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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 0:41:54 GMT -5
Lennon/McCartney? Nah, I demand unadulterated McCartney....I want pure McCartney!
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Post by nine on Apr 2, 2016 5:11:51 GMT -5
Lennon/McCartney? Nah, I demand unadulterated McCartney....I want pure McCartney! Pure McCartney with an occasional Laine. |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 5:33:40 GMT -5
I don't know why you're so fixated on this Svengali-like "make them THINK they NEED it" nonsense. Have you been that weak and a pawn in their game in the past, really? Have they truly controlled your life ... is this some secret you're sort of revealing here?  WE HAVE ALL been manipulated to buy what we buy. Don't be so naive or arrogant to think that you really have not been manipulated in your buying practices. "Despite all your rage, you're still just a rat in a cage." Marketing is based on hard psychological and sociological science. Everything from the desire not to be left out to the desire to be loved; the desire to be an individual to a desire to be respected. The desire for new experiences to the desire for stability. Many desires are contradictory. Well, we are complicated animals. Part of marketing is figuring out what "type" of person will buy the product and then tailoring the marketing to press the right buttons. Just look at what types of products are advertised during NFL games and what ploys those commercials are being used. Beatles fans are easy marks. Not I. Speak for yourself. I have always laughed and shaken my head at all sorts of marketing TV ads throughout my life. Never once have I ever been "conditioned" to seeing some commercial on TV (for example) and then running out and feeling "I just HAVE to get this!" . Never happens with me, and I have always wondered how naïve the advertisers think people must be. Maybe many people are ... I am not among them, and I know this about myself better than you do. Now, this is not to say that if I see an ad for a brand new McCartney package and I happen to like it, that I won't go out and buy it. That is something completely different than being "manipulated" or "hypnotized". But still, it all comes down to someone showing me something and then my deciding if I would like to have it for myself. As for other Beatles-related items, I can list many all day long that I felt no "compulsion" to own. For instance, I passed up the Vinyl Box of Stereo LPs which were remastered several years ago, despite the advertising; I did not want them. Yet, I opted to buy the box of the Mono LP records. I also passed up on the recent CD George Harrison Box which re-issued/remastered all his Apple solo albums. If your theory is so spot-on, then resistance would have been futile for me, since the "marketers" always have mental control over everyone. It's just absurd. So what? If I'm happy and don't hurt anyone and my hobbies/collections mean much to me, what of it? And sure, if I had to make a life-sustaining choice between food and water or Beatles memorabilia and a Blu-ray movie library, naturally I'd choose the food and drink. But fortunately that has never been a choice I have ever had to make in my 54 years, nor do I expect to have to make it in the future. And someone who dislikes Paul and The Beatles is not going to buy any CD set by him. And I wouldn't be caught dead buying a Justin Bieber CD collection. Yes, it's all up to the value we put on it -- but that feeling/choice is ours, not some record company's. Otherwise the companies would be able to control me into "thinking I want" every album ever advertised by every artist who's ever made a recording. I couldn't care less if the makers created their art for it to be collected or not. This has no bearing on what gives me pleasure and does not harm anyone. However, I would argue that these days artists are indeed more aware of collectors, and yes - sometimes I'd bet they do create some things with intent of catering to the collectors out there. It's a fact, actually... check out Jack White's Third Man Records, and all the special releases that will be coming out this month for the Annual Record Store Day celebration. I have maintained from the beginning that is it all about us (or me in my case), and that I decide for myself what or why something is worth having -- or not. But it's silly for you to go by this one (relatively small) Beatles board in gauging how many fans will be purchasing this collection. There is a big world out there, and the AbbeyRd Message Board is a drop in an ocean. Just last evening I heard Rob Leonard's Friday night radio show called BEATLESONGS... and he is all hopped up about this set, thinks it's a great idea. Like me, he thinks there is value in such a set for more casual Paul fans who might take a chance and thus get a huge overview of his entire solo career... many songs they would otherwise have not known about unless they had heard every single album by Paul individually. He was also speculating what the mixes may be on some, and whether any have been remastered, or what versions of certain songs would be used. I don't. If given the choice between a brand new album of new material by Paul or this retread, I would go for the new album. I don't know where in the world you've arrived at this conclusion, unless I've missed some new posts here that I have yet to catch up on. |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 5:44:54 GMT -5
