B J Conlee wrote:
Hey guys and gals. I've pretty much exhausted my comments and lists for a "New"Post Beatles and Solo" Compilation Package for Paul. My Lists are on the previous pages of this Thread. For this Package, I'm talking about a Possible Release Date in June of 2022 or even the Christmas Season of 2022. Paul will be 80 years old by then and in my opinion he needs this for his own Legacy. Pure McCartney, his last Compilation, was released on June 10, 2016 and by the time my idea for a new Compilation would be out, the existing and his last Complation, Pure McCartney, would be at least 6 years old.
As I have stated several times here, Paul needs an "Updated Compilation" because "Pure McCartney" has become "Outdated" and doesn't reflect his entire Career anymore. Here is why "Pure McCartney" is an outdated Compilation:
McCartney 3 Album - Not represented at all (0 tracks)
Egypt Station Album - Not represented at all (0 tracks)
Flowers in the Dirt Album - Not represented at all (0 tracks) Nancy...I know there was a reason at the time "Pure McCartney" was released but I'm just looking at the current facts and this is another reason for the "NEED" for a NEW COMPILATION
Driving Rain - Not Represented (0 tracks)
Run Devil Run - Not Represented (0 Tracks)
Off the Ground - Not Represented (Only 1 track "Winedark Open Sea"; Where are all the OTG tracks including the OTG Complete Works (extra Disc and all the B-sides)
Press to Play - Not Represented (Only 2 tracks "Press" and "Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun"; Where are all the other tracks, B-Sides and Unreleased songs)
Electric Arguments - Not Represented (I think only 1 track was on Pure McCartney)
Flaming PIe - Represented fairly generously but...(Pure McCartney doesn't include Young Boy, Somedays, Heaven on a Sunday and really good B-sides like Love Come Tumbling Down, Same Love, Broomstick, Squid etc)
New (the Album) - only liminted representaton (Pure McCartney doesn't include "Alligator, On My Way to Work, I Can Bet, Everybody Out There"and extra tracks like Turned Out, Demon's Dance and Get Me Out of Here)
Memory Almost Full - very limited representation (Only 2 tracks on the Pure McCartney 4 CD Deluxe Edition; where are all the other great tracks, B-sides etc)
Chaos and Creation - very limited representation (only 4 tracks on the Pure McCartney 4 CD Deluxe Edition); where are all the other great tracks, B-sides etc
Tug of War - very limited representation; where's "Take It Away, the title track, Somebody Who Cares, The Pound is Sinking etc and the good B-sides
WITH ALL THE EXAMPLES ABOVE...I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT. If Paul releases a NEW COMPILATION sometime in 2022, DUPLICATION WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM! Macca has so many songs (B-sides, Extra tracks, Demo's, Unreleases songs) that my proposed UPDATED COMPILATON will be filled with tracks that have never appeared on previous Greatest Hits and other types of Compilatons. Paul also has a ton of "Live Versions" so that on a few of the bigger hits, this New Proposed Compilation can use "Live Versions" as a means of not duplicating the same studio versions.
Yes, Duplication is not a Problem. The next hurdle involves the "Costs" and how to make this type of project affordable? Personally, I would be in favor of a "No Frills" type of Package. To reduce the costs for the average fan or consumer, I would vote for a Package that just includes the CD's themselves. For this type of proposal to work, it would be the "opposite" of the expensive type of "Archive/Remaster Packages that Paul has been releasing... No Books, No DVD's for completests and collectors. This is a Compilation with only the best songs of Paul's complete Career. In total, we are talking about a 10 CD Package. Better yet, you could release an "Initial" 5 CD Starter Package (1 CD each for the 70's, 80, 90, and the 2000's Decades). I like this idea of a Part 1 Package where the initial 5 CD Package could hit the retail market at a $49.00 Price as a "sale" price at a big Retailer like Target. If the initial package sells well, you then have Part 2 (the 2nd 5 CD package) selling itself.
The key would be the "publicity" for this New Package. You have to emphasize all the extra songs in this Package compared to past Compilations. You have to emphasise all the B-Sides, Demo's, LIve Versions, the Unreleased etc. This is what would sell this package. Songs covering Paul's complete Career and Era's that are "not on" previous Compilations. It is all about "convenience" for Paul and Beatle fans. And of course the "Publicity" would be all about Paul's 80th Birthday and his 5 Decades of Making Great Music after the Beatles.
Target Date, in my opinion, needs to be 2022 at the time of Paul's 80th Birthday. As I said, it could be in June (his exact Birthday) or the end of the year surrounding the Christmas Season of his 80 Birthday Year. Now is the time! This would be a package primarily for Older Fans, Baby Boomers (people my age in their 70's or fans in their 60's or 50's) while they are still alive. These older fans still buy CD's on a much more prevalent basis than younger fans. I would love to see this
type of "true representation" of a "Great Music Icon" happen while Paul is still alive. Hopefully, someone from Paul's team (or even his Family) will read these Posts and possibly help make it a REALITY.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
This is a great idea and I think the timing of it to celebrate his 80th birthday would be perfect. Like you stated, there has been several new albums since "Pure McCartney" and there are no songs from the excellent FITD. I also agree that you make this a "no frills" type of package, just the CD's and some cover art like any other release. I think it would be cool to have pictures of McCartney from each of the decades. The publicity to sell it would be easy, emphasis on songs never on original albums/compilations which includes B-sides, demo's and unreleased songs. I would make this project a initially "Limited Release" just like his "CHOBA B CCCP" album many years ago. If it does well, make it a broader release. Making this compilation a "Limited Release" would also give it some publicity. Announce McCartney will sign some of them for additional cost. Older fans will still buy CD's, they are just more careful what they spend it on.
Finally, even if this is not a big money maker it is something the McCartney team should do IMO. You wrap a nice bow around his 60 years of post Beatle songs for his legacy. Will they do it? My first thought is no because there is probably more money into doing re-issues. If it ever does happen IMO, it will happen many years from now when the estate may want something to make a few bucks on.