2016 Paul McCartney compilation album - "Pure McCartney" *

I (like Sir Paul) thinks "Pie" is his classic album of the past 20 years, however 8 tracks and to not have the UK hit single "Young Boy" or the Steve Miller duet "Used To Be Bad" shocked me a bit!

 

Paul does these things just to annoy YOU!

 

agree

 

No, I think even now approaching 75 he does not want to be predictable and that sure is the case!

 

That's how The Fireman works...

 

And I'll be sentencing Wingsfan to two lifetimes in McCartney Jail for removing the other two titles

 

What happens if you drop the soap in McCartney Jail?

 

"Pure" introduced me to McCartney solo (as stated before, love it) and I would not be without any of the three songs you mention--particularly "Bip Bop" and "Winedark" which are essential.

I would definitely add "Monkberry" to your 5th CD, along with "London Town." And where's "Tug of War"?

 

Nice!

Yeah, that was a lot of really hot singles left off the original set!

 

"Girlfriend" is one of my all-time favorite solo McCartney tracks.
Those other two songs fit very well in the box as-is.

 

The box really did need a 5th disc. No doubt so this way the singles and select favorites and album tracks are all included!

 

London Town is on there as a replacement for Girlfriend.........Yeah "TOW" is a great tracks and if the CD fit more than 80 minutes it would be on there as the 20th track..

I wanted to make sure that "Driving Rain" was represented with Lonely Road and even though 2 covers were singles on "Run Devil Run", "Pure" has no covers which is why I went with the title track to end the CD.

 

lol Boos......

I never got "Girlfriend" and "Winedark"...lol. To put them on at the exclusions of singles like "I've Had Enough" and " Hope of Deliverance" is one of my few gripes with the "Pure" box!

 

When this came out (ish) I wrote a piece for a blog about my favourite songs not on Pure McCartney.

Paul McCartney, All The Rest – A Mixtape by Simon Love

 

I do wish that "Hope Of Deliverance" was included in the boxset and even more, that Off The Ground was more featured than just "Winedark Open Sea". But I like how a little known McCartney song from a little known McCartney album was included on Pure McCartney. As for "Girlfriend", I'm glad it returned from Wingspan as I really like the song. I believed it could have made a better single than "I've Had Enough" and could have closed the first side of London Town better IMO.

 

It went and made myself a disc 5. It still misses out a lot of tracks (I've Had Enough for example) but I think it's a decent attempt.

I decided to include several lesser known B-sides in place of perhaps more obvious songs.

My Brave Face
Daytime Nighttime Suffering
Mr. Bellamy
Letting Go
Put It There
Getting Closer
From a Lover to a Friend
C Moon
Ever Present Past
Girls School
Hope of Deliverance
So Bad
This One
Old Siam, Sir
No Other Baby
Sally G
Driving Rain
Teddy Boy
Figure of Eight
Rainclouds

 

That would be a very enjoyable listen. Many of those should have made the four disc set.

 

New Poll on this album created by yours truly..........do a search under Poll: Paul McCartney!

 

Hi folks, I've got to say I don't like PURE McCARTNEY at all...
Here are the tracklists of my first 2 self-compiled McCartney CD-R discs:

MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHTS
THE McCARTNEY ANTHOLOGY Vol. 1 & 2

Disc 1
1. Junk
2. Every Night
3. Maybe I’m Amazed
4. Oh Woman, Oh Why
5. Another Day
6. Heart Of The Country
7. Ram On
8. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
9. Too Many People
10. Dear Friend
11. Hi, Hi, Hi
12. Live And Let Die
13. My Love
14. The Mess (live)
15. When The Night
16. Oo You
17. Monkberry Moon Delight
18. Country Dreamer
all tracks remastered by Steve Hoffman except tracks 4 & 18; tracks 1-3 & 16 from McCARTNEY DCC 24 Gold CD; track 4 from RAM Archive Collection Bonus Audio CD; tracks 6-9 & 17 from RAM DCC Gold CD; track 10 from WILD LIFE Unreleased DCC 24K (bootleg); tracks 11 & 13-15 from RED ROSE SPEEDWAY DCC Gold CD; track 12 from WINGS GREATEST UNRELEASED (bootleg); track 19 from BAND ON THE RUN Archive Collection Bonus Audio CD

Disc 2
1. Helen Wheels
2. Let Me Roll It
3. Jet
4. Picasso’s Last Words
5. Band On The Run
6. Call Me Back Again
7. Junior’s Farm
8. Letting Go
9. Listen To What The Man Said
10. Venus And Mars
11. Rock Show
12. Let ‘Em In
13. Beware My Love
14. San Ferry Anne
15. Silly Love Songs
16. Maybe I’m Amazed (live)
17. Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)
tracks 1-15 remastered by Steve Hoffman; tracks 1-5 from BAND ON THE RUN DCC Gold CD; tracks 6 & 8-12 from VENUS AND MARS DCC Gold CD; track 7 from WINGS GREATEST UNRELEASED (bootleg); tracks 12-15 from WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND DCC Gold CD; track 16 from WINGS OVER AMERICA Archive Collection CD; track 16 from McCARTNEY II Archive Collection Bonus Audio CD

I hope that "Give Ireland Back To The Irish","Girls' School" and BACK TO THE EGG will be released soon in the Archive Collection, so that I'm finally able to compile my Volume 3 in audiophile quality.

 

Those are two solid discs, but they obviously leave off many worthy songs from the last 35 years or so and I enjoy listening to the songs in non chronological order. I do agree that in no way does "Pure McCartney" represent his 67 best songs. Somewhere back in this thread I posted a large number of changes I made for myself.

 

I again listened to this 4 cd set and realize Paul liked these songs for this collection.
It took a few listens to absorb the odd songs in this collection not the popular ones. All in all it is good balanced Paul overview.
I'm sure everybody on this thread could add more songs to this collection to their liking.

 

This is only my first step on the ladder, I will compile Vol. 3 & 4 as soon as possible... And there is no McCartney collection on the market where the tracks are chronologically arranged! Listening to it is different to seeing it on paper: I put a lot of love and effort into creating an effective running order.

 

Is there a thread for the new vinyl reissues anywhere? I’ve done a search but no luck. Surely there must be a thread somewhere?

 

If you’re talking about the 8 reissues from Capitol of the Archive series titles, it’s being discussed at the link below:

Back catalogue releases related to McCartney's 2016 move back to Capitol - First releases announced*

 

Thanks