I have a hard time believing that all their talk of LiBN having a dead, lifeless mix is anything more than mere pretentious snobbery – maybe they have nicer sound systems and better ears than me, so I guess I could be wrong, but I actually think the album sounds pretty great, I don’t care what they say. At some point it would be great if it was remastered without noise reduction but we have just had the 50th box set so I see this release as quietly fading into the night.

An awful lot of text has been devoted to this "album" in its various forms: the Spectorised original, the Glyn Johns mixes and now this Naked (silly term, Paul, nothing naked about it) version. So much so that I held a cassette player up to the television while the film played so I’d have that version to listen to (I was 14). It's the other versions of it that too often to me sound too drab, old-fashioned, and too intentionally or self-servingly off the cuff, in a way that is more undermining than it is supporting, imo. The rest of the songs, shorn of Spector's decorative flourishes, confirm that although the Beatles were having occasional difficulty speaking to each other during these sessions, there was no problem about playing together.

We already had a never-Spectorized version on Past Masters 2, we had an exquisite alternate version on Anthology 2, and now this odd mix that is just Lennon and guitar. First, abandoning the easier path, they opted to learn a completely new batch of songs for the televised concert. A second innovative approach was added when it was decided to film the rehearsals; allowing viewers to trace the development of each song from its first rough run through to the final polished version.

No offence is intended to Phil Spector; his sound is perfect for The Crystals and Ike and Tina but not for the Beatles. but they didn't fit comfortably with the concept of a straight album", according to album remixer Allan Rouse. It is unfortuante that there are in my listening audible places in Naked where there seems like relatively noticeable overload to the point of over-saturation and even light distortion.I would give this a 7 because when I do dial up a Beatles album, there’s a better than average chance it will be this one. of course, for a couple of songs we already had some outstanding remixes on Let It Be…Naked – which was a complete misfire in so many ways, but did have exceptional sound quality. I Me Mine" – a remixed, slightly different recreation of Spector's edit (which had increased the track's length by copy/pasting the second chorus at the end) of the track recorded on 3 January 1970; orchestra removed, guitar overdubs and organ parts mixed in and out to make the repeated verse sound different. Includes a 12" x 12" 20-page booklet and an additional 7" disc with 20 song-fragments: "Fly On The Wall": "A Unique Insight Into The Beatles At Work In Rehearsal And In The Studio During January 1969".