For the (ahem) record, I think the best songs on Let It Be are better than the best on Abbey Road... and the worst songs on Let It Be are better than "Oh Darling". So all up I like it better than Abbey Road.
I don't like it as much as I did when I bought it, buit I do think it contains perhaps an EP's worth of great material.
My one regretis that the original long version of "Dig It" was not used, which in my opinion kind of takes away the point. I would have left "Dig It" intact, and perhaps removed "I Me Mine" or "I Got a Feeling" or "One After 909". Or all three of those - I don't really care for any of them.
Now here's an exercise I might try sometime when I have a spare hour: compile an album's worth of material from what I consider the best from Abbey Road and Let It Be.
Bookmarks