You're darned-tootin' I'm buying this. I'm a collector, and happy to have it and support it. So there.  I'm with you more than not on your many points in this thread. About a year ago I bought a copy of The Wizard of Oz on Blu-ray, because I think anybody who's got any kind of movie collection should have a copy of it. I have yet to open it and maybe never will. This set just doesn't draw me in. There's no rarities or even lose singles or b-sides that haven't been on an album. If it had a little flow going through the tracks, if I thought it had a shot at being a big seller, I might want to support it. Paul has a lot (all?) of his albums on iTunes. These songs are already out there for new listeners to check out. I got a little budgeted music money coming up. I've set aside a big chunk for the next archive release. I need to venture out of the Beatle realm every once in a while. It's okay that this set doesn't draw you in. There are many such sets I've passed up myself that just didn't draw me in either. By the way, you're mistaken about there not being any loose singles on this collection. Without checking the whole list at the moment, I recall that there is the "Hope For The Future" song that was out as a special 12" vinyl single. There is also the new "Say Say Say" version, for those who did not buy the special exclusive Record Store Day disc, and who don't bother with Paul's Archives re-issues. You say that these songs are already out there for new listeners to check out... but naturally not all new listeners are going to want to own EVERY solo album by Paul McCartney! That is the value in a career overview set such as this... casual listeners can get it and be exposed to more obscure songs from Paul's career that they'd never have known of before... stuff like "Too Much Rain" or "Sing The Changes", if the extent of their Macca knowledge so far has only been BAND ON THE RUN or WINGS GREATEST. For most diehard fans like us, there is little new here other than the collectability of this package, probably. |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 5:48:15 GMT -5
Paul must have rated certain songs at some point because songs like Off the Ground and C'mon People had huge film clip budgets but obviously with the passing of time or his dementia he's forgotten all about them. But we can say such things about a hundred songs, maybe. Paul obviously cannot include everything. I recall that he did include "Wine Dark Open Sea" from OFF THE GROUND, which is interesting in that it is a more obscure track that more casual listeners to PURE McCartney might never have heard otherwise. |
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Post by nine on Apr 2, 2016 6:02:17 GMT -5
Paul must have rated certain songs at some point because songs like Off the Ground and C'mon People had huge film clip budgets but obviously with the passing of time or his dementia he's forgotten all about them. But we can say such things about a hundred songs, maybe. Paul obviously cannot include everything. I recall that he did include "Wine Dark Open Sea" from OFF THE GROUND, which is interesting in that it is a more obscure track that more casual listeners to PURE McCartney might never have heard otherwise. It is an obscure one off that album. There were quite a few singles from it. Off the top of my head there was Hope Of Deliverance, Biker Like an Icon, Off the Ground and C'mon People, all with clips. |
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Post by nine on Apr 2, 2016 6:56:27 GMT -5
I did this quickly so I hope it's not full of errors... MCCARTNEY Maybe I'm Amazed Junk Every Night RAM Heart Of The Country Dear Boy Too Many People Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey The Back Seat Of My Car WILD LIFE: ... Not one of the more obvious ones....Bip Bop RED ROSE SPEEDWAY ... Apart from some parts of the medley I like every track on this album. Get On The Right Thing, Dragonfly, Single Pigeon...Big Barn Bed My Love BAND ON THE RUN: ... No Helen WHeels?Band on the Run Jet Let Me Roll It Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five Mrs Vandebilt VENUS & MARS: ... Letting Go? Why not?Venus and Mars / Rock Show Listen To What The Man Said SPEED OF SOUND: ... Beware My Love, San Ferry Anne, She's My Baby, surely contenders....Warm And Beautiful Silly Love Songs. Let 'Em In LONDON TOWN: Girlfriend Don’t Let it Bring You Down ... Always loved this track.With a Little Luck BACK TO THE EGG: ... Getting Closer, Old Siam Sir, To You...  ??Baby’s Request Arrow Through Me MCCARTNEY II: ... On The Way, Dark Room.... ??Coming Up Waterfalls Temporary Secretary TUG OF WAR: ... Ballroom Dancing, Pound Is Sinking...Here Today Ebony and Ivory Wanderlust PIPES OF PEACH: ... Oringinal Say, Say and Other Me...Say Say Say [2015 Remix] ... Surely the original was a better choice.Pipes of Peace GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET: No More Lonely Nights PRESS TO PLAY: ... Footprints...Good Times Coming / Feel the Sun Press FLOWERS IN THE DIRT: ... Zilch from this album.OFF THE GROUND: ... Owe It All To You...Winedark Open Sea FLAMING PIE: The Song We Were Singing Flaming Pie Calico Skies Great Day Little Willow Souvenir Beautiful Night The World Tonight RUN DEVIL RUN: ... Zilch from this album despite having one of his best modern tunes on it, IMO, No Other Baby.DRIVING RAIN: ... Zilch from this album. Whilst I share your enthusiasm for Wild Life John, I don't for this album.CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD: Fine Line Jenny Wren English Tea Too Much Rain MEMORY ALMOST FULL: ... Ever Present Past and That was Me...Dance Tonight Only Mama Knows ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS: Sing The Changes KISSES ON THE BOTTOM: My Valentine NEW: Early Days Even if it had different lyrics the melody and production leave me cold.New Appreciate Queenie Eye Save Us Stand alone singles etc… Another Day ... worthyLive and Let Die ... worthyMull of Kintyre ... worthyHi, Hi, Hi ... Hardly oustandingJunior’s Farm ... worthyWe All Stand Together ... Why doesn't he just release an album of this suff instead of having this song included here?Goodnight Tonight ... worthyHope For The Future ... Can't really comment, heard it once and it sounded twee.Funny that there's nothing from Flowers In The Dirt. I would have thought My Brave Face, Figure of Eight, This One and Put It There would have been contenders. There was a long period of time where this album was considered his "best since Band On The Run." Whilst some albums have been ignored, others are very well represented. Flaming Pie has eight tracks on Pure. |
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 2, 2016 7:27:07 GMT -5
... By the way, you're mistaken about there not being any loose singles on this collection. Without checking the whole list at the moment, I recall that there is the "Hope For The Future" song that was out as a special 12" vinyl single. There is also the new "Say Say Say" version, for those who did not buy the special exclusive Record Store Day disc, and who don't bother with Paul's Archives re-issues. Yeah, I skipped over that in my thought process. I have all 5 versions of "Hope for the Future". I love the Archive series and always get the deluxe versions (the 2 disc versions too) and the stand-alone singles have all been released on albums by now. There's still a lot of b-sides that would have helped this sell for me. First Stone, I Love This House.... I'm listening to copies of them dubbed down from old cassettes. |
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Post by lowbasso on Apr 2, 2016 10:59:35 GMT -5
From Sayne's post; (By the way, as an aside. I find it interesting that people would find more value in this retread than an album of new material by Paul.)
Sort of like Lewisohn coming out with new revelations in his latest Beatle project that challenge certain accepted stories in question that were previously addressed in countless books decades ago by not only the FABs, but their closest associates and accepted as "truth."
New material comes out to shake up the "accepted facts" and it is decried as falsehoods irrespective of the research that seems to back up the new revelations.
Even Paul prefers to remember things as he thinks they happened 50+ years ago even when confronted with new evidence to the contrary. Or at least he publicly says so.
We all tend to think we like what we already know more than what is new in our lives..
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 11:28:31 GMT -5
Hey, "Gratitude" from MAF is missing from this comp!!  No "Mumbo," no "Gratitude," then no pure McCartney!  |
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Post by mikev on Apr 2, 2016 11:35:42 GMT -5
I'm no longer a "must have it" with material the Beatles/solo put out, unless it involves new tracks or new versions, with some exceptions (purchased 09 remasters-post Pepper LPs, Revolver).
I'm very baffled at this when Wings live 72-73, 79, the Elvis Costello demos and about 50-70 unreleased studio songs PLUS hundreds of alternate versions and demos remain in the can.
I don't consider a remix a new version, but if done well would have appeal on redos of LPs especially since the early CDs were cardboard sonics.
Knock yourselves out folks. I'm keeping my money. Big MEH.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 11:37:06 GMT -5
Thanks Niner, great post compiling where the songs came from!
I literally cried when I saw the total exclusion of songs from Driving Rain! That was Paul's poignant album with one foot in the grave for Linda and his other foot on green grass as he came back to life, artistically and emotionally with the beautiful and charismatic Heather Mills!
As someone above wrote, how about "Magic," "Heather"(the greatest song about new love ever written...by anyone!) or the classic "From A Lover To A Friend!" Hell, most of that album could have been included except for the crappy songs Paul co-wrote with James "Big Mac" McCartney but of course they couldn't be used because they are not pure McCartney(James has not earned that last name, he should be a McGear).
