Disc 1 (the 70's) of 5 CD Macca Post Beatles' Anthology called "Sticking Out of My Pocket"
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oobu, send those pics of the bootlegs to Jennifer - she would be interested! I've been talking to her about this thread.
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oobu24 wrote:
Have you seen these boots?
Thanks so much Oobu24. If we ever get an official Paul McCartney Anthology covering all eras of Paul's Post Beatles' career, B-sides should be a big part of the overall tracklisting for each Decade. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll notice some songs I have missed in what I have done so far (70's and 80's Discs).
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Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
B J, a friend of oobu, Lady Leslie and myself just sent us an email of that song Simple As That! Ringo also recorded a spoken PSA with instrumental music in the background for the Anti-Heroin Project. It's pretty eerie because in it he says "John, can you hear me?"
Thanks Nancy. Simple As That is yet another good tune by Paul that hardly anyone knows. Never knew about Ringo's imput to the "Anti-Heroin" Project.
I knew this was going to happen but as soon as I clicked the 80's Disc Post I made earlier today, I immediately thought of a great unreleased demo from the 80's that would have to go on a 80's CD for the Paul Anthology. I'm sure you're aware of it as it was a song that Paul wrote for the Everly Brothers around 1983 I believe. It is called "On the Wings of a Nighingale". It's a demo and I actually think Paul's demo is better than Don and Phil's studio version. I think it was a minor Country hit for the boys and it was part of their comeback album and tour. I think they had gone a few years without speaking to each other. So many good but relatively unknown songs that Paul wrote in the 80's.
There is demo of this song on youtube and it was for the Everly Brothers album EB84.
Thanks Yankeefan. I knew you were well aware of "On the Wings of a NIghtingale". As I was thinking of Paul's "deeper cut" type of songs during the 80's, I couldn't believe how easy it would be to have a good 20 track CD of deeper cuts, unreleased songs, B-sides, live versions for the real fans. I keep thinking about Pure McCartney (Paul's last anthology) not having one song from the Flowers in the Dirt Sessions. Talk about having "gaps" in that Anthology. As you once said, Paul should hire us and we would be a lot cheaper.
You know why that was done, don't you? They were trying to sell the Flowers In The Dirt Archive set at the same time!
Yes I was very much aware of their reasoning. I was just being a little facetious. As much as I am a Paul fanatic (especially Post Beatles) I never bought Pure McCartney although I looked at both the 2 CD and 4 CD Sets at Best Buy at the time of its release. I just didn't think it offered enough of the songs I wanted especially songs that weren't on the original CD's. It had too many duplications of previous compilations I already had (Wingspan, All the Best). They had one or two of Paul's more recent non-album songs (e.g. Hope for the Future) I would have liked to have but even some of the deeper cuts they offered (e.g. Bip Bop, Temporary Secretary) are not my favorites. My overall point is that Paul needs a more complete Anthology type Compilation covering all his eras that would include so many good songs that are not on any of his Post Beatles' albums. Those boots (complete B-sides listing) that Oobu just sent would give even the modest Paul Post Beatles' fan a great idea of just how many good Paul songs there are that are not on original albums. By the way besides Flowers in the Dirt, Pure McCartney also really shortchanged other Paul eras (e.g. Red Rose Speedway Sessions, Off the Ground Sessions, Press to Play Sessions, Back to the Egg Sessions, Run Devil Run Sessions etc.). No doubt the kind of package I'm speaking about in this Post is more for the harder core fan.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Thought I would get some imput/opinions that I am hoping will be a future Paul McCartney Anthology By Decade. I do think that borrowing from Paul's Website, "Sticking Out of My Pocket" would be a good title. Hopefully a Career Spanning Anthology would cover all of Paul's era's, and wouldn't have so many duplications and gaps like Pure McCartney did. Paul has never stopped creating music (like Bob Dylan has said that!) so why shouldn't the true fans have a great Anthology.
Here is my tracklisting suggestions for the 70's Decade. I don't have access to all of Paul's secret vaults so I fully believe that we could have even more surprises that I'm suggesting. Since I'm thinking about a CD Package, I am using a basic quantitiy of about 20 songs for each decade. My list is generally in chronological order so I would leave it to the professionals to do the sequencing. Here is my 1st suggestion for the 70's disc:
70's Decade (Sticking Out of My Pocket)
1. Goodbye (Paul's Demo from the old Mary Hopkin hit that Paul wrote)
2. Maybe I'm Amazed (take the best live track from the faults; probably something that Paul did from the European Shows in 1979)
3. Every Night (Same thing as above...take the best live take from the 1979 shows)
4. Eat at Home (one of the best live takes from the University Shows in 1972)
5. Smile Away (one of the best live takes from the University Shows in 1972)
6. Best Friend (Live version)
7. The Mess (Live version)
8. Give Ireland Back to the Irish
9. I Lie Around
10. Single Pigeon
11. Little Lamb Dragonfly
12. Love in Song
13. Letting Go
14. London Town
15. Don't Let It Bring You Down
16. Waterspout (Outtake from the London Town Sessions)
17. I'm Carrying
18. Getting Closer
19. Arrow Through Me
20. Winter Rose/Love Awake
21. Mull of Kintyre (take the best live version that Paul did from one of the Canada Shows)
22. Tomorrow (wanted to get something in from Wild Life and it's one of the best songs on Wild Life)
As you can see, I stayed away from the hits for the most part or I would use alternate versions. As we fans know, Paul already has several compilations that have the hits/single versions already on them.
Just wanted to clarify that the reason it would be a 5 CD Package Anthology is that it would be a CD for each decade...1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019. Once we get some discussion on this initial 70's recommended list, I will put together an 80's list. For me, I think the 80's will be tougher decade for me since Paul had more peak and valley times in the 80's. Still the 80's disc will be just as strong since each disc is more about the underrated and less commercial gems.
