McCartney II - The Archive Collection |
Label | Hearmusic (Concord) |
Catalogue No. | HRM 32800 (Barcode: 8 88072 32800 6) |
Release date | 13th June 2011 |
Total time | 3 hours 1 minute and 13 seconds |
U.K. Album Chart Detail : | Did NOT Chart |
Detail : | Originally in 1980 Paul's 12th solo album release - this version was part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection For detail of the original 1980 album see here: McCartney II
The June 2011 archive re-issue was released in multiple formats:
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38:09
Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Coming Up | McCartney | Paul's vocal is distorted using vari-speed on this, the cream of the album. | 3:52 |
Temporary Secretary | McCartney | A song (quite clearly) in the form of a letter to the Alfred Marks employment bureau, who after hearing it, asked permission to use the song in a radio advert. Oddly, they were turned down. |
3:13 |
On The Way | McCartney | Paul recorded the backing track for this, then left it for one week. During that week
he was influenced by a BBC programme about Alexis Korner, and transformed the track into a more "bluesy" number. And what a great sound on this simple, but effective track. |
3:36 |
Waterfalls | McCartney | Originally entitled, "I Need Love". Paul's house in Kent is called "Waterfalls", and this song was actually written long in advance of recording. The finished article ? ... An immense ballad. |
4:41 |
Nobody Knows | McCartney | This song was also influenced by the BBC programme about Alexis Korner, but starts like it's a one man band like Don Partridge ! ... a very happy-sounding knockabout. | 2:51 |
Front Parlour | McCartney | An odd instrumental, named because it was recorded in the same room in Paul's farmhouse. | 3:30 |
Summer's Day Song | McCartney | Nice words, nice melody, with an almost hymnal feel about it. | 3:24 |
Frozen Jap | McCartney | Is this Aneka ? ... very similar sounding. But seriously, a pretty mundane instrumental. |
3:38 |
Bogey Music | McCartney | As described on the inner sleeve, this track is inspired by the Raymond Briggs book
Fungus The Bogeyman An early 50's heavily reverberated feel, that sounds like a one-take job. |
3:25 |
Darkroom | McCartney | This was ad-libbed as it went along (and sounds it), but allegedly was NOT inspired by Linda's photographic interests. | 2:18 |
One Of These Days | McCartney | A very pleasant ballad .... but ... The ONLY track I can think of by Paul, where the
title appears in better form elsewhere. Checkout Pink Floyd`s "One Of These Days" ! |
3:33 |
47:54
No. | Track | Recording Information | Time |
1 | Blue Sway | Previously unreleased | 4:33 |
2 | Coming Up | Live from the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow 17th December 1979 | 4:08 |
3 | Check My Machine | Single b-side of Waterfalls | 5:50 |
4 | Bogey Wobble | Previously unreleased | 2:59 |
5 | Secret Friend | Full length version | 10:30 |
6 | Mr. H Atom/You Know I'll Get You Baby | Previously unreleased | 5:55 |
7 | Wonderful Christmastime | Single version | 3:47 |
8 | All You Horse Riders/Blue Sway | Previously unreleased | 10:11 |
40:15
No. | Track | Recording Information | Time |
1 | Coming Up | Full length version | 5:34 |
2 | Front Parlour | Full length version | 5:15 |
3 | Frozen Jap | Full length version | 5:43 |
4 | Darkroom | Full length version | 3:45 |
5 | Check My Machine | Full length version | 8:58 |
6 | Wonderful Christmastime | Full length version | 4:15 |
7 | Summer's Day Song | Original without vocals | 3:25 |
8 | Waterfalls | D.J. Edit | 3:20 |
54:56
No. | Track | Recording Information | Time |
1 | Meet Paul McCartney | 25:03 | |
2 | Coming Up | Music video | 3:56 |
3 | Waterfalls | Music Video | 3:48 |
4 | Wonderful Christmastime | Music video | 3:47 |
5 | Coming Up | Live at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea, 1979 | 4:10 |
6 | Coming Up | From a rehearsal session at Lower Gate Farm, 1979 | 4:18 |
7 | Making The "Coming Up" Music Video | Feature | 4:03 |
8 | Blue Sway | Music Video | 4:31 |
For all Paul's albums in date order: McCartney LP Discography
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