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 11:41:31 GMT -5
I'm no longer a "must have it" with material the Beatles/solo put out, unless it involves new tracks or new versions, with some exceptions (purchased 09 remasters-post Pepper LPs, Revolver). I'm very baffled at this when Wings live 72-73, 79, the Elvis Costello demos and about 50-70 unreleased studio songs PLUS hundreds of alternate versions and demos remain in the can. I don't consider a remix a new version, but if done well would have appeal on redos of LPs especially since the early CDs were cardboard sonics. Knock yourselves out folks. I'm keeping my money. Big MEH. Not so fast Mike, unlike other comps even previous Paul comps, this is pure McCartney! |
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 11:43:45 GMT -5
And where is "Motor Of Love" from FITD? That is pure McCartney as is "Through Our Love" from POP!
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Post by sayne on Apr 2, 2016 12:46:43 GMT -5
I did this quickly so I hope it's not full of errors... Using your list as the guide, I put together this set list (not in order of show performance) that I think Paul could tour on. I left out songs I don't like and songs he's put in just about every set since forever. I tried to limit it to songs he's never done or very seldom has done or has not done in a very long time. I'm sure some regulars have sneaked in, but I think Paul could tour on this set. It's about 5 or 7 songs shorter than what he's touring with now, so he could add some "never performed before" Beatles songs like Another Girl, She Said She Said, Rain, Martha My Dear, Girl, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Yes, I know Paul didn't write or sing lead on some of these, but they ARE Beatles songs and he's a Beatle - he has the right.) Every Night Heart Of The Country Dear Boy Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey The Back Seat Of My Car Big Barn Bed Warm And Beautiful Silly Love Songs. Don’t Let it Bring You Down With a Little Luck Baby’s Request Coming Up Waterfalls Temporary Secretary Wanderlust Say Say Say No More Lonely Nights Winedark Open Sea The Song We Were Singing Flaming Pie Calico Skies Great Day Little Willow Souvenir Beautiful Night The World Tonight Fine Line Too Much Rain Dance Tonight Only Mama Knows Sing The Changes Early Days Appreciate Hi, Hi, Hi Junior’s Farm |
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 2, 2016 13:47:24 GMT -5
It just occurred to me that Baby's Request could be the crooned version from the Kisses sessions. I have it, but there may be many hard-core fans who don't.
Wouldn't it be a blast if every single song was an alt version? I would buy two copies.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 14:19:04 GMT -5
I know I will buy two copies of the four disc version of Pure McCartney, I know I won't buy the vinyl and I may buy the two disc version. I always buy two of all Beatles or solo Beatles releases so I have an unopened one handy if I wear out the first one. We never know if releases like this will go out of print.
sayne is right of course, we children of the 60's, 70's and 80's have been groomed to be good little consumers and unquestioningly support our favorite Rock and Roll artists even if all they do is take our money and shit on us and don't give us material that we really yearn for!
Those days are over and today's kids buy their music differently than we do if they pay for it at all! It is only with us old farts that something as useless as The Beatles 1 could have been a monster hit in 2000/2001.
I am taking Paul's word on Pure McCartney that it is meant to be a "fun" collection of songs that will probably be a great roadtrip album! He is also touring so he might as well have a product to sell.
Plus, all of those Macca concert goers who haven't bought a Paul album since Back To The Egg will actually get to hear some newer Paul. They are the folks who flock to the beer stands, bathrooms or tee-shirt booths when Paul does any song post-Venus & Mars at his concerts.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 14:24:54 GMT -5
If this new compilation is not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material, is without any extraneous and unnecessary elements, is free of any contamination, is wholesome and untainted by immorality, of a sound perfectly in tune and with a clear tone, of unmixed origin or descent, of a subject dealing with abstract concepts and not practical application, and involves or contains nothing else but his music, then it will in fact be Pure McCartney!
