well, considering that only 3 tracks were originally 'spectorized', i wasn't really expecting much except way better sound (the beatles' catalog sounds like shit on cd). i was surprised by how much 'across the universe' was slowed down, and i think their trimming of some of the rooftop live material leaves me feeling the tunes are incomplete somehow, without the little vocal asides and such. i also thought they mixed the lead guitar in 'one after 909' way too low. it's kind of a mixed bag: the sound is clearly better, but for those of us who have these tunes practically encoded in our DNA, they just don't sound quite right in some cases. it's analagous to the original CD issue of the Mothers' 'we're only in it for the money', except not as heinous. sean Hi, I just listened to this new creature from the EMI/Apple guys, "Let It Be... Naked", which came out today, and I was wondering (as was predictable when they announced the release): Was this really necessary? Does it add something new? Is the inclusion of "Don't Let Me Down" worth the album's money, considering that it appeared in previous compilations? Isn't this a "minus bonus tracks" album in fact? (they removed at least two tracks) Don't ask me why, but I was expecting something a bit different from the Spector-version, but besides sounding a bit rawer-just because they removed the strings arrangements- it doesn't add too much. All in all, it's just a reissue of "Let It Be" under the label of "new version". If you thought "LIB" was one of their weakest albums, this probably won't make you change your mind. If you were used to the wall-of-sound, then stick with it.