I think "Dear Boy" from RAM would be good edition and I would replace "Letting Go" with "Beware My Love" from the same album. I believe "Letting Go" is more known and "Beware My Love" has been forgotten about since WOA tour.
Certainly good suggestions Yankeefan. Another good unreleased track from the Back to the Egg Sessions was "Cage". Heard it on Youtube and I really like it. Again, this is the type of song that would be great for the 70's Disc. A good song that the huge majority of Paul McCartney fans don't know.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Thought I would get some imput/opinions that I am hoping will be a future Paul McCartney Anthology By Decade. I do think that borrowing from Paul's Website, "Sticking Out of My Pocket" would be a good title. Hopefully a Career Spanning Anthology would cover all of Paul's era's, and wouldn't have so many duplications and gaps like Pure McCartney did. Paul has never stopped creating music (like Bob Dylan has said that!) so why shouldn't the true fans have a great Anthology.
Here is my tracklisting suggestions for the 70's Decade. I don't have access to all of Paul's secret vaults so I fully believe that we could have even more surprises that I'm suggesting. Since I'm thinking about a CD Package, I am using a basic quantitiy of about 20 songs for each decade. My list is generally in chronological order so I would leave it to the professionals to do the sequencing. Here is my 1st suggestion for the 70's disc:
70's Decade (Sticking Out of My Pocket)
1. Goodbye (Paul's Demo from the old Mary Hopkin hit that Paul wrote)
2. Maybe I'm Amazed (take the best live track from the faults; probably something that Paul did from the European Shows in 1979)
3. Every Night (Same thing as above...take the best live take from the 1979 shows)
4. Eat at Home (one of the best live takes from the University Shows in 1972)
5. Smile Away (one of the best live takes from the University Shows in 1972)
6. Best Friend (Live version)
7. The Mess (Live version)
8. Give Ireland Back to the Irish
9. I Lie Around
10. Single Pigeon
11. Little Lamb Dragonfly
12. Love in Song
13. Letting Go
14. London Town
15. Don't Let It Bring You Down
16. Waterspout (Outtake from the London Town Sessions)
17. I'm Carrying
18. Getting Closer
19. Arrow Through Me
20. Winter Rose/Love Awake
21. Mull of Kintyre (take the best live version that Paul did from one of the Canada Shows)
22. Tomorrow (wanted to get something in from Wild Life and it's one of the best songs on Wild Life)
As you can see, I stayed away from the hits for the most part or I would use alternate versions. As we fans know, Paul already has several compilations that have the hits/single versions already on them.
Just wanted to clarify that the reason it would be a 5 CD Package Anthology is that it would be a CD for each decade...1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019. Once we get some discussion on this initial 70's recommended list, I will put together an 80's list. For me, I think the 80's will be tougher decade for me since Paul had more peak and valley times in the 80's. Still the 80's disc will be just as strong since each disc is more about the underrated and less commercial gems.
I think "Dear Boy" from RAM would be good edition and I would replace "Letting Go" with "Beware My Love" from the same album. I believe "Letting Go" is more known and "Beware My Love" has been forgotten about since WOA tour.
Certainly good suggestions Yankeefan. Another good unreleased track from the Back to the Egg Sessions was "Cage". Heard it on Youtube and I really like it. Again, this is the type of song that would be great for the 70's Disc. A good song that the huge majority of Paul McCartney fans don't know.
Here's Cage:
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Nancy R wrote:
Here's Cage:
Thanks Nancy. I noticed that Cage was also on Disc 6 of the B-sides that Oobu sent.
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Disc 3 (the 90's) of a proposed Paul McCartney Anthology -- Sticking Out of My Back Pocket
Lots can be discussed about Macca's Post Beatles' Career in the 90's. As usual. Paul as a Solo Artist stayed very active but it was sadly interrupted towards the end of the Decade with Linda's illness and subsequent death on April 17, 1998. She was not only his first wife and the love of his life, but she stayed active with him throughout his Post Beatles' career until her death. It was obviously a very difficult time for Paul and it did curtail his songwriting during parts of this decade. Suprisingly, he wrote and performed as much as he could (especially in the beginning and ending of the 90's) so we could still have a great 90's Disc as part of a Solo Anthology.
We only have 2 albums of "full original songs" (in his basic Solo Pop-Rock Genre) for the Decade but we easily have a wealth of material to build a top notch 90's Disc. In 1993 Paul not only released a new album "Off the Ground" but Paul/Linda and his Band embarked on another major tour titled "The New World Tour". He added Blair Cunningham as the Drummer to go along with Robbie McIntousch, Hamish Stuart and Wix Wickens (More on this band later).
As far as "Off the Ground" is concerned, I really liked many of the songs on the original album. Paul chose to record almost all the songs with his subsequent touring Band (just above) and decided to record the album for the most part "live in the studio". Ironically, my main criticism with "Off the Ground" is that many of the songs and Paul's vocals sounded a little lifeless and lacking in my opinion with his normal emotion. Again this is only my opinion but it was also noticed in a number of the reviews for "Off the Ground". Conversely for the purposes of my imagined Paul Anthology by Decade, Paul's World Tour did produce many "live" versions of Off the Ground songs that in my opinion are significantly better than their studio versions. For that reason, I would love to see a 90's Anthology Disc full of some of these live tracks. It would also make the "Anthology" Disc not just full of repeats of the album versions.
