To pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the release of the "Let It Be" album and the accompanying film released in May 1970, BBC Radio is offering online an audio documentary, narrated by Guy Garvey, that tells the story of the sessions.
The program explains how the project became embroiled in power struggles and conflicts that led to the breakup of the group. It features comments from "Let It Be" movie director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, recording engineer Alan Parsons, photographer Ethan Russell, author Richard DiLello ("The Longest Cocktail Party") and engineers Dave Harries and Brian Gibson.
The hourlong program (it says 30 minutes on the site, but we're told that's wrong) will be available online until June 1. You can find it here. As these programs are usually very well done, we recommend you catch it before it goes away. (Thanks for the tip to Fred Velez.)
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Thanks Steve,
Truly a great listen this morning w/my breakfast as only the BBC can do..enjoyed it very much...now what about the bit at the end where they say that "work has begun on the future release"...my Japanese Laser Disk version seen a little old and out dated...with all that film that was cut I can't wait to see the outtakes.
RS
I had the exact same reaction as the above writer: great listen but the part at the end about the film being refurbished and rereleased? When? We've been hearing that from Apple for years. They could take all that footage and make a completely different documentary--maybe include modern and post-breakup interviews with hindsight--and add it as a bonus feature. Fine by me. NOW JUST PUT IT OUT ON DVD!
So glad to catch this while still available. Lots of insight into what was happening at the time. Amazing that it was 40 years ago and we still clammer to hear anything that explains the dynamics of the group. Thanks for offering the link, and to the BBC for the documentory.
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