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Post by stavros on Apr 2, 2016 15:16:19 GMT -5
........... Plus, all of those Macca concert goers who haven't bought a Paul album since Back To The Egg will actually get to hear some newer Paul. They are the folks who flock to the beer stands, bathrooms or tee-shirt booths when Paul does any song post-Venus & Mars at his concerts. Actually that is perhaps the thinking behind this collection. Paul's compilations don't cover much (if any) of his work past 1987. To many people he is known as the bloke from the Beatles who then did "Band on the Run" with Wings, toured the world and went all cheezy on us with "Ebony & Ivory". Let's call them 'Plastic Mac' fans. If he released an album that complements "Wingspan" with his late 1980s - 2015 work (let's call it "Big Mac with Cheeze") then most 'Plastic Mac' fans would not recognise anything on it and leave it well alone.  So perhaps the thinking is that Pure McCartney will eventually lead to those 'Plastic Mac' fans realising Paul did still make some good music once Wings folded and not all of it was as cheezy as they once thought. It's release date makes it a nice present for "Father's Day" in the UK as well. Although I am not sure it is the 3rd Sunday of June elsewhere in the world? |
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 16:18:02 GMT -5
I hear you Stavros, I cannot wait until June for this release: I need it now!
Sure I could burn these same songs onto four discs but then it wouldn't be a pure Pure McCartney.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 2, 2016 16:25:24 GMT -5
Oh Nine, I did see one change at least, move "Mrs Vandebilt" from V&M to BOTR.
I am stunned that there is no FITD or DR on Pure McCartney. Maybe with all of those Elvis Costello co-writes on Flowers, that makes those songs impure McCartney!
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Post by coachbk on Apr 2, 2016 17:10:04 GMT -5
I did this quickly so I hope it's not full of errors... MCCARTNEY Maybe I'm Amazed Junk Every Night RAM Heart Of The Country Dear Boy Too Many People Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey The Back Seat Of My Car WILD LIFE: ... Not one of the more obvious ones....Bip Bop RED ROSE SPEEDWAY ... Apart from some parts of the medley I like every track on this album. Get On The Right Thing, Dragonfly, Single Pigeon...
Big Barn Bed
My Love
BAND ON THE RUN: ... No Helen WHeels?
Band on the Run
Jet
Let Me Roll It
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
VENUS & MARS: ... Letting Go? Why not?
Venus and Mars / Rock Show
Listen To What The Man Said
Mrs Vandebilt
SPEED OF SOUND: ... Beware My Love, San Ferry Anne, She's My Baby, surely contenders....
Warm And Beautiful
Silly Love Songs.
Let 'Em In
LONDON TOWN:
Girlfriend
Don’t Let it Bring You Down ... Always loved this track.
With a Little Luck
BACK TO THE EGG: ... Getting Closer, Old Siam Sir, To You... ??
Baby’s Request
Arrow Through Me
MCCARTNEY II: ... On The Way, Dark Room.... ??
Coming Up
Waterfalls
Temporary Secretary
TUG OF WAR: ... Ballroom Dancing, Pound Is Sinking...
Here Today
Ebony and Ivory
Wanderlust
PIPES OF PEACH: ... Oringinal Say, Say and Other Me...
Say Say Say [2015 Remix] ... Surely the original was a better choice.
Pipes of Peace
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET:
No More Lonely Nights
PRESS TO PLAY: ... Footprints...
Good Times Coming / Feel the Sun
Press
FLOWERS IN THE DIRT: ... Zilch from this album.
OFF THE GROUND: ... Owe It All To You...
Winedark Open Sea
FLAMING PIE:
The Song We Were Singing
Flaming Pie
Calico Skies
Great Day
Little Willow
Souvenir
Beautiful Night
The World Tonight
RUN DEVIL RUN: ... Zilch from this album despite having one of his best modern tunes on it, IMO, No Other Baby.
DRIVING RAIN: ... Zilch from this album. Whilst I share your enthusiasm for Wild Life John, I don't for this album.
CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD:
Fine Line
Jenny Wren
English Tea
Too Much Rain
MEMORY ALMOST FULL: ... Ever Present Past and That was Me...
Dance Tonight
Only Mama Knows
ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS:
Sing The Changes
KISSES ON THE BOTTOM:
My Valentine
NEW: ............Early Days has a Paul message but even if it had different lyrics the melody and production leave me cold.
Early Days
New
Appreciate
Queenie Eye
Save Us
Stand alone singles etc…
Another Day ... worthy
Live and Let Die ... worthy
Mull of Kintyre ... worthy
Hi, Hi, Hi ... Hardly oustanding
Junior’s Farm ... worthy
We All Stand Together ... Why doesn't he just release an album of this suff instead of having this song included here?
Goodnight Tonight ... worthy
Hope For The Future ... Can't really comment, heard it once and it sounded twee.
