Unboxing Let It Be (Deluxe Edition) with Peter Jesperson feels a bit like opening a time capsule with the person who helped seal it shut decades ago. As he lifts the lid, there’s an unmistakable spark of recognition in his voice—each piece of packaging, every photo, every scuffed tape box seems to carry a memory only he can unlock. What might otherwise feel like a standard deluxe reissue suddenly becomes charged with lived history.

Jesperson doesn’t just describe the material; he animates it. He flips through the booklet and, in an offhand comment, drops you right back into the chaos and brilliance of The Replacements in 1984. The band’s humor, volatility, tenderness, and absolute unpredictability all surface as he recalls how certain songs came together or how a particular live moment found its way onto a bonus disc.

Moving through the set with him is like being guided by the band’s archivist-in-chief—someone who doesn’t merely know the story but lived inside it. His excitement is contagious, and as he handles each artifact, the deluxe edition becomes more than a product; it becomes a reunion with the band, filtered through someone who never stopped believing in them. In his hands, the ephemera transforms into something warm and personal, a reminder of how unlikely and extraordinary this music was—and still is.