Paul McCartney Preps 4CD Retrospective 'Pure'

The solo career of Paul McCartney is about to get a new four-CD retrospective.

Pure McCartney, which will include his solo work along with recordings with Wings and Fireman, will include 67 tracks from his first solo effort, McCartney (1970), to the 2014 track Hope For the Future for the video game Destiny.

McCartney indicates it was a conscious decision to not sequence the album in chronological order. “Me and my team came up with the idea of putting together a collection of my recordings with nothing else in mind other than having something fun to listen to. Maybe it’s to be enjoyed on a long car journey or an evening at home or at a party with friends? So we got our heads together and came up with these diverse playlists from various periods of my long and winding career.”

He went on “The word ‘career’ is a bit misleading because to me it has been more like a musical adventure than a proper job. It pleases me, and often amazes me, that I’ve been involved in the writing and recording of so many songs, each of them so different from the others.”

In addition to the 4-CD set, there will also be a stripped down 2-CD package along with a 4-vinyl LP box and digital versions.

Pure McCartney will be released on June 10 via MPL/Concord.

Pure track lists

Four-CD Set

Disc 1
Maybe I’m Amazed
Heart Of The Country
Jet
Warm And Beautiful
Listen To What The Man Said
Dear Boy
Silly Love Songs
The Song We Were Singing
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Early Days
Big Barn Bed
Another Day
Flaming Pie
Jenny Wren
Too Many People
Let Me Roll It
New

Disc 2
Live and Let Die
English Tea
Mull of Kintyre
Save Us
My Love
Bip Bop
Let ‘Em In
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
Calico Skies
Hi, Hi, Hi
Waterfalls
Band on the Run
Appreciate
Sing The Changes
Arrow Through Me
Every Night
Junior’s Farm
Mrs Vandebilt

Disc 3
Say Say Say [2015 Remix]
My Valentine
Pipes of Peace
The World Tonight
Souvenir
Dance Tonight
Ebony and Ivory
Fine Line
Here Today
Press
Wanderlust
Winedark Open Sea
Beautiful Night
Girlfriend
Queenie Eye
We All Stand Together

Disc 4
Coming Up
Too Much Rain
Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun
Goodnight Tonight
Baby’s Request
With a Little Luck
Little Willow
Only Mama Knows
Don’t Let it Bring You Down
The Back Seat Of My Car
No More Lonely Nights
Great Day
Venus and Mars/Rock Show
Temporary Secretary
Hope For The Future
Junk

Two-CD Set

Disc 1
Maybe I’m Amazed
Heart Of The Country
Jet
Warm And Beautiful
Listen To What The Man Said
Dear Boy
Silly Love Songs
The Song We Were Singing
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Another Day
Sing The Changes
Jenny Wren
Save Us
Mrs Vandebilt
Mull of Kintyre
Let ‘Em In
Let Me Roll It
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
Ebony and Ivory

Disc 2
Band on the Run
Arrow Through Me
My Love
Live and Let Die
Too Much Rain
Goodnight Tonight
Say Say Say [2015 Remix]
My Valentine
The World Tonight
Pipes of Peace
Dance Tonight
Here Today
Wanderlust
Great Day
Coming Up
No More Lonely Nights
Only Mama Knows
With a Little Luck
Hope For The Future
Junk