Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023
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Thanks for putting the "Flying to My Home" video on Maccaboard. This song along with "On the Wings of a Nightingale" and "Yvonne's the One" alone makes a strong case for Paul needing a "Leftovers and Rarities" type album.
I'm starting to come around to the idea of pulling MIA from this proposed album. It is too "known" and is already on multiple "McCartney" Solo albums. I just listened to the "Return to Lindiana" unreleased song and it could be a good replacement for MIA. "Lindianna" is certainly unknown/rare to most Beatle and Paul fans. It would probably have to be "edited" to make it a little shorter in length but it's a beautiful ballad.
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@b-j-conlee
Another reason for Paul to do this "proposed" album (Leftovers and Rarities) is that most (or even all) of these tracks are not presently on Spotify or Pandora. That alone would give them more exposure/airplay.
While I agree that it would be a "slow" seller initially, in the long run, it would be a strong seller.
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@b-j-conlee said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
Thanks for putting the "Flying to My Home" video on Maccaboard. This song along with "On the Wings of a Nightingale" and "Yvonne's the One" alone makes a strong case for Paul needing a "Leftovers and Rarities" type album.
I'm starting to come around to the idea of pulling MIA from this proposed album. It is too "known" and is already on multiple "McCartney" Solo albums. I just listened to the "Return to Lindiana" unreleased song and it could be a good replacement for MIA. "Lindianna" is certainly unknown/rare to most Beatle and Paul fans. It would probably have to be "edited" to make it a little shorter in length but it's a beautiful ballad.
The song is just called “Lindiana”
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@njr
Thanks for posting "Lindiana" on this Site. I too thought the song was just Lindiana but I recently saw another video where it was called Return to Lindiana. Whoever made that mistake might have been thinking of the other song that Paul did around the same time...Return to Pepperland. I like Lindiana much better.
The major problem with Lindiana is that it's too long. It clocks in at 5:50. If it was shortened to around 3:00, it would be a very good choice imho.
Love the melody and the Lyrics are pretty good too.
If you add Lindiana to the overall track list (22 tracks) now you have all songs being "true" to the title...Leftovers and Rarities. -
@b-j-conlee said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
@njr
Thanks for posting "Lindiana" on this Site. I too thought the song was just Lindiana but I recently saw another video where it was called Return to Lindiana. Whoever made that mistake might have been thinking of the other song that Paul did around the same time...Return to Pepperland. I like Lindiana much better.
The major problem with Lindiana is that it's too long. It clocks in at 5:50. If it was shortened to around 3:00, it would be a very good choice imho.
Love the melody and the Lyrics are pretty good too.
If you add Lindiana to the overall track list (22 tracks) now you have all songs being "true" to the title...Leftovers and Rarities.Yes, the person confused it with “ Return To Pepperland.”
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One major problem BJ, the overwhelming majority of Paul's fan base is very old and not into buying music in any form. Heck, I don't think it would beat the sales of "Pure McCartney" (60,000) which was pretty bad. Once again, love the music, like the idea but it just is not very commercial.
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@yankeefan2 said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
One major problem BJ, the overwhelming majority of Paul's fan base is very old and not into buying music in any form. Heck, I don't think it would beat the sales of "Pure McCartney" (60,000) which was pretty bad. Once again, love the music, like the idea but it just is not very commercial.
Sorry, BJ, but I have to agree with Yankeefan.
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I might be missing some of the criteria now for the album:
A Love you for and Daytime Nighttime Suffering are slayers. Killer songs.
I have to have Oh Woman Oh Why (one of my all-time faves) and Little Woman Love.
And I have to have It's Not True.
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Toris. The main criteria for my "Leftovers and Rarities" idea are songs that were not on "original Paul and/ or Wings albums. It mainly includes unreleased songs, and B-Sides. If you look at the early Compilation albums from Paul, they did add "A-Side"singles like Another Day, Live and Let Die, Juniors Farm, Good Night Tonight, Mull of Kintyre etc. The only B-Side song that was added to a compilation CD was on "Wingspan" on its "History" Section.
That being said, a song like "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (B-Side to Another Day) would definitely qualify. I was considering "Oh Woman, Oh Why" for the proposed "Leftovers and Rarities" and I wouldn't be opposed to its inclusion. Same with Its Not True, Tough on a Tightrope and Write Away. None of those 3 Tracks were on the original Press to Play album. Again, I put together a proposed 2 Track Set for "Leftovers and Rarities" concept. It was just when we were considering a 1CD "Starter CD" Package. I had to limit the overall tracks to what I considered the best songs for this kind of Album/CD.
