In other words, the first slice should look like this: Spoiler I still prefer a Flaming Pie stuffed with secret ingredients.
Was that joke kinda crumby anyone? Rye did you have to do that? You should have leavened it alone. Sorry Arnold. Had to (it was a good joke).
Ok... McCartney 50th picture disc... for the RSD ... at least I hope... i’m not willing to buy it in his online store...
Mike said it was related to a 50th anniversary. That means it's potentially linked to… 6 February: "Instant Karma" single 11 February: The Magic Christian soundtrack LP 23 February: Hey Jude 6 March: "Let It Be" single 27 March: Sentimental Journey 17 April: McCartney 8 May: Let It Be 11 May: "The Long And Winding Road" single 25 September: Beaucoups Of Blues 5 October: "Beaucoups Of Blues" single 23 November: "My Sweet Lord" single 27 November: All Things Must Pass 11 December: Plastic Ono Band 28 December: "Mother" single Since we know it won't be a large set, and there will be no outtakes/demos/etc. added on, then it's likely a remastered reissue. Could it be Hey Jude but with the tracks remixed by Giles Martin a la the existing Beatles sets? That would certainly cover the missing singles from The Beatles and Abbey Road without offering anything majorly new.
Disappointed if it's just another vinyl reissue for McCartney 50th - does Vinyl really sell more than CD or digital downloads? I hated vinyl first time round even in the 70s when that was all you could get - Cds were a revelation for me - crystal clear sound (to my ears) - no pops, clicks, jumps or warping. How have we gone back to a format that seemed (to me) to be long dead. Anyway i came across an article from 2009 with a track listing for an anthology style McCartney boxset - i imagine this got shelved in favour of the Archive series - still a lot of the material has not see the light of day yet - not even included on the relevant archive releases from the last 10 years. The track listing for 3 discs was Disc 1: 1969-1972. 1. Goodbye 2. Maybe I'm Amazed - 1st original mix by Chris Thomas 3. Every Night - take 1 4. Rode All Night - edit 5. A Love For You 6. Little Lamb Dragonfly - without strings 7. Get On The Right Thing - take 1 8. Monkberry Moon Delight - alternate vocal take 9. Sunshine Sometime 10. Big Barn Bed - complete Ram ukulele version 11. Dear Friend - w/o strings and horns 12. Some People Never Know - oboe version 13. Breakfast Blues - instrumental edit 14. Mary Had A Little Lamb - long version 15. Give Ireland Back To The Irish - slow version take 2 16. Tragedy 17. Thank You Darling 18. Soily -1972 studio version 19. Best Friend - studio version 20. The Mess - studio version 21. C Moon Jam - with John Bonham 22. Lazy Dynamite - long version 23. Night Out - instrumental 24. Hi Hi Hi - slow verson 25. Only One More Kiss - take 1 Hidden Bonus Track: Radio spot with untitled instrumental for Hi Hi Hi / C Moon recorded at Abbey Road. Disc 2 - 1973/1978 1. Gotta Sing Gotta Dance 2. Why am I crying 3. I Lie Around 4. Six o'Clock 5. Bluebird 6. Let's Love (April 1974 Version) 7. Send Me The Heart (Take 1) 8. Blackpool 9. One Hand Clapping Theme 1O. Live & Let Die (74 Version) 11. Soily (74 Version) 12. Love In Song (Take 1) 13. Rockshow (74 Version) 14. Wild Cat 15. Baby Face 16. The Note You Never Wrote (Take 1, Paul & Denny Everly's Version) 17. Silly Love Songs (Fun Version) 18. Must Do Something About It (Paul on vocal) 19. She's My Baby (Rock Version) 20. Waterspout 21. One Woman 22. Girlfriend (First Version) 23. Twelve Of The Clock 24. Did We Meet Somewhere Before 25. Goodnight Tonight (Original 1978 Version) Bonus hidden track : Wings 1974 Audio Ad for the Bread Company ("Proud Mum") Disc 3 - 1979/1986 1. Love awake (Ranachan Version) 2. Rockestra Theme (Wings Version) 3. Cage 4. Robber's Ball 5. Blue Sway 6. Attention (Paul's guide vocal) 7. Ode to a koala bear (Take 1) 8. Rainclouds + George Martin & Paul moving impromptu dialogue about John 9. Blackpool (1981 version) 10. All the Love is There (With Stewart Copeland on Drums) 11. I'll Give You a Ring 12. No Values (1981 Montserrat Version) 13. Tug Of War (1st string arrangement version) 14. Stop You Don't Know Where She Came From (With great Brass section) 15. Long & Winding Road / Ebony & Ivory Strawberry jam medley (With Stevie Wonder) 16. Tug Of War acoustic reprise 17. The Fool On The Hill 18. Martha My Dear / Gloriana Medieval Guitar Piece Medley 19. Your School 20. Lindiana 21. Yvonne 22. Goodtimes Coming / Feel The Sun (Long Version) 23. Angry long jam version (with Pete Townsend & Phil Collins) 24. Hey Diddle (Paul & Linda duet, Chris Thomas 1986 version) 25. Linda Bonus hidden track : The Juggler music 1981 Theme
Totally agree on vinyl, my thoughts exactly. Once CD came along, my vinyl was gone and I still love CD sound as much as back then (so long as it is not compressed).
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is enough material to do another McCartney set. All tracks were built up from scratch by him playing all instruments - so there’s likely not going to be any alternate performances. You could have rough mixes and things like that but not sure that’s enough to fill up a bonus disc. Hopefully things change when we hit 50th anniversary of Ram coz that should have a boatload of outtakes and mixes! Plus Ram could also make for new 5.1 mix!
Regarding the Ram thought, the team would need to tread carefully there. To reissue something with exclusives that has just been fairly recently done in a big, relatively expensive set is going to anger a significant portion of your target audience. So much so that I suspect that it would probably not sell well enough to be worth doing. I'd rather that they keep on pushing through the discography for more archive sets on albums not yet done. On the other hand, the suitcase makes me doubt the concern for the fans' wallets.
Speaking of RAM - i just received my SDE boxset today which i paid £30 for - it was still factory sealed though the box was very slightly damaged and marked (hence the cheap price) but the contents were in immaculate condition and i only really wanted it for the unique mono mix of the album. Haven't the Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway deluxe sets covered more of the RAM outtakes such as "When the wind is blowing" and the RAM session versions of "Get on the right thing" and "Little Lamb Dragonfly". I think there are still unique "Cold Cuts" versions of "A Love For You" and "Hey Diddle" awaiting for release. I wonder if we will finally get a "Cold Cuts 1980 version" disc with BACK TO THE EGG or perhaps a 1986 version with a possible PRESS TO PLAY reissue
Yes i am really pleased - i missed out on all the early sets due to lack of funds at the time - only started collecting the big boxes with Flowers In The Dirt and Wings 1971 - 1973. I would get them all new if some were not out of print or costing an absolute fortune second hand. But apart from the mono mix of RAM i had all the audio through other means e.g "Wings Over San Francisco" as a bonus disc on the Best Buy "Wings Over America" - the itunes RAM for 2 bonus tracks "Uncle Albert Jam" and "Eat At Home/Smile Away (Live), the itunes "McCartney II" for the contents of the third disc e.g full length versions of the album tracks (prices for that set second hand are crazy), "Band On The Run 25th Anniversary" CD for the audio documentary and the 1993 remaster CD of the Original album version of "Tug Of War". Have collected all the 2 disc McCartney Archive collections as well.
Yeah I remember this leak...right before Paul left EMI/Capitol for Concord Music... Impressive 3 CD set even 10+ years later! Do we know where this leaked from???
It is an impressive list of tracks, to be sure. But I am doubtful it is from a real thing. For instance, the three discs start with Goodbye, Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, and Love Awake. I mean, maybe Goodbye, but the other two I would definitely never consider as lead off tracks. I would hope if this were a real set from MPL the tracklistings would be a bit more creative than just chronological order [as this appears to be].... But what do I know..?
Why do people do that? Why make up a fake tracklisting and post it online as a "leaked upcoming release"? I'm not doubting you; it seems like a huge trolling.
As one who bought the Travelers Edition suitcase, I can say, for this fan, that was a road too far. If I spend big bucks on a McCartney set, it has to contain music unavailable anywhere else, as the Big Wings Box did. I'll admit I should have canceled my Traveler's Edition order once the Explorers Edition was announced. Why didn't I do that? The press release made mention of some "surprises" in Travelers. Well, the surprise was on me. Not only did I end up buying Explorer on CD and vinyl, I would have been thrilled if I only bought that. My mistake. Won't happen again. I will say, as an Object, Travelers Edition is a cool collectible. Trouble is, for me, it's kind of a like an expensive White Album pen set (which I did not buy). Actually, if Traveler's contained more book content, or recording information, I would have been ok. But it didn't. And I move on. I don't think I'm alone thinking this way. I love the Archive series, I hope it continues. But I'm thinking this is the last time through the McCartney catalog for these albums. If there are to be expensive Anniversary sets for some of the big albums, I'd really have to be knocked out by the previously unknown, unreleased material to buy this music again. What would do it? I'd love a set of the allegedly lost in Lagos Band on the Run demos. Something like that. BTW, I say allegedly lost, because I have a hard time believing there were no other copies of those tapes made, either as safety copies or for the band. I could be wrong. I agree the McCartney team needs to tread carefully. A McCartney picture disc, I'd buy. Another color disc? Prob not. I've got one!
If this 'McCartney' color/picture disc is the first part of the sandwich, then hold the top piece of bread. I'll save my money for the meat and bottom piece of bread!
