Venus And Mars - The Archive Collection |
Label | Hearmusic (Concord) | ||||||
Catalogue No. | HRM 35652 (Barcode: 8 88072 35652 8) | ||||||
Release date | 3rd November 2014 | ||||||
Total time | 1 hours 59 minute and 2 seconds C.D. 1 - 42:48 C.D. 2 - 50:36 D.V.D. - 25:38 |
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Detail : | Originally in 1975 Paul's sixth "solo" album release (as "Wings") - this version was part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection For detail of the original 1975 album see here: Venus And Mars
The November 2014 archive re-issue was released in multiple formats:
9th November 2014 this collection entered the chart at no. 49.
The three disc deluxe edition comes in at less than 2 hours (!) ...
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Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Venus And Mars | McCartney | Supposedly, Venus = Linda, Mars = Paul ... but they claimed it was about an imaginery friend, whose friend was an astrologer(!) |
1:18 |
Rock Show | McCartney | Written specifically as an opening number for the next Wings world tour. Guest musicians, Allen Toussaint on piano, Afro on congas. |
5:30 |
Love In Song | McCartney | Geoff Britton on drums, so a 1974 session recording. | 3:04 |
You Gave Me The Answer | McCartney | Shades of "Honey Pie" ? | 2:14 |
Magneto And Titanium Man | McCartney | Not surprisingly, inspired by Marvel comics characters. | 3:16 |
Letting Go | McCartney | Geoff Britton on drums, so a 1974 session recording. | 4:32 |
Venus And Mars - Reprise | McCartney | Just what it says. | 2:05 |
Spirits Of Ancient Egypt | McCartney | Paul emulating a T.Rex feel. | 3:03 |
Medicine Jar | McCulloch-Allen | A rare Wings release, NOT featuring Paul or Linda on lead vocals ! Geoff Britton on drums, so a 1974 session recording. |
3:36 |
Call Me Back Again | McCartney | The least memorable song on the album. | 4:58 |
Listen To What The Man Said | McCartney | Guest musicians, Tom Scott on saxophone and Dave Mason (guitar). | 4:01 |
Treat Her Gently/ Lonely Old People |
McCartney | It was the "loneliness" of these that inspired Paul to record the next track ! | 4:20 |
Crossroads Theme | Hatch | Paul's version replaced the normal Crossroads T.V. theme for some time. "Crossroads" was an ATV production running from 1964-1988 (4,510 episodes !) ... it has been recently revived. |
0:59 |
No. | Track | Recording Information | Time |
1 | Junior's Farm | The 1974 single | 4:23 |
2 | Sally G | B-side of Junior's Farm single | 3:40 |
3 | Walking In The Park With Eloise | 1974 single by The Country Hams | 3:09 |
4 | Bridge On The River Suite | B-side of "Eloise", above | 3:11 |
5 | My Carnival | B-side of "Spies Like Us" | 3:59 |
6 | Going To New Orleans (My Carnival) | From the 1974 sessions | 2:07 |
7 | Hey Diddle | Ernie Winfrey Mix | 3:51 |
8 | Let's Love | Demo for Peggy Lee | 2:05 |
9 | Soily | From "One Hand Clapping" | 3:57 |
10 | Baby Face | From "One Hand Clapping" | 1:42 |
11 | Lunch Box/Odd Sox | Recorded 1975 released as b-side to Coming Up | 3:55 |
12 | 4th Of July | Demo of a song given to John Christie | 3:49 |
13 | Rock Show (Old Version) | Alternate take | 7:09 |
14 | Letting Go | Single Edit | 3:36 |
No. | Track | Recording Information | Time |
1 | Recording My Carnival | Footage of the band in New Orleans | 3:07 |
2 | Bon Voyaguer | Footage of the band in New Orleans | 8:17 |
3 | Wings At Elstree | Rehearsing songs from Venus And Mars | 13:03 |
4 | Venus And Mars TV Ad | Original TV commercial | 1:11 |
For all Paul's albums in date order: McCartney LP Discography
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