Paul McCartney Archive Collection - 'Forthcoming Releases' [TBC]

Wasn't Wings Greatest originally supposed to be a double record with the second disc being the first version of Cold Cuts? It would be cool if we got an official release of Cold Cuts with GH, but that seems as likely as getting a deluxe version of Red Rose Speedway.

 

Yes, the originally proposed 2-LP set was supposed to be Hot Hits & Cold Cuts ...

 

No one can predict the future, and the McCartney camp has surprised us before. I’m keeping an open mind and not making pronouncements.

 

Except, of course, for Wings Greatest, New, and Chaos and Creation, which have not been remastered. Will the 180g vinyl releases be remastered? Don’t know.

 

Yes, it was originally going to be released as Hot Hitz and Kold Kutz, or some other equally idiotic spelling variation.

 

Wings Greatest is, the others are not

 

New and Chaos & Creation are not remastered. Wings Greatest will use previously released remasters from either the archive series or Pure McCartney (with the exception of the full-length version of "With A Little Luck", which is indeed a new remaster).

But my point was that Capitol has so far not made the effort to remaster a full album an reissue it. All they've done is reissuing previously released remasters or straight up reissuing the albums. In other words, they have not reissued anything that features pre-"modern age" (re)mastering.

Sooooo, I think it's fair to assume that this strategy so far does not indicate that the archive series is dead. Because if that was the case, why not reissue London Town, Red Rose Speedway, Flaming Pie etc. with the rest?

 

Also, if you remember, Concorde did one of these towards the end. Off the Ground was one of the albums put back on the shelf with I think 2 others. But nothing was done to them at the time and curious that they didn't do more at the time

 

And in all likelihood, With A Little Luck probably isn't a new remaster in the sense that it was remastered especially for this set. They are probably pulling the same remaster used on Pure McCartney, except this time not editing it to the promo single length.

 

Yes, same with the "Uncle Albert" edit, just the other way around.

 

The other two were Chaos and RDR, both straight reissues.

 

Have you got a theory why WOA was left out of the first batch of Capital reissues? Would be interested.

 

Driving Rain was also re-issued by Concord.

 

If my theory about a 2 pronged comprehensive plan is right, presumably it will be reissued at some point in the future. It's all guesses at the moment!

 

Joe English wants a bigger cut of the royalties...

 

Thanks!

 

Tell me that wouldn't sell multiple times better than a re-release of Wings Greatest.

 

If you would please remove the masking tape over my mouth, I would tell you it...

 

It’s been a while since MPL released any Macca video, think the last one was Rockshow in 2013. Previously MPL would regularly drop something every now and then (2001-2013).

Perhaps reissue The McCartney Years on Bluray with Wingspan thrown in as special feature? Or complete Glastonbury 2004?

 

It will undoubtedly be included with the Chaos & Creation Deluxe Edition, like Thrillington was included in the Ram box.

Coming soon....

 

Yes...they essentially skipped "Flaming Pie", which made me think it would be an absolute for an archive edition.

 

If they had to choose one more album to get the Archive treatment, it would be Flaming Pie.

 

I would agree with that assessment, although it would not be my personal choice.

 

Pure [McCartney] speculation:

How about Deluxe Edition of Off The Ground with:
All the b-sides
Deliverance remixes
Off The Ground promo mixes
Strawberry Ocean Ships Forest [bonus!]

Some have speculated that the live 1995 benefit concert performance by McCartney/McManus at the Royal College of Music may have been professionally mastered [for possible inclusion in such a box]

But Flaming Pie seems more likely, given the patterns we've seen so far...

 

not Joe

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