Another career-spanning anthology would be redundant, but something like a Wingspan II covering the period from 1985 to the present would be a good idea. Something else I'd really love to see is a good two disc compilation of George Harrison's best solo work.

Hi Geoff, welcome to the forums.

Wingspan II? That would be assuming Wings were actually a band after 1980!

He's had a few 'best of' compilations, neither of which really cover all the ground. I'm in agreement with Wingsman. All the singles, from start to finish, up to MAF. Maybe in a box set with b-sides and outtakes. If it's just another incomplete mish-mash (which I suspect it will be) then I don't see the point.

Ooofff...good point about there not being any Wings after 1980; duh.

I like the box set idea, but I'd go heavy on album tracks. McCartney's one of those guys whose best stuff is often buried in albums and goes unnoticed in favor of more calculatedly commercial stuff that gets the airplay. Give me a few days and I'll see if I can come up with a list of my favorite McCartney tracks, for what it's worth.

Wingspan disappoints me greatly.

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

Wingspan disappoints me greatly.

Yeah... it wasn't my ideal collection either. Why you'd include, say, "Man We Was Lonely" from McCartney instead of "That Would Be Something" is a mystery that probably only Paul could answer. There are at least a dozen tracks I'd change myself.

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

Wingspan disappoints me greatly.

Yeah... it wasn't my ideal collection either. Why you'd include, say, "Man We Was Lonely" from McCartney instead of "That Would Be Something" is a mystery that probably only Paul could answer. There are at least a dozen tracks I'd change myself.

Quoted from Geoff

Yeah... it wasn't my ideal collection either. Why you'd include, say, "Man We Was Lonely" from McCartney instead of "That Would Be Something" is a mystery that probably only Paul could answer. There are at least a dozen tracks I'd change myself.

Did Paul choose the songs included on Wingspan? I don't know exactly. Sometimes there is a "compilation creator" who picks up the material and knows less about Paul's music than many fans. So, it's really sad to have the huge fan base crying because the album was "made too bad". The only good thing about Wingspan is the remastering I would say. We need a career retrospective, 1970-2008, 40 songs, maybe 2 new ones, all of them ordered chronologically. Simple as that.

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We need a career retrospective, 1970-2008, 40 songs, maybe 2 new ones, all of them ordered chronologically. Simple as that.

Good idea, but I'd make two separate compilations myself: one ending with Back To The Egg, and the other picking up from there.

Volume 1 would go something like this:

From McCartney: Maybe I'm Amazed, Every Night, Junk, That Would Be Something.

From Ram: Another Day, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Eat At Home, Back Seat Of My Car.

From Wildlife: People Are Strange, Tomorrow.

From Red Rose Speedway: Hi Hi Hi, C Moon, Live and Let Die, One More Kiss, My Love.

From Band On The Run: Band On The Run, Helen Wheels, Jet, Bluebird, Let Me Roll It, Junior's Farm, Sally G.

From Venus and Mars: Venus and Mars/Rock Show, Listen To What The Man said, Letting Go, Medicine Jar.

From Speed Of Sound: Let 'Em In, Silly Love Songs, Beware My Love, San Ferry Anne.

From London Town: With A Little Luck [single edit], Famous Groupies, Girlfriend, Mull Of Kintyre, Cafe On The Left Bank.

From Back To The Egg: Goodnight Tonight, Daytime Night Time Suffering, Getting Closer, Again and Again, Baby's Request.

My faves, anyway.

June 21 is my birthday. now I have an excuse to get it if it's any good!

Quoted from Geoff

Good idea, but I'd make two separate compilations myself: one ending with Back To The Egg, and the other picking up from there.

Well, your idea is not bad at all, but in any case, that would be following the same line as Wingspan. And 2 compilations, 2 CD's each would be too much. And the first one would be very similar like Wingspan. I insist, we need a 2-CD compilation, with tracks chronologically ordered, from 1970 to 2008. With the right selection, a big promotion and a couple of new songs (of course, one of them a brand new single), I really think that compilation could reach #1 in the charts (specially if it's released in June...)

Quoted from wingsman

that would be following the same line as Wingspan. And 2 compilations, 2 CD's each would be too much. And the first one would be very similar like Wingspan. I insist, we need a 2-CD compilation, with tracks chronologically ordered, from 1970 to 2008. With the right selection, a big promotion and a couple of new songs (of course, one of them a brand new single), I really think that compilation could reach #1 in the charts (specially if it's released in June...)

From a marketing point of view, of course, you're absolutely right: the Wingspan 2.0 my list amounts to would be redundant and there's no chance such a thing would ever be released; I was just making a pitch for what I'd like to see on a collection covering my favorite segment of Paul's solo career. If you want to do justice to McCartney's whole solo career, I think you need a box set, and if something like that ever turns up, a 2-CD best-of compilation along the lines you suggest wouldn't surprise me at all. Rhino did something like this with their Curtis Mayfield box, People Get Ready: there was the full box, and at least one and maybe two highlights discs extracted from it.

Yeah, Paul hand picked the tracks for Wingspan himself.

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

Yeah, Paul hand picked the tracks for Wingspan himself.

Didn't know that, really.

Quoted from wingsman

Didn't know that, really.

I imagine that he always hand picks the tracks. He obviously hates 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish', because it never turns up on anything. Not even the re-issued albums with the extra tracks include it, as far as I can see.

As he's not with EMI anymore, any new compilation may have nothing to do with him.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I imagine that he always hand picks the tracks. He obviously hates 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish', because it never turns up on anything. Not even the re-issued albums with the extra tracks include it, as far as I can see.

Which is a strange decision for him to make, considering the most oft criticism made at him is that his work lacks depth.

Quoted from Kevin

Which is a strange decision for him to make, considering the most oft criticism made at him is that he work lacks depth.

It's possible that he now finds the lyric outdated, but it didn't even turn up on 'Wings Greatest'. It's possibly the only time, in a song, that he's spoken out on a serious issue.