Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (Archive Collection) (1997/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Paul McCartney’s tenth solo album, 1997’s Flaming Pie, will become the 13th instalment in his Grammy-winning Archive Collection on 31 July. The acclaimed set, which featured such favourites as ‘Young Boy,’ ‘Calico Skies’ and ‘Beautiful Night,’ will be released in multiple formats with a treasure trove of unheard home recordings, demos and other rarities.

The ‘Young Boy’ EP recreates the 1997 maxi-single with the remastered lead track (which featured McCartney’s old friend Steve Miller and was a top 20 hit in the UK and top three in Spain) as well as a home-recorded version of the song, the original B-side ‘Looking For You’ and excerpts of ‘Oobu Joobu Part 1,’ also from the original single. ‘Looking For You’ featured Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne. The two music videos for the track have been restored and are also now available. Two additional EPs will be released ahead of the Flaming Pie reissue, ‘The World Tonight’ on 26 June and ‘Beautiful Night’ on 17 July.

Flaming Pie was originally released on 5 May 1997, ending a four-year gap between McCartney studio albums since Off The Ground. It was recorded largely after Paul’s involvement in the curation and release of The Beatles Anthology series and took inspiration from that experience.

“A refresher course”

Anthology, he said, “reminded me of The Beatles’ standards and the standards that we reached with the songs. So in a way it was a refresher course that set the framework for this album.” Flaming Pie was produced by Paul, Jeff Lynne and George Martin and featured family and friends including Starr, Miller, Linda McCartney and son James.

As Beatles aficionados know, the album was titled after a quote from an early interview with John Lennon, in which he gave a typically satirical explanation of the origin of The Beatles’ name: “It came in a vision – a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, ‘from this day on you are Beatles with an A.’”

Flaming Pie received rapturous reviews and became McCartney’s most commercially successful release of the 1990s. It achieved his highest chart positions since the 1980s and went gold in the US, UK, Japan and beyond.

TRACKLIST

01. The Song We Were Singing (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
02. The World Tonight (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
03. If You Wanna (Remastered 2020) (feat. Steve Miller)
04. Somedays (Remastered 2020)
05. Young Boy (Remastered 2020) (feat. Steve Miller)
06. Calico Skies (Remastered 2020)
07. Flaming Pie (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
08. Heaven On A Sunday (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne, James McCartney, Linda McCartney)
09. Used To Be Bad (Remastered 2020) (feat. Steve Miller)
10. Souvenir (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
11. Little Willow (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
12. Really Love You (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr)
13. Beautiful Night (Remastered 2020) (feat. Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr, Linda McCartney)
14. Great Day (Remastered 2020) (feat. Linda McCartney)
15. The Song We Were Singing (Home Recording)
16. The World Tonight (Home Recording)
17. If You Wanna (Home Recording)
18. Somedays (Home Recording)
19. Young Boy (Home Recording)
20. Calico Skies (Home Recording)
21. Flaming Pie (Home Recording)
22. Souvenir (Home Recording)
23. Little Willow (Home Recording)
24. Beautiful Night (1995 Demo)
25. Great Day (Home Recording) (feat. Linda McCartney)
26. Great Day (Acoustic) (feat. Linda McCartney)
27. Calico Skies (Acoustic)
28. C’mon Down C’mon Baby
29. If You Wanna (Demo)
30. Beautiful Night (Run Through) (feat. Ringo Starr)
31. The Song We Were Singing (Rough Mix)
32. The World Tonight (Rough Mix) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
33. Little Willow (Rough Mix) (feat. Jeff Lynne)
34. Whole Life (Rough Mix)
35. Heaven On A Sunday (Rude Cassette)
36. Looking For You (feat. Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr)
37. Broomstick (feat. Steve Miller)
38. Love Come Tumbling Down
39. Same Love
40. Oobu Joobu Pt. 1
41. Oobu Joobu Pt. 2
42. Oobu Joobu Pt. 3
43. Oobu Joobu Pt. 4
44. Oobu Joobu Pt. 5
45. Oobu Joobu Pt. 6



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