MINT 1970 FIRST PRESSING RARE

Rare because the thick gatefold cover is IMMACULATE MINT CLEAN

46 year old collectible...the LAST collective BEATLES LP....

*Original 1970 first pressing on the RED Apple label with a STUNNING CLEAN thick gatefold cover... SO hard to find without the usual shelf wear to the black cover (see details below)

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Contains the track "Maggie Mae" being credited as "P.D." or public domain on the label and this "error" was not corrected on the first pressings (see down below for more details)

When the Beatles went into the studio in 1968 to record this album, the title was to be called Get Back. As that was what the band wanted to do, get back to their roots and old ways of recording. They even brought in with them one of the very first penned Lennon/McCartney songs to re-record, "One After 909" - which turned out fine, and decided to film the making of the album. Unfortunately things did not turn out well. The band was as far apart as ever and as George Martin put it, they worked on songs more like they were doing solo projects and used each other as hire hands. Tensions ran high, fights caught on film and George Harrison even quit the band for a few days. They finally gave up on the whole album. Spector was later hired to salvage what was left on the many tapes.

The album was not released till after they had broke up in 1970, and the title was rename Let It Be, which by that point made more sense. But there is still some great music found on here. "Let It Be", "Get Back" and "The Long And Winding Road" are just a few true classics that show up. Still, Paul McCartney was angry about "...Winding Road" and the way it was re-recorded by Spector. Several songs ended up with different versions like "Across The Universe" and "Get Back", since their singles were produced and released by George Martin. The intended ending for "Get Back", which was used on the single, is almost never heard today since on the album's cut Spector used the ending that was recorded when the Beatles played the song live at their roof top concert. "Dig it" was another song that was gutted by Spector, too bad, the long version is a good one. But overall I think Phil edited the songs nicely. John Lennon also shows why he should have played more lead guitar for the Beatles with a real nice job at it on Paul's "Get Back", and a fine slide guitar on George's "For You Blue".

There's also an interesting label error on authentic copies that can boost the value a little. The original 1st pressings of the LP credit the song 'Maggie Mae' as simply 'PD' (or Public Domain). Since approximately 4,000,000 copies had been pressed ready for release this error was not corrected for some time. Soon before the LP went out of print a small second run was done, this time having the credit to 'Maggie Mae' as the names of all four Beatles.

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