My father is a big Beatles and McCartney fan. He introduced me to both bands back when i was a kid. I will more than likely pick the 4CD set of this release.

I love your videos. Paul is also my cure to having a bad day. Just ordered the 4 CD set from amazon due to your recommendation! Thanks man and keep on making these vids!

Awesome review man! I love that we can see your camera and mirror reflected in the record. Classic 2016 ingenuity!

Great video Joe, you may have just convinced me to get this! I wasn't going to as like many McCartney fans, I have virtually all the songs on other albums. However the presentation looks amazing and watching your videos I am beginning to catch the 'completist' bug!! Take care and keep listening to the music on the 'down' days, best medicine there is.

'From a lover to a friend' from Driving Rain is a fantastic track. I cannot understand how anyone who loves PM does not like this song.

Time sure flies,i remember the night you were pitching this release.And here we are.....Thank you for the great unboxing review.Waiting for mine from Amazon.Cheers,Mr.Joe.

Love , love this. Glad to hear you got it a day early. I will buy the vinyl edition.

Joe, I’m catching up on your videos. I love and agree with a lot of your opinions and how you present your topics. I appreciate what your doing sir!

Nice one Joe! Great review as always :)

Hey Joe! I just brought the 4 CD set half an hour ago!

Hi Joe,Great to see how excited you were to get this. Not often these days that a package gives you goose-bumps. YES. There is no disputing that Paul has a career that no one could ever come close to........ Paul is the one. LUV Paul. GAZ (Melbourne/Australia)

Great review! I'm now more interested in this album after watching it!

my vinyl arrived today. Amazon and local stores want $70 to $80 for the 4CD box so I bought a copy on Ebay for $46 with free postage. It'll take a few days but with that amount of savings I can wait a few days. Great video Joe. I really love the vinyl box set. It exceeded my expectations. Sounds amazing and packaged brilliantly. Thanks for uploading

Joe I also just checked and you are the first "unboxing" video posted for "Pure McCartney"- thanks and lucky guy. I will have all three versions. The 2CD set will be strictly for the car and the 4 CD set will be played a lot in my suite at the Hyatt O'hare in 2 months for the FEST!

Great show and very informative

Great music by a great man. Right you are! Thanks for posting.

Great review! Paul McCartney is a musical genius. He has covered so much territory in music, long live Paul!

im planning to get the four cd box set of mccartney. i got allot of the remasters (actually all of them) only 8 i think have been released. with his 1989 one coming next flowers in the dirt or something. you did a awesome job. early too not bad. great video. i really enjoyed. your friend mike

Hi Joe! I have my vinyl set in transit from Amazon but I have plans to get the 4CD edition sometime today. I'll talk about my feelings of the compilation after I receive it. Great entertaining video Joe. Take care!

hi joe this sounds like a pretty decent collection especially for those of us who are not beatles fanatics but do enjoy them as a casual listener and can appreciate their definite historical place in music history. will probably wait for the lp set to come out. nice attractive packaging and tune selections! rob

It's cool that you were able to get it a day before release. My store doesn't get these for another 2 weeks. Going to Amazon for this one.

They look beautiful! Ill be getting them!

My 4 LP and 4 CD set arrived from Amazon on Thursday afternoon! Good prices too because I preordered. $32 for the 4 CD. $63 for the vinyl box. Happy McCartney Weekend!

Thanks for the unboxing video.I've got the same versions that you have on the way.I don't think Paul has put out a compilation since All The Best (1987).I like the mix of the new tracks as well as those the casual fan knows.Paul's done some really great work in the last 15-20 years.Can't please them all.I'm looking forward to getting my copies.

So great to have Mull of Kintyre next to Sing The Changes. Two of the greatest songs I've heard!

"If you don't want it, don't buy it" perfectly sums up my feelings. But I DID want it and DID buy it and am glad I did so. I think they did an outstanding job on the quality and presentation of the whole package. And for me, this is my first chance to hear Jenny Wren and Too Much Rain on vinyl. I had so much fun listening to this after buying it yesterday. Glad to see there are others sharing the same level of enthusiasm. Really enjoyed the video!

Thanks for your video. I know we came out to a rocky start, but i loved your review on this. Enjoy your summer:)

Thanks Joe. Can't wait for mine tomorrow from Amazon and Best Buy. I agree 100% it is about time Paul did a post-Beatles box set! Even a non-vinyl guy like me will get the vinyl box as it looks amazing. Sure no "Flowers" tracks and some singles are missing, but I love the idea of the "Pure McCartney" box set. Thanks Joe, I agree with this review 100%!

