Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023
-
@beatlesfanrandy said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
Speaking of the Archive Collection; when are we gonna see the last two Wings albums London Town and Back to the Egg reissued?!
On CD? Probably never.
-
@victor
Just a reply to Victor and BeatlesfanRandy. If the CD format is actually over, what's the best new course for Paul/MPL to follow for new material/album product?Just a thought of what Paul and his close advisers could do:
If they like the idea of an unreleased/rarity/B-Sides type album, could they sell the final tape (do they call it acetate?) to the highest bidder like an Amazon, Spotify or Pandora? That way the buyer could handle the Distribution.I'm not sure the CD format is actually Dead. Paul could give a "shorter term exclusive" to one of the giant retailers like Target. I say Target because I believe they have in general a higher demographic/consumer than Walmart. Even though both Target and Walmart might currently be phasing out CDs in general, either one could sell a Paul CD on a special Display/Promotion as a "New/Special Sale" item.
I say "Short Term Exclusive" to a Target or Walmart because it could give Paul/MPL the option of selling their CD to independent record stores/ other specialty shops like Starbucks etc. They also always could get "Sales" through " Direct channels like an Amazon.
If Paul doesn't have a new and full album ready till 2024, I still like the Unreleased/Rarity/ BSide idea because Paul has so many good songs in the pipeline that are generally unknown to McCartney and Beatle fans. Of course if Paul has a new song or two to add to the 22 Track CD that I listed onPage 10 here, that could be a huge plus to this type of idea for basically a new compilation product for 2023. If the new song had "Single" potential that would be great for Mr. McCartney.
Thanks as usual for your attention.
-
@b-j-conlee Well, if they discontinue CDs, I guess the only thing left is Amazon Music (I am a Prime Member so I hope Paul’s new music would be available on there), Spotify, Sirius XM and the like. Dammit, I still have a CD player in my 2016 car (I know many of the newer cars have eliminated it) and I want the physical product, just like I prefer a real book to Kindle (I do own a Kindle though)
What was that movie where they came across a DVD or CD and had to figure out how to play it? This of course took place way in the future. Some day my granddaughter won’t know what the heck a CD is, let alone a “45!”My twins were born in 1987, just as CDs were becoming popular. They did know growing up what a vinyl album was (I have loads of them, plus a nice turntable that still works - purchased in 1974!)
-
@njr
I'm with you Nancy. My wife and I have 2 cars (a Ford Edge and a Toyota RAV4) and neither one has a CD Player. When you love an artist like I love Paul's music, the best place for me to hear it is in the car on a CD player especially on a longer type trip. The great thing about a CD, if you're tired of a particular track you can easily skip it. My previous car (a Ford Escape) had a CD Player.. I loved hearing Egypt Station when it was first released (except for 1 or 2 songs) and in my car was always my favorite place. -
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
-
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
-
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
Over here in the uk you don't have to change or remove your car cassette player. You just need a CD adapter in the SHAPE of a cassette tape. Not entirely sure how it works, I've never owned a car, but the cassette ( shaped) adapter slots into where a real cassette tape slots into, and you can play your cds in your car. I'm sure you could Google it or search on Amazon and something would come up.
-
@kㅤ Temporary Secretary is annoying, period. I hear nothing redeeming about it at all, or catchy. When I first played it I could not believe that the guy who wrote Eleanor Rigby was putting out such garbage. Yes, that's what I considered it to be. I never have intentionally listened to it again. Never. Never will. It's embarrassing. I do recall that a radio station played...."Bogey Music"?...I believe from that album. When it ended, the DJ....a female said, "Well, at least he's still cute." Point made. The album was considered drivel! He was cute on the album cover. That's about the only thing good anyone I was aware of could say about any of it. My mistake, however. Quit listening too soon. It took ages for me to realize "Waterfalls," "One of These Days," and "Summer's Day Song" were all on that album....and I love them. So, I stopped listening too soon. Just couldn't get....that Secretary thing out of my head!!!
