Mixing "Let It Be... Naked (Fly On The Wall)"

“Let It Be… Naked,” the stripped-down no-overdubs new version of The Beatles’ 1970 album “Let It Be,” was accompanied by a 22-minute companion disc titled “Fly On The Wall” — a collage of music and conversation drawn from the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions.

Compiled by BBC producer Kevin Howlett and engineer Brian Thompson, the disc features material recorded in mono by the film crew during both the Twickenham and Apple Studio rehearsals. Howlett reviewed over 80 hours of tapes, unearthing snippets of early and previously undocumented Lennon–McCartney compositions, some of which were included on the disc (like “Because I Know You Love Me So” and “Fancy My Chances With You).”

I had expected to hear the kind of disagreements and arguing we’ve all heard about. Instead, I heard the bandmembers actually having a good time. By the end, they were, in fact, quite excited about what they were doing.

From Mix Online, January 1, 2004

Session activities

1. Sun King

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Mixing • DDSI.2.52 • 0:17

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

2. Don't Let Me Down

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Mixing • DDSI.2.52 • 0:35

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

3. One After 909

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Mixing • DDSI.3.65 • 0:09

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

4. Because I Know You Love Me So

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Mixing • DDSI.3.66 • 1:32

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

5. Don't Pass Me By

   Written by Ringo Starr

   Mixing • DDSI.3.22/23/24 • 0:03

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

6. Taking A Trip To Carolina

   Mixing • DDSI.3.24 • 0:19

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

7. Adagio for Strings

   Written by Samuel Barber

   Mixing • DDSI.8.07 • 0:18

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

8. On the Road to Marrakesh

   Mixing • DDSI.2.15 • 0:24

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

9. Back In The U.S.S.R.

   Mixing • DDSI.3.127 • 0:09

   AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

10. Every Little Thing

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.3.128 • 0:09

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

11. Don't Let Me Down

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.2.56+6.62 • 1:01

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

12. All Things Must Pass

    Written by George Harrison

    Mixing • DDSI.3.130+3.124 • 0:21

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.7.08 • 0:05

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

14. Adagio for Strings

    Written by Samuel Barber

    Mixing • DDSI.3.6 • 1:01

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

15. Get Back

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.10.33+10.37 • 0:15

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

16. Two Of Us

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.24.40 • 0:22

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

17. Maggie Mae

    Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

    Mixing • DDSI.24.41 • 0:22

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

18. Fancy My Chances With You

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.24.42 • 0:27

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

19. Dig It

    Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

    Mixing • DDSI.24.85 • 0:31

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

20. Get Back

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Mixing • DDSI.24.56 • 0:32

    AlbumOfficially released on Let It Be... Naked

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