mccartney ii is sick

Is that everything ?

I should add it is his masterpiece as a solo act......

that reissue looks dope EXCEPT it is shiiiiitty to put an edit of Check My Machine on the regular bonus disc and the full-length only on the extra-bonus one, and apparently w/ Band On The Run the 3-disc cost US$20 and the 4-disc cost US$100?!??!??!?!??!?!wtf

amazon lists the deluxe of this at $60 which means it will be less than that. I'm excited, love this album.

wasn't the 4th disc 'much the same' as the extra disc of a few years ago?

I will check this machine....

I don't care about "Check My Machine" (which is rubbish, frankly), but the album may benefit from the remastering if they do a good job. It doesn't sound very convincing on the current version.

"Darkroom" is so great sounding on the original vinyl! Super hot, warm, great separation.

yeah man there are like 5 records i miss owning and this is absolutely one of them, "Summer's Day" sounded SO good with a beer in hand

X-Post: The aesthetic in 1993, when the album was remastered, and also around the original CD release of the album, was very much pro-little separation. Separation has become more fashionable again lately, and that is one thing I really long forward to. The separation is also one of the most important improvements of the current Queen remasters, and they were originally reissued around the same time as the McCartney ones.

Btw. I suppose these will get the same design as the Lennon remasters and Badfinger remasters, with the Apple logo on the back and all.

no, because it wasn't an apple release

(mccartney ii anyway)

i listened to basically nothing but paul mccartney's solo career up until like age 11 or 12

ii is good but not sure if it's better than tug of war. press to play is the one that shouldn't be overlooked imo

mccartney ii boxset is sick

hi craig

paul is dead

(Yo, Jaxon. I've been a deadbeat ex-Chim for a while now--I just logged onto Robots.in.heat for the first time in forever; kudos for evidently keeping the poststream steady, though. I need to jump back in there.)

Anyhoo, some real nice pix/interviews in this ultra-deluxe book/box. Giant reel box reproductions/multitrack rundown sheets, arrangement lead sheets for "Coming Up" and "Waterfalls", and a little bit of synth pron via shots of his Yamaha CS80 and Jupiter 4.

mccartney ii boxset is sick

special edition - €15
deluxe edition - €56

get fuuuuuuuucked

do dig "Temporary Secretary"

I seem to recall that the "Coming Up" video was debuted on SNL.

couple of good songs on this and it's always fun to check out a weird record that actually charted, but as far as strange home-baked home recordings go, 20 times over I will reach for r. stevie moore's 'phonography'

brilliant mutants trying their hardest vs. famous people coasting, make your choice life is really short

np: 'pipes of peace'

― Milton Parker, Friday, July 2, 2010 2:49 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark

I read this thread today and then found out r stevie moore is playing here tonight, too bad I'm busy cause that is some world class synchronicity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWVdpiB5IQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6xOkHEzjs

I keep seeing this thread and thinking "Poor mccartney ii".

mccartney ii boxset is sick

special edition - €15
deluxe edition - €56

get fuuuuuuuucked

― all cats are gay (sic), Monday, 13 June 2011 13:45 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I've seen it, and it's one heavy duty book to be fair...

The only thing is: Macca1 is 2cds and a dvd, the 'special edition' is the 2cds.

whereas Macca2 has a cd extra for no extra charge on the 'deluxe', but you can't get it anywhere else....

Unless: There is also a 2LP version of both, and a d/l option is provided. Wonder if you get the 'extra' CD with that one? (The deluxe edition provides d/l of all 27 (i.e. specific) tracks)

I'm not rly arsed about the book though! I suppose it could be interesting to read all the stories behind, but
a) I don't need super-thick covers to enjoy that and
b) am not a macca nerd, just like his odder/electronic stuff & love that bootleg double version of the album from upthread and so would like a legit version with more stuff, so the stories are probly 98% boring wank about Linda's pies and Denny Laine's tunings and sheepdogs that I would never read again anyway.

anyway if there's one bloody artist in the world who doesn't need to do post-Radiohead multiple tiers of variously deluxe and boxed versions of a release, in order to monetise their small business in a world of digital piracy, it's Paul McCartney on EMI.

it's weird because i was just thinking the other day that mccartney ii needed a three-disc deluxe reissue

I was trying to work out if McC's offering d/l editions, and I found out he is.