Another great review Joe. Enjoyed it and I might just possibly pick this up because of your review. However, I'm a bit tapped out right now cuz I just picked up the new albums by Paul Simon, Clapton and Dylan plus I shelled out almost $500 for tickets to treat me, my brother and sister to go see Paul at his 2nd concert in Cleveland in August. Still, my birthday is in July so I may just treat myself with this to get me revved up to see Paul live. Still, if I had to grade this I'd give it a B- as I did when I commented on your first video concerning this release. In looking at the song list I have to admit there are about 15 songs I counted that I could easily swap out for 15 other tracks. It's tit for tat. I agree with you on that. I just went on amazon tho and just gave it a quick listen by skipping thru the playlist just to get a feel for it. You are correct, the sound is great and there are some really interesting juxtaposition of songs. Still there are 2 things that really bother me with this collection that keeps me going out right now and getting it. 1) I really think Paul should have made a concerted effort to represent EVERY album with AT LEAST two tracks regardless of how well it sold, or, how well the critics received the album, or, how well Paul himself liked it. Personally, I think some albums were way over represented, (New, Flaming Pie, Ram , McCartney and MCCartney 2) and some were way under-represented. I think every album of his is worthy of at least two songs. Which two songs???lol Certainly that can always be argued. To me though, it's a WTF! when I see nothing from Flowers in the Dirt, Driving Rain, or Off the Ground(Sorry, I don't count WInedark open sea. It's not even one of the better tracks off that album). Also, I'm ok with him including My Valentine( a song I really don't care for) from the the Kisses off the Bottom cover album but why not at least include one McCartney penned song from Run Devil Run? The reason that he possibly left tracks from these albums off this collection because he was possibly getting them ready to be released on his archive collection is not a good enough reason. If it's true, C'mon Paul!?? Really???? I'm sorry, but My Brave Face, Put it there, or This One , Hope of Deliverance, C'mon People, and From a Lover to A Friend SHOULD be on this compilation and are essential if Paul really wants to say that this is a comprehensive career spanning collection. If anything, just to say Driving Rain exists, bad or good. This leads me to my second gripe about this collection. 2) The inclusion of the song Hope for the Future. I love the song. It's a great song unfortunately wasted IMO on the selling of a video game. The problem I have with the inclusion of this song is how Paul trickles these rare gems here and there to help sell either a compilation or the re-release of his archive albums. I hate that. I mean I really hate that he does this. I understand it but I really think that Paul should be above this sales gimmick considering he's a goddamn legend and one the few artistic geniuses of him lifetime. I'm fine if he kept all of those rarities off. I'm fine if he doesn't include the rare b-sides and other unreleased rare tracks. I really wish as you mentioned he would just include them all on one big package compilation. A diehard can only hope for the future. But, if he's going to include this song why not include, Once Upon A long ago, I want to come home, Spies Like Us, Vanilla Sky, Simple as That, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and GIve Ireland Back to the Irish? All of these songs were either released as A side singles or were given to commissioned projects making them somewhat rare and I think are just as worthy to be included here. WHY???? Oh well, thanks again for posting your videos Joe. I really do enjoy them. Unfortunately, they get me thinking and I feel the need to comment. Again, by watching your review I have a feeling I'll pick it up sometime in July. I have to give Paul credit, the price is really reasonable for the 4 cd set.

great video! I'm so excited to get it!

Great vid mean mr mayo! I'll be getting both sets as well. I totally agree about what great music can do when having a flat day! When my marriage broke down I took a trip to Bali as its close to west Australia and always affordable, I was extremely flat and would go for long walks each day just to get out and think! I would stop at each Starbucks and have a cup of tea, and on this particular day I found they were selling Paul's new album at the time! Memory almost full. I have to say how glad I was that I had my sons portable CD player with me! What a great album, it helped a bit to ease the ppppain! And it was one thing the ex didn't get! Haha ! Love your vids my friend, keep them coming. Oh and I went and bought my first new vinyl the other day! I got John Lennon plastic Ono band, tommy James and the shondells, The jam, modern world and Rodriguez cold fact. And also a bunch of second hand albums! Oompah! 😃

Just bought it today. very good stuff as usual

I've got a birthday in a couple of days. You've got me thinking about this as a gift to myself.

I can tell you love Paul, and all of the Beatles. Hard to believe he'll be 80 soon.

Overall agreed with your review. After you shared some of those amazing pictures included both on vinyl & the 4-cd collection, I was sold. it will be included in my collection.

great review...i have a hint hat will get this for fathers day on sunday

What a nice set Joe! I completely agree that it's impossible to be down, when you're listening to McCartney. He was born so infectiously cheery, that you can't help but smile when you listen to his music. The only compilation I have is Wingspan, but I may get this eventually. The people on that "wild forum" have made a thread about this with views in the 6 figures, complaining left and right. I don't know why people think they're being forced to buy this. It's probably the fight they have with themselves, as completists! :P Joe, since you're on this McCartney high, I really think you should review Ram. I see where you're coming from, but it's just an album. A great album many say. Music is so subjective and shouldn't be taken so seriously. Just do what you do, and it will be great. You have a gift for doing this. Don't short change your abilities, thinking you'll screw it up. Just like it's Another Day, think of it as Another Album! ;)

I've had the vinyl for a year or so, but have just ordered the 4-cd set because of this post.