Another strange part of the "Off the Ground"Sessions is that Paul "left off" many songs (a subsequent album's worth) from the original album. Even more strange is that a subsequent album (Off the Ground, the Complete Works) was only released in Germany and the Netherlands. Maybe a reason for why this happened is that the original album, Off the Ground, did exceptional well in those and other European countries. For our purposes of a proposed Paul Solo Anthology this is great because it gives you a bunch of relatively unknown tracks by even Paul McCartney fans. In listening to the "Take It Away" Podcast on Maccaboard, the two guys (Chris and Ryan) loved many of the songs on the extra Disc. They were primarily B-sides and they wondered why Paul didn't include some of theim on the original CD.
After the World Tour ended (and sadly the end of his touring Band with Paul) Paul started working with George and Ringo on the Beatles' Anthology. That experience led Paul to begin sessions for his next album Flaming Pie released in 1997. Compared to Off the Ground, the critical reception for Flaming PIe was good to great. I remember FP getting nominated for several Grammy Awards after FP was released. Obviously we will have several tracks from this great album.
After Linda's death, he started thinking about their mutual love for 50's rock and roll. To try to get over his mourning for his great wife and to get back to his roots, Paul decided to do an album of early Rock covers. On top of the covers, he had 3 original songs that were mainly written written with that genre in mind. Realizing he needed a band to record and promote the songs, he picked out a band of old friends and stars in their own right. They included David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green, Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Pete Windgield etc.
Run Devil Run was released in 1999 and the reception again was very good. The Band also did several appearances and like Off the Ground, some of the live tracks in my opinion were as good or even better than their studio counterparts. Paul's vocals were superb. Like Off the Ground, these live takes could make great (and different) tracks for this proposed Paul Antholoy Disc for the 90's. For fans like me, the tracklisting wouldn't just duplicate the orginal albums.
My next post will give an imaginery track list for this 90's disc of this proposed Paul Anthology.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Disc 3 (the 90's) of a proposed Paul McCartney Anthology -- Sticking Out of My Back Pocket
Lots can be discussed about Macca's Post Beatles' Career in the 90's. As usual. Paul as a Solo Artist stayed very active but it was sadly interrupted towards the end of the Decade with Linda's illness and subsequent death on April 17, 1998. She was not only his first wife and the love of his life, but she stayed active with him throughout his Post Beatles' career until her death. It was obviously a very difficult time for Paul and it did curtail his songwriting during parts of this decade. Suprisingly, he wrote and performed as much as he could (especially in the beginning and ending of the 90's) so we could still have a great 90's Disc as part of a Solo Anthology.
We only have 2 albums of "full original songs" (in his basic Solo Pop-Rock Genre) for the Decade but we easily have a wealth of material to build a top notch 90's Disc. In 1993 Paul not only released a new album "Off the Ground" but Paul/Linda and his Band embarked on another major tour titled "The New World Tour". He added Blair Cunningham as the Drummer to go along with Robbie McIntousch, Hamish Stuart and Wix Wickens (More on this band later).
As far as "Off the Ground" is concerned, I really liked many of the songs on the original album. Paul chose to record almost all the songs with his subsequent touring Band (just above) and decided to record the album for the most part "live in the studio". Ironically, my main criticism with "Off the Ground" is that many of the songs and Paul's vocals sounded a little lifeless and lacking in my opinion with his normal emotion. Again this is only my opinion but it was also noticed in a number of the reviews for "Off the Ground". Conversely for the purposes of my imagined Paul Anthology by Decade, Paul's World Tour did produce many "live" versions of Off the Ground songs that in my opinion are significantly better than their studio versions. For that reason, I would love to see a 90's Anthology Disc full of some of these live tracks. It would also make the "Anthology" Disc not just full of repeats of the album versions.
Another strange part of the "Off the Ground"Sessions is that Paul "left off" many songs (a subsequent album's worth) from the original album. Even more strange is that a subsequent album (Off the Ground, the Complete Works) was only released in Germany and the Netherlands. Maybe a reason for why this happened is that the original album, Off the Ground, did exceptional well in those and other European countries. For our purposes of a proposed Paul Solo Anthology this is great because it gives you a bunch of relatively unknown tracks by even Paul McCartney fans. In listening to the "Take It Away" Podcast on Maccaboard, the two guys (Chris and Ryan) loved many of the songs on the extra Disc. They were primarily B-sides and they wondered why Paul didn't include some of theim on the original CD.
After the World Tour ended (and sadly the end of his touring Band with Paul) Paul started working with George and Ringo on the Beatles' Anthology. That experience led Paul to begin sessions for his next album Flaming Pie released in 1997. Compared to Off the Ground, the critical reception for Flaming PIe was good to great. I remember FP getting nominated for several Grammy Awards after FP was released. Obviously we will have several tracks from this great album.
After Linda's death, he started thinking about their mutual love for 50's rock and roll. To try to get over his mourning for his great wife and to get back to his roots, Paul decided to do an album of early Rock covers. On top of the covers, he had 3 original songs that were mainly written written with that genre in mind. Realizing he needed a band to record and promote the songs, he picked out a band of old friends and stars in their own right. They included David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green, Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Pete Windgield etc.
Run Devil Run was released in 1999 and the reception again was very good. The Band also did several appearances and like Off the Ground, some of the live tracks in my opinion were as good or even better than their studio counterparts. Paul's vocals were superb. Like Off the Ground, these live takes could make great (and different) tracks for this proposed Paul Antholoy Disc for the 90's. For fans like me, the tracklisting wouldn't just duplicate the orginal albums.
My next post will give an imaginery track list for this 90's disc of this proposed Paul Anthology.
