If you were to put together a McCartney box set....
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I have a serious problem. Please help! I have loaded my Beatles & solo music unto a portable music device but there is so much Macca (due to the size of his discography that when I hit shuffle, things get a bit unbalanced. So here is what I would like to do. I would like to reduce the McCartney LP's to about the same amount of discs that were included in the Beatles stereo box (which is about 16 discs with past masters and MMT). Which albums would you include in such a box set. I know there would be some obvious choices like Ram and Band on the Run, but I would like to get a consensus of essential McCartney albums (not essential tracks).
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darkhorse67:
I have a serious problem. Please help! I have loaded my Beatles & solo music unto a portable music device but there is so much Macca (due to the size of his discography that when I hit shuffle, things get a bit unbalanced. So here is what I would like to do. I would like to reduce the McCartney LP's to about the same amount of discs that were included in the Beatles stereo box (which is about 16 discs with past masters and MMT). Which albums would you include in such a box set. I know there would be some obvious choices like Ram and Band on the Run, but I would like to get a consensus of essential McCartney albums (not essential tracks).
In addition to Ram and Band on the Run, I would include these for sure: McCartney Tug of War Flowers in the Dirt Flaming Pie Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full
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Without a doubt, Flaming Pie, Wings Over America and NEW!
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Don't forget Red Rose Speedway, Venus and Mars, and London Town. These are classic Wings albums and any Macca collection would be incomplete without them.
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Thanks these are all wonderful albums. Another consideration is the underrated Back to the Egg, which is just packed with deeper cuts and gems.
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Don't forget about the Fireman & Electric Arguments
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16 albums? McCartney Ram Red Rose Speedway Wings Over America London Town Back To the Egg McCartney II Tug Of War Pipes Of Peace Press To Play Flowers In the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Driving Rain Chaos & etc Memory Almost Full
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I would choose these 16 albums: McCartney Wild Life Ram Band on the Run Venus & Mars At the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg Tug of War Flowers in the Dirt Flaming Pie Driving Rain Chaos Memory Almost Full Electric Arguments New
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The Eggman67:
I would choose these 16 albums: McCartney Wild Life Ram Band on the Run Venus & Mars At the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg Tug of War Flowers in the Dirt Flaming Pie Driving Rain Chaos Memory Almost Full Electric Arguments New
Good selection however; I would axe Back to the Egg & Wild Life for McCartney II & Red Rose Speedway
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Thanks, I'm beginning to see a pattern of albums. Although I agree to axe Wild Life, I could not part with Back to the Egg. I can do without Driving Rain, as there is a great string of Paul albums after Anthology to the present that include FlamingPie, Chaos, Memory and New. So let's see, based on these observations: 1. McCartney 2. Ram 3. Red Rose Speedway 4. Band on the Run 5. Venus & Mars 6. At the Speed of Sound 7. London Town 8. Back to the Egg 9. Tug of War 10. McCartney II 11. Flowers in the Dirt 12. Flaming Pie 13. Chaos & Creation 14. Memory Almost Full 15. Electric Arguments 16. New (There is a part of me that would have a type of McCartney Pastmasters to gather some representative tracks from the obvious omissions. To add such a compilation, I would have to excise London Town and Electric Arguments--this is a painful and surgical excision) I have added these albums to my Beatles and solo tracks to my playlists for long drives and now the shuffle is perfect. Thanks for the input.
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McCartney Ram REd Rose Speedway BAnd on the run Venus and Mars Wings over America BAck to the egg Tug of war Flowers in the dirt Off the ground Flaming pie Run devil run Chaos Memory almost full New Skip : Wild life Speed of sound London Town McCartney II Pipes of peace Give my regards Press Driving rain
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My list to include (no particular order): McCartney McCartney II Press to Play Give My Regards to Broad Street Back to the Egg Flowers in the Dirt Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard Memory Almost Full Band on the Run Venus and Mars Ram Tug of War Flaming Pie London Town Wings at the Speed of Sound New
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Here's What I Would Do - 14 full albums 2 highlights album similar to Past Masters 1) McCartney I 2) Ram 3) Band on the Run 4) Venus and Mars 4) At The Speed of Sound 5) Back to the Egg 6) McCartney II 7) Tug of War
Flowers in the Dirt 9) Off The Ground 10) Flaming Pie 11) Driving Rain 12) Chaos and Creation 13) Memory Almost Full 14) New 15) Live Highlights 16)Studio Highlights Live Highlights - Drive My Car (Live New York, 2009) Jet (Good Evening New York City) Driving Rain (Back in the US, 2002) I'm Down (Good Evening New York City) Ebony and Ivory (Tripping The Live Fantastic) Coming Up (Live in Glasgow) Kansas City (Paul is Live) Vanilla Sky (Back in the US) Sing the Changes (Good Evening New York City) Flaming Pie (Good Evening New York City) Figure of Eight (Tripping The Live Fantastic) Maybe I'm Amazed (Wings Over America) Studio Highlights - Say, Say, Say Junior's Farm With A Little Luck Tomorrow No More Lonely Nights My Love Highway Hell to Pay Another Day Only Love Remains Hi, Hi, Hi Mull of Kintyre Live and Let Die Big Barn Bed Every Night Pipes of Peace My Valentine Hot as Sun / Glasses Goodnight Tonight Helen Wheels Sun is Shining Sing The Changes (I Want to Come Home) Junk Maybe I'm Amazed -
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