NewsPure McCartney: Macca-curated best of offers solo & Wings tracks across 4CDs
As expected, Paul McCartney will release Pure McCartney in June, a brand new compilation of his solo and Wings work that spans over 45 years.
McCartney says of this project: “Me and my team came up with the idea of putting together a collection of my recordings with nothing else in mind other than having something fun to listen to. Maybe it’s to be enjoyed on a long car journey or an evening at home or at a party with friends? So we got our heads together and came up with these diverse playlists from various periods of my long and winding career.”
Pure McCartney is available as a two-CD set and as a four-CD deluxe edition that features a total of 67 tracks; a mixture of familiar hits, notable album tracks and a few fairly obscure selections (optimistically described in the press release “curios for the superfans”). A four-LP vinyl set will also be available (it has a similar, but not identical, track listing to the two-CD set).
As with most ‘greatest hits’ sets, for diehard fans this new collection offers slim pickings, although in deluxe form it is a first opportunity to hear material from Back to the Egg (Arrow Through Me, Baby’s Request), Press to Play (Press, Good Times Coming/Feel The Sun), Flaming Pie (The Song We Were Singing, Flaming Pie, Calico Skies, Souvenir, The World Tonight, Beautiful Night, Little Willow, Great Day), Red Rose Speedway (Big Barn Bed, My Love), Wild Life (Bip Bop), London Town (Girlfriend, With A Little Luck, Don’t Let It Bring You Down) and Off The Ground (Winedark Open Sea) in NEWLY REMASTERED form.
Tracks from both Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005) and Memory Almost Full (2007) are included but have not been remastered. The latter is likely to raise a few eyebrows, since the mastering of Memory Almost Full was/is awful.
There are surprising omissions. The lead singles from both 1993’s Off The Ground (Hope of Deliverance) and 1997’s Flaming Pie (Young Boy) are notable by their absence and there is absolutely NOTHING from 1989’s Flower In The Dirt, an acclaimed album that helped Paul restore his mojo and critical standing. This appears to be a cynical attempt to ensure that fans buy the Flowers In The Dirt archive collection reissue, which is expected later this year, and rather undermines the picture Paul paints of a a casual let’s-have-some-fun ‘mixtape’ style compilation.
Wild Life, Back To The Egg and Press to Play seem to confirm their reputation as Paul’s least favourite solo albums, with only five tracks between them across the four-CD deluxe edition (omitting the unreleased-on-CD 45 version of Press To Play’s Pretty Little Head is particularly disappointing). Counter that with Flaming Pie, where the ex-Beatle has included eight from that one record!
To be fair, his fondness for Flaming Pie is understandable, it was the last album recorded with Linda. The flip-side of that coin is 2001’s Driving Rain, which is likely to be fused with memories of his failed second marriage to Heather Mills (there is an instrumental called Heather on the album). Nothing from that record appears on Pure McCartney.
Pure McCartney will be released on 10 June 2016.
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Pure McCartney / 4CD Deluxe Edition (67 tracks)
CD 1
1 Maybe I’m Amazed (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
2 Heart Of The Country (Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
3 Jet (Remastered 2010)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
4 Warm And Beautiful (Remastered 2014)
by Wings
5 Listen To What The Man Said (Remastered 2014)
by Wings
6 Dear Boy (Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
7 Silly Love Songs (Remastered 2014)
by Wings
8 The Song We Were Singing (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
9 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (Medley / Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
10 Early Days
by Paul McCartney
11 Big Barn Bed (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
12 Another Day (Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
13 Flaming Pie (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
14 Jenny Wren
by Paul McCartney
15 Too Many People (Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
16 Let Me Roll It (Remastered 2010)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
17 New
by Paul McCartney
CD2
18 Live And Let Die (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
19 English Tea
by Paul McCartney
20 Mull Of Kintyre (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
21 Save Us
by Paul McCartney
22 My Love (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
23 Bip Bop (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
24 Let ‘Em In (Remastered 2014)
by Wings
25 Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Remastered 2010)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
26 Calico Skies (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
27 Hi, Hi, Hi (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
28 Waterfalls (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