I thought the "Run Devil Run" album was one of the best vocal performances on record he has ever done outside the Beatles. His version of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is fantastic. For fun, check the youtube clip of him doing this with Lulu on her TV show. Personally, I would have loved to seen McCartney do a tour back then with the "Run Devil Run" band. McCartney's original songs on that album including the the album title were excellent and fit in perfectly with the other 50's covers. I have said several times on this board that nobody does 50's rock better than McCartney IMO. I had always wished McCartney would have done one of the original songs off "Run Devil Run" on one of his later tours. The perfect time would have been with the "Driving Rain " tour when he had not tourred for a decade and had brand new band.
"Off The Ground" was a very mixed bag to me, some really good songs (Off The Ground, Hope Of Deliverance, Get Out Of My Way) but too many songs that left me flat like "Cmon People", "Peace In The Neighborhood" and "Biker Like a Icon". I like songs like "Big Boys Bickering" and "Long Leather Coat" much better from the Complete Works and would have rather heard them live on his 1993 tour.
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B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Have you seen these boots?
Thanks so much Oobu24. If we ever get an official Paul McCartney Anthology covering all eras of Paul's Post Beatles' career, B-sides should be a big part of the overall tracklisting for each Decade. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll notice some songs I have missed in what I have done so far (70's and 80's Discs).
As much as a few of us that visit this board would love a solo Anthology, would it be commercially viable to be done? I don't think "Pure McCartney" did that well and that had some hits that the casual fan might know.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Disc 3 (the 90's) of a proposed Paul McCartney Anthology -- Sticking Out of My Back Pocket
Lots can be discussed about Macca's Post Beatles' Career in the 90's. As usual. Paul as a Solo Artist stayed very active but it was sadly interrupted towards the end of the Decade with Linda's illness and subsequent death on April 17, 1998. She was not only his first wife and the love of his life, but she stayed active with him throughout his Post Beatles' career until her death. It was obviously a very difficult time for Paul and it did curtail his songwriting during parts of this decade. Suprisingly, he wrote and performed as much as he could (especially in the beginning and ending of the 90's) so we could still have a great 90's Disc as part of a Solo Anthology.
We only have 2 albums of "full original songs" (in his basic Solo Pop-Rock Genre) for the Decade but we easily have a wealth of material to build a top notch 90's Disc. In 1993 Paul not only released a new album "Off the Ground" but Paul/Linda and his Band embarked on another major tour titled "The New World Tour". He added Blair Cunningham as the Drummer to go along with Robbie McIntousch, Hamish Stuart and Wix Wickens (More on this band later).
As far as "Off the Ground" is concerned, I really liked many of the songs on the original album. Paul chose to record almost all the songs with his subsequent touring Band (just above) and decided to record the album for the most part "live in the studio". Ironically, my main criticism with "Off the Ground" is that many of the songs and Paul's vocals sounded a little lifeless and lacking in my opinion with his normal emotion. Again this is only my opinion but it was also noticed in a number of the reviews for "Off the Ground". Conversely for the purposes of my imagined Paul Anthology by Decade, Paul's World Tour did produce many "live" versions of Off the Ground songs that in my opinion are significantly better than their studio versions. For that reason, I would love to see a 90's Anthology Disc full of some of these live tracks. It would also make the "Anthology" Disc not just full of repeats of the album versions.
Another strange part of the "Off the Ground"Sessions is that Paul "left off" many songs (a subsequent album's worth) from the original album. Even more strange is that a subsequent album (Off the Ground, the Complete Works) was only released in Germany and the Netherlands. Maybe a reason for why this happened is that the original album, Off the Ground, did exceptional well in those and other European countries. For our purposes of a proposed Paul Solo Anthology this is great because it gives you a bunch of relatively unknown tracks by even Paul McCartney fans. In listening to the "Take It Away" Podcast on Maccaboard, the two guys (Chris and Ryan) loved many of the songs on the extra Disc. They were primarily B-sides and they wondered why Paul didn't include some of theim on the original CD.
After the World Tour ended (and sadly the end of his touring Band with Paul) Paul started working with George and Ringo on the Beatles' Anthology. That experience led Paul to begin sessions for his next album Flaming Pie released in 1997. Compared to Off the Ground, the critical reception for Flaming PIe was good to great. I remember FP getting nominated for several Grammy Awards after FP was released. Obviously we will have several tracks from this great album.
After Linda's death, he started thinking about their mutual love for 50's rock and roll. To try to get over his mourning for his great wife and to get back to his roots, Paul decided to do an album of early Rock covers. On top of the covers, he had 3 original songs that were mainly written written with that genre in mind. Realizing he needed a band to record and promote the songs, he picked out a band of old friends and stars in their own right. They included David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green, Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Pete Windgield etc.
Run Devil Run was released in 1999 and the reception again was very good. The Band also did several appearances and like Off the Ground, some of the live tracks in my opinion were as good or even better than their studio counterparts. Paul's vocals were superb. Like Off the Ground, these live takes could make great (and different) tracks for this proposed Paul Antholoy Disc for the 90's. For fans like me, the tracklisting wouldn't just duplicate the orginal albums.
My next post will give an imaginery track list for this 90's disc of this proposed Paul Anthology.
Regarding Run Devil Run:
Personnel per booklet (note - Pete Wingfield)
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, percussion, acoustic guitar
- David Gilmour – electric guitar, backing vocals, lap steel guitar
- Mick Green – electric guitar
- Ian Paice – drums, percussion
- Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
- Dave Mattacks – drums, percussion
- Geraint Watkins – piano
- Chris Hall – accordion
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Have you seen these boots?
Thanks so much Oobu24. If we ever get an official Paul McCartney Anthology covering all eras of Paul's Post Beatles' career, B-sides should be a big part of the overall tracklisting for each Decade. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll notice some songs I have missed in what I have done so far (70's and 80's Discs).