Nice review. Thanks for the effort .

I want to get it,but it's not on the top of my list. It looks amazing! Great video!

I look forward to getting that one mayo. I just played mccartney 2 for the first time. Loved it.

great review!

The benefit to getting the cd set is he gives insight and how the lyrics and music came together!

Hey Joe, I'm still in the fence about this one. I love the packaging however, so I may bite on one. But which one? Hmmmmm... Great job on the video Joe. Take care...

Thanks Joe - would be great to have. I agree for the casual fan would greatly benefit from this - or someone like me - Cheers, Craig

I'll probably get this soon. I can't wait to see him in about a month

Such a great album cover. I hope to find it on vinyl sooner or later.

Mean Mr Mayo goes to the record shops. He never stops he's a vinyl spinner. Takes Corey out to Burger King, only place he's ever been. Such a mean ole man. Joe, I want to drive up there and be in one of yoo's guys videos. Nice review of da album. I enjoy your videos. A cast of characters up there. Are you ready for Ernest T. Bass to arrive?

Got a great deal from Amazon on the 4 cd set, they had a $10 promo for items from Amazon Prime Now including Pure Mecca 4 cd set. Cost me $25.58 delivered to my door, that included tax BTW, the awesome thing is that Prime Now delivers straight to your door in 2 hours or less after you place the order, I ordered it yesterday at 11 am and by 12:37 it was on my doormat in nice little bag waiting for me. Can't wait to spin it, thanks again for the recommendation!

The two cd set is to close to wingspan but here today is awesome sounds great I've got to get the four cd set

This box set is beautifal. I really want to buy it. im going to record shop on tuesday morning, well have to see how much it is :)! i just picked up the band on the run archive edition and love it it sounds awesome! cant wait to see paul this summer

Hi Joe thanks for your video. Sounds like a good compilation - would like to get it. However, I am never happy when these compilation albums miss tracks and singles from albums. I think a 'real' Pure McCartney would have to include the stuff from 'Flowers' and 'Driving Rain', no matter what opinions are of the material. I bought "Wingspan" back in the day, and couldn't understand why "Getting Closer", "Old Siam, Sir" and others like "Letting Go" were missing, while "No More Lonely nights", not a wings track, was on.

Hi,what a great video,i have the 4-lp boxset and love it,but what do you think of the compilation album from 1987 called all the best ? Are you gonna make a video about that album as well ?That would be great :-) CHEERS !

i am a big McCartney fan, i didnt buy it, i thought i could find the tracks on the re-issues released and coming but yes for the casual fan is kinda of necessary, many artists put the same stuff re-packaged with compilations all the time, Paul had to put out one since his last was in 1987, 30 years , his carreer moved from then. I agree with what you said and i may buy it because sometimes a compilation is needed, ofcourse i can make one myself, that's not the point. This is an official release not some random record company making a compilation.

Hi! I'm new to your channel. I'm found it via the Elvis Collector and the King's Court. I'm a casual McCartney fan. Love John Lennon and the Beatles. You mentioned that this release is good for fans like myself who probably grew up listening to McCartney in the 70s and 80s. I was wondering if you could recommend a McCartney album post Flowers in the Dirt because I really don't like compilations: some songs only work on their studio release... for me. Unfortunately, Flowers in the Dirt and Harrison's Cloud Nine a bit earlier, turned me off new solo releases there after. Cheers.

Great one

agree with you Joe about the road, I have this in the car at the moment, have most of the songs of course, but hope for the future I didn't have until now. I also like the fact the tracks are not chronological so its a good mix.

How would you make your custom McCartney best of? If you could only keep a cd's worth of his solo songs?

all Paul's solo cd's are necessary for a good living ! :)

I don't have a CD or record to my name, I have all my Beatle and solo music on my I pod classic. from my point I would be only be gettin it for the packaging. though I admire your enthusiasm for collection.

Hi man, enjoyed your videos. Just curious, how much did u pay for the pure McCartney vinyl?

I think they might be in the middle of remastering "Flowers In The Dirt" and can't put them on there're taking their time in remastering. Also, I can't wait to pick this up to see and hear how it is.

Saw a story in Rolling Stone magazine where Paul said he got the idea for this project when a girl who works in his office asked him to suggest a playlist of his music for a trip she was going on. This set is the songs he came up with.

Sweet bro.

