UK Release date : Monday, June 13, 2011
McCartney - Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 14, 2022
UK Release date : Monday, June 13, 2011
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 14, 2022
Previous album Mar 15, 2011 • "Rare Bird Alert" by Steve Martin released in the US
Concert Jun 09, 2011 • HP Discover private show
Concert Jun 10, 2011 • USA • Las Vegas
Album Jun 13, 2011 • "McCartney - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Album Jun 13, 2011 • "McCartney II - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Album Jun 13, 2011 • "McCartney - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney released in the US
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Written by Paul McCartney
0:46 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recorded: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Mixing: Feb 21, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:42 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Mixing: Feb 22, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
1:44 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Mixing: Feb 22, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
2:35 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Producer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 23, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Feb 24, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Medley
Written by Paul McCartney
1:28 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Glasses", "Suicide" - 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Bongos, Drums, Electric guitar, Maracas, Organ, Producer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 12 to ~20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Feb 24, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
0:29 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Hot As Sun", "Suicide"
Paul McCartney : Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 21 to 25, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Late February 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
0:09 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Glasses", "Hot As Sun" - 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Piano, Producer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK
Session Mixing: Late February 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
1:57 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Producer, Vocals, Xylophone Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Overdubs: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Mixing: Late February 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
3:00 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 25, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Feb 25, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:50 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Aerosol spray, Bass, Cow bell, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Tambourine, Vocals Robin Black : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio Home studio, Cavendish Avenue, St.John's Wood
Session Overdubs: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Mixing: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:08 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Mixing: Feb 21, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:25 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Overdubs: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Mixing: Late February 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:38 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: December, 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, London
Session Overdubs: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Mixing: Feb 21, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:51 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 22, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Feb 22, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:16 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 12, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Overdubs: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London
Session Mixing: Feb 12-20, 1970 • Studio Morgan Studios, London ?
Written by Paul McCartney
2:50 • Studio version • A1 • Stereo • Full version recorded in 1969
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Piano, Producer, Vocals
Session Recording: Late December 1969 • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK
Session Mixing: May 03, 2010 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Written by Paul McCartney
4:54 • Studio version • E • Stereo • Recorded as part of the documentary film 'One Hand Clapping', though the version used in the film contains a voice-over. This is the first time this track has been released 'clean'.
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Jimmy McCulloch • Geoff Britton Paul McCartney : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Recording assistant John Barrett : Mixing engineer assistant
Session Recording: Aug 26, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Sep 29, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
4:32 • Live • L4 • Stereo
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Laurence Juber • Steve Holley Paul McCartney : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer Eddie Klein : Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant Mark Vigars : Recording engineer Jim Jones : Recording assistant
Concert From the concert in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Dec 17, 1979
Session Mixing: April 1980 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Written by Paul McCartney
2:28 • Live • L1 • Stereo
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Laurence Juber • Steve Holley Paul McCartney : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer Eddie Klein : Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant Mark Vigars : Recording engineer Jim Jones : Recording assistant
Concert From the concert in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Dec 17, 1979
Session Mixing: April 1980 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Written by Paul McCartney
5:13 • Live • L4 • Stereo
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Laurence Juber • Steve Holley Paul McCartney : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer Eddie Klein : Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant Mark Vigars : Recording engineer Jim Jones : Recording assistant
Concert From the concert in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Dec 17, 1979
Session Mixing: April 1980 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Medley
Written by Paul McCartney
3:08 • Outtake • A • Stereo • Medley with "Oo You". In the liner notes, it is indicated this track was recorded at "Rude Studio (unknown date)", which is inaccurate, as Rude Studio (Paul's recording studio in Scotland) didn't exist early 1970.
Paul McCartney : Mix engineer, Producer John Kurlander : Assistant mix engineer
Session Recording: Late December 1969 ? • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK ?
Session Mixing: Feb 24, 1970 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
3:08 • Outtake • B • Stereo • Medley with "Don't Cry Baby". Instrumental version. In the liner notes, it is indicated this track was mixed at Abbey Road on April 21, 1970. This seems unlikely as, on April 21, 1970, Paul had left London to go to Scotland.
Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mix engineer, Producer John Kurlander : Assistant mix engineer
Session Recording: Late December 1969 ? • Studio At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK
Session Mixing: Late February 1970 ? • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
2:10 • Demo • A • Stereo • "The exact date that this track was written and recorded is unknown, though Paul remembers it is from the McCartney period. It was taken from a safety copy of a demo cassette which was lost or stolen."
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals
Session Recording: circa 1970 • Studio Cavendish Avenue, St.John's Wood, London, UK
From superdeluxeedition.com:
PAUL MCCARTNEY’S CLASSIC SOLO RECORDINGS MCCARTNEY AND MCCARTNEY II GET DELUXE TREATMENT JUNE 13th
McCartney’s Seminal Solo Albums Will Be Available In Multiple Configurations Featuring Remastered Rare And Unreleased Audio & Video Content
With Special Exclusive Packaging
MPL and the Concord Music Group are pleased to announce McCartney and McCartney II as the next releases in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection on June 13th, 2011. Heralded as one of the most beloved solo debuts of all time, McCartney, the smash # 1 album, originally released April of 1970, yielded the timeless tracks “Every Night” and “Junk” along with the immortal classic “Maybe I’m Amazed.” McCartney II originally issued in May of 1980 was McCartney’s return to solo work after nine years touring and having released several massively successful albums with Wings. Reaching #1 in the UK, and #3 in the U.S., the album produced enduring classics such as “Coming Up,” “Waterfalls,” & “Temporary Secretary.”
Paul McCartney personally supervised all aspects of these two reissues. The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.
Both McCartney and McCartney II will be available in a variety of formats originating with the single disc digitally remastered Standard Edition version of each album.
McCartney will also be made available as a 2-disc (2 CD) 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”. For collectors, the reissue will additionally be made available as a lavishly packaged 3 disc (2 CD, 1 DVD) Deluxe Edition which includes an exclusive bonus DVD featuring rare and previously unseen footage, an extraordinary 128-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 (2 CD) Special Edition featuring the original remastered album plus eight bonus tracks including B-Sides and alternative versions. The bonus audio CD includes the #1 hit “Coming Up (Live At Glasgow, 1979)” and holiday perennial “Wonderful Christmastime.”
The lovingly packaged 4 disc (3 CD, 1 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. Additionally, the McCartney II deluxe edition contains an extraordinary 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 180gm 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.
The musical achievement of McCartney and McCartney II are noted in the annals of music history as they serve as bookends to the historic first chapter of McCartney’s solo career.
McCartney & McCartney II mark the second and third releases from the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, an ambitious reissue program that encompasses 41 years of cherished, classic material from the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history. In November of 2010, the inaugural title in the Archive Collection, Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1973 classic Band on the Run was released to worldwide acclaim.
From Wikipedia:
In 2011 the album was re-issued by Hear Music/Concord Music Group as part of The Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
The album was released in three different versions: a two-disc special edition with the second disc containing bonus audio tracks, a two-disc 180-gram remastered vinyl, and a deluxe two-CD and one-DVD version that contains a 128-page hardcover book with never-before-published photos and all-new liner notes.
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Joe Rufer • 1 year ago
??? why do you NOT list the contents of the DVDs in the ARCHIVE Series??? a thorough listing would be extremely helpful!!! thanks for all your work!
The PaulMcCartney Project • 1 year ago
Hi Joe, thanks for your comment. Adding DVD tracks is something I've been considering for a while but didn't know yet. Indeed, it would require a bit of coding that is not as simple as it seems. But I'll get to it, one day!
