Paul McCartney Preps Venus & Mars, Speed Of Sound Deluxe Editions

Paul McCartney and Wings next batch of deluxe editions are the classic ‘Venus and Mars’ and ‘Wings At The Speed of Sound’.

Both albums will be released on September 24, 2014 in multiple formats : 2-CDs, 2-CDs/1-DVD/Book, 2-Vinyl LPs, DD.

Venus and Mars was the followup to Band on the Run and included the number 1 single Listen to What the Man Said along with Letting Go (1975 / #12 Pop) and Venus and Mars/Rock Show (1975 / #39). The album received mediocre reviews but has gone on to sell an estimated ten million copies.

Wings at the Speed of Sound also was met with middling reviews but produced two major hits with Silly Love Songs (1976 / #1) and Let ‘Em In (1976 / #3).

The new editions will be released as 2-CD sets with a disc containing a remastered edition of the album and a disc of other non-album singles of the era, alternate versions and released songs.

A deluxe version includes the two CDs and a DVD with making of documentaries, TV ads and music videos along with an 128-page hardback book with vintage photos, new interviews and essays and facsimile memorabilia, and a download card for hi-res versions of all the tracks.

Two-LP gatefold vinyl versions will also be released of each.

Venus and Mars Track List

Wings Venus and Mars deluxeDisc 1 (Remastered Album)
Venus and Mars
Rock Show
Love In Song
You Gave Me The Answer
Magneto and Titanium Man
Letting Go
Venus and Mars – Reprise
Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
Medicine Jar
Call Me Back Again
Listen To What The Man Said
Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People
Crossroads

Disc 2 (Bonus Audio)
Junior’s Farm (previously released as a single)
Sally G (B-side of Junior’s Farm single)
Walking In The Park With Eloise (previously released as a single)
Bridge On The River Suite (B-side of Walking In The Park With Eloise)
My Carnival (B-side of Spies Like Us single, 1985)
Going To New Orleans (My Carnival) (previously unreleased)
Hey Diddle (Ernie Winfrey mix) (previously unreleased)
Let’s Love (previously unreleased)
Soily (from One Hand Clapping)
Baby Face (from One Hand Clapping)
Lunch Box/Odd Sox (B-side of Coming Up single, 1980)
4th Of July (previously unreleased)
Rock Show (old version) (previously unreleased)
Letting Go (single edit) (previously released as a single)

DVD (Deluxe version only)
Recording My Carnival
Bon Voyageur
Wings At Elstree
Venus and Mars TV Ad

Wings at the Speed of Sound

Wings at the Speed of Sound deluxeDisc 1 (Remastered Album)
Let ‘Em In
The Note You Never Wrote
She’s My Baby
Beware My Love
Wino Junko
Silly Love Songs
Cook Of The House
Time To Hide
Must Do Something About It
San Ferry Anne
Warm And Beautiful

Disc 2 (Bonus Audio)
Silly Love Songs (demo)
She’s My Baby (demo)
Message To Joe (vocoder track)
Beware My Love (John Bonham Version)
Must Do Something About It (Paul’s Version)
Let ‘Em In (demo)
Warm and Beautiful (instrumental demo)

DVD (Deluxe version only)
Silly Love Songs Music Video
Wings Over Wembley
Wings In Venice