As much as a few of us that visit this board would love a solo Anthology, would it be commercially viable to be done? I don't think "Pure McCartney" did that well and that had some hits that the casual fan might know.
I agree, it would not be commercially viable.
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Nancy R wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Have you seen these boots?
Thanks so much Oobu24. If we ever get an official Paul McCartney Anthology covering all eras of Paul's Post Beatles' career, B-sides should be a big part of the overall tracklisting for each Decade. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll notice some songs I have missed in what I have done so far (70's and 80's Discs).
As much as a few of us that visit this board would love a solo Anthology, would it be commercially viable to be done? I don't think "Pure McCartney" did that well and that had some hits that the casual fan might know.
I agree, it would not be commercially viable.
️Both of you may be right. I don't know enough about the costs involved with packaging etc. I would assume that Paul and MPL have extensive vaults of Paul's back catalog so the material (lots more than what is on the Internet) is probably there and is primarily a matter of digging it out. With the Flaming Pie Archive already announced for this July and probably a Back to the Egg/London Town Archive for 2021, I didn't think that something like what I'm propsing would even be considered until 2022 anyway. By that time Paul would be having a big milestone (80th Birthday) so 2022 could make sense if as you guys say the economic and commercial viability is even a reality.
I'm not naive enough to think that Paul actually reads Maccaboard anyway, but I'm sure his people do. If this idea gets floated around over the next couple of years, I for one hopes that we do get a "true" Archive at some point. I mainly say that because Paul is such an unusual artist and has been so prolific throughout his career. As I have said, he has so many relatively unknown but still good songs. He hasn't been a "hits" artist since "No More Lonely NIghts" in 1984 so I actually think his Discography from the 80's is relatively unknown anyway compared to his Beatles and Wings years. For that reason, I think this "Archive" concept by Decade idea is a possibility if promoted properly of course. We will see in the coming years I guess.
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Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Disc 3 (the 90's) of a proposed Paul McCartney Anthology -- Sticking Out of My Back Pocket
Lots can be discussed about Macca's Post Beatles' Career in the 90's. As usual. Paul as a Solo Artist stayed very active but it was sadly interrupted towards the end of the Decade with Linda's illness and subsequent death on April 17, 1998. She was not only his first wife and the love of his life, but she stayed active with him throughout his Post Beatles' career until her death. It was obviously a very difficult time for Paul and it did curtail his songwriting during parts of this decade. Suprisingly, he wrote and performed as much as he could (especially in the beginning and ending of the 90's) so we could still have a great 90's Disc as part of a Solo Anthology.
We only have 2 albums of "full original songs" (in his basic Solo Pop-Rock Genre) for the Decade but we easily have a wealth of material to build a top notch 90's Disc. In 1993 Paul not only released a new album "Off the Ground" but Paul/Linda and his Band embarked on another major tour titled "The New World Tour". He added Blair Cunningham as the Drummer to go along with Robbie McIntousch, Hamish Stuart and Wix Wickens (More on this band later).
As far as "Off the Ground" is concerned, I really liked many of the songs on the original album. Paul chose to record almost all the songs with his subsequent touring Band (just above) and decided to record the album for the most part "live in the studio". Ironically, my main criticism with "Off the Ground" is that many of the songs and Paul's vocals sounded a little lifeless and lacking in my opinion with his normal emotion. Again this is only my opinion but it was also noticed in a number of the reviews for "Off the Ground". Conversely for the purposes of my imagined Paul Anthology by Decade, Paul's World Tour did produce many "live" versions of Off the Ground songs that in my opinion are significantly better than their studio versions. For that reason, I would love to see a 90's Anthology Disc full of some of these live tracks. It would also make the "Anthology" Disc not just full of repeats of the album versions.
Another strange part of the "Off the Ground"Sessions is that Paul "left off" many songs (a subsequent album's worth) from the original album. Even more strange is that a subsequent album (Off the Ground, the Complete Works) was only released in Germany and the Netherlands. Maybe a reason for why this happened is that the original album, Off the Ground, did exceptional well in those and other European countries. For our purposes of a proposed Paul Solo Anthology this is great because it gives you a bunch of relatively unknown tracks by even Paul McCartney fans. In listening to the "Take It Away" Podcast on Maccaboard, the two guys (Chris and Ryan) loved many of the songs on the extra Disc. They were primarily B-sides and they wondered why Paul didn't include some of theim on the original CD.
After the World Tour ended (and sadly the end of his touring Band with Paul) Paul started working with George and Ringo on the Beatles' Anthology. That experience led Paul to begin sessions for his next album Flaming Pie released in 1997. Compared to Off the Ground, the critical reception for Flaming PIe was good to great. I remember FP getting nominated for several Grammy Awards after FP was released. Obviously we will have several tracks from this great album.
After Linda's death, he started thinking about their mutual love for 50's rock and roll. To try to get over his mourning for his great wife and to get back to his roots, Paul decided to do an album of early Rock covers. On top of the covers, he had 3 original songs that were mainly written written with that genre in mind. Realizing he needed a band to record and promote the songs, he picked out a band of old friends and stars in their own right. They included David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green, Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Pete Windgield etc.
Run Devil Run was released in 1999 and the reception again was very good. The Band also did several appearances and like Off the Ground, some of the live tracks in my opinion were as good or even better than their studio counterparts. Paul's vocals were superb. Like Off the Ground, these live takes could make great (and different) tracks for this proposed Paul Antholoy Disc for the 90's. For fans like me, the tracklisting wouldn't just duplicate the orginal albums.
My next post will give an imaginery track list for this 90's disc of this proposed Paul Anthology.
