Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles final album, Let It Be. You can listen to Let it Be here: https://thebeatles.lnk.to/LetItBe “I think the original idea was Paul’s idea to rehearse some new songs and then we were going to pick a location and record the album of the songs in a concert. I suppose kind of like they do these days on unplugged except you know it wasn’t to be unplugged it was to do a live album.” George in 1994 Released on this day in 1970, rehearsals and rec

If you’ve been captivated by the new Beatles documentary, you might enjoy this clip from around the same era depicted in the film. George Harrison appeared on the CBC’s “The Way It Is” to talk about their newly formed Apple Corp. and how he disagreed with John and Paul’s vision for the company. For more great CBC archival content check out cbc.ca/archives | CBC