PAUL McCARTNEY - UNSURPASSED RUDENESS Yellow Fog (YF 001), 2007
Home demos, recorded at Park Gate Studio, Sussex, England, August 1980. A-/A STEREO SOUNDBOARD
01. Seems Like Old Times 02. Ballroom Dancing 03. Take It Away 04. Sweetest Little Show 05. Hear Me Lover 06. Give Us A Chord, Roy 07. Dress Me Up As A Robber 08. We All Stand Together 09. Boil Crisis 10. Keep Under Cover 11. Average Person 12. The Unbelievable Experience 13. Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From 14. The Pound Is Sinking 15. Wanderlust 16. Ebony And Ivory
Info from 'Eight Arms To Hold You' by Chip Madinger and Mark Easter:
"Now that he had helped Ringo attempt to resuscitate his recording career, it was time for Paul to figure out the next move of his own. With the (apparent) help of Denny Laine on some of the songs, he laid down several demos for a projected new LP project that would reunite him with George Martin. An August 1980 compilation of demos prepared for George consisted of old and new material for consideration for the upcoming LP project. The running order of the tape was as follows: 'Seems Like Old Times', 'Ballroom Dancing', 'Take It Away', 'Turkey And Peacock' (perhaps an early version of 'Peacocks'), 'It's As Simple As That (Tremolo Cello)'. 'Robber Riff', 'We All Stand Together', 'Stiff Tracks' (most likely 'Boil Crisis' and 'Give Us A Chord, Roy' which were very much like the tunes being released by Stiff Records at the time), 'Keep Under Cover', 'Average Person', 'Unbelievable Experience', 'Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From', 'Wanderlust' and 'Ebony And Ivory'. While some of the songs ('Take It Away', 'Ballroom Dancing') were particulary strong, some of the tunes Paul submitted ('The Unbelievable Experience', 'Boil Crisis') were bad enough to force George to tell Paul to scrap them and write more; this he did. However, in 1987, an excellent quality tape of some of this material was released on bootleg as 'Rude Studio Demos' (a CD version was issued in 1989 from the same tape). In 1995, excerpts of several of the tracks were aired on various episodes of 'Oobu Joobu', and although they were in superior quality to the bootlegged versions, all of the airings were incomplete."
All tracks have been speed-corrected and EQ'd to match the pristine excerpts broadcast on 'Oobu Joobu'. All tracks had reversed stereo channels compared to the stuff heard on 'Oobu Joobu', so that was taken care of. No noise reduction was used, so, yes, there IS hiss present. I would rate the sound as "A-/A". A good alternate title for the track 'Boil Crisis' would be 'Give Us A WORKING Guitar Chord, Paul!'. I spent lots of time removing all the tiny crackles from his faulty guitar chord... Phew. I couldn't remove all of it, though, but most of it is gone. None of this material has appeared on official releases, by the way. There's some great stuff on this set, and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!
PAUL McCARTNEY - UNSURPASSED RUDENESS
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Home demos, recorded at Park Gate Studio, Sussex, England, August 1980.
A-/A STEREO SOUNDBOARD
01. Seems Like Old Times
02. Ballroom Dancing
03. Take It Away
04. Sweetest Little Show
05. Hear Me Lover
06. Give Us A Chord, Roy
07. Dress Me Up As A Robber
08. We All Stand Together
09. Boil Crisis
10. Keep Under Cover
11. Average Person
12. The Unbelievable Experience
13. Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From
14. The Pound Is Sinking
15. Wanderlust
16. Ebony And Ivory
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Info from 'Eight Arms To Hold You' by Chip Madinger and Mark Easter:
"Now that he had helped Ringo attempt to resuscitate his recording career, it was time for Paul to figure out the next move of his own. With the (apparent) help of Denny Laine on some of the songs, he laid down several demos for a projected new LP project that would reunite him with George Martin. An August 1980 compilation of demos prepared for George consisted of old and new material for consideration for the upcoming LP project. The running order of the tape was as follows: 'Seems Like Old Times', 'Ballroom Dancing', 'Take It Away', 'Turkey And Peacock' (perhaps an early version of 'Peacocks'), 'It's As Simple As That (Tremolo Cello)'. 'Robber Riff', 'We All Stand Together', 'Stiff Tracks' (most likely 'Boil Crisis' and 'Give Us A Chord, Roy' which were very much like the tunes being released by Stiff Records at the time), 'Keep Under Cover', 'Average Person', 'Unbelievable Experience', 'Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From', 'Wanderlust' and 'Ebony And Ivory'. While some of the songs ('Take It Away', 'Ballroom Dancing') were particulary strong, some of the tunes Paul submitted ('The Unbelievable Experience', 'Boil Crisis') were bad enough to force George to tell Paul to scrap them and write more; this he did. However, in 1987, an excellent quality tape of some of this material was released on bootleg as 'Rude Studio Demos' (a CD version was issued in 1989 from the same tape). In 1995, excerpts of several of the tracks were aired on various episodes of 'Oobu Joobu', and although they were in superior quality to the bootlegged versions, all of the airings were incomplete."
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MY NOTES:
All tracks have been speed-corrected and EQ'd to match the pristine excerpts broadcast on 'Oobu Joobu'.
All tracks had reversed stereo channels compared to the stuff heard on 'Oobu Joobu', so that was taken care of.
No noise reduction was used, so, yes, there IS hiss present. I would rate the sound as "A-/A". A good alternate title for the track 'Boil Crisis' would be 'Give Us A WORKING Guitar Chord, Paul!'. I spent lots of time removing all the tiny crackles from his faulty guitar chord... Phew. I couldn't remove all of it, though, but most of it is gone. None of this material has appeared on official releases, by the way. There's some great stuff on this set, and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!
SOURCES:
'Rude Studio Demos' (Columbus Records, CD080, 1989)
'Oobu Joobu' (Yellow Cat, 1995)
All original sources ripped securely with EAC from original silver discs.
These demo releases are worthy glimpses into Paul`s creative processes.
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