29 Band On The Run (Remastered 2010)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
30 Appreciate
by Paul McCartney
31 Sing The Changes
by The Fireman
32 Arrow Through Me (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
33 Every Night (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
34 Junior’s Farm (Remastered 2014)
by Wings
35 Mrs Vandebilt (Remastered 2010)
by Paul McCartney And Wings
CD 3
36 Say Say Say (Radio Edit / 2015 Remix)
by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
37 My Valentine
by Paul McCartney
38 Pipes Of Peace (Remastered 2015)
by Paul McCartney
39 The World Tonight (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
40 Souvenir (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
41 Dance Tonight
by Paul McCartney
42 Ebony And Ivory (Remixed 2015)
by Paul McCartney
43 Fine Line
by Paul McCartney
44 Here Today (Remixed 2015)
by Paul McCartney
45 Press (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
46 Wanderlust (Remixed 2015)
by Paul McCartney
47 Winedark Open Sea (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
48 Beautiful Night (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
49 Girlfriend (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
50 Queenie Eye
by Paul McCartney
51 We All Stand Together (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
CD 4
52 Coming Up (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
53 Too Much Rain
by Paul McCartney
54 Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun (Medley / Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
55 Goodnight Tonight (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
56 Baby’s Request (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
57 With A Little Luck (DJ Edit / Remastered 2016)
by Wings
58 Little Willow (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
59 Only Mama Knows
by Paul McCartney
60 Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Remastered 2016)
by Wings
61 The Back Seat Of My Car (Remastered 2012)
by Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney
62 No More Lonely Nights (7″ Single Version / Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
63 Great Day (Remastered 2016)
by Paul McCartney
64 Venus And Mars / Rock Show (Medley / Remastered 2016)
by Wings
65 Temporary Secretary (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
66 Hope For The Future
by Paul McCartney
67 Junk (Remastered 2011)
by Paul McCartney
Pure McCartney / 2CD Edition (39 tracks)
CD 1
- 1. Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney)
- 2. Heart of the Country (Ram)
- 3. Jet (Band on the Run)
- 4. Warm and Beautiful (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
- 5. Listen to What The Man Said (Venus and Mars)
- 6. Dear Boy (Ram)
- 7. Silly Love Songs (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
- 8. The Song We Were Singing (Flaming Pie)
- 9. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Ram)
- 10. Another Day (non-album single)
- 11. Sing The Changes (The Fireman – Electric Arguments)
- 12. Jenny Wren (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
- 13. Save Us (New)
- 14. Mrs Vandebilt (Band on the Run)
- 15. Mull of Kintyre (non album single)
- 16. Let ‘Em In (Wings at the Speed of Sound)
- 17. Let Me Roll It (Band on the Run)
- 18. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (Band on the Run)
- 19. Ebony and Ivory (Tug of War)
CD2 (20 tracks)
- 20. Band on the Run (Band on the Run)
- 21. Arrow Through Me (Back To The Egg)
- 22. My Love (Red Rose Speedway)
- 23. Live and Let Die (non-album single)
- 24. Too Much Rain (Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard)
- 25. Goodnight Tonight (non-album single)
- 26. Say Say Say (2015 remix) (Pipes of Peace)
- 27. My Valentine (Kisses on the Bottom)
- 28. The World Tonight (Flaming Pie)
- 29. Pipes of Peace (Pipes of Peace)
- 40. Dance Tonight (Memory Almost Full)
- 31. Here Today (Tug of War)
- 32. Wanderlust (Tug of War)
- 33. Great Day (Flaming Pie)
- 34. Coming Up (McCartney II)
- 35. No More Lonely Nights (Give My Regards to Broad Street)
- 36. Only Mama Knows (Memory Almost Full)
- 37. With A Little Luck (London Town)
- 38. Hope For The Future (non-album single)
- 39. Junk (McCartney)
VINYL:
A1:
1. Maybe I’m Amazed
2. Heart Of The Country
3. Jet
4. Warm And Beautiful
5. Listen To What The Man Said
6. Dear Boy
A2:
1. Silly Love Songs
2. The Song We Were Singing
3. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
4. Another Day
5. New
B1:
1. Mull of Kintyre
2. Sing The Changes
3. Jenny Wren
4. Mrs Vandebilt
5. Save Us
B2:
1. Let ‘Em In
2. Let Me Roll It
3. Ebony and Ivory
4. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
C1:
1. Band on the Run
2. Arrow Through Me
3. My Love
4. Live and Let Die
5. Too Much Rain
C2:
1. Say Say Say [2015 Remix]
2. My Valentine
3. Goodnight Tonight
4. The World Tonight
5. Pipes of Peace
D1:
1. Dance Tonight
2. Here Today
3. Wanderlust
4. Great Day
5. Coming Up
6. No More Lonvely Nights
D2:
1. Too Many People
2. Only Mama Knows
3. With a Little Luck
4. Hope For The Future
5. Junk
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