McCartney - Ultimate Archive Collection

Track list

Disc 1

1. From "McCartney" album

1. The Lovely Linda

   Written by Paul McCartney

   0:46 • Studio version • A2011

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer

   SessionRecorded : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 21, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

2. That Would Be Something

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:42 • Studio version • A2011

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 22, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

3. Valentine Day

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:44 • Studio version • A2011

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 22, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

4. Every Night

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:35 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Producer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : Feb 22, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 24, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

2. From "McCartney" album - Medley

1. Hot As Sun

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:28 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Glasses","Suicide"

   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

   SessionRecording : Feb 19, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 24, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

2. Glasses

   Written by Paul McCartney

   0:29 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Hot As Sun", "Suicide"

   Paul McCartney : Glasses, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : December 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home, 7 Cavendish Avenue, St John’s Wood • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 21, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios • London • UK

3. Suicide

   Written by Paul McCartney

   0:09 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • Medley with "Hot As Sun","Glasses"

   Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 21, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios • London • UK

3. From "McCartney" album

1. Junk

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:57 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   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

   SessionRecording : Jan 17, 1970 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home, 7 Cavendish Avenue, St John’s Wood • London • UK

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 18, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 26, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

2. Man We Was Lonely

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:00 • Studio version • A2011

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Feb 25, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Feb 25, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

3. Oo You

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:50 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   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

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Home studio, Cavendish Avenue, St.John's Wood

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 20, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 28, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

4. Momma Miss America

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:08 • Studio version • A2011

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 21, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

5. Teddy Boy

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:25 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Handclaps, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer Robin Black : Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home, 7 Cavendish Avenue, St John’s Wood • London • UK

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 17, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 26, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

6. Singalong Junk

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:38 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   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

   SessionRecording : Jan 17, 1970 • Studio : Paul McCartney's home, 7 Cavendish Avenue, St John’s Wood • London • UK

   SessionOverdubs : Feb 18, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 21, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

7. Maybe I'm Amazed

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:51 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Phil McDonald : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : Feb 15, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK

   SessionMixing : Feb 22, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

8. Kreen - Akrore

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:16 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Bow and arrow, Drums, Electric guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Robin Black : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering

   SessionRecording : Feb 18, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios, London

   SessionMixing : Feb 26, 1970 • Studio : Morgan Studios • London • UK

4. Indeed I Do

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   4:05 • Demo • B • Takes 1 2

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / McCartney

   SessionRecording : Circa 1971-1972 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland ?

5. Blackpool

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:15 • Demo • A

   Unknown : Acoustic guitars, Drums, Electric keyboard

   SessionRecording : Circa 1971-1972 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

   SessionMixing : Jan 20, 1973 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

6. African Yeah Yeah

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   2:44 • Demo • B

   Paul McCartney : Producer, Recording engineer Richard Lush : Mixing engineer John Leckie : Assistant mixing engineer

   SessionRecording : August 1972 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

   SessionMixing : Jan 20, 1973 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

7. Maybe I'm Amazed

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:54 • Studio version • E • Stereo

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / 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

   SessionRecording : Aug 26 or 28, 1974 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Sep 29, 1974 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road

8. Every Night

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:32 • Live • L4

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / 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, UK on Dec 17, 1979

   SessionMixing : April 1980 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK

9. Hot As Sun

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:28 • Live • L1

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / 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, UK on Dec 17, 1979

   SessionMixing : April 1980 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK

10. Maybe I'm Amazed

    Written by Paul McCartney

    5:13 • Live • L4

    Performed by : Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / 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, UK on Dec 17, 1979

    SessionMixing : April 1980 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK

11. Suicide

    Written by Paul McCartney

    2:50 • Studio version • A

    Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Piano, Producer, Vocals

    SessionRecording : Dec 23-30, 1969 • Studio : At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK

    SessionMixing : May 03, 2010 • Studio : Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

12. Medley

1. Don't Cry Baby

   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

   SessionMixing : Feb 24, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2. Oo You

   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

   SessionRecording : Late December 1969 ? • Studio : At home, Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, UK

13. Maybe I'm Amazed

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:54 • Studio version • Stereo • "Instrumental version, probably created from tracks available at Paul McCartney’s New Rude Studio in 2012"

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Feb 22, 1970 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

14. Women Kind

    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

    Recording : Circa 1970 or 1971

From the liner notes:

As for McCartney, Paul’s actual debut album from 1970, the original Archive release included a lot of extras, but nothing really new from the era (save for a longer version of Suicide and an Instrumental version of Oo You, entitled Don’t Cry Baby). To that, I’ve added a few demos from the era and an instrumental version of Maybe I’m Amazed to round out the disc. I should note that while the Archive version (which I’ve used for the album, taken from down sampled versions of the unlimited hi-res audio) generally sounds better than the DCC release, there were a few anomalies where I patched in the DCC. For one, the Archive version of Maybe I’m Amazed cuts off close to four seconds at the fade, so that is included here. Also, Kreen-Akrore sounds like noise reduction has been applied to the Archive version, whereas on the DCC set it sounds much more natural. So, I’ve opted to include the DCC version here. Anyhoo, that wraps it up for this edition of the UAC series, which I believe is now up to 24 titles! We’re getting there!! I hope y’all enjoy this one and enjoy the holiday as well! See ya when I get back home…

NOTES:
1-14 – McCartney album
Because was essentially barred from accessing any tape of Apple Records, he had no choice but to keep any recording a secret. So he hired one mike and a Studer 4-track machine to record at home, completely on his own: no technician and no musicians. Work started in late December 1969.

Later he booked time (February 10 to 12, 1970) in the Morgan Studios in Willesden, as Billy Martin (a baseman and later manager of the New York Yankees) and once Ringo had left the EMI building on Abbey Road, he finished the recordings and mixing there. Klein, helped by Lennon, tried to postpone the release of Pauls solo album at least twice, but eventually it was released more or less as planned on , released on April 17, 1970.

15-17 – demo’s, probably recorded in July 1971, during the first rehearsals with the band that soon would be called Wings.

18 – Maybe I’m Amazed – One Hand Clapping version, recorded in August 1974 and released on June 13, 2011 on McCartney – Paul McCartney Archive Collection

19-21 – live version with Wings, recorded in the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, on December 17, 1979 and released on McCartney – Paul McCartney Archive Collection

22 – Suicide – complete version of the 8 seconds fragment used on the album. Recorded on February 21, 1970 in the EMI studio on Abbey Road.

23 – Don’t Cry Baby – alt. take of ‘Oo You’, recorded in December 1969 and released on McCartney -Paul McCartney Archive Collection

24- Maybe I’m Amazed – instrumental version, probably created from tracks available at Paul McCartney’s New Rude Studio in 2012.

25 – Woman Kind – undated demo, released on McCartney – Paul McCartney Archive Collection