Cold Cuts Box Set In The Works

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

Paul McCartney has forever been teasing his fans with tales of an album called "Cold Cuts and Hot Hits", which was going to be an album of songs from throughout his solo recording career intersped with outtakes and unused songs that fell by the wayside along the line. His band Wings kept adding to those recordings, but the album was never officially released. When the Wingspan compilation album was released without any real rarities, true fans felt that a great opportunity was missed. Guess what? It looks like it's finally going to happen! And Paul has amassed a lot more material in the intervening years, so when this beast finally gets released, it'll be a boxed set of 4 CD's.
Due for release in 2010, Wogblog has obtained the track list for disc 1: 1969-1972.

1. Goodbye
2. Maybe I'm Amazed - 1st original mix by Chris Thomas
3. Every Night - take 1
4. Rode All Night - edit
5. A Love For You
6. Little Lamb Dragonfly - without strings
7. Get On The Right Thing - take 1
8. Monkberry Moon Delight - alternate vocal take
9. Sunshine Sometime
10. Big Barn Bed - complete Ram ukulele version
11. Dear Friend - w/o strings and horns
12. Some People Never Know - oboe version
13. Breakfast Blues - instrumental edit
14. Mary Had A Little Lamb - long version
15. Give Ireland Back To The Irish - slow version take 2
16. Tragedy
17. Thank You Darling
18. Soily -1972 studio version
19. Best Friend - studio version
20. The Mess - studio version
21. C Moon Jam - with John Bonham
22. Lazy Dynamite - long version
23. Night Out - instrumental
24. Hi Hi Hi - slow verson
25. Only One More Kiss - take 1
Hidden Bonus Track: Radio spot with untitled instrumental for Hi Hi Hi / C Moon recorded at Abbey Road.

It seems to confirm that yes, there IS a version of C Moon featuring the late, great John Bonham of Led Zeppelin on drums. 55 tracks were reviewed for this disc and these 25 tracks remained. The tracks for disc 1 were remixed at Abbey Road a month ago. What's more: Further boxed sets are to be expected! We keep hearing about another 4CD set featuring only demos! And yet another, featuring live recordings! Great stuff to please the old Wings fans for sure!

http://wogew.blogspot.com/2009/05/mccartney-cold-cuts-boxed-set-in-works.html

[Penny Lane]

First of all, whoa.  Good news and thanks for the post.

Secondly, I have been hearing rumors about this but I'd like to know the exact origin of all this information (confirmations, etc.).  MPL?

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

First of all, whoa.  Good news and thanks for the post.

Secondly, I have been hearing rumors about this but I'd like to know the exact origin of all this information (confirmations, etc.).  MPL?

Some "reliable" poster on another website according to a guy on the official McCartney forum.


The track listing for disc 2 was just posted by the same user:

1/ Gotta Sing Gotta Dance
2/ Why am I crying
3/ I Lie Around
4/ Six o'Clock
5/ Bluebird
6/ Let's Love ( April 1974 Version )
7/ Send Me The Heart ( Take 1 )
8/ Blackpool
9/ One Hand Clapping Theme
1O/ Live & Let Die ( 74 Version )
11/ Soily ( 74 Version )
12/ Love In Song ( Take 1)
13/ Rockshow ( 74 Version )
14/ Wild Cat
15/ Baby Face
16/ The Note You Never Wrote ( Take 1, Paul & Denny Everly's Version )
17/ Silly Love Songs ( Fun Version )
18/ Must Do Something About It ( Paul on vocal)
19/ She's My Baby ( Rock Version )
20/ Waterspout
21/ One Woman
22/ Girlfriend ( First Version )
23/ Twelve Of The Clock
24/ Did We Meet Somewhere Before
25/ Goodnight Tonight ( Original 1978 Version )

Bonus hidden track : Wings 1974 Audio Ad for " Bread Company "

[DaveRam]

This would be great if it happens (thumbsup)

[liliom]

Really great news!i have "why am i crying"actually it's "fourth of july".thanks!

[Ged]

Grat stuff. Good find JMF.

[Andy Smith]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh., first the beatles remasters and then this, have i died and gone to beatle heaven??

[Gary910]

If this is true, this is awesome news. Yes, when Wingspan came out, there was some hint that this was going to happen. Wingspan was now eight years old. I gave up years ago about seeing this anytime soon.

Maybe, with Paul et all doing "The McCartney Years" has given Paul the impetus to dig a little more in the archives. Supposedly, there is more in Paul's archives than there is in John's. We know how much is in John's, as was evidenced by "The Lost Lennon Tapes".

[Penny Lane]

Some "reliable" poster on another website according to a guy on the official McCartney forum.

Thanks for the info.  

Maybe, with Paul et all doing "The McCartney Years" has given Paul the impetus to dig a little more in the archives.

Yeah, I've wondered if that DVD set has made Paul a bit nostalgic for his Wings and past solo days.  

Has anyone here listened to Paul's old radio program "Oobu Joobu"?  It would be fun if he released that too.

[tkitna]

This would be really nice. I hope it happens.

[Bobber]

A lot was released on bootlegs, but it would be nice to see an official release of this material.

[Andy Smith]

i did read when Wingspan came out that he said he was putting together a boxset of unreleased material, live stuff and various
rarities, but nothing ever came of it. maybe he put it to one side and forgot but remebered recently. in other words, "he forgot to
remember to forget"

[Bobber]

i did read when Wingspan came out that he said he was putting together a boxset of unreleased material, live stuff and various
rarities, but nothing ever came of it. maybe he put it to one side and forgot but remebered recently. in other words, "he forgot to
remember to forget"

Rather 'he rembered to forget to remember'.

[Bobber]

DISC THREE 1979 - 1986
1-Love Awake (Ranachan version)
2-Rockestra theme (Wings version)
3-Cage
4-Robbers Ball
5-Blue Sway
6-Attention (Paul's Guide vocal)
7-Ode To A Koala Bear (take one)
8-Rainclouds+ George Martins and Pauls dialogue about John
9-Blackpool 1981 version (Tug of War Sessions)
10-All The Love Is There (with Stewart Copeland on drums)
11-I'll Give You A Ring
12-No Values (1981 Montserrat version)
13-Tug Of War (first string arrangement version)
14-Stop You Don't Know Where She Came From
15-The Long Winding Road-Ebony & Ivory Strawberry Jam with Stevie Wonder
16-Tug of War acoustic reprise
17-The Fool On The Hill (Broad Street outtake)
18-Martha My Dear/Gloriana Medieval guitar piece medley
19-Your School
20-Lindiana
21-Yvonne
22-Goodtimes Coming/Feel The Sun (long version)
23-Angry Long Jam Version (withTownshend and Phil Collins)
24-Hey Diddle (Paul and Linda duet Chris Thomas 1986 version)
25-Linda
Hidden Bonus Track: the Juggler 1981 theme

[Gary910]

Maybe Paul wants, and smartly so, to take advantage of the upcoming hype that will surround the remasters. Surely, there will be a renewed interest in The Beatles, and with that comes renewed interest in Paul, John, George and Ringo.