fuzz tends to swallow the sound up. But then again, he wasn't dealing with layers of other loud guitars on LIB or IMM. So who know? Maybe he did use the fuzz face with his guitar dialed down in volume. Makes you wish EMI had taken better notes on what equipment they used.

@darwinsaye Ай бұрын

Impossible to know for sure, but that doesn’t sound like a Fuzz Face to me. It has a very prominent nasal sounding midrange I’ve never heard from a Fuzz Face. What does sound like that is the distortion circuit on the solid state Vox amps that the Beatles had used on Revolver and The White Album. They also had a multiband midrange switch that could make a very nasal sound like he has in that solo. It’s not out of the question that he may have used one of those amps for the distorted solo, because they were still around the studio, even though they had moved on to mainly using Fenders.

@elirosen1391 Ай бұрын

@darwinsaye they weren't really using Vox amps anymore at that point. As for the midrangey sound, George might have shelved the Mid and Treble EQ controls to get that nasally sound.

@_-_Michael_-_ Ай бұрын

That with Twin has to be Fuzz Face with gain somewhere in middle it’s decent “overdrive” type of sound. This Lennon used it a lot also, since they are getting this type of tones from Twin, they were sure not cranking them that much up.

@LinkStorm88 Ай бұрын

By this stage George is so unrestrained with his solos, his contributions have a signature sound, and he's regularly jamming with the most renowned guitarists in the world at the time. To say "height of his powers" is not unreasonable. This is after "while my guitar gently weeps". And they take this brilliant example, which heightens the rest of a classic track, and hide it behind nonsense in the single... utterly criminal. Love the album version.

@Nblem7 Ай бұрын

0:52-1:21 is my favorite actually

@monovision566 8 ай бұрын

Third time was a charm for George. First live solo is bad. Single version is okay/passable. But the album release version is perfection. The Naked alt. version is pretty cool, too.

@randb4865 7 ай бұрын

He had a year to perfect it!

@rufuspipemos 10 ай бұрын

27b "naked" crushes all others, imho.

@pawelpap9 9 ай бұрын

I have an impression people vote for the version they are most familiar with. However, musically the naked album version is most compelling.

@terrazadelivery6150 7 ай бұрын

Gracias Paul por pasarle el solo a George

@ND-OPS Жыл бұрын

That april 21 for me is the best.

@Hayden1969-ws4vy 7 ай бұрын

IDK if this is true, but according to Ian McDonald in his book 'Revolution In The Head' the single and album solos were meant to be played together, presumably one coming from the left speaker and the other from the right. I wonder if anyone has tried to overlay one on top of the other to see if they match?

@isolatedstems 7 ай бұрын

The original stereo album mix actually does have both solos playing. The April "single version" solo can be heard in the left channel. Although I'm not sure if it was intentionally done as it's sorta buried.

@jordanmartel2937 5 ай бұрын

Always liked the single the best

@richardmiola2287 28 күн бұрын

Thank you George for these guitar solos...you were taken way too soon..😢

@gral.juandomingoperon1725 11 ай бұрын

April 31th? Like a december 32th yeah!

@briancornish5857 11 ай бұрын

Awesome Chris👍

@pablosantarcieri1637 2 ай бұрын

Impresionante la de 1970 sin dudas !!

@dogpd3 2 ай бұрын

Original Take 27 solo is fantastic

@JohnDoe-oo4ru Ай бұрын

Naked is the best! Although I love every single one of them guitar solos!

@Bella-nt7ec Жыл бұрын

Naked is the best

@newgame09794 6 ай бұрын

I like the April 30th Solo the most

@danthemusicmann 2 ай бұрын

there is also the take 10 and take 28 solos

@aofapputd113 3 ай бұрын

I like album version

@iwakuceng9243 2 ай бұрын

Why paul did not tell, did he forgot the truth ?

@nowhereman9463 8 ай бұрын

Just Let It Be! PLEASE!

@joedunn4820 4 ай бұрын

Can anyone confirm who did the third guitar solo? I've heard that Paul did it.

@isolatedstems 4 ай бұрын

All solos were done by George.

@DArcyLauzon 4 ай бұрын

27b version is amazing

@jacquismith3277 9 ай бұрын

He was quite good, wasn't he! ❤❤

@gareth9383 3 ай бұрын

I like the 'single' version best, as it seems to me that it's the best constructed one.

@dragonoftheeast695 Ай бұрын

I swear George’s guitar parts on Real Love have changed. No one seems to remember the original solo released in the 90s But I do Maybe iv slipped into another universe again

@franciscojuliancuellar4405 7 ай бұрын

I think you missed the solo of the Anthology 3 version. That one is also good.

@isolatedstems 7 ай бұрын

I was just trying to do the solos of the official versions that were based on take 27-a. Naked was just a bonus.

@JLL83102 Жыл бұрын

There was no April 31st.

@isolatedstems Жыл бұрын

There was a session in April 31st 1969 in which George recorded the solo that would be used on the Glyn Johns and single mix of let it be

@JLL83102 Жыл бұрын

I mean that there are only 30 days in April

@isolatedstems Жыл бұрын

@@JLL83102 🤣Thank you for pointing that out didn't even notice. You're right it took place on the 30th no the 31st.

@gutgolf74 8 ай бұрын

The single version is sooooooo much better. It has the better guitar solo, also on the album version the brass is far too loud. The single sounds smoother, George Martin >>> Phil Spector.

@budsodalsky 4 ай бұрын

George was even human every lead was improv

@JeffJefferyUK 2 ай бұрын

Jan 4th solo is the winner for me (even if it's not terribly well played).

@RussellMorash-m8w Жыл бұрын

I like the one on the album I'm not crazy about Phil spector production I think george martin given time would have made a better version but no one wanted to go thrue the miles of tape and they had a contract to release one more album in the 70s so they sent it to Phil but paul never signed and one of John's interviews he said paul was probably Wright all along so take from that what you will but paul said in many interviews he didn't want to sue the others but in order to get rid of cline he had to.

@Phyllida-r7n 19 күн бұрын

Have you ever heard of punctuation?

@Luke78369 2 ай бұрын

The single is the best solo

@kingkachow8888 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I concede that I like the studio album's soloes the best, but what if they released a version with *all* the soloes included? Like, put the single & 27b takes in, then boost the ghost solo so one can hear it clearer? I think it may yield something akin to Robert Fripp's guitar parts on "Heroes:" he did three takes that all worked the best when they played them together. What are your thoughts? Can it be done?

@isolatedstems 6 ай бұрын

It can be done, but it would probably be a little messy.

@benthomas8765 3 ай бұрын

Never liked the album version. Always loved the softer, less distorted version on the April 31st single version.

@mjisthegoat88 17 күн бұрын

i never loved the january 4 version. i think it sounds like a first take even though it’s not. much prefer how well structured the single version is.

@sharps47 4 ай бұрын

Ah yes, April 31st.

@selingutierrez4061 9 ай бұрын

Better JANUARY 4th 1970…

@DanRelayer_Ukraine 5 ай бұрын

I am so glad that the final 1970 album version solo exists. The rest are just way to meandering and, well, noodling for my taste. The very first one, the ghost solo, is riddled with mistakes.