Author Terry Wilson has written a fabulous two book series on the Beatles Let It Be Sessions and you are certainly going to wish to add both volumes to your Beatles book collections. Terry always manages to find and locate fascinating and interesting new material about this Beatles subject which has been thoroughly discussed over the years. You may think that you knew it all, but Terry helps to show us otherwise.
I eagerly await my copy of Volume 2. I have provided descriptions of both copies of his Let It Be books for your convenience. The descriptions are from the Amazon websites!
by Terry Wilson (Author) LET IT BE BOOK 2
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Publisher: Independently published
Publication date: April 17, 2026
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In part 2 of his fresh take on the Beatles’ Let It Be sessions, Terry Wilson continues the story through the Apple Studio recordings, offering an insight and overview of the process. The myths which have shrouded this project continue to fall as the true, complete story is told in print for the first time.
Based on a forensic search of the ‘Nagra’ tapes, a day-by-day account of what went on in the studio is given, as the group hone and refine material for the album. Billy joins the fold, Glyn takes his seat at the recording desk and Allen Klein rears his head as the project nears the finishing line.
We learn how the studio tapes were made – the book includes a full directory of the tape reels and take numbers for every track, and where they can be heard. We encounter all the mix reels Glyn Johns put together, and see how they morphed into the acetate discs and then the Get Back album itself – which was set for release again and again through 1969. The story does not end in January – ‘mystery’ recording sessions take place then continue through the spring, picking up again at the end of the year and into 1970.
The tale continues as Phil Spector is drafted in, the records eventually come out, and a final section tells of how our understanding of the album has been shaped by inaccurate accounts over generations. This is a story which has been waiting to be told properly – and now finally has been.
LET IT BE-BOOK 1:
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Let It Be – The Making Of The Beatles’ Final Album: Book 1: The Twickenham Rehearsals Hardcover – 10 Nov. 2024
by Terry Wilson (Author)
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In this lively new book, Beatles author Terry Wilson takes a fresh look at the making of the classic Let It Be album, and offers a radical new appraisal of how the sessions worked out. Never has a classic rock album been dogged by so many myths, and what emerges in this book will alter the way this album is understood.
Terry Wilson has studied every second of the ‘Nagra’ tapes and worked through all the available videos, books and biographies and – for the first time – is able to recount the story of the mis-named Get Back Sessions as they really unfolded. You won’t find any lazy re-hashing of the same old stories here – this is a sharp new appraisal based on evidence, which starts with a clean slate and tells of events as they unfold, including a day-by-day account of the Twickenham rehearsals running into mid-January 1969. And the Beatles are a lot friendlier and happier, not to say productive, than you may previously have thought…
Here, we find ourselves with a group hard at work, creating song after song – from the number 1 hit, Get Back, made up on the spot one Tuesday morning, to the magical sessions for All Things Must Pass, the band attempts at Two Of Us in its electric arrangement – and ultimately, inevitably, the point at which George had enough and walked. What happened? How did the Beatles react? And what really led to his sudden departure? The answers are in these pages.
This is part one of a two-book study, to be accompanied by a second volume in the near future, which will complete the story of the Let It Be album. It’s a fantastic episode in the group’s history, and deserves to be told as it really was.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUTHOR:
Get Back: why the Beatles never rejected it…
A Beatles classic recorded in a rooftop rehearsal
John, Paul and Yoko’s freak-out – the invention of Cambridge 1969
The creation of the Get Back LP – where it came from
The Beatles play their new album live!
What the Beatles really say at the start of Get Back
Let It Be: The Beatles struggle to find a final verse
George Harrison – up for a live show with the Beatles!
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – a song the Beatles liked to play!
Why Lennon-McCartney wrote Give Me Some Truth together
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass – the Beatles loved it!
The Abbey Road Medley – was it devised during Get Back?
Paul McCartney finding the key chord which sparked the song, Get Back
When the Beatles rehearsed their concert set in private
How Paul helped George write I Me Mine
Hope you enjoy hearing that Terry has now completed his wonderful two book series about the Beatles Let It Be sessions!
In the comments section, please let me know what your reaction is to his findings! Thanks for the input!
Be Healthy and be happy!
Buzz
