Please allow me to welcome you into season two of the Vault of Marco, where me, Marco, will take you into another deep musical adventure. Expanding your taste behind great composition. Cleansing your palate from over-repetitive, and annoying radio commercial beats. YUCK! My mission for this season is to establish some sort of an influence behind your musical taste, and of course, to take it up a notch, into another level in which I would like to call “the level of the unknown.” I’m gonna have to start this one off with one of my favourite records. And, I feel like this might be some sort of controversy for how it’s somewhat all over the place, and a-bit of nonsense. But to me, it’s still a great record. I’m talking about “Let it Be,” by The Beatles. I’ve already talked to you about “Abbey Road,” on how it’s such a great record, every song flows from one to the other, and the musical creativity behind it was just MIND BLOWING! However with “Let it Be,” it hits very differently. Even after listening to the record, you get a sense that it’s something completely rushed. Just see for yourself in the recently released, “Get Back,” documentary by the “Fab-Four.” Think about it, you’ve been given a short amount of time to come up with some songs for the record, while being recorded for a documentary so that the public can get a glimpse on how The Beatles write their songs. Yeah, it’s something that’s being blended with tensions, nonsense, and creativity. But what’s interesting was how we got to witness some of the members coming up with all sorts of melodies behind “Let it Be,” and “Abbey Road.” Not to mention their solo works too, just like in one of the scenes where you’ve like Paul McCartney coming up with the base for, “Another Day.” But “Let it Be,” becomes somewhat of an understandable record too. Some might enjoy Phil Spector’s “debauchery 1970’s mix,” while others might appreciate the 2003 “Naked” version. For me, I don’t mind either, but I’d rather prefer the “Naked,” version of the record, because you’ve got that true sense of what went on in the studio. Either or I still appreciate the two. Bonus points for the 2021 Giles Martin reissue mix, where he tried to fix Spector’s nonsense, and did a great at it!

The record kicks off with, “Two of Us.” This is one of my favourite songs, because you get a chance at grasping that great McCartney/ Lennon Collaboration. Both great musicians sing at the same time, with this beautiful acoustic guitar picking melody. SWEET. Even with “One After 909,” where you can feel the energy in between the two, playing this swinging jam, that’s being backed by a great backbeat. Thanks Ringo, and George! “I’ve Got a Feeling,” is what defines coolness. Think about it, the song is being recorded outside during their famous rooftop concert. But my heart will always be dear to the title track of the record, “Let it Be.” It gives you this sort of sense where everything is going to be okay. Let it be, and things will adjust to themselves accordingly without having to worry about nothing.