Paul McCartney - Backyard+ (Yellow Cat Records) [SBD]

 

Paul McCartney - Backyard+
(1994 Yellow Cat Records : YC 029)
TV Specials' Outtakes & The Backyard Tape

Soundboard Recordings
Encoded: 320 Kbps MP3

Excellent collection of Paul on the acoustic guitar
running through beautiful versions of several songs.
Plus the backyard tape from Elstree Studios and rare demos.

This is the most consistently listenable McCartney boot i have come across as yet; this is one of those boots that has, for the most part, the same sort of listenability as a commercial release - great songs, good performances, superb sound quality (for the most part). i especially like the JPM outtakes on track one, maybe the best evidence i have ever heard of Macca's unsurpassed talent for offhand gorgeousness and gorgeosity. the "dear friend" demo is also quite lovely, though marred a little by less-than-perfect sound quality. the only real downside to this disc are the really bad demos of "seaside woman." don't get me wrong - this is not routine Linda-bashing, i actually LIKE some of the "wide prairie" stuff and "cook of the house" - but these demos are just AWFUL, a mind-numbingly stupid and repetitive piano riff w/ some truly painful off-key vocals, this is the kind of stuff that practically DEFINES "not meant to be heard by the general public."
The rest of the disc, though. this is one of the core discs of any boot McCartney collection. great stuff.

Track List: (Artwork Included)
01 Medley - outtake from James Paul McCartney TV special
02 Blackbird (3 takes) - outtake from James Paul McCartney TV special
03 Blackpool - outtake from James Paul McCartney TV special
04 Blackbird (take 4) - outtake from James Paul McCartney TV special
05 Country Dreamer - outtake from James Paul McCartney TV special
06 Twenty Flight Rock - backyard tape Elstree Studio
07 Peggy Sue - backyard tape Elstree Studio
08 I'm Gonna Love You Too - backyard tape Elstree Studio (Mauldin/Petty/Sullivan)
09 Sweet Little Sixteen - backyard tape Elstree Studio    (Berry)
10 Loving You - backyard tape Elstree Studio (Leiber/Stoller)
11 We're Gonna Move - backyard tape Elstree Studio (Presley/Matson)
12 On The Wings Of A Nightingale - demo for Everly Brothers
13 Indeed I Do - demo takes 1 & 2
14 Mull Of Kintyre - demo 1
15 Mull Of Kintyre - demo 2
16 1882 - piano demo
17 Dear Friend - piano demo
18 Seaside Woman - demo piano
19 Seaside Woman - demo piano
20 Seaside Woman - demo piano