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'Let It Be' Solo

posted 18 years ago by immortal005
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Ok, so there are at least three solos out there. The one on Let It be, produced by Specter where the solo is more hard guitar driven. The one on Past Masters Volume 2, where the solo is more on the pentatonic scale, and finally the one on Let It Be...Naked, where the solo is the solo Harrison plays in the film. I can play the first 2 solos but I can't figure out the 3rd. Does anybody out there have tabs for it? I can play the first half, but the 2nd half is a little harder to hear and I can't figure out what notes he's playing. So, how about it? Anybody?

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[–] 7Train 17 years ago

"Let it Be" exists in at least 5 versions:

1. the "single" or "radio" version, at 3:51 (incorrectly clocked at 4:03). most common version still heard on radio and released as a single in March 1970. Recorded with the 1/31/69 vocal and piano track, 4/30/69 guitar solo and 1/4/70 overdubs. Released on the Blue Album (1967-1970) in 1973/1988, Past Master Volume II in 1988 and on "1" in 2000.

2. "album version". This was the version reproduced and remastered by Phil Spector with heavy overdubbing, at 4:03. Again with the 1/31/69 master piano/vocal track, BUT with a 1/4/70 guitar solo (more cruder sounding) and heavier brass section and organ more prominent in the background, which was overdubbed by Spector in March-April 1970. Found on "Let it Be" album, released May 1970.

3. "Naked cut". an alternate take from 1/31/69, retains the original arrangement with no overdubs. (4:03)

4. Anthology 3: released in 1996, alternate 4:06 cut with original arrangment from 1/31/69.

5: Promo video: Similar to the the Anthology and "Naked" version, the version performed in the film clip has the lines "there will be no sorrow" in the last two sections on the chorus insetad of "whisper words of wisdom".

There are other versions that may exist as bootlegs are demos, but these are the most common.