I like the idea of starting this "Leftovers" concept with a 2 CD Package because it opens up way more tracks from Paul's later period Solo songs. That would include special Paul songs from Soundtracks, Deluxe Editions of original Solo Albums, Paul later collaborations with other Artists etc. l hope this helps answers most of your criteria questions.
I don't think this would be a strong seller in the beginning but with carefully done "track selections" (not on easily available Paul albums etc.) and with strong marketing and publicity, it could be a good and growing seller. All you would have to see is the overall track list and it would be very different than the previous "Compilation called Pure McCartney". The songs largely do not duplicate all the previous Paul Post Beatles' albums and Compilations and they also contain Paul songs from special Soundtracks. The songs would speak to the Album/CD title "Leftovers and Rarities".
Thanks for your attention.
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@b-j-conlee
A couple of clarifications from my last post. The lone exception for a B-Side added to a Paul Compilation CD was "Daytime Nighttime Suffering. I think it was added to the Wingspan Compilation was Paul and Lind really liked the song they omitted from London Town and Back to the Egg.The other clarification is when I was talking about a CD package instead of a 1 Cd Starter Set. I think I wrote "2 track" package instead of 2 CD Package.
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@b-j-conlee
Here's a revised 1 Cd "Starter Set". l tried to give these selections a little more balance relative to McCartney's full Solo Career. I didn't get any response to my "favorite or favorite's question" from my original "Starter Set", give me your 1 to 6 favorites on this revised one.Leftovers and Rarities
- My Old Friend
- Goodbye
- A Love For You
- That Was Me (Best "Live" Version)
- Sally G
- Daytime Nighttime Suffering
- Waterspout
- Lindiana
- Rainclouds
- On the Wings of a Nightingale
- Yvonne's the One
- Loveliest Thing
- Back on My Feet
- Once Upon a Long Ago
- The Lovers That Never Were (Paul's Demo with Elvis)
- I Can't Imagine
- Summer of 59
- Flying to My Home
19, I Want To Come Home (Everybody's Fine Soundtrack) - Cut Me Some Slack (Soundtrack with The
Foo Fighters) - In A Hurry
- Home Tonight
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@b-j-conlee
There are actually 22 tracks. I mistakenly repeated # 19 twice in this revised list
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@b-j-conlee
You can see by just switching out a few tracks, you can easily have just as good (or better) overall Playlist/CD. Here are the tracks I substituted:-
That Was Me (Live Version)- As many know this track originally was originally on "Memory Almost Full" (MAF). It was released in 2007 and I think it was a very underrated Album. "That Was Me" was placed in the 2nd half of the CD and was part of a "loose" Medley within the album. The fact it was done in 2007 makes it around the latter part of Paul's current Discography. Having it as a stand alone track in a new compilation gives it a different feel imo. Paul also only did the song "Live" at a few selected venues. One version I really liked was the "Paris" Show (the Olympia Theatre I think). This gives "Leftovers and Rarities" a very rare track in the mix.
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Lindiana (Unreleased). This very rare track is another really good Ballad. It was slated to be released on the aborted Return to Pepperland Album but obviously never happened.
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Summer of 59 ( B-Side Only) - Another Hidden Gem that was only released as a B-Side. It was on the flip side of the Jenny Wren Single (Chaos and Creation Album. One of the many "Rockabilly" styled songs that Paul has written.
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I Want to Come Home (from the Everybody's Fine Soundtrack) - A very underrated Paul "Ballad" in my opinion. Because this Robert Dinero movie was a flop a the Box Office, doesn't make the song bad. On the contrary, I love this song. Both the melody and lyrics are terrific imo. I love the way Paul repeats the word "Home" after he sings the title line.
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Cut Me Some Slack (with the Foo Fighters) This would add another "Rocker" to the overall mix. From what I understand, Paul wrote the preliminary song and then brought it to the Foo Fighters studio to record.
Does this revised track list better than my original 22?
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@b-j-conlee
Another potential "rocker" to add to "Leftovers and Rarities" is:- Wlole Life - On the " 46664 / One Year On" Nelson Mandela Charity CD. In 2003 Paul and his Band along with Dave Stewart Re-Recorded "Whole Life". If it is better than the "Rough Mix" we heard on the 2020 Flaming Pie Archive Release, than it belongs on "Leftovers and Rarities".
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@toris ....okay!
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As I recall, the criticism of MAF was essentially because many listeners thought the audio sound to be compressed. I didn't mind it all being a bit louder....there was enough differentiation between louder and softer parts. I had no problem with compression.
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@b-j-conlee said in Paul McCartney- New Album for 2023:
BJ, you replied to yourself but didn’t say anything. That’s so unlike you!