Pure McCartney
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From the website "McCartney curated career-spanning compilation out 10th June. As a songwriter Paul has never stood still, dipping his toe in countless genres and styles. 'Pure McCartney' is testament to that fact. From the songwriting masterclass of 'Maybe I'm Amazed' and adventurous, three-songs-in-one of 'Band On The Run' to the irresistible groove of 'Say Say Say' and ahead-of-its-time electronica of 'Temporary Secretary', described by NME when compiling a list of the greatest ever songs as ?not so much ahead of its time, but out of it altogether?, 'Pure McCartney' charts the unstoppable adventures of McCartney's unique and eclectic songwriting talents and shines a light on his post-Beatles artistic achievements." Wow I for one am pretty excited. It comes out the day after my birthday too! I really like that's it's put together by Paul. Neat album artwork too. Thoughts?
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Nigel there is a bunch of discussion about this on 2 other threads.
http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=90771&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=2115 http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=91082&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120 -
Been waiting a long time for something like this. Staggering compilation of songs. Not quite getting why there are no Flowers In The Dirt songs, but I doubt they'll be missed when listening to this collection.
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I was guessing no Flowers in The Dirt or Off The Ground as they haven't been released as the "Remasterd Compilations" yet?
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That's my take on it, too. Still, though, Back To The Egg, London Town and Flaming Pie weren't remastered either, but songs from those albums are on Pure McCartney.
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'PURE McCARTNEY': 4CD ? 67 tracks DISC 1: 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 7. Silly Love Songs 8. The Song We Were Singing 9. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 10. Early Days 11. Big Barn Bed 12. Another Day 13. Flaming Pie 14. Jenny Wren 15. Too Many People 16. Let Me Roll It 17. New DISC 2: 1. Live and Let Die 2. English Tea 3. Mull of Kintyre 4. Save Us 5. My Love 6. Bip Bop 7. Let 'Em In 8. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five 9. Calico Skies 10. Hi, Hi, Hi 11. Waterfalls 12. Band on the Run 13. Appreciate 14. Sing The Changes 15. Arrow Through Me 16. Every Night 17. Junior?s Farm 18. Mrs Vandebilt DISC 3: 1. Say Say Say [2015 Remix] 2. My Valentine 3. Pipes of Peace 4. The World Tonight 5. Souvenir 6. Dance Tonight 7. Ebony and Ivory 8. Fine Line 9. Here Today 10. Press 11. Wanderlust 12. Winedark Open Sea 13. Beautiful Night 14. Girlfriend 15. Queenie Eye 16. We All Stand Together DISC 4: 1. Coming Up 2. Too Much Rain 3. Good Times Coming / Feel the Sun 4. Goodnight Tonight 5. Baby?s Request 6. With a Little Luck 7. Little Willow 8. Only Mama Knows 9. Don?t Let it Bring You Down 10. The Back Seat Of My Car 11. No More Lonely Nights 12. Great Day 13. Venus and Mars / Rock Show 14. Temporary Secretary 15. Hope For The Future 16. Junk http://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/67-tracks-of-pure-mccartney __________________________________________________
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Audi You're right. I also forgot Winedark Open Sea is from Off the Ground too
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from the home page: http://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/67-tracks-of-pure-mccartney "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," Paul says of this project. "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.?
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thenightfish:
from the home page: http://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/67-tracks-of-pure-mccartney "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," Paul says of this project. "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.?
Ironically this set requires you to pack your Driving Rain cd for those long journeys beyond 4.5 hours
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' nothing else in mind' sums up this compilation nicely.
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This collection is going to stiff...badly. Ad-hoc choices and pointless. If it was intended to represent all his albums, it fails and insofar as offering rare material it fails. Surely the remasters is intended to reintroduce his output, but MPL can't even do THAT right.
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Didn't Paul say that he couldn't stand to listen to Bip Bop? I wonder why he changed his mind.
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nigel.thrillington:
Didn't Paul say that he couldn't stand to listen to Bip Bop? I wonder why he changed his mind.
I suspect he had zilch to do with this. I suspect an anonymous grey suit shoved a song list under his nose which Paul duly signed off, then waved the grey suit away. Pure McCartney. Pure Business.
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audi:
Been waiting a long time for something like this. Staggering compilation of songs. Not quite getting why there are no Flowers In The Dirt songs, but I doubt they'll be missed when listening to this collection.
You could have made your own compile, to your liking.
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moptops:
nigel.thrillington:
Didn't Paul say that he couldn't stand to listen to Bip Bop? I wonder why he changed his mind.
I suspect he had zilch to do with this. I suspect an anonymous grey suit shoved a song list under his nose which Paul duly signed off, then waved the grey suit away. Pure McCartney. Pure Business.
I agree with this. He has "people" to do almost everything for him. He is a big corporation. He may have said a few things about the songs but for the most part...not much.
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He'll read some background, then be trotted out for a few interviews. That's how it works, right Oobu?
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moptops:
He'll read some background, then be trotted out for a few interviews. That's how it works, right Oobu?
Yep. I believe that to be true. Who thinks he gathers all the "goodies" in the Deluxe Boxsets? His people do. Paul doesn't put it together. I wonder what Paul's favorites would actually be IF he did put together a 67 song set. (of his solo work)
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I would guess that Paul was very hands-on regarding this and all of his projects. He's been criticized by some as being a control freak, so I'm of the opinion he's very interested and heavily invested in every project that helps shape his legacy.
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When remasters, reissues and compilations are planned for artists of Paul McCartney's level, outdoing the bootleggers should always be Job 1.
