Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Tug Of War & Pipes Of Peace coming! (Part Two)

Any Denny Lane has TWO of the best songs on London Town.

 

It's marketed as such on the official promo video (check out @ 1:39):

 

We discussed this briefly and inconclusively earlier, as it is the U.K. Store charges £11 for postage and the sets cost £10+ more than yesterday's store.

 

Complaints about the sound quality in the Archive Collection have been few and far between; in fact, it's the one thing most people seem to be pretty happy with.

 

Apparently Paul has hand signed all 5 photos in the super deluxe set. This info should break soon.

 

It's interesting how each of us wants something completely different from these sets. I've reading a lot of posts here and elsewhere about fans wanting everything on CD and no exclusive downloads (even if it means putting the 3 versions of the same song on the disc).

On the other hand, I buy these deluxe reissues only for the books and the included downloads. I have no use for the physical discs and so perhaps this time I should put all them up on Classifieds (seems like they also come in their own separate slipcase this time).

 

I agree, the sound on these remasters has been some of the best we've got from the Abbey Road Studios team. In fact, I wish they had taken the same care to give us unlimited 24/96 downloads of the Beatles catalogue back in 2009.

Edit: Hopefully the latter will happen sometime when Apple finally figures it's worth their time to compile such deluxe reissues of the Beatles albums. I'm also glad to see that Paul took the time to remix TOW indicating that he is not averse to the concept if at all Apple decides to remix the Fabs (we know Yoko is not either).

 

I'll admit to listening to some things I really don't even like, and coming to at least appreciate some things I hadn't previously liked, because of the excellent sound quality of these reissues. I'm hoping for the same out of Tug of War, but I think Pipes of Peace may be a lost cause (especially since you're saying it sounds like 1993).

There's one guy who's pissed off V&M wasn't remixed, though. Forget who.

 

I'm surprised that preorders haven't shown up on Amazon or Bullmoose as yet. I've picked all the previous releases from one of those two and so waiting to see what prices they will be offering on the deluxe versions.

 

I don't know what you mean by "endlessly defend[ing] things that other people complain about." I'll defend my own views, at length occasionally, but there's a limit to that too. When I say "life's too short" I'm not putting anyone else down, just expressing my own view. Should I pretend to overreact to everything so that nobody feels their hyperventilating is "insignificant"?

Sometimes. But I can also go M.I.A. for months at a time, because, well, there really is stuff that is more important than all this sometimes. In fact, I should get to some of it right now.

And within an artist's discography, 12" remixes are pretty much the least important and most disposable in the pecking order. I already agreed with you that they all should have been included somehow, but sometimes you seem to want to argue for the sake of arguing.

 

It's "coming soon"...........when MPL launches the new Paul McCartney - Remixed Collection program in 20XX personally supervised by Beatrice McCartney and George Martin's grandson

 

I'm in the "it shoulda been remixed" category but I wouldn't say I'm pissed off about it. Just mildly annoyed now that we know he HAS remixed an album.

 

Thanks.

I know I'll get hit with import duties, but the question is whether they will be more than the increased costs at the UK store, as my order is around £138 compared to £150 from the UK store (not including postage).

 

This is one of the best days for music in my life! Between the Led Zep sets, the Alice Cooper box and now the official release date of Tug Of War & Pipes Of Peace, plus all the bonus tracks coming in the TOW & POP sets my mind is about to explode! Thank God I did take work off today, I'd get nothing done anyway.

 

No, it's not you. There's someone in particular who seeing the words "Venus & Mars" is his own personal "Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch..." and it launches him into a remix diatribe. It amuses me.

 

Yeah, it sure would've nice to get an all-new 2014 mix of V&M last year. In fact, I wish he could've done more remixes here and there (not entire albums per se) to promote the series. For example, a new 2010 bonus remix of Jet could've made a great single to promote the BOTR reissue (while improving the original album mix).

 

Looking at the FAQ on the site, there is this, which is not reassuring:

I live outside of the United States, what should I expect when I order?
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With that being said, we will not mark your package as a “Sample” or as a “gift“. They’ll catch us and you, and then we’ll all be screwed. So the best bet is to be honest.

 

So why does the kingsroadmerch page say "notify me once in stock" instead of "sold out"?

 

No, I know. Just messin' around.

Btw, don't mention "cleaning lady" or that'll set me off!!

 

Perhaps an email to support could clear this up. After all, I specifically clicked on the U.K. Store when I placed my order, so if they ship it from the US that's their error?

 

I can't believe they sold out 1000 copies of this at $150 a pop in less than 24 hours??? Seems impossible!

 

Sometimes people will cancel orders and a few may become available again. Or they might just decide to go back on their word and press more.

 

For me, the answer is 'yes,' at least partly. I am buying Tug of War only for the bonus content. I will not be buying Pipes of Peace because the bonus content is so weak. However, I'm not bemoaning this fact. Anytime one of these reissues doesn't have the bonus content I want, I skip it and save money. I'm still hoping this points to an outtakes boxset in the future.