-
I have turntable also which is very nice, and the sound is great. My wife got me one about 10 years ago and in addition to my older albums I did buy some new ones to play on it. I have about 100 blank CD's so I can still put music from another format on them. I have a CD player at home and one in my car which is a 2013 Toyota Matrix. My wife's 2021 Honda Civic does not have CD player.
I understand liking a physical book instead of having them on a Kindle. That being said, I thank God I don't have to find place to put over 100 books I have on my Kindle.
-
The top 2 McCartney songs that I absolutely hate are "Temporary Secretary" and "Bip Bop" -lol
-
@yankeefan2 said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
The top 2 McCartney songs that I absolutely hate are "Temporary Secretary" and "Bip Bop" -lol
Temp Sec is unlistenable tosh! Bib Bop is typical McCartney fun, same as Why Don't We Do It In The Road. Sometimes I think it's us that changes. Maybe if Macca did WDWDIITR now, we would consider it nonsense?
-
@wandy said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
Over here in the uk you don't have to change or remove your car cassette player. You just need a CD adapter in the SHAPE of a cassette tape. Not entirely sure how it works, I've never owned a car, but the cassette ( shaped) adapter slots into where a real cassette tape slots into, and you can play your cds in your car. I'm sure you could Google it or search on Amazon and something would come up.
Unless the car was made in the ‘70s, it’s not going to have a cassette deck in it!
I used to have a 1974 Chevy Vega that had an 8-track player in it! -
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
I don’t even know how to do that. How many CDs would fit on a flash drive?
-
@yankeefan2 said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
The top 2 McCartney songs that I absolutely hate are "Temporary Secretary" and "Bip Bop" -lol
I would add to that “Nod Your Head.” 🤮
-
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
I don’t even know how to do that. How many CDs would fit on a flash drive?
A 32GB flash drive should hold about 300 albums in mp3 format if my math is correct. I use Windows Media Player to rip CDs directly to the flash drive. You need to create a top folder called "Music" on the flash drive, then change the location the files are ripped to. It should appear as E:\Music. When I plug the flash into the car's USB port the album folders appear on the screen and then I just scroll through the album titles to find what I want to listen to.
-
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@victor said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@b-j-conlee I suppose there‘s some way to get a portable CD player and hook it up to your car on long trips. Will have to investigate.
If the car doesn't have a CD player it probably has a USB port. Just rip your CDs to a flash drive and plug it in. You can have an entire music collection at your fingertips.
I don’t even know how to do that. How many CDs would fit on a flash drive?
A 32GB flash drive should hold about 300 albums in mp3 format if my math is correct. I use Windows Media Player to rip CDs directly to the flash drive. You need to create a top folder called "Music" on the flash drive, then change the location the files are ripped to. It should appear as E:\Music. When I plug the flash into the car's USB port the album folders appear on the screen and then I just scroll through the album titles to find what I want to listen to.
I would have to do that on my semi-old slowish laptop. Thanks for the directions!
-
@wandy Actually, I strongly dislike WDWDIITR as well. George Martin should have told Paul....that little ditty and Wild Honey Pie would not be on the White Album. Same goes for John's Revolution 9. Atrocities (or not fun, depending on your viewpoint,) all of them. If Martin could tell George Harrison that It's Only A Northern Song would not be good enough for Sgt. Pepper and to come up with something else, he could have told Paul and John the same thing for the aforementioned. Side One on the White Album would have been perfect were it not for Wild Honey Pie. Side note: Ringo's Don't Pass Me By needed to be sped up. It just seemed to plod along. Oddly, to me, the mono version of that song actually sounds faster. Now I've said what annoys. Aside from Temporary Secretary.
-
@njr
B J
Looking specifically at my Starter CD selections, which tracks would/should have "edits" to make them better:-
My Old Friend- Wandy's last video here was the best (I believe it was one of YouTube's) I have seen. Not being close to an expert, I still think with additional editing it could be improved. I would leave that to other experts Paul could enlist. As far as I know, it was never released as a B-Side.
