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I don't get it......first he releases a Russian-only album of early Rock 'n Roll covers, the material on the Russian-only release seeps through and contaminates all of his B-sides from "One upon a Long-Ago" and continue dominate the B-sides tracks up to his "Flowers" period, by which point the Russian only album had been released in the UK anyway, but, wait for it, he then does an album called "Unplugged...the official Bootleg", in which he indulges himself by doing the same old standards he has been doing since Hamburg, but seemingly uncontent with two Albums of old standards, and lots of B-sides, we are treated to a Third, this time the angle is slightly different, as the tracks are less familiar, but I reckon the concept of Sir Paul re-visiting his roots might be wearing a little thin by now. Hopefully his final trip down memory lane.Read full review
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I must confess straight away that any faith I had in Paul McCartney (which was considerable in the mid 70's) had totally evaporated by the time 'Mull Of Kintrye' became the biggest selling UK single of all time in the late 70's... However over the past several months (mainly due to the purchase of several Beatles albums)and a couple of wonderful live McCartney DVD'. I reckoned that somewhere down the line I must have misjudged Britain's biggest living legend... The purchase of last years 'Memory Almost Full' followed by the stunning 'Chaos & Creation in The Backyard' - went a long way towards proving the theory that I'd misjudged him big style... So the purchase of the deluxe version of 'Run Devil Run' along with it's back to the 50's ethos, certainly had my expectations raised to the highest... Did it deliver? It sure did, and then some.. It's easy to dismiss reworkings of 50's rock/be-bop as an easy option, but to be honest rarely can it be executed without having a strong whiff of pastiche about it.. McCartney however, backed by a stunning group of musicians that includes Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour and Mason and the keyboard legend Pete Wingfield, manages throught the proceedings to recreate the feel of those original 50's style recordings.. McCartney's voice is well suited for a great many of these tracks, with 'Coquette' an obscure Fats Domino b-side - Two Elvis tracks 'All Shook Up' and 'I Got Stung' . Gene Vincents 'Blue Jean Bop', Ricky Nelson's 'Lonesome Town' and Chuck Berry's 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man', complete with accordian giving it a wicked cajun feel excel.. Though to be fair out of the 15 tracks there are no fillers... The version I purchased contained a bonus interview disc,that is worthwhile obtaining as it gives a detailed backgropund to the entire project... I imagine it would be very hard