The Ultimate Paul McCartney Mix-Tape

Hey Macca fans, what are your absolute favorite Paul McCartney songs? I need to bridge the Macca-gap in my psyche. I'm seeking to fill my mind with the music of Paul McCartney. So I ask of you, Sir Paul fans, what tunes ought I be listening to? What individual Macca songs would you recommend for someone just getting into his music? What represents his best work as a solo artist?

 

Maybe I'm Amazed...

 

Okay, I started by eliminating the bigger hit singles. But if there are any of these you're not overly familiar with
I'd suggest:

Uncle Albert
Another Day (one of my wife's two favorites)
Hi Hi Hi (the other of my wife's favorites)
Mull of Kintyre
Girl's School
No More Lonely Nights
Take it Away
My Brave Face

Beyond these I stopped at the '90s because I don't live in my albums the way I used to.
I'll leave someone else to pick through his renaissance years for you.

ROCKIER Suggestions:

Monkberry Moon Delight
Too Many People -------- RAM
Let Me Roll It
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five -- Band on the Run
Magneto and Titanium Man ---Venus and Mars
I've Had Enough
Name and Address ---- London Town
Spin it On --- Back to the Egg
Ballroom Dancing
What's That You're Doing (w' Stevie Wonder) ----Tug of War
No Values
Not Such a Bad Boy ---- Give My Regards to Broad Street


More of a BALLAD type:

The Lovely Linda
Every Night
Junk ------ McCartney
Dear Boy ---- Ram
Little Woman Love ---- RAM Archive release bonus track
Tomorrow ---- Wild Life
San Ferry Anne ---- Speed of Sound
Arrow Through Me ---- Back to the Egg
Here Today
Wanderlust --- Tug of War
Press ---- Press to Play
Distractions
This One
Put it There ---- Flowers in the Dirt

 

My favorite hit by Macca is Junior's Farm. My favorite album track by Macca is Big Barn Bed, even with the silly lyrics.

 

So you honestly looked and couldn't find a previous thread to put this in???? Pure laziness and yet another stupid pointless McCartney thread. Do you all live on a small island somewhere and just think up lame threads to fill this forum with? Someone please attach this to one of the other Macca threads on the same subject. Rant over Peace and Love.

 

But not from the SNL special!

 

It should contain:
Ban on the Run
Jet
Ram On (both of them)
You can do a short-cut and use the tracks from ' Wings Greatest' and 'All The Best' and have a search through his output from his post-1990 albums for some gems (like Heaven On A Sunday)

 

Maybe I'm Amazed
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Monkberry Moon Delight
Wild Life
Dear Friend
Little Lamb Dragonfly
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
Rock Show
Beware My Love
Deliver Your Children
Don't Let It Bring You Down
To You
Winter Rose/Love Awake
One of These Days
Rainclouds
Somebody Who Cares
The Pound is Sinking
Keep Under Cover
Footprints
Pretty Little Head
Flying to My Home
Distractions
We Got Married
The Lovers That Never Were
Somedays
She's Given up Talking
I Want You to Fly
Too Much Rain
Mr. Bellamy
House of Wax
Why So Blue
Appreciate
I Can Bet

There ya go, all the best stuff. At least one track from each album.

 

Too many, but Jenny Wren is a latter day classic

 

Your Way from Driving Rain.
If you have the Archives there are plenty of great choices.

 

Here's a compilation series I made for a mate who didn't like McCartney.
It was the best gift he ever received, he later declared.

