Let It Be - The Film

[Harbidge]

How about a copy of the film Let It Be? I've seen it being offered for about £7-8 over here, and I'd really like a copy, but it's a pirate. Has anyone got a copy they could sell/give to me?

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[Jerry]

I've got the film. It was widely available over here about 10 or 15 years ago. I used to rent it once in awhile. Then it just disappeared. There were always rumors that they were going to re-release it, but nothing ever happened. So I just gave in and bought a pirated copy. I also have about an hour of unreleased video from the Get Back sessions. Pretty cool stuff. Oh yeah, I also have a series of videos made for the individual songs. It's different from the film in many places - just different camera angles and stuff. You have to remember that everything was filmed on audio and video - something like 200 hours of tape! Actually, the Get Back sessions are one of my specialties. I calculated once - I think I have something like 30 hours of unreleased recordings from the sessions. There's a lot of crap in there of course, but you'd be amazed at how awesome they sounded when they got their act together.

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[This message has been edited by Jerry (edited June 29, 2000 at 08:58 AM).]

[jtal909]

If you go on ebay, you can usually get a copy of the video for between 25 and 60 dollars. I heard it was being officially released this year so I have been holding out but have not heard it again. At the 1999 Beatlefest in Meadowlands, New Jersey, Martin Lewis was asked why it is not available and he replied that one of the remaining Beatles was a holdout for giving the ok for release. He wouldn't say who but he did say to write to George if you want to ask about it.

[lennon-mccartney]

How did you get your hands on all that then?

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[Jerry]

Back in high school, I met this guy who sold just Beatles bootlegs. He was like my supplier for the next 10 years. There's also a good swap meet out here that has rows and rows of these dudes just selling the stuff.

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[lennon-mccartney]

Can you use Ebay if you don't live in America?
Now where does my dad keep that credit card of his . . .

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[beatle]

yeh you can,it would be in the american dollar amount,more than likely. or you can "go local" and just bid on stuff they have from england(that way you would save alot on shipping) another good auction place is erock.

[lennon-mccartney]

Thank you!
I'm on me way.

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[beatle]

your welcome! have fun!

[Harbidge]

The English eqlivilent of eBay is at www.ebay.co.uk (http://www.ebay.co.uk) where everything is in pounds, and is in the UK. Almost as good, but not as.

[lennon-mccartney]

THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!!!
I've already lost my parents their home. . .

Seriously, this is good! I tried to get an original She Loves You record for £12, but got out-bid. Still might get I Feel Fine Though.
The only thing is, there doesn't seem to be any bootlegs here?


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[Jerry]

I think eBay discourages the selling of bootlegs on their sites. They actively monitor their auctions, and when they find anything illegal being sold, they usually just take it offline.

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[beatle]

belive it or not, i found alot of my bootlegs at thrift stores! REALLY cheap or like outlet record stores, i even found some nice cd's. there's a mail order catalog called the right choice, (i think that's the name) i'll check on the name for you but they have alot. or even like collector shops.

[beatle]

yeh, that's the name, the right choice, but i couldn't find the catalog, so i don't have any info how to get in touch with them (sorry) i checked on a web site for them, but it's still under construction.

[lennon-mccartney]

Thanks for that!
I'm just desperate to get some bootlegs while I have the money. Keep searching dodgy shops I guess. If there was a web-site, that would be good.

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[beatle]

is there anything particular you are looking for??
did you win any of those auctions?

[jtal909]

You have to keep checking the auctions like ebay. They will turn up. I often see cd's from "Yellow Dog". I guess you could call that bootleg. cd's of rare or alternate tracks.I've seen rooftop concert, alternate white album,revolver,rubber soul, etc.

[lennon-mccartney]

I won a bid for an original "I Feel Fine" record for only £3.70 which is about $6.50!
I'm looking for any bootlegs really!

I saw the Let It Be video for £25/$50. I just have to resist the temptation.

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[beatle]

hey, 6.50 is not too shabby!! believe me i know how carried away you can get on ebay! so did you ever get it? the let it be movie? i don't have that one either. it seems like there's always something out there that you just have to add to your collection.

[lennon-mccartney]

No I didn't get it http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif
I would have, only I don't have the financial backing. I guess I'll have to wait till next time.
Oh but I saw some BRILLIANT Epiphone guitars on the American ebay site!!!! And they were so cheap. I'd have bid for one, only they didn't want to ship abroad. I don't mean literally ship a broad. . . I mean to a far away country such as England.
The guitars were BARGAINS though!



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[DIGIT]

I've got a copy of "Let It Be" I copied from a rental.I rented it a few times, then the girl at Blockbusters told me they had to pull it.I convinced her to let me rent it one last time and she did,so i dubbed it.Not the best,but not anywhere near shabby.I did buy a copy of M.M.T. and got ript(is that spelled correctly?) off.Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD's to come out in multiplex sound.I'm still waiting for the CD release of Hollywood Bowl,too.

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[beatle]

len-mac,
that's the thing you can really find some bargins, but alot of times, the shipping is outragious! so really it's not a bargin. but sometimes you can.

[beatle]

digit,
how did you get ripped on m.m.t.? that's another hard one to find!

[Harbidge]

You paid £3.70 for a Beatles single? My advice is to hunt around at car-boot sales as Beatles singles usually sell for around £1. Doing this, and with the singles that my mother saved from her childhood, I have all but 5 Beatles singles out of about 25. About the MMT video - I've just got a copy of the film from eBay for £5.51. And I put a bid in for that Let it Be video but was outbid at the last moment.

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[lennon-mccartney]

You paid £5.51 for a beatles video? My advice is to hunt around at car-boot sales as Beatles videos can usually be found for about £1 http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

I'd like to buy singles for £1 mate, only I refuse to go to carboot sales. I've been to a few with my parents, and got scared!

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[lennon-mccartney]

HAHA!
You call a car boot a car trunk!
A car boot sale is a field or car park full of cars, with boots/trunks full of stuff to sell. They also put a table infront of the cars most of the time. And it always rains.
And there's always a woman with a kid shouting "PUT IT DOWN DARREN, PUT IT DOWN. IT'S NOT YOURS, SO PUT IT DOWN".

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[jtal909]

Like a flea market in America.

[Jerry]

If you don't mind me asking, what the hell is a car-boot???http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/confused.gif

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[Harbidge]

Seriously though I wouldn't put down car-boot sales. (I think that they're called Swap Meets in America (according to the Simpsons)) A mate of mine called Terry McCann (Who actually was a helper of the Beatles in Liverpool before they were famous!) was selling records at a carboot once, when the van next to him chucked out a load of records. Terry went over and saw a few Beatles records, and bought them for 2 pounds the lot. He saw a copy of Please Please Me in the pile, and it turned out to be a gold-on-black label. Mucho Rare. The best thing I've found at a carboot sale is an unopened mini candy record from America. I forget what they're called, but they were being sold in America in the early 1980's. They're quite collectable now aren't they?

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[beatle]

i know what your talking about, their called chu-bop mini gum LP's, they are becoming collectable, ofcourse the more "common" ones aren't worth a whole lot.

[DIGIT]

I have the complete set of Beatle bubble gum records.Thier about the size of mini discs'

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[beatlemethisbeatlemethat]

i got a farely good copy of LIB on ebay for $10! its really good for a copy off of a laser disc.