On 16 Nov 2012, TS742 <
tim_s...@yahoo.com> wrote in
rec.music.beatles:
> What's the differnce between the album and single version?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_%28song%29]
Single version
The single used the same cover photographs as the Let It Be album, and
was originally released on 6 March 1970, backed by "You Know My Name
(Look Up the Number)", with a production credit for George Martin. This
version includes orchestration and backing vocals overdubbed on 4
January 1970 -- under the supervision of Martin and McCartney -- with
backing vocals that included the only known contribution by Linda
McCartney to a Beatles song. It was during this same session that
Harrison recorded the second overdubbed guitar solo. The intention at
one point was to have the two overdub solos playing together. This idea
was dropped for the final mix of the single, and only the 30 April solo
was used, although the 4 January overdub can be heard faintly during
the final verse. Martin mixed the orchestration very low in this
version.
Album version
On 26 March 1970, Phil Spector remixed the song for the Let It Be
album. This version features the "more stinging" 4 January 1970 guitar
solo, no backing vocals (except during the first chorus), a delay
effect on Ringo's high-hat, and more prominent orchestration. The final
chorus has three "let it be..." lines, as the "there will be an answer"
line is repeated twice (instead of once as on the single) before the
"whisper words of wisdom" line to close the song.