Just wondering. How does the vinyl sound compared to the CD? Less compressed, more dynamic with better detail? I still need to purchase the vinyl box set, before it goes OOP. Try to spin the vinyl at least once before it gets filed away.

i'm still debating whether or not to get this!

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I"m undecided about this at the moment, but isn't it great that a Beatle can always lift us out of whatever bad feeling we're having? I've had times when I felt down, and then take the i pod out. A George Harrison track starts running through my mind and I play it and it feels better.

Great album!

I highly recommend Tug Of War Deluxe Box Set. I have played it several times and the sound quality is wonderful.

The only thing that kinda irked me was the cardboard sleeves that hold the CDs, I went in put the four discs in slimline jewel cases to prevent scratches.

I would get the vinyl version. But yeah I'm waiting for "Flowers in The Dirt", "Flaming Pie" & "Chaos And Creation" re-release on vinyl.

Great job Joe.....you sold me on how your crummy day was changed to HAPPY after you heard a few songs. I am glad it is not a Hits package....otherwise, I would not get it. I see it is going for on the lower end $70 on Amazon. Are these box sets a limited amount of copies available....I want to know If I need to move quick? Is Flamin Pie on vinyl yet? I am casual fan (mostly 70's) and will get vinyl.......I love it when when wifes dances and sings, and Paul does that to her.....thanks..Steve

Great 4cd

I have wingspan, all the best and various studio albums i like. wondering if this is worth it.

Flowers in the Dirt Archive should have come out in June and Pure McCartney should have come out the following Christmas. They could have included a couple Flowers in the Dirt tracks because there would have been enough distance between releases and it would have better sales if released at Christmas.

Only disappointment was that "Once Upon a long ago" is not on it ...

Thanks merry merry.

How are the CDs mastered? Do they suffer loudness problems like many of today's remastered cds?

I think there are two main issues that have angered collectors in regards to this set (and those like it) one McCartney-specific and the other more general. The general issue is that since the early nineties, the recording industry has seen fit to "move catalog" at a extremely rapid clip as it pertains to artists from the nineteen sixties and seventies. The rule of the day over the past twenty-five years seems to be "if you can find a way to repackage it, get it on the shelves as fast as you can". So after being force fed releases akin to this one for over two decades, I can understand why some folks get cranky when a new one is announced regardless of the artist. The McCartney-specific issue is one you alluded to in your video and it's an issue that has it roots back in a release from 2001 entitled "Wingspan: Hits & History". At the time that release was marketed as the definitive collection of McCartney solo material and while it only compiled McCartney's solo career up through the mid eighties, it still is a pretty definitive collection. So that in enough of itself was fine but what aggravated a lot of fans is that it was also announced that another career spanning multi-disc collection would follow on the heels of "Wingspan" and this release would be akin to the "Lennon: Anthology" in that it would give fans "The Long & Winding Road Less Traveled" in terms of it's contents. Unfortunately despite being announced for the fourth quarter (Christmas) of 2001, the release never reached shelves and here we are fifteen years later with another release that could be called "Wingspan: Reloaded & Expanded". So given that context I can understand why a lot of fans aren't exactly enthusiastic about the appearance/emergence of this particular release.

Nice to see "Press" in the song listing. I was definitely amazed (see what I did there?)

For me the jury is still out. If the booklet had actual recording data. I would buy it immediately. My fantasy Paul release would be "The Complete Singles Collection". It can begin with the studio version of "Maybe I'm Amazed (rec. Feb. 22, 1970)" as it was released as a "Columbia Hall of Fame" single. Or it can begin with "Another Day (rec. Oct. 12, 1970)" and then have a bonus disc dedicated to the bonus tracks on the 12-inch singles/CD's. What better Greatest Hits release would there be.

I wonder why this compilation was released before his Flowers In The Dirt Archive Edition Deluxe Box Set? It should have been released after Flowers In The Dirt Archive Edition is released whenever that will be?

Can you give the names of the podcasts that you recommend?

i got mine dude

there are no songs from " flowers " on this "pure" because it'll be his next "de luxe" re-edition

Nice video, I'm a bit late, but whatever!

Doesn’t look like Helen Wheels is on this collection.

A box set is meant to be rare material b sides live tracks demos etc etc how much of this do you need really wingspan is fine sorry

Hi Joe just uploaded my review on the deluxe cd box. Feel free to go and check it out! I think the set is fantastic, majority of the track list is perfect and lovely packaging aswell

One of the few times I disagree with one of your reviews. If songs are on previous releases, why get this? Its just another compilation of songs, no difference compared to anybodies personal mix of available songs.

Say say say was different prefer the other version not real. Big on mj liked his work with Stevie and pipes of peace is my least fave album of his

What's the point of Pure McCartney anyways? Nothing is new it's just a shuffle of songs, I don't see the point