I bought the LP in the early 1970s, the first CD on the day it was released in 1987, Let it Be …Naked in 2003, and the remastered CD in 2009. And now the Super Deluxe version is available on my streaming service. Every time you listen to a newly released version of Let it Be, it is like you hear it for the first time. And the amazing thing with the Beatles is that their music is fully up to that challenge. Every time you hear new things and understand their music a little better.
For You Blue
This time I was struck by the 2021 mix of the George Harrison song For You Blue. Of course it is a beautiful melody, the acoustic guitar playing by George is creative, and skilful and the drumming by Ringo low-key. What I did not realise before is that this is the only Beatles song where you can hear John play the steel guitar. And then Paul on the piano. What is he doing there? It is totally intuitive. Not something you have ever heard before.
The Secret of The Beatles Music
In The Secret of Their Music, the main chapter of my book The Beatles Era, A Quest for the Secret of The Beatles, I pay a lot of attention to their piano playing. Unfortunately the passage it too long to include here. Many other aspects of their music are discussed in that chapter and do believe that I have unravelled quite a bit of the secret of their music. New releases like Let it Be (Super Deluxe) make it clear, however, that the quest continues.
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