Disk 1 :: 1970-1973

1. The Lovely Linda McCartney - 4/70
2. Every Night McCartney - 4/70
3. Junk McCartney - 4/70
4. Maybe I’m Amazed McCartney - 4/70
5. Another Day single - 2/71
6. Too Many People Ram - 5/71
7. Heart of The Country Ram - 5/71
8. Eat At Home Ram - 5/71
9. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Ram - 5/71
10. Back Seat Of My Car Ram - 5/71
11. Tomorrow Wild Life - 12/71
12. Some People Never Know Wild Life - 12/71
13. Give Ireland Back To The Irish single - 2/72
14. Mary Had A Little Lamb single - 5/72
15. Little Woman Love b-kant single - 5/72
16. The Mess Live in Den Haag - 8/72
17. Hi Hi Hi single - 11/72
18. C Moon b-kant single - 11/72
19. My Love Red Rose Speedway - 4/73
20. Country Dreamer outtake Red Rose Speedway sessies
21. Live And Let Die single - 6/73


Disk 2 :: 1973-1978

1. Helen Wheels single - 10/73
2. Band On The Run Band On The Run - 12/73
3. Jet Band On The Run - 12/73
4. Mrs. Vanderbilt Band On The Run - 12/73
5. Let Me Roll It Band On The Run - 12/73
6. Junior’s Farm single - 10/74
7. Venus And Mars/Rock Show Venus And Mars - 5/75
8. Letting Go Venus And Mars - 5/75
9. Listen To What The Man Said Venus And Mars - 5/75
10. Let ’Em In Wings At The Speed of Sound - 3/76
11. Silly Love Songs Wings At The Speed of Sound - 3/76
12. Lady Madonna Wings Over America - 12/76
13. I’ve Just Seen A Face Wings Over America - 12/76
14. Mull Of Kintyre single - 11/77
15. London Town London Town - 3/78
16. I’m Carrying London Town - 3/78
17. Waterspout outtake London Town sessies
18. With A Little Luck London Town - 3/78
19. I’ve Had Enough London Town - 3/78


Disk 3 :: 1979-1984

1. Goodnight Tonight 12” single - 3/79
2. Daytime Nightime Suffering b-kant single - 3/79
3. Getting Closer Back To The Egg - 6/79
4. Old Siam, Sir Back To The Egg - 6/79
5. Arrow Through Me Back To The Egg - 6/79
6. Wonderful Christmas Time single - 11/79
7. Coming Up McCartney II - 4/80
8. Waterfalls McCartney II - 4/80
9. Ebony And Ivory Tug Of War - 4/82
10. Tug Of War Tug Of War - 4/82
11. Take It Away Tug Of War - 4/82
12. Here Today Tug Of War - 4/82
13. Ballroom Dancing Tug Of War - 4/82
14. Wanderlust Tug Of War - 4/82
15. Pipes Of Peace Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
16. Say Say Say Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
17. No More Lonely Nights Give My Regards to Broad Street - 10/84
18. We All Stand Together single - 11/84


Disk 4 :: 1986-1990

1. Spies Like Us single -11/85
2. Press (single mix) single - 7/86
3. It’s Not True b-kant single - 7/86
4. Stranglehold Press To Play - 8/86
5. Pretty Little Head (single mix) Press To Play - 8/86
6. Footprints Press To Play - 8/86
7. Only Love Remains (single mix) single - 2/87
8. Tough On A Tightrope b-kant single - 2/87
9. Once Upon A Long Ago single - 11/87
10. Back On My Feet b-kant single -11/87
11. My Brave Face Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
12. Flying To My Home b-kant single - 5/89
13. Put It There Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
14. This One Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
15. We Got Married Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
16. Figure Of Eight single - 11/89
17. Strawberry Fields Forever/Help!/Give Peace A Chance 10/90


Disk 5 :: 1991-1998

1. Midnight Special Unplugged - 5/91
2. Singing The Blues Unplugged - 5/91
3. Hope Of Deliverance single – 12/92
4. Kicked Around No More b-kant single -12/92
5. The Lovers That Never Were Off The Ground – 2/93
6. Off The Ground Off The Ground – 2/93
7. Peace In The Neighborhood Paul Is Live – 11/93
8. C’mon People Paul Is Live – 11/93
9. Come Together The Help Album – 9/95
10. The World Tonight Flaming Pie – 5/97
11. Young Boy Flaming Pie – 5/97
12. The Songs We Were Singing Flaming Pie – 5/97
13. Somedays Flaming Pie – 5/97
14. Souvenir Flaming Pie – 5/97
15. Little Willow Flaming Pie – 5/97
16. Beautiful Night Flaming Pie – 5/97
17. Calico Skies Flaming Pie – 5/97
18. A Room With A View The Songs of Noël Coward – 4/98


