One of the great lost McCartney/Wings albums (“McGear” being another one). The vocals are perfect, with Denny Laine leading the way, and on the whole this sounds more like McCartney’s pre-wings solo work than anything else… understated and delightful.
Keepers:
Heartbeat
Moondreams
Rave On
I’m Gonna Love You Too
Fool’s Paradise
It’s So Easy (Listen To Me)
Keepers:
All I Want
My Old Man
Little Green
Carey
Blue
California
This Flight Tonight
River
A Case Of You
The Last Time I Saw Richard
Keepers:
Each Word’s A Beat Of My Heart
River Of Tears
Demasiado Corazon (Too Much Heart)
Lilly’s Daddy’s Cadillac
Around The Corner
Love’s Got A Hold On Me
Are You Lonely Tonight?
The Moonlight Let Me Down
Keepers:
Buckingham Green
Cold Blows The Wind
I’m Dancing In The Show Tonight
It’s Gonna Be (Alright)
Mutilated Lips
Ocean Man
Polka Dot Tail
The Mollusk
Some excellent bonus tracks on this one… Aimee Mann is just plain good, you know?
Keepers:
Humpty Dumpty
This is How it Goes
Guys Like Me
Pavlov’s Bell
Today’s the Day
The Moth
It’s Not
Real Bad News [Live]
Nightmare Girl [B Side]
Backfire [B Side]
It’s Not [BBC]
Keepers:
Rainbow Road
Down The Backroads
In The Middle Of It All
Lover Please
You Got Me Knockin’
It Hurts To Want It So Bad
Love’s Where Life Begins
Go Home Girl
Mr. John
Keepers:
ABA-Daba-Do Dance – The Tradewinds
Egyptian Shumbia – The Tammys
Snacky Poo, Pt. 1 – The Del-Mars
The Weasel – Little Eddie
The Switch – Race Marbles
The Brain – Jimmy Troy
Rags – T.J. Timber
Beetle Squash – Sonny Boch’s Elephants
Rockin’ in the Jungle – The Oddballs
Ride Your Horse – The Galaxies/The Regulars
Hot Licks – The Rendell’s
We’re Wobbling – Ebbtones
House on Haunted Hill, Pt. 1 – Kenny & the Fiends (pt 1)
Keepers:
You Ain’t Going Nowhere
I Am A Pilgrim
The Christian Life
You Don’t Miss Your Water
You’re Still On My Mind
Pretty Boy Floyd
Hickory Wind
One Hundred Years From Now
Blue Canadian Rockies
Nothing Was Delivered
The Christian Life (Originally Unissued Master Take with Gram Parsons Vocal)
Keepers:
Spend A Little Time
Whatever S For Us For Us
It Could Have Been Better
Conversation
This doesn’t bear much resemblance to the (amazing) String Driven Thing that would re-emerge a few years later with Shel Talmy at the knobs, but it’s not bad and the bonus tracks give us a glimpse of what was to come.
Keepers:
One of the Lonely People
Winter Is Coming
Argyle St.
Wonderful Places
Keepers:
Dandelion Blues
Empty Pocket Blues
How Happy I Am
Maybe Someday
Schaeffer’s Jig
The Tree
Keepers:
Light Flight
Once I Had A Sweetheart
Lyke-Wake Dirge
Hunting Song
Sally Go Round The Roses
The Cuckoo
House Carpenter