Regarding Run Devil Run:
Personnel per booklet (note - Pete Wingfield)
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, percussion, acoustic guitar
- David Gilmour – electric guitar, backing vocals, lap steel guitar
- Mick Green – electric guitar
- Ian Paice – drums, percussion
- Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
- Dave Mattacks – drums, percussion
- Geraint Watkins – piano
- Chris Hall – accordion
Thanks Nancy. I loved that Band and it was a shame that they only stayed with Paul a year or two. I loved their "live" performances to promote "Run Devil Run". I loved their expressions of "joy" to be playing with Paul.
I also loved Paul's Off the Ground and Flowers in the Dirt Band. I thought that Robbie McIntosh was such a great and versatile guitarist. Hamish Stuart was also a very versatile musician and had such a great voice whether singing backup or in harmony with Paul. When you nclude his current and long time Band, Paul has had so many excellent musicians playing with him.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Disc 3 (the 90's) of a proposed Paul McCartney Anthology -- Sticking Out of My Back Pocket
Lots can be discussed about Macca's Post Beatles' Career in the 90's. As usual. Paul as a Solo Artist stayed very active but it was sadly interrupted towards the end of the Decade with Linda's illness and subsequent death on April 17, 1998. She was not only his first wife and the love of his life, but she stayed active with him throughout his Post Beatles' career until her death. It was obviously a very difficult time for Paul and it did curtail his songwriting during parts of this decade. Suprisingly, he wrote and performed as much as he could (especially in the beginning and ending of the 90's) so we could still have a great 90's Disc as part of a Solo Anthology.
We only have 2 albums of "full original songs" (in his basic Solo Pop-Rock Genre) for the Decade but we easily have a wealth of material to build a top notch 90's Disc. In 1993 Paul not only released a new album "Off the Ground" but Paul/Linda and his Band embarked on another major tour titled "The New World Tour". He added Blair Cunningham as the Drummer to go along with Robbie McIntousch, Hamish Stuart and Wix Wickens (More on this band later).
As far as "Off the Ground" is concerned, I really liked many of the songs on the original album. Paul chose to record almost all the songs with his subsequent touring Band (just above) and decided to record the album for the most part "live in the studio". Ironically, my main criticism with "Off the Ground" is that many of the songs and Paul's vocals sounded a little lifeless and lacking in my opinion with his normal emotion. Again this is only my opinion but it was also noticed in a number of the reviews for "Off the Ground". Conversely for the purposes of my imagined Paul Anthology by Decade, Paul's World Tour did produce many "live" versions of Off the Ground songs that in my opinion are significantly better than their studio versions. For that reason, I would love to see a 90's Anthology Disc full of some of these live tracks. It would also make the "Anthology" Disc not just full of repeats of the album versions.
Another strange part of the "Off the Ground"Sessions is that Paul "left off" many songs (a subsequent album's worth) from the original album. Even more strange is that a subsequent album (Off the Ground, the Complete Works) was only released in Germany and the Netherlands. Maybe a reason for why this happened is that the original album, Off the Ground, did exceptional well in those and other European countries. For our purposes of a proposed Paul Solo Anthology this is great because it gives you a bunch of relatively unknown tracks by even Paul McCartney fans. In listening to the "Take It Away" Podcast on Maccaboard, the two guys (Chris and Ryan) loved many of the songs on the extra Disc. They were primarily B-sides and they wondered why Paul didn't include some of theim on the original CD.
After the World Tour ended (and sadly the end of his touring Band with Paul) Paul started working with George and Ringo on the Beatles' Anthology. That experience led Paul to begin sessions for his next album Flaming Pie released in 1997. Compared to Off the Ground, the critical reception for Flaming PIe was good to great. I remember FP getting nominated for several Grammy Awards after FP was released. Obviously we will have several tracks from this great album.
After Linda's death, he started thinking about their mutual love for 50's rock and roll. To try to get over his mourning for his great wife and to get back to his roots, Paul decided to do an album of early Rock covers. On top of the covers, he had 3 original songs that were mainly written written with that genre in mind. Realizing he needed a band to record and promote the songs, he picked out a band of old friends and stars in their own right. They included David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green, Ian Paice (Deep Purple) and Pete Windgield etc.
Run Devil Run was released in 1999 and the reception again was very good. The Band also did several appearances and like Off the Ground, some of the live tracks in my opinion were as good or even better than their studio counterparts. Paul's vocals were superb. Like Off the Ground, these live takes could make great (and different) tracks for this proposed Paul Antholoy Disc for the 90's. For fans like me, the tracklisting wouldn't just duplicate the orginal albums.
My next post will give an imaginery track list for this 90's disc of this proposed Paul Anthology.
I thought the "Run Devil Run" album was one of the best vocal performances on record he has ever done outside the Beatles. His version of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is fantastic. For fun, check the youtube clip of him doing this with Lulu on her TV show. Personally, I would have loved to seen McCartney do a tour back then with the "Run Devil Run" band. McCartney's original songs on that album including the the album title were excellent and fit in perfectly with the other 50's covers. I have said several times on this board that nobody does 50's rock better than McCartney IMO. I had always wished McCartney would have done one of the original songs off "Run Devil Run" on one of his later tours. The perfect time would have been with the "Driving Rain " tour when he had not tourred for a decade and had brand new band.
"Off The Ground" was a very mixed bag to me, some really good songs (Off The Ground, Hope Of Deliverance, Get Out Of My Way) but too many songs that left me flat like "Cmon People", "Peace In The Neighborhood" and "Biker Like a Icon". I like songs like "Big Boys Bickering" and "Long Leather Coat" much better from the Complete Works and would have rather heard them live on his 1993 tour.
As usual, thanks for your imput on the 90's Yankeefan.
