PHIL SPECTOR Vs PAUL MCCARTNEY

He didn’t use Glyn Johns’ “Two Of Us” take used in the original Get Back album. Instead, he chose a better performed version of the song from the 31 January 1969 session at Apple Studios. This performance was included in both the Let It Be film and album. Spector also added the legendary spoken introduction to the song, with Lennon saying: "'I Dig A Pygmy' by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-Aids! Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats!” 

Taken from their rooftop performance. Spector decided to leave in the false start, with Ringo Starr yelling "Hold it!" to halt the other band members because he wasn’t ready to start the song. The original version had the first verse and the end of the song starting off with McCartney singing "All I want is..." but Spector edited it out for the final Let It Be mix.

The song was originally recorded for a charity album in 1968. John wanted to work out a new “live” version with The Beatles and the song was rehearsed briefly during the January 1969 sessions. Footage of Lennon playing the song appeared in the Let It Be film edit and to ensure the album matched the film, it was decided that the song had to be included. Thus in early January 1970, Glyn Johns remixed the February 1968 recording and in late March and early April 1970 Phil Spector remixed the February 1968 recording yet again and added orchestral and choral overdubs. Spector also slowed the track to 3:47, close to its original duration.

 By October 1969, the documentary film was pretty much completed and it included footage of Harrison playing "I Me Mine" for Starr and the band performing the song while Lennon danced with Yoko Ono.  Since the scenes were prominent in the film, the band had to properly record the song for inclusion on the album. On 3 January 1970, Harrison, McCartney and Starr met at EMI to work on the track. Lennon did not attend the session; he left the band in September and was on holiday at the time. Recording engineer Glynn Johns then mixed the track, but eventually the Beatles rejected his mix of the album. 

Phil Spector’s version extended the length of "I Me Mine" by repeating the chorus in the middle of the song and the second verse, thereby adding a further 51 seconds to the running time.  Spector also chose to augment "I Me Mine" with his signature Wall of Sound, overdubbing a 27-piece string section, six brass players, and additional drums by Starr. These additions to "I Me Mine" were the final overdubs on a Beatles track before the group's break-up.  

The single was originally released on 6 March 1970 with a production credit for George Martin. This version includes orchestration and backing vocals overdubbed on 4 January 1970, under the supervision of Martin and McCartney, with backing vocals that included the only known contribution by Linda McCartney to a Beatles song. It was during this same session that Harrison recorded the second overdubbed guitar solo. The intention at one point was to have the two overdub solos playing together. This idea was dropped for the final mix of the single, and only the first solo was used, although the 4 January overdub can be heard faintly during the final verse. Martin mixed the orchestration very low in this version. 

On 26 March 1970, Phil Spector remixed the song for the Let It Be album choosing George Harrison's second guitar solo overdub, fewer backing vocals, added a delay effect on Ringo's hi-hat, and more prominent orchestration. He also edited the last part of the song so now it has three "let it be ..." lines, as the "there will be an answer" line is repeated twice (instead of once as on the single) before the "whisper words of wisdom" line to close the song. On the album, as the preceding track "Dig It" ends, Lennon is heard saying in a falsetto voice: "That was 'Can You Dig It' by Georgie Wood, and now we'd like to do 'Hark, the Angels Come'."

Spector chose the January 30 rooftop concert version. McCartney’s “Let It Be…Naked” album features a composite version from two of the song’s performances from that day. 

This is the song that was most “Spectorized” and what he did annoyed McCartney very much and caused a major wedge in the already fragile Beatles unity. Spector made various changes to the song, adding orchestral overdubs using eight violins, four violas, four cellos, three trumpets, three trombones, two guitars, a choir of 14 women and harp. This lush orchestral treatment was in direct contrast to the Beatles' stated intentions for a "real" recording when they began work on the project the year before. 

The recording of "For You Blue" took place at Apple recording studios on 25 January with Glyn Johns and George Martin sharing the role of producer.  In January 1970, when plans for release of the film were well on their way Harrison chose to re-record his lead vocal for the track. When Phil Spector remixed "For You Blue" for inclusion on the album, he added a spoken introduction by Lennon in the style of a newspaper headline: "Queen Says 'No' to Pot-Smoking FBI Member.” This comment was edited in from dialogue recorded at Twickenham Film Studios on 8 January 1969. 

This song was the first glimpse of what The Beatles did in January 1969, being released as a single in April, 1969. This version of the song contains a chamber reverb effect throughout and a coda after a false ending, with the lyrics "Get back Loretta / Your mommy's waiting for you / Wearing her high-heel shoes / And her low-neck sweater / Get back home, Loretta." 

When Phil Spector came to remix "Get Back" he wanted he made it sound different as the single, (though both versions were the same take) by adding studio chatter recorded on 27 January, slightly crossfading it onto the beginning of the master take and added applause from the small crowd present at the rooftop show, as well as McCartney and Lennon's remarks after finishing their set. This created the impression that the single and album versions were different takes. The single's reverb effect was also omitted from this remix.