Sujet : John On Glyn Johns' Vs. Phi Spector's LiB Mixes De : nyarlathotep1 (at) *nospam* hotmail.com (Norbert) Groupes :rec.music.beatles Date : 01. Jun 2025, 18:33:41 Autres entêtes Organisation : novaBBS Message-ID :<fefb3df0dfd95e5be96857fa941b5814@www.novabbs.com> User-Agent : Rocksolid Light
The original LiB mixes were undertaken by the great Glyn Johns. Lennon insisted on giving these recordings to the deranged Phil Spector, who added all sorts of overdubs. Asked to comment on Spector's work on Let It Be, Lennon said: "He was given the shittiest load of badly recorded shit -- and with a lousy feeling to it -- ever. And he made something out of it. It wasn't fantastic, but when I heard it, I didn't puke." Several years later, during Lennon's time with May Pang, Mick Jagger and Glyn Johns visited the couple. Johns was aloof. Jagger told Lennon that there was something he and Glyn needed to discuss. Glyn reminded Lennon of his comments about the original Lib recordings. John responded: "Forget about it, Glyn. I was just stoned an lettin' off steam." Over the years, Glyn various colorful metaphors to describe what he felt Spector had done to his mixes, such as "He vomited all over them.