With new and fresh details (already covered in great length by Super Deluxe Edition, and The Second Disc, we’re just going to augment our earlier post with proper shots and song details.
Fans of Paul McCartney have been quite lucky with the continuing Hear Music remastering and expansion of all of the catalog titles from Macca and his band, Wings. Previously, fans have gotten their hands on excellent Deluxe Editions of Band On the Run (available in a suite of purchase choices, depending on the depth of your love), Ram, McCartney, McCartney II, and Wings Over America. And those have been great releases.
Hear Music have posted minimally informed pre-order links in both the the UK and US sites of Amazon for the next in the restoration series of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. Of course, it is no secret that the next revisited sets would be Venus And Mars, the 1975 follow-up to Band On the Run (1973), and At The Speed Of Sound (1976). Both albums would continue to explore what McCartney had in stock, each with their own run of successful singles that would keep both albums on the top of worldwide charts for their natural span.
On September 23 (US), September 22 (UK), Hear Music will reissue both Venus And Mars, and At The Speed Of Sound in several styles of reissues that include a 2CD set, as well as a boxed version, and gatefold LP sets too. Fans can start setting their pennies aside for the level of acquisition(s) that will please them.
Venus And Mars:
CD 1 – Remastered Album
1. Venus and Mars
2. Rock Show
3. Love In Song
4. You Gave Me The Answer
5. Magneto and Titanium Man
6. Letting Go
7. Venus and Mars – Reprise
8. Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
9. Medicine Jar
10. Call Me Back Again
11. Listen To What The Man Said
12. Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People
13. Crossroads
CD 2 – Bonus Audio
1. Junior’s Farm
2. Sally G
3. Walking In The Park With Eloise
4. Bridge On The River Suite
5. My Carnival
6. Going To New Orleans (My Carnival)
7. Hey Diddle [Ernie Winfrey Mix]
8. Let’s Love
9. Soily [from One Hand Clapping]
10. Baby Face [from One Hand Clapping]
11. Lunch Box/Odd Sox
12. 4th Of July
13. Rock Show [Old Version]
14. Letting Go [Single Edit]
DVD – Bonus Film
1. Recording My Carnival
2. Bon Voyageur
3. Wings At Elstree
4. Venus and Mars TV Ad
The original 13 track #1 album, remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London
14 bonus audio tracks (including the hit single „Junior‟s Farm‟).
DVD featuring previously unreleased and exclusive content, including footage of the band in
New Orleans and rehearsing the songs from Venus and Mars at Elstree Studios, and the original
TV commercial for the album, directed by Karel Reisz.
Plus downloadable 24bitkHz high-resolution audio versions of the remastered album and bonus
audio tracks.
All set within a 128 page hardbound book containing memorabilia, many previously unpublished
images by Linda McCartney and Aubrey Powell, album and single artwork and a full history of
the album, including a new interview with Paul McCartney and expanded track by track
information.
At The Speed Of Sound:
CD 1 – Remastered Album
1. Let ‘Em In
2. The Note You Never Wrote
3. She’s My Baby
4. Beware My Love
5. Wino Junko
6. Silly Love Songs
7. Cook Of The House
8. Time To Hide
9. Must Do Something About It
10. San Ferry Anne
11. Warm And Beautiful
CD 2 – Bonus Audio
1. Silly Love Songs [Demo]
2. She’s My Baby [Demo]
3. Message To Joe
4. Beware My Love [John Bonham Version]
5. Must Do Something About It [Paul’s Version]
6. Let ‘Em In [Demo]
7. Warm And Beautiful [Instrumental Demo]
DVD – Bonus Film
1. Silly Love Songs Music Video
2. Wings Over Wembley
3. Wings In Venice
The original 11 track album, remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London.
7 previously unreleased bonus audio tracks, including a version of „Beware My Love‟ featuring
John Bonham.
DVD featuring previously unreleased footage of Wings in Venice in 1976, a new behind-the-scenes edit from the 1976 Wembley shows, as well as the original music video for “Silly Love
Songs‟ .
Plus downloadable 24bitkHz high-resolution audio versions of the remastered album and bonus
audio tracks.
All set within a 112 page hardbound book containing memorabilia, many previously unpublished
images by Linda McCartney and Clive Arrowsmith, a new interview with Paul McCartney, and
expanded track by track information.
Soon, the missing remaining titles will be available as well.