Or is he?

http://www.paulmccartney.com/mccartneyII/gbp.php

You 'buy' the d/l of any of the formats, and you get a 'product unavailable' error.

Maybe next week...

What's the story with "Blue Sway?" There's saxophone on it.

Those d/ls are available now.

Basically, you can get all the 'superdeluxe' tracks for McCartney ii on various d/l formats, at least one of them is £12.99

Orchestration by Richard Niles on "Blue Sway." New video for the song up.

"Bogey Wobble" is quite nice, isn't it? Appreciated for a while how he used live drums on a lot of this.

Artists ask McCartney questions about their favorite II tracks

Erol Alkan, DJ: Which musician did he greatly admire while making that album?

McCartney: Certainly Talking Heads. I love David Byrne's eccentricity, that's very appealing. And I like his not-mainstream attitude... I was also listening to things like John Cage, Luciano Berio, Cornelius Cardew. I went to their concerts in London because I had plenty of time on my hands so it was the kind of thing I would go and see. Again, just to see what it was about, not necessarily because I was a massive fan. It was more like: what is a prepared piano? Oh, that's what it is. You know, funky stuff like that.

He went to see The Rapture. Not necessarily because he was a massive fan. It was more like: what is a cowbell? Oh, that's what it is. You know..

After years of visa refusals due to his past marijuana busts, Japan had finally allowed McCartney, and thus Wings, to perform. It would be McCartney's first time playing there since 1966 with The Beatles, and anticipation was running high with Wings' tour completely sold out. However, upon his arrival in Tokyo on 16 January 1980, a search of McCartney's luggage revealed a bag containing 219 grams of marijuana, prompting his immediate arrest and eventually cancelling the tour. After a nine-day jail stay, McCartney was released and returned home to his Scottish farm. Deciding to put Wings on hold while he contemplated his future, he now decided to issue his solo recordings from the previous summer.

219g!

Paul McCartney: tha big cheezer!

I grew up listening to 'Check My Machine' and generally dancing round the living room to it as a four or five-year-old.

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor was into McCartney II when he was FOUR YEARS OLD, poser!

Is that a mellotron on "Summer's Day Song?" Sounds like mellotron on the flute setting.

I listened to my vinyl copy last night, which is not in great shape so perhaps the remaster reveals new subtleties or something. Anyway, more than half of it is a stone bore.

an edited highlight's of mcc.'s solo career could be marvellous, i think. but i feel exhausted at the idea of listening to see what is actually good. like, oh! look! a record with trevor horn! now which is the good track.

or, like, 'the fireman'. there's three cds of that business now! i don't know how i feel about that!

This site documents all his mellotron use!

http://www.planetmellotron.com/revmacca.htm

Never knew about the mellotron sax setting. Apparently, that's what the reedy sounds on "Coming Up" and "Bogey Music" are.

second one's good, first one's boring, All The Best is a p good singles comp, you're welcome (xpost)

i dunno sic it seems to have both 'pipes of peace' and 'mull of kintyre' on it, that would go against my rule against listening to any record with two tracks with 'of' in the title

About ten years ago a friend burned a CD-R of Macca highlights: a diverse set of B-sides, album tracks, one-offs. It and All The Best are all I need.

Is that a mellotron on "Summer's Day Song?" Sounds like mellotron on the flute setting.

Yes. Always thought this one sounded like Paul had been listening to the second side of Before and After Science.

Love Paul but he's really annoying on most of this, no? I like the instrumentals.

really need to pick up this deluxe edition. this has been my favorite mccartney album since I got it on 8 track in 1985!

i dunno sic it seems to have both 'pipes of peace' and 'mull of kintyre' on it, that would go against my rule against listening to any record with two tracks with 'of' in the title

ha

I really liked Mull Of Kintyre but I was a kid when All The Best came out and I met all those songs so