'THE LONG & WINDING ROAD' - THE BEATLES - FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

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album: 'Let It Be' - the twelfth and final studio album. Released May 8. 1970

This became The Beatles 20th and last US #1 song on June 13, 1970.

One of the last Beatles songs, Paul McCartney wrote this based on tensions within the band.

This was the only Beatles song where John Lennon played bass. He was ordinarily their rhythm guitarist. Harrison and Ringo had their parts removed by Phil Spector, so they don't appear on this at all.

McCartney blocked release of the song as a single in the UK, but he could not prevent its release in the US where it topped the charts for two weeks.

The Beatles recorded this in January 1969 as a fairly simple ballad. By 1970, The Beatles were breaking up and Phil Spector was brought in to go through the tapes and produce the album. Spector was known for his "Wall Of Sound" recording technique, where he added many instruments and layered the tracks to create a very full sound.

On this track, he took out most of The Beatles instruments and added a string section and choir (The Mike Sammes Singers). The result was very different from what the group originally had in mind.

Even though he wrote this song, Paul McCartney didn't go to the sessions where Spector produced it. When McCartney heard the results, he made it clear that he hated what Spector did to his song, and tried to get the original version, which was mixed by engineer Glyn Johns, on the album.

The band was already falling apart, and this caused further turmoil within the group, as Harrison and Lennon both supported Spector. Paul has not changed his stance over the years, and still believes Spector butchered it.

Lennon and Harrison felt otherwise, and each had Spector produce their next solo efforts.