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Paul McCartney’s classic albums “McCartney” and “McCartney II” will be the latest to receive the deluxe treatment as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection.

The remastered albums will be available in multiple formats, as was the case with last year’s “Band on the Run” reissue.

“McCartney” was originally released in April of 1970, coinciding with the official break up of The Beatles. The album is being reissued as a two-CD special edition, including seven bonus tracks; a deluxe edition, including a 128-page book and DVD of unreleased footage; and a two-disc 180gm vinyl edition, which comes with an MP3 download.

“McCartney” tracklisting:

Disc one:

“The Lovely Linda”
“That Would Be Something”
“Valentine Day”
“Every Night”
“Hot As Sun/Glasses”
“Junk”
“Man We Was Lonely”
“Oo You”
“Momma Miss America”
“Teddy Boy”
“Singalong Junk”
“Maybe I’m Amazed”
“Kreen-Akrore.”

Disc two:

“Suicide” (outtake)
“Maybe I’m Amazed” (from “One Hand Clapping” TV special)
“Every Night” (live in Glasgow, 1979)
“Hot As Sun” (live in Glasgow, 1979)
“Maybe I’m Amazed” (live in Glasgow, 1979)
“Don’t Cry Baby” (outtake)
“Women Kind” (demo).

DVD:

“The Album Story”
“The Beach”
“Maybe I’m Amazed” (music video)
“Suicide” (from “One Hand Clapping” TV special)
“Every Night” (live at Concert For The People Of Kampuchea)
“Hot As Sun” (live at Concert For The People Of Kampuchea)
“Junk” ( MTV Unplugged)
“That Would Be Something” (MTV Unplugged).

“McCartney II” was McCartney’s third solo album and hit number one in the UK when released in 1980. It is being reissued as a two-CD special edition, including eight bonus tracks; a four-disc deluxe edition, containing a further eight bonus tracks, a DVD and a 128-page booklet; and a two-disc 180gm vinyl edition, with MP3 download included.

“McCartney II” tracklisting:

Disc one:

“Coming Up”
“Temporary Secretary”
“On The Way”
“Waterfalls”
“Nobody Knows”
“Front Parlour”
“Summer’s Day Song”
“Frozen Jap”
“Bogey Music”
“Darkroom”
“One Of These Days.”

Disc two:

“Blue Sway” (with Richard Niles orchestration)
“Coming Up” (live in Glasgow)
“Check My Machine” (edit)
“Bogey Wobble”
“Secret Friend”
“Mr H Atom”/ “You Know I’ll Get You Baby”
“Wonderful Christmastime” (edit)
“All You Horse Riders”/ “Blue Sway.”

Disc three:

“Coming Up” (full length version)
“Front Parlour” (full length version)
“Frozen Jap” (full length version)
“Darkroom” (full length version)
“Check My Machine” (full length version)
“Wonderful Christmastime” (full length version)
“Summer’s Day Song” (original without vocals)
“Waterfalls” (DJ edit).

DVD:

“Meet Paul McCartney”
“Coming Up” (music video)
“Waterfalls” (music video)
“Wonderful Christmastime” (music video)
“Coming Up” ((live at the Concert For The People Of Kampuchea)
“Coming Up” (rehearsal at Lower Gate Farm, 1979)
“Making the Coming Up music video”
“Blue Sway.”

The reissues are available on June 13 in the UK and June 14 in the US/Canada.

Also coming out, but with less fanfare, are single disc reissues of more recent McCartney offerings, namely “Run Devil Run” (1999), “Driving Rain” (2001) and “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard” (2005). These are out on May 23 in Canada, July 5 in the US and Jul 11 in the UK.

All titles are available for pre-order now from:

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