-
Goodbye- In my opinion, Paul' official demo is about as perfect as you could get.
-
A Love For You - Between all the overdubs that Paul and his final Wings' Bandmates did for the In-Laws Soundtrack, circa 1980, I don't think it could be improved on. My opinion only.
-
The Mess - The fact that the "Live" version was officially released as a B-Side to the "My Love" Single, I don't think it could be improved imho.
-
Sally G. - The fact that it was released as the B-Side to "Junior's Farm", I don't think it could be improved.
-
Maybe I'm Amazed - Released as an A-Side "live" Single in 1976 on the Wings Over America Album. I don't think it could be improved with one exception. To make it more "Rare" I would include Jimmy's fabulous "introduction".
-
Daytime Nighttime Suffering- B-Side to Goodnight Tonight. Don't think it could be improved.
-
Waterspout - As far as I know, this is a totally "unreleased" song. That being said, it probably might need some editing.
-
Cage - Another "Unreleased" track. Probably might need some editing. Again I would leave that to the experts.
-
Rainclouds - B Side to Ebony and Ivory single. Probably might need some editing.
-
On the Wings of an Nightengale. As far as I know, Paul's demo is the only version so it's an "unreleased" track. Probably could need some editing to improve it.
-
Yvonne's the One - As far as I know, this is "unreleased". Probably could need some editing for improvement.
-
Loveliest Thing B -Side to Figure of 8 Single. Probably doesn't need any editing.
-
Back on My Feet- B-Side to "Once Upon a Long Ago". My opinion only, but I like Paul's more simple Demo (just Paul at the piano) better. No edits needed imho.
-
Once Upon a Long Ago - This is a strange one...Released as an A-Side in only Great Britain but never released in America. This would be a rarity for most countries. Relatively "unknown" in the USA.
-
The Lovers That Never Were - Officially released on the "Off the Ground" Album. In my opinion, Paul and Elvis Costello's Demo is significantly better than the Album version. Great vocals on the demo version.
-
I Can't Imagine- Officially released as the B-Side to " C'Mon People" Single. In my opinion, "I Can't Imagine" needs some editing. I love the ending but 1 or 2 of the choruses are too repetitive before the ending.
-
Love Come Tumbling Down- B-Side to the "Beautiful Night" Single. Little or no editing needed imho.
-
Flying to My Home - B-Side to the "My Brave Face" Single. One of my favorite tracks but maybe a little editing could improve it more imho.
-
Love Mix / Waiting for the Sun to Shine- As far as I know, this is another unreleased track. May need a little editing but not sure.
-
In a Hurry - Released as a "Single" Only but not included on the "Egypt Station" Album. Some editing may be needed.
-
Home Tonight- Released as a Single Only but not included on the "Egypt Station" Album. Some editing may be needed.
If there is a song or two ( not already on one of Paul's original albums) that should be included please let us know.
if there is a song or two that shouldn't be on the above list, please also let us know.
Thanks
-
-
@beatles4ever-1 said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@wandy Actually, I strongly dislike WDWDIITR as well. George Martin should have told Paul....that little ditty and Wild Honey Pie would not be on the White Album. Same goes for John's Revolution 9. Atrocities (or not fun, depending on your viewpoint,) all of them. If Martin could tell George Harrison that It's Only A Northern Song would not be good enough for Sgt. Pepper and to come up with something else, he could have told Paul and John the same thing for the aforementioned. Side One on the White Album would have been perfect were it not for Wild Honey Pie. Side note: Ringo's Don't Pass Me By needed to be sped up. It just seemed to plod along. Oddly, to me, the mono version of that song actually sounds faster. Now I've said what annoys. Aside from Temporary Secretary.
Well said!
-
I absolutely love Why Don't We Do it in the Road.