Disk 6 :: 1999-2013

1. No Other Baby Run Devil Run – 10/99
2. Lonesome Town Run Devil Run – 10/99
3. Try Not To Cry Run Devil Run – 10/99
4. Maybe Baby OST Maybe Baby - 6/00
5. That’s All Right, Mama The Legacy Of Sun Records – 10/01
6. From A Lover To A Friend single -10/01
7. Heather Driving Rain – 11/01
8. Vanilla Sky OST Vanilla Sky – 12/01
9. Something Back In The US – 11/02
10. All Things Must Pass Concert For George – 11/03
11. Fine Line Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
12. Jenny Wren Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
13. Friends To Go Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
14. Ever Present Past Memory Almost Full – 6/07
15. Dance Tonight Memory Almost Full – 6/07
16. Only Mama Knows Amoeba’s Secret – 6/07
17. Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight Electric Arguments -11/08
18. Sing The Changes Electric Arguments -11/08
19. Travelling Light Electric Arguments – 11/80
20. My Valentine Kisses On The Bottom – 2/12
21. New New – 10/13
22. Queenie Eye New – 10/13
23. Early Days New – 10/13

 

Wow: yeah, this does it. My eyes started to blur over discs 3 and 4, or at least until we got to "Flowers in the Dirt," at which point the Quality Control returns in spades. (Macca's QC, not the chap who posted this list. The track listing on those discs is as good as its going to get, given the available material.) But the first three discs are seamless, and I would agree with all those choices. Is the OP making an actual Mix Tape? As in a 90 minute Maxell high bias cassette? Each one of those discs would constitute an entire tape, I would guess, with about 10 minutes left over. In which case I'd add "Dear Boy," "Ram On" and "Get on The Right Thing" to Tape 1, "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" and either "Treat Her Gently" and "Call me Back Again" or VM/Rock Show" to Tape 2, and "Rockestra Theme," "Greatest Show" and "Average Person" to Tape 3. (As I recall, there was always an extra minute or so on both sides of those old Maxells. . . )

 

If I received this as a gift, I would be saying the same thing. Well done.

 

Where's the "Peace and Love" in this post?

Thanks for all the other civil and helpful responses. I'm attempting to immerse myself in Macca music. It's good to know where to start.

I didn't know this myself until recently, but people use "mix-tape" as a general term to describe a compilation of music in any format. I did used to make a lot of real mix-tapes, on Maxell and TDK high-bias tapes, ah, the good old analog days....

Thanks for taking the time to compile your list here! Your friend must be very pleased with all this Macca music. Thanks to everyone else again for taking the time to compile their lists.




Peace and Love and Civility, truly, a-g

 

What, no love for 'Party Party' or 'Ou est le soleil?'

 

Maybe I'm Amazed
Every Night
Another Day
Too Many People
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Back Seat Of My Car
Tomorrow
My Love
Little Lamb Dragonfly
Live And Let Die
Band On The Run
Jet
Mrs. Vanderbilt
1985
Junior's Farm
Venus And Mars/Rock Show
Listen To What The Man Said
You Gave Me The Answer
Silly Love Songs
Beware My Love
Warm And Beautiful
Mull Of Kintyre
London Town
I'm Carrying
I've Had Enough
Daytime Nighttime Suffering
Baby's Request
Comin Up
One Of These Days
Tug Of War
Ballroom Dancing
Take It Away
Here Today
Ebony And Ivory
Wanderlust
Pipes Of Peace
Press
My Brave Face
This One
Put It There
Hope Of Deliverance
Little Willow
Calico Skies
Somedays
Too Much Rain
Lonely Road
That Was Me
The End Of The End
New

 

Amazing compilation. You nailed most, if not all, of the albums. fwiw I would also include:

