Paul McCartney will re-release his 1970 album “McCartney” and 1980 album “McCartney II” on June 14 as the next editions in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. “McCartney” went to No. 1 and features “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Every Night” and “Junk,” while “McCartney II,” Paul’s return to solo work after nearly a decade with Wings, yielded “Coming Up,” “Waterfalls” and “Temporary Secretary.” (Full track listings for both releases below.)
McCartney personally supervised all aspects of these reissues, and the remastering work was done at Abbey Roadusing the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.
“McCartney” will be available as a 2-disc special edition featuring the original remastered album plus seven bonus audio tracks, including the previously unreleased outtakes “Suicide” and “Don’t Cry Baby”plus a rare live 1979 recording of “Maybe I’m Amazed.” “McCartney” will also be available in a specially packaged 3-disc (two CDs, one DVD) deluxe edition, which includes an exclusive bonus DVD featuring rare and previously unseen footage, a e128-page hard-bound book containing many exclusive and unpublished photos by Paul and Linda McCartney, original album artwork, downloadable hi-res audio versions of the remastered album and bonus audio tracks, an illustrated history of the making of the album, and expanded track-by-track information for the two audio discs as well as detailed historical information on the film content.
“McCartney II” will also be made available as a 2-disc special edition featuring the original remastered album plus eight bonus tracks including B-sides and alternative versions. The bonus audio CD includes “Coming Up (Live At Glasgow, 1979)” and “Wonderful Christmastime.” The 4-disc (three CDs, one DVD) deluxe edition of “McCartney II” not only includes an exclusive bonus DVD featuring rare and previously unseen footage (including performances of “Coming Up” and the new video for the unreleased track “Blue Sway”) but includes an additional eight rare bonus audio tracks exclusive to this edition. The deluxe edition contains a 128-page hard-bound book featuring many previously unpublished photos by Linda McCartney, original album and single artwork, downloadable hi-res audio versions of the remastered album, an illustrated history of the making of the album, and expanded track-by-track information for all three audio discs plus detailed historical information on the film content.
Both original remastered albums and bonus audio content will also be issued as 2-disc 180 gram audiophile vinyl editions which will come with an MP3 download of all included audio. Lastly, the special and deluxe versions of “McCartney” and “McCartney II” will be made available digitally worldwide.
MCCARTNEY TRACKLIST:
CD 1 – Remastered Album
1. The Lovely Linda
2. That Would Be Something
3. Valentine Day
4. Every Night
5. Hot As Sun / Glasses
6. Junk
7. Man We Was Lonely
8. Oo You
9. Momma Miss America
10. Teddy Boy
11 Singalong Junk
12. Maybe I’m Amazed
13. Kreen-Akrore
CD 2 – Bonus Audio Tracks
1. Suicide [Outtake]
2. Maybe I’m Amazed [From One Hand Clapping]
3. Every Night [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
4. Hot As Sun [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
5. Maybe I’m Amazed [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
6. Don’t Cry Baby [Out-take]
7. Women Kind (Demo) [Mono]
DVD – Bonus Film
1. The Album Story
2. The Beach
3. Maybe I’m Amazed Music Video
4. Suicide [from One Hand Clapping]
5. Every Night [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
6. Hot As Sun [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
7. Junk [MTV Unplugged]
8. That Would Be Something [MTV Unplugged]
MCCARTNEY II TRACKLIST:
CD 1 – Remastered Album
1. Coming Up
2. Temporary Secretary
3. On The Way
4. Waterfalls
5. Nobody Knows
6. Front Parlour
7. Summer’s Day Song
8. Frozen Jap
9. Bogey Music
10. Darkroom
11 One Of These Days
CD 2 – Bonus Audio 1
1. Blue Sway [With Richard Niles Orchestration]
2. Coming Up [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
3. Check My Machine [Edit]
4. Bogey Wobble
5. Secret Friend
6. Mr H Atom / You Know I’ll Get you Baby
7. Wonderful Christmastime [Edited Version]
8. All You Horse Riders / Blue Sway
CD 3- Bonus Audio 2 (DELUXE 3 CD – 1 DVD EDITION ONLY)
1. Coming Up [Full Length Version]
2. Front Parlour [Full Length Version]
3. Frozen Jap [Full Length Version]
4. Darkroom [Full Length Version]
5. Check My Machine [Full Length Version]
6. Wonderful Christmastime [Full Length Version]
7. Summer’s Day Song [Original without vocals]
8. Waterfalls [DJ Edit]
DVD – Bonus Film
1. Meet Paul McCartney
2. Coming Up Music Video
3. Waterfalls Music Video
4. Wonderful Christmastime Music Video
5. Coming Up [Live at Concert for the People of Kampuchea]
6. ‘Coming Up’ [taken from a rehearsal session at Lower Gate Farm, 1979]
7. Making the Coming Up Music Video
8. Blue Sway
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