Looking at my summary, I did miss at least one other highlight. I missed Paul and Band's Unplugged appearance (and subsequent album) on MTV. I remember watching the show live and being so excited seeing Paul on the program.
In retrospect, I think Paul might have rushed getting on this very popular program at the time. If I remember, Eric Clapton was one of the first big artists on "Unplugged" and he subsequently had such a huge hit album from it. I thought Paul and the Band performed well but my main complaint was in the song choices. It became primarily a Beatles and Early Rock covers show. I say that Paul might have rushed his appearance because he played songs like Be-Bop-A-Lula, Blue Moon of Kentucky, San Francisco Bay Blues, Hi Heels Sneakers, Good Rockin Tonight, Singing the Blues, Ain't No Sunchine along with a few of his classic Beatle songs. I imagine Paul and/or his Bandmates discussing what songs to play and they collecitvely came up with those type of early rock classics because they all knew them. They were performed well but I think that sometimes Paul shortchanges his own songs. I remember thinking that I wished they would have played more of his Solo acoustic stuff like Put It There, Somebody Who Cares, and Hope of Deliverance. And it would have been great if he played some really deep or unreleased stuff like Footprints or On the Wings of a Nightingale. It would have taken more reheasal time but I think in the long run it would have helped his own solo career immensely. Think about the opportunity for Paul. It was a national TV audience the huge majority of people having never been to one of his concerts. The only surprises to me were hearing Paul's first song he wrote...I Lost My Little Girl and an early Solo song..."That Would be Something.
Anyway, I'm being picky. In the end, it was a great show and as a huge Macca fan, it was great seeing him on a big national TV Show.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Have you seen these boots?
Thanks so much Oobu24. If we ever get an official Paul McCartney Anthology covering all eras of Paul's Post Beatles' career, B-sides should be a big part of the overall tracklisting for each Decade. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll notice some songs I have missed in what I have done so far (70's and 80's Discs).
As much as a few of us that visit this board would love a solo Anthology, would it be commercially viable to be done? I don't think "Pure McCartney" did that well and that had some hits that the casual fan might know.
I agree, it would not be commercially viable.
️Both of you may be right. I don't know enough about the costs involved with packaging etc. I would assume that Paul and MPL have extensive vaults of Paul's back catalog so the material (lots more than what is on the Internet) is probably there and is primarily a matter of digging it out. With the Flaming Pie Archive already announced for this July and probably a Back to the Egg/London Town Archive for 2021, I didn't think that something like what I'm propsing would even be considered until 2022 anyway. By that time Paul would be having a big milestone (80th Birthday) so 2022 could make sense if as you guys say the economic and commercial viability is even a reality.
I'm not naive enough to think that Paul actually reads Maccaboard anyway, but I'm sure his people do. If this idea gets floated around over the next couple of years, I for one hopes that we do get a "true" Archive at some point. I mainly say that because Paul is such an unusual artist and has been so prolific throughout his career. As I have said, he has so many relatively unknown but still good songs. He hasn't been a "hits" artist since "No More Lonely NIghts" in 1984 so I actually think his Discography from the 80's is relatively unknown anyway compared to his Beatles and Wings years. For that reason, I think this "Archive" concept by Decade idea is a possibility if promoted properly of course. We will see in the coming years I guess.
On the last sentence, I meant to say "Anthology" Concept and not "Archive" Concept.
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B J, have you seen the outtakes from the Unplugged show, specifically the one where he keeps messing up and re-starting We Can Work It Out? Also the uncensored version of Big Boys Bickering?
This is not from Unplugged show:
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Nancy R wrote:
B J, have you seen the outtakes from the Unplugged show, specifically the one where he keeps messing up and re-starting We Can Work It Out? Also the uncensored version of Big Boys Bickering?
This is not from Unplugged show:
Thanks as usual Nancy. I wished there were more people getting involved with this subject but at least you and Yankeefan are following along. I remember the mess up on "We Can Work It Out". I also remember seeing/hearing "Big Boys Bickering" before. It was another one on the 2nd Disc (Off The Ground-The Complete Works). Lots of good extra songs on the Off The Ground Sessions.
I also like to look at the extra videos on Youtube. After I finished watching the "We can Work it out" video, I went over and watched the "I Owe It All to You" video. It was the full Band playing and I thought Paul's voice sounded better than the studio version. Lots of great Youtube videos with that Band.
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I was not thrilled with the 50's songs he selected on "Unplugged", I liked the selections on "CHOBA_B_CCCP" and "Run Devil Run" much better. The 50's selections for "Unplugged" did not include "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Aint That A Shame" which he did on the 1989 tour with this band. This surprised me and was disappointing because they sounded great on that tour.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
B J, have you seen the outtakes from the Unplugged show, specifically the one where he keeps messing up and re-starting We Can Work It Out? Also the uncensored version of Big Boys Bickering?
This is not from Unplugged show:
Thanks as usual Nancy. I wished there were more people getting involved with this subject but at least you and Yankeefan are following along. I remember the mess up on "We Can Work It Out". I also remember seeing/hearing "Big Boys Bickering" before. It was another one on the 2nd Disc (Off The Ground-The Complete Works). Lots of good extra songs on the Off The Ground Sessions.
I also like to look at the extra videos on Youtube. After I finished watching the "We can Work it out" video, I went over and watched the "I Owe It All to You" video. It was the full Band playing and I thought Paul's voice sounded better than the studio version. Lots of great Youtube videos with that Band.
Ha! I did the same thing! Great love song to Linda.
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When I started thinking about this type of Paul Solo Anthology, the 90's was probably my least exciting Decade thinking about what would be included on its corresponding Disc. But I have to say and after going on Youtube for a few hours, I feel totally different. Thanks Nancy for sending a few of those Youtube clips.
A couple of cavaets before seeing my list below. For me, the most important thing if a project such as this is going to be viable and successful is that each disc have strong tracks and full of material not on previous compilations. With my selections I understand that I'm being a little loose on the timelines. For example, a couple of my 90's selections contain B-Sides that were written by Paul quite a few years earlier...like the 70's or 80's But in these cases, Paul came back to the songs and did along with a Producer or two, full new versions and released them as B-sides in the 90's. In this case, I think it makes total sense to include these B-sides on the 90's Disc. Upon further reflection, I also felt it was important to add Paul and Elvis Costello's demo of "The Lovers that Never Were" into the 90's Disc. While it was written and performed acoustically by the pair in the late 80's, the world didn't hear the song first until Paul's released it on the "Off the Ground" CD in 1993. In this case, I feel that the Paul/Elvis's demo is significantly better than the OTG studio version. Since my 90's Disc version also has so many great "Live Versions" on it, I think the Demo version of "Lovers that Never Were" would fit best on a 90's Disc. Just my opinion. Keep in mind that I'm just using the Internet to make my list. An actual list devised by Paul and his team might be full of more surprises.
Paul McCartney 90's Disc of a 5 CD Solo Anthology called "STICKING OUT OF MY BACK POCKET"
1. Mama's Little Girl (B-side of Put It There released in 2/1990 and great little country style song)
2. The Lovers That Never Were (Original Demo of Paul and Elvis Costello; great vocal by Paul and better in my opinion than the "Off the Ground" album version)
3. Hope of Deliverance (use best "live version"; I've seen several with Paul and Robbie McIntosh trading guitar licks that were great)
4. Get Out of My Way (use the best "live version"; I saw the live performance at the Ed Sullivan Theater to introduce the album to the USa and it was so great...Robbie McIntosh lead guitar and Paul's vocals were terrific and better than the album studio version in my opinion_
5. I Can't Imagine (B-side of C'Mon People and on the OTG Complete Works 2nd CD)...love this soulful song
6. Looking for Changes (use one of the best "live versions"; again Paul's vocals at the Ed Sullivan Theatre performance was amazing
7. Kicked Around No More (another great soul style song from the "OTG Complete Works 2nd CD)
8. Keep Coming Back to Love (Paul and Hamish Stuart song and from the OTG Complete Works 2nd CD)
9. I Owe It All To You (another terrific live version from the Ed Sullivan Theatre performance and a great love song written for Linda)
10. Peace in the Neighbourhood (I saw a version on Youtubethat was just titled 1993 but it had Wix doing a great piano intro. Paul's vocal was spectacular throughout and so much better than original album version
11. Big Boys Bickering (love this song from the "OTG Complete Works 2nd CD) ; Unusual for Paul since it is a message song about politicians messing things up and using some choice words.
12. C'Mon People (use best live version; I saw one on Youtube from Chille and again Paul's vocals and the Band's performance was so much better than the studio version
13. Beautiful Night (one of the best songs not only Flaming Pie but one of Paul's best Solo songs period. Also Love Ringo's singing at the end)
14. Calico Skies (use one of the best "Live versions" since Paul added it to a few of his tours in the 2000's)
15. Young Boy (one of the best songs on Flaming Pie and not included on the Pure McCartney Compilation; maybe there is a good "live version" in the vaults
16. Love Come Tumbling Down (B-side to Beautiful Night). Great soulful song
17. Souvenir - Another great song from Flaming Pie
18. I Love This House - terrific unreleased song featuring David Gilmour on lead guitar; could be put on the 80's Disc but made its first appearance on one of the Oobu Joobu Singles in the 90's
19. Run Devil Run (the song) - use one of best live versions; saw a couple on Youtube that were spectacular with David Gilmour on lead guitar and Paul's great vocals
20. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - a great and relatively obsure Chuck Berry song that Paul makes his own and the best version I've heard from anyone. Again take the best live version available (I've seen a couple of really good ones on Youtube and even one where Paul made an appearance on the Lulu TV show in Great Britain.
21. What It Is - While Run Devil Run was primarily a "covers" album of 50's style early rock music, Paul wrote "What It Is" for Linda prior to the albums' release. A great rocker and pretty sure there is probably a good "live" version.
22. Lonesome Town - Another cover from Run Devil Run that Paul makes his own. Paul's vocal on "Lonesome Town is fantastic and there are a few live versions available including one that Paul did on the special Concert for Linda with Elvis Costello singing backup vocals.
23. Try Not to Cry - Another original Paul song on Run Devil Run ( again I've seen a couple great live versions on Youtube with the full band.
24. Fabulous - An extra song from the Run Devil Run sessions not included on the album. Just a great one with Paul singing in his Elvis Presley vocal stlye
25. No Other Baby - One of my favorite songs on Run Devil Run and the only song from the album that was put out as a single. Again, there were a couple of great live performances I've seen on Youtube with the full band.
As I said, I was kind of shocked that there were so many choices and great live versions for the 90's Disc that would not be a duplication of previous compilations. In the 90's (and I kind of forgot) what a great voice Paul still had and the live performances I reviewed on Youtube were fantastic. The other thing that I found out is that even for a veteran performer like Macca, it does make a huge difference when a great singer is singing in front of 40K. I could tell that it really motivated him to sing at a higher level. Many of the studio versions from Off the Ground were, as Yankeefan said, flat (I called them sterile or lacking in emotion) but I was surprised how superior the "live versions" were. The great thing for big Paul Solo fans like me, you get a 90's Disc with new versions of these songs.
Now I've got my choices for the 90's Disc done and we only have 2 more Decades to cover. Thanks for reading my Post.
