With regard to all the other tracks on the Brainwashed album, (not the song), I absolutely LOVE it. I feel it is the best thing he has done by far since All Things Must Pass. He started and ended his career with some of the best music ever made. "Bookends" albums. There's a few great records in-between too. Any Road, Pisces Fish, Rising Sun, Stick Inside a Cloud . . . incredible stuff. Somehow with the other songs on this album, I felt like Lynne did a good job honoring George's wishes. (BACK ON TOPIC): With regard to Lynne's "flavor" on Flaming Pie, at this point, I'm avoiding reading these posts. Why? I've haven't noticed Lynne's influence on this album since it came out. So I'd rather just continue to listen to the album and hope it doesn't find me rather than me find it! (I much prefer it when artists season and flavor their own stuff).
The book I referenced upthread states that it was just Martin and Macca at that “92” session at Hog-Hill and Martin considered strings for ..... ... Calico Skies - which Macca “rejected”. It featured Paul on acoustic guitar, percussion, knee slaps and vocals. Written during a storm on Long Island. Great Day -Paul doing same on this song with Linda on backing vocals. This song was written in early 1970! He began to work on it further when the lights went out on Long Island, years later in the 90’s. It was earlier a song he’d sing with his family with the kids dancing along.
Here's a low quality snippet of a mix I did from the 5.1 files that shows what the intro sounds like: TWT-Father's Day.mp3
Yet, a few years after Flaming Pie came out, this soundtrack song of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" is WAY TOO MUCH Jeff Lynne-production for me. I guess that Paul forgot to reign in Jeff for this song:
I'm curious though, don't you feel the quote I provided is a pretty accurate description of the song Brainwashed? And that's years before Lynne got his hands on it, so maybe Jeff didn't manipulate it that much... To stay on topic, I'm certainly glad Lynne entered the Fabs' orbit. His work with George, the Wilburys, Paul and - let's not forget - Ringo was mostly pretty excellent. Ritchie's "Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go" is one of his post-Apple highlights for me.
I made my own edits a few years ago by tacking the full fades and clean intros from the available bootlegs onto the official material. It worked out very well except for two tracks: Love Mix required some cutting and pasting to get the intro right and Atlantic Ocean is, well, a mess quite frankly. The bootlegged mix is vastly different to the released one and my attempted edit really doesn't work well.
I opened my deluxe box today, and although I haven’t played any of it yet, it is an extremely nice package and presentation. Again, only one small complaint, and I’ve noticed this on other deluxe McCartney boxes: the info sheet that is between the cellophane and the actual box does not fit inside the box. I want to save that as it’s great and is part of the whole deal, but I’d have to trim it to get it to fit inside.
The Fedex tracking number is also a USPS tracking number. Supposed to be delivered by USPS in the end If the Fedex truck is delivering near you on the day, they will put it on the FEDex truck fro delivery. Enter the tracking number in the USPS website to see if they have it.
I spotted this album cover outtake on Paul's Instagram story today: Is this in one of the books included with the box?
Great points as usual @mrjinks. Final thot on this - (I promise). It's just that you got me thinking. (A good rare thing for Sargon). One of the many things I love about these posts. I thought back about that Brainwashed song after reading your remarks. It IS a good song. I think what has stuck in my head as over the top is the huge God, God, God chorus. The vocals-voices (the words themselves arent' my problem) ,and huge booming (bombastic-I called it) wall of sound at this point in the song was aways a bit "jarring" for me. I felt George on this album, like his others, had a different way of conveying a powerful point in his music, that still retained a certain unmistakable Harrison - gentle, masterful, finesse. Because it is the final song on the album, this treatment emotionally pulls me in a different direction at the very end of the record. Thank you for your patience people. Now back to all things Flaming!
Whilst it won't fit inside the box, it just about fits sat on top of the rim around the top, held in by the lid of the box itself. It's a tight fit but it just about works as long as you're careful closing the lid to 'trap' it.
Speaking of Lynne and McCartney, watch Macca go wild during an ELO performance, while , perhaps thinking of someone from his not too distance past. Clue: The song title. Macca’s part is 50 seconds in....LOL
I'd say it describes it perfectly. I also think his work with all the Beatles was more good than bad.
I believe this is basis for the cover which was the processed using some “Polaroid transfer” thing Linda was into. (EDIT: It is a slightly different picture) The picture on the wall in the back provided the inspiration for the CD label!
I didn't realize the Deluxe came with a pick until others discussed finding them or not finding them. I didn't see one when I first opened it. But as soon as I read comments saying it was in one of the envelopes, I began searching the floor in the room where I unboxed. My aging eyes finally spotted it this morning, nicely disguised in a patch of black on my Persian rug!
Well, surprise, surprise! UDiscover’s 3LP set arrived today. Importcds “shipped” earlier but, five days after that deluxe box shipped, the USPS is still “awaiting item.” I so love media mail.