Funny that there's nothing from Flowers In The Dirt. I would have thought My Brave Face, Figure of Eight and Put It There would have been contenders. There was a long period of time where this album was considered his "best since Band On The Run."
Whilst some albums have been ignored, others are very well represented. Flaming Pie has eight tracks on Pure.
Only error I saw was that Mrs. Vanderbilt is on BAND ON THE RUN, not VENUS AND MARS Bip Bop from WILD LIFE? ? Why would he put his worst song on this collection? |
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Post by stavros on Apr 2, 2016 17:15:58 GMT -5
Oh Nine, I did see one change at least, move "Mrs Vandebilt" from V&M to BOTR. I am stunned that there is no FITD or DR on Pure McCartney. Maybe with all of those Elvis Costello co-writes on Flowers, that makes those songs impure McCartney! Yep like most of us I can't work this one out. Even if it's due to be repackaged and relaunched with bonus material we still could have had at least one song on Pure. "Flowers in the Dirt" is the one album where, although not my fave album, I think the production was technically perfect. It was still a time when the top rock stars commanded huge production budgets, computer technology was now being harnessed to iron out any imperfections and Paul seemed to have rose out of his 80s slumber. |
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 2, 2016 17:29:06 GMT -5
Mumbo................................ Best
Tomorrow
Some People Never Know
Bip Bop
Love is Strange
I Am Your Singer
Wild Life
Dear Friend........................ Worst
Just putting out a dissenting view.
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Post by kc on Apr 2, 2016 18:01:40 GMT -5
I hear you Stavros, I cannot wait until June for this release: I need it now! More than two months to wait. I don't see why they needed that big a lead-in time, unless there is a production issue. His new tour starts in a couple of weeks. I think the last solo Beatles' new release album I bought was Ringo's Postcards From Paradise (March 2015?). That's too long between drinks. |
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Post by kc on Apr 2, 2016 19:02:25 GMT -5
I'm very baffled at this when Wings live 72-73, 79, the Elvis Costello demos and about 50-70 unreleased studio songs PLUS hundreds of alternate versions and demos remain in the can. I think that most fans would prefer to be getting some sort of new/previously unreleased material. I know I would, but compilations are going to be (need to be) released at some point. I'd rather have this Pure McCartney set than nothing. It does at least present plenty of good McCartney work that has appeared after the 1980s. The items you list will surely be marketed in some form or another in the years ahead. We are already getting some small quantity of that material with each Archive Collection release. Having said that, I wish the pace could be increased too, not just with the Archive Collection, but also release suggestions such as you list, which would be outside of that series. I don't think that sales would be adversely affected by a quicker release schedule (that is, I think they would be modest for most releases, whatever the rate of appearance). |
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Post by sallyg on Apr 2, 2016 19:55:58 GMT -5
And where is "Motor Of Love" from FITD? That is pure McCartney as is "Through Our Love" from POP! I too would have liked to had Motor of Love and others from FITD. I like FITD and also would have liked to have Distractions on Pure McCartney. I also would have liked Only Love Remains from Press To Play. |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 19:59:51 GMT -5
Bip Bop from WILD LIFE? ? Why would he put his worst song on this collection? I enjoy "Bip Bop", but I would have thought Paul would put something else from WILD LIFE to represent the album. He's already put "Tomorrow" on WINGSPAN, so maybe the title track "Wild Life" or - better yet - "Dear Friend" - could have been the choice. (A major contender for me as his worst song is "We All Stand Together" - aka The Frog Chorus - which, sadly, is on this collection). |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 20:02:50 GMT -5
And where is "Motor Of Love" from FITD? That is pure McCartney as is "Through Our Love" from POP! I too would have liked to had Motor of Love and others from FITD. I like FITD and also would have liked to have Distractions on Pure McCartney. I also would have liked Only Love Remains from Press To Play. Gawd, I despise "Motor Of Love". I just wrote in another post that "We All Stand Together" is his worst song, but this one's in the group!  |
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 2, 2016 20:05:53 GMT -5
I am stunned that there is no FITD or DR on Pure McCartney. Maybe with all of those Elvis Costello co-writes on Flowers, that makes those songs impure McCartney! Paul is probably saving the songs for his upcoming FLOWERS IN THE DIRT archival reissue. Still, I would have liked at least "This One" (maybe the best song on the album IMO) to make the PURE McCARTNEY comp. |
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