Oh Woman Oh Why - Another Day b-side 1970
Monkberry Moon Delight - Ram - 5/71
Wild Life - Wild Life - 12/71
One More Kiss - Red Rose Speedway - 4/73
Single Pigeon - Red Rose Speedway - 4/73
When the Night - Red Rose Speedway - 4/73
Love in Song - Venus And Mars - 5/75
Warm & Beautiful - Wings At The Speed of Sound - 3/76
Don't Let it Bring You Down - London Town - 3/78
We're Open Tonight - Back To The Egg - 6/79
On the Way - McCartney II - 4/80
One of These Days - McCartney II - 4/80
The Pound is Sinking - Tug Of War - 4/82
The Other Me - Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
Through Our Love - Pipes Of Peace - 10/83
However Absurd - Press to Play - 8/86
Distractions - Flowers In The Dirt - 6/89
Mistress & Maid - Off The Ground – 2/93
Flaming Pie - Flaming Pie – 5/97
At the Mercy - Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
Follow Me - Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard – 9/05
Turned Out - New – 10/13

 

Ok. After hearing Ram for the first time four years ago, I was taken by the way it sounds like a patchwork quilt (not the best description, but the best one I could come up with at the moment). Today, I thought about creating a short McCartney playlist that would be in the same vein (at least in my mind anyway). I took some of my favorite songs and put them together to see how they would sound together. Very few 'hits' just lots of interesting bits.

Too Many People (Ram)
3 Legs (Ram)
On The Way (McCartney II)
Jenny Wren (Chaos & Creation)
Ram On (Ram)
Friends To Go (Chaos & Creation)
Every Night (McCartney)
Mrs. Vandebilt (Band On The Run)
Another Day
Tough On A Tightrope
Rough Ride (Flowers In The Dirt)
Queenie Eye (New)
The Song We Were Singing (Flaming Pie)
Singalong Junk (McCartney)
New (New)
Off The Ground (Japanese Single Mix)
Maybe I'm Amazed (McCartney)
One of These Days (McCartney II)

Maybe everything I have just said makes no sense, but so far the listening experience is pretty good.

 

Another day

 

Those are great suggestions, Mother. But as you can see, I tried to 'round out' every cd of my comp. That is to say: I tried not to break up tracks from one the albums over two cd's. Furthermore I've tried to get special things like the Frog song, Strawberry Fields, or the Noel Coward tribute at the end. Every cd can be played as a stand alone of a certain period.

At least that was my aim.

 

Whole Life
Nineteen Hundred and Eight Five
Dear Boy
Maybe I'm Amazed
Coming Up
Footprints
Jet
Helen Wheels
Calico Skies
Every Night
Waterfalls
Here Today
Queenie Eye
Heart of the Country
Oh Woman, Oh Why
However Absurd
Silly Love Songs
Jenny Wren
Mrs. Vanderbilt
The Back Seat of My Car
Live and Let Die
Pies of Peace
Listen to What the Man Said
Let 'Em In
Mull of Kintyre

 

Here's just 10 for my pretend up to 1980 best of:

Too Many People

Waterfalls

Live and Let Die

Every Night

Dear Boy

Love in Song

Junior's Farm

Junk

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Dear Friend

 

OK, I am really loving that first disc that I made that I just created a second disc. It is very interesting how the songs in a different order highlight parts that I didn't hear before. Here is the tracklist of the second set. (I'm not sure what you all thought of my first mix). Little thought to any hits, many overlooked pieces:

Cosmically Conscious
Little Woman Love
London Town
Too Much Rain
Somebody Who Cares
A Love For You
Daytime Nighttime Suffering
The Other Me
Calico Skies
Back On My Feet
Young Boy
Man We Was Lonely
Hey Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
Teddy Boy
Nobody Knows
Demons Dance
Anyway
Hope For The Future (Mirwais Mix)
Road
Motor Of Love

 

Wingspan is a great place to start.
I'm a Beatles fanatic as is many of us on the forum but I never really got into the solo stuff. So, as far as McCartney goes, Wingspan was good for me. I'm still a novice though.

 

The best song Macca ever did is..........drum roll for this awesome song..............Coming Up

He reached perfection in 1980...everything else is shopping mall music