The Paul McCartney Archive Collection debuted with the Novemre-release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 milestone Band on the Run, which won the 2010 GRAMMY Award for Best Historical Album, while the Archive Collection’s Deluxe Edition Box Set of the 1976 classic Wings Over Americatook the 2013 GRAMMY for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. The release will also be available on streaming platforms. Released to rapturous reviews, the album would be his most commercially successful release of the ‘90s, achieving his highest chart positions since the ‘80s and would receive gold certifications in the US, UK, Japan and more.Īs the thirteenth release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, Flaming Pie will be available in formats including a numbered, limited seven disc (5 CD/2 DVD) Deluxe Edition Box Set comprised of the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, 32 bonus audio tracks including unheard home recordings and demos, alternative studio recordings, rough mixes and B-sides including selections from Oobu Joobu parts 1-6, Flaming Pie At The Mill CD (McCartney’s hour-long tour of his studio), video content including the In The World Tonight documentary, original music videos, EPKs, interviews, performances and behind-the-scenes material, a 128-page book containing previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album artwork from the archives and the story behind the album written by Chris Heath – including track-by-track information, recipes and new interviews with Paul, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller and key album personnel, studio notes, handwritten lyrics, the 1997 Flaming Pie issue of Club Sandwich, the official newspaper of the Paul McCartney Fan Club, downloadable 24bit 96kHz HD audio, and more.Ī 4 LP/5 CD/2 DVD Collector’s Edition - strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies issued in a cloth wrapped two-piece collector’s box - will feature everything in the Deluxe Edition plus a marbled art print portfolio of six silkscreened Linda McCartney art prints, exclusive vinyl versions of the remastered album cut at half speed across 2 LPs in an exclusive gatefold sleeve, an LP of home recordings in a hand-stamped white label sleeve, and “The Ballad of the Skeletons” – McCartney’s 1996 collaboration with Allen Ginsberg, also featuring Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye – released for the first time on vinyl and cut at 45 RPM with vinyl etching and poster.Īdditional Flaming Pie Archive Collection formats will include 2 CD (remastered album + 21 tracks of bonus audio), 2 LP (remastered album cut at half speed across two 180-g LPs in gatefold sleeve with booklet), and 3 LP (remastered album cut at half speed across two 180-g LPs in gatefold sleeve with booklet, plus single 180-g LP of unreleased home recordings in hand-stamped white label sleeve both housed in a slipcase). With highlights ranging from the uplifting and inspirational opener “The Song We Were Singing” to the raucous title track (named for a quote from an early John Lennon interview on the origin of The Beatles’ name: “It came in a vision – a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, ‘from this day on you are Beatles with an A.’”) to the pensive “Calico Skies,” and featuring singles “Young Boy,” “The World Tonight” and “Beautiful Night,” Flaming Pie would represent yet another pinnacle in McCartney’s solo catalogue. Produced by McCartney, Jeff Lynne and George Martin and featuring a supporting cast of family and friends including Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, Linda McCartney and son James, Flaming Pie is equal parts a masterclass in songcraft and a sustained burst of joyful spontaneity. So in a way it was a refresher course that set the framework for this album.” Recorded largely in the wake of McCartney’s involvement in the curation and release of The Beatles Anthology series, Flaming Pie was shaped and inspired by that experience, with McCartney remarking at the time “( The Beatles Anthology) reminded me of The Beatles’ standards and the standards that we reached with the songs. Originally released May 5, 1997, Flaming Pie ended a four-year gap between McCartney studio albums. Two additional EPs will be available with “The World Tonight” arriving on June 26th and “Beautiful Night” on July 17th.
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