![]() ![]() The band faced challenges during the month of filming and the band almost broke up during that time, Riley says. Some fans don’t know this and assume Lindsay-Hogg’s film chronicles the band’s breakup. The Beatles recorded “Let It Be” before “Abbey Road” but released the latter first. “And because it came out after ‘Abbey Road,’ everyone mistakes it for their last album.” “The cameras were there for much of the month of January 1969,” Riley says. ![]() Beatles scholar and Emerson College professor Tim Riley says the band wanted to make a movie that showed them in rehearsal and then finished with a show. Michael Lindsay-Hogg made a film in the 1970s using footage from these recording sessions in a promotional film that the Beatles wanted. The documentary, named after the original title of the album “Let It Be,” features previously unseen footage from those studio sessions. Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson’s documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” - a three-night, six-hour epic - premiers on Disney+ on Friday. Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Get Back." (Linda McCartney) This article is more than 1 year old. ![]()
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