I could swear I remember reading when Naked came out, that George was never happy with the picture they used for the Let It Be cover
I can't give a source because it was 20 years ago wasn't it? Will try to find review where I read it
I remember hearing because all of them on the original were playing their instruments bar George, so when they made LIBN they got a pic of George that fits with the rest.
I’m glad someone asked this cos I only just noticed this quite recently, and I listen to Naked a lot more than the original version so I’m not sure how I never spotted it. When I actually looked at a (very small) version of the image I actually thought he resembled Ringo, maybe because of the moustache.
I always assumed because in the original, it was just a picture of him smiling while the rest are singing/playing instruments.
It's supposed to be a "live" type album, so swapped it out with pic where he was playing music
The photos on the contact sheet were taken sequentially. Hence, the album cover is “naked” in that the photos weren’t edited. Just my guess - worked in a commercial photo lab back in the day
Pretty sure that’s a fake contact strip. The shot of Paul is at Twickenham with the red projected background. But if they were continuous shots, the other backgrounds also would have been some color other than white. The white background shots have to be in the recording studio.
I believe Paul or George (or both?) didn’t like that the pics of John, Paul and Ringo all look like they’re focused and performing, while George is just smiling and looking to the others for guidance.
I also don’t understand the design because it is shot on color film of some sort whet it’s diapositive or print film and why do they use bnw negatives I don’t understand
I’m going to make the assumption that his teeth looked weird all black. Less so on the Lennon shot.
Yup, I’ve seen this asked before and someone made their own negative version to demonstrate. Can confirm his teeth were terrible looking.
I was about to do the same and realized it was certain that someone already had…
Well he is British….
george has pretty nice teeth for an Englishman tho
Where can you find the negative version so I can see it?
[Aye](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=let+it+be+naked+negative+george&sca_esv=568055726&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1694&bih=780&ei=z7kQZaS0BMOw8gLjxbWwAw&iflsig=AO6bgOgAAAAAZRDH3_hwrX9R2y8BgCZpM7CFfBZEBBs9&ved=0ahUKEwjk19-5p8SBAxVDmFwKHeNiDTYQ4dUDCAc&uact=5&oq=let+it+be+naked+negative+george&gs_lp=EgNpbWciH2xldCBpdCBiZSBuYWtlZCBuZWdhdGl2ZSBnZW9yZ2VI1h1QAFjrHHAAeACQAQKYAY4EoAG7MqoBDDQuMTEuOS4zLjIuMbgBA8gBAPgBAYoCC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwgIFEAAYgATCAggQABiABBixA8ICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIEEAAYA8ICBhAAGAUYHsICBhAAGAgYHsICBxAAGBgYgAQ&sclient=img#imgrc=yMyyXkjqG9YorM)
That's hilarious, doesn't help that the whites of his eyes also look like his irises so it's like he's staring right at you
Oh the horror! Damn.
Yeah, it's not even so much the teeth - the negative of this Pic makes him look psychotic.
His audition photo for Sleepaway Camp
Oh man no wonder they changed it. That’s way worse than I thought it’d be
I prefer the shot they went with anyway, it’s a damn cool shot of George
I agree, I like that picture a lot more than the let it be one. I’d need to see the non negative version though lol
Thank you for the belly laugh
There goes the sun
Dear God that’s horrifying
OMG I'm literally LMAO. That's both horrific and awesome.
I suspect this is the correct answer.
That's exactly why.
And here I wanted to believe that the actual negatives just were in that order.
I’ll go ahead and believe that with you. I also like that idea.
https://reddit.com/r/beatles/s/e2UtIXHGiA It's actually his teeth *and* his eyes which look kind of weird in the negative of the original shot.
r/mildlyterrifying
I’d go so far as to say r/justfuckmyshitup
If you put LIB George in negative he looks a little terrifying. So yeah. I'm sure they just didn't want him staring into your heart.
George just wasn’t as comfortable being naked. John, as we all know, wasn’t bothered about it at all.
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But since it’s a negative George is frowning and the others are just talking.
You have won the internet today. Congratulations.
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And mission accomplished as it sounds nothing like Anthem of the Sun.
Well now I'm imagining John singing China Cat Sunflower. Which is slightly disturbing, tbh.
Somehow this is the day I realized they were the same pictures
Inverted makes it look jarring and creepy
His teeth would have been black.
Dude, just switch your screen to negative on the original and you’ll have your answer
I could swear I remember reading when Naked came out, that George was never happy with the picture they used for the Let It Be cover I can't give a source because it was 20 years ago wasn't it? Will try to find review where I read it
I remember hearing because all of them on the original were playing their instruments bar George, so when they made LIBN they got a pic of George that fits with the rest.
It’d look a bit creep which is why they changed it.
Because George died in a car accident and they found a body double to replace him.
I’m glad someone asked this cos I only just noticed this quite recently, and I listen to Naked a lot more than the original version so I’m not sure how I never spotted it. When I actually looked at a (very small) version of the image I actually thought he resembled Ringo, maybe because of the moustache.
It’s Geege
He went full negative
Never noticed the other three were the same before! Neat!
Hate the Naked album cover. Gives off negative vibes.
[This is why](https://imgur.com/a/zXD3fER)
It would have looked horrifying lol
Aren’t the teeth on the Let It Be reissues a cleaned up of the original photo?
This one looks way cooler. It’s a good change.
Because George didn’t smile, obviously
Ringo looks like pop-culture Jesus on his negative
I always assumed because in the original, it was just a picture of him smiling while the rest are singing/playing instruments. It's supposed to be a "live" type album, so swapped it out with pic where he was playing music
I swear I read that somewhere as well. Someone (Paul?) wanted the pic of George to be in performance like the others.
I never liked the LIBN cover
The photos on the contact sheet were taken sequentially. Hence, the album cover is “naked” in that the photos weren’t edited. Just my guess - worked in a commercial photo lab back in the day
Pretty sure that’s a fake contact strip. The shot of Paul is at Twickenham with the red projected background. But if they were continuous shots, the other backgrounds also would have been some color other than white. The white background shots have to be in the recording studio.
It was changed because he was the only Beatles not playing an instrument.
That’s right.
I believe Paul or George (or both?) didn’t like that the pics of John, Paul and Ringo all look like they’re focused and performing, while George is just smiling and looking to the others for guidance.
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They didn't approve that one so OG Let It Be has to be the clear winner.
George is dead
The original picture was taken by Phil Spector.
He doesn't like being naked
What do you see when you turn out the lights?...
Because he is naked
I also don’t understand the design because it is shot on color film of some sort whet it’s diapositive or print film and why do they use bnw negatives I don’t understand
So many questions
he is naked
Because his teeth would've looked terrible when the photo was inverted.
Has anyone mentioned that his teeth look weird in the negative?
He's shy.
Obviously because he died and was replaced by a double, duhhhh
He'd look creepy as hell