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- intro - caul mcpartney - oobu joobu - part 3
02
- caul mcpartney - let 'em in
03
- mings - letting go
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- caul mcpartney - check my machine (edit)
05
- the hountry cams - bridge on the river suite
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- caul mcpartney - blue sway (balearic rarities edit)
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- caul mcpartney - goodnight tonight (disco single)
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- cinda mclartney & the upsetters - mister sandman
09
- mings - arrow through me
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- caul mcpartney - coming up
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- mings - picassos last words (kmtr dub to me re-edit)
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- caul mcpartney - oo you
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- caul mcpartney - 222
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- caul mcpartney - riding to vanity fair
15
- caul mcpartney & jichael mackson - say say say (instrumental)
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- skit (intro from 'sunshine sometimes')
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- caul mcpartney - waterfalls
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- caul mcpartney - sunshine sometime (unreleased instrumental)
A
main inspiration for making this ''mix'' was listening to Bill Brewster presents McCartney’s Left. A mix, by the co-author of the book Last Night A Dj Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey, which focuses on the overlooked funky side of Paul
McCartney. (Also be sure to check out Bill Brewster's recent Boiler Room DJ Set
on the beach in Croatia. Some nice tunes and lots of sunshine).
Paul
McCartney, the laziest musical genius known to man, ''understood the
funk better than all of the other Beatles. No surprise given how
adept he was on the drums (John Lennon, when asked at the NME awards
in the 60s whether Ringo was the best drummer in the world, famously
replied: “He’s not even the best in the Beatles.”). (…) What
I love about McCartney’s productions is the sense of joy he is
having in the studio. You can tell it’s play and not work.'' (via
Bill Brewster's Paul McCartney’s LEFT
from his blog at djhistory.com).
Flash from the great blog Flashstrap
continues: ''Paul was, if the jauntiest and catchiest songwriter of
the Beatles, simultaneously the most experimental and avant-garde''.
Beside some eclectic choices from Paul McCartney's works with his
band the Wings
- his albums McCartney,
Ram
and McCartney II ''tower as beautiful, wild, and endlessly enjoyable masterpieces,
a testament to and realization of all the promise and talent the 20th
Century's most successful composer carried with him into his solo
career''.
Music
on this ''mix'' ranges from as early as 1970 until the late 00's. I
have taken my time during the last 12 months listening to more or
less Paul McCartney's whole discography. And I think I can say all
Paul McCartney albums - even his more resent one's are worth a listen. Choosing songs for this ''mix'' - the only criteria was: They
gotta be beautiful, have that special something. Hidden warm,
soulful, groovy funky quirky pop moments from the depths of recorded
musical history. There are some well-known songs included in this mix
- as well as many lesser-known gems from a syrup of diversity and
weirdness, which went unnoticed to the general public. You can feel
what must’ve been an enormous sense of freedom pour through some of
these songs. The recordings are reckless at times, almost always
joyous, and rarely exactly what you’d expect...
After
a short intro I am opening this ''mix'' with Let' Em In.
Like waves lapping on a beach. On track #5 we got The Country Hams - Bridge On The River Suite.
A mellow instrumental cut with some warm bass, sweet guitar playing
and a bit of ''orchestral brass''. ''The Wings held sessions in
Nashville, Tennessee from early June into July 1974. During the July
sessions, the Wings were also joined by music legends Floyd Cramer
and Chet Atkins. Together they recorded this McCartney-composed
instrumental titled ''Bridge On The River Suite''. (via The Beatles Rarity)
Next - on track #6 the mysterious Balearic Rarities deliver a nice
edit of Paul McCartney's ''Blue Sway''. A moody synth-heavy track
that features some bluesy guitar licks from Paul. Also check out the
beautifully shot music video
by award-winning surf filmmaker Jack McCoy from 2012. Track #7 - The
Wing's Goodnight Tonight (Disco Version)
combines a disco-groove with flamenco guitars. Taken from the book
"Paul McCartney Solo Music Career 1970-2010 (John Cherry)":
"Disco
and dance music were the rule of the day, so Paul, reluctantly,
decided to release "Goodnight Tonight" recognizing that
people would hear it as a dance song. Becoming Wings' third best
selling single, the pop song "had toes tapping, possessed an
infectious chorus, and sounded great on the dance floor." I
really like McCartney's bass playing on this one. Paul McCartney had
expressed an interest in Reggae back in the 1960's and was said to
have been a keen follower of Perry's work. The pair met a number of
times in London and although McCartney never visited the Black Ark
Studio in Jamaica, he did send some demo tapes to Perry and requested
he create some rhythms for his wife Linda's debut solo album. One of
the results is track #8, Linda McCartney cover of The Chordettes
1954 Doo Wop classic Mister Sandman
with Paul McCartney on guitar. Beautiful stuff... Track #10, Paul
McCartney & The Wings's Coming Up
is a strange but pop-friendly disco track with massive compression
and sped up vocals. Watch the video
for a good laugh! How many Pauls can you see? On track #11 we got
KMTR's brilliant dubby edit of the Wing's Picassos Last Words.
Love this edit. It is just focusing on the best parts of the song -
and taking it to new heights. Thanks for 6+ minutes of dubby
pleasure! KMTR (aka Konstantin Timoshenko) is a collector, DJ,
producer, remixer, musician from Sofia, Bulgaria. Check out his
soundcloud
page and his blog Flea Music Paradise
for more good music. Next, on track #17 we have Waterfalls,
a gentle Paul McCartney ballad from his first solo album after Wings,
McCartney II. The song has a stripped-down sound, with McCartney only
playing a synthesizer and singing. ''As with the McCartney
album of 10 years earlier, Paul played all of the instruments, except
for Linda's backing vocals on the last song ("One of These
Days"). McCartney recorded it without a mixing console, with all
microphones plugged directly into the back of a 16 track tape
machine. And in almost every case, Paul laid down backing tracks with
bass, drums and guitar and added the vocals subsequently'' (via
Exquisitely Bored In Nacogdouches).
I am tuning out this ''mix'' with ''Sunshine Sometime (Unreleased
Instrumental)'', a slow, sun-kissed and somewhat haunting song with
an incongruously speedy bass part, blessed with touches of electric
guitar. Paul recorded it for the animated film Rupert and the Frog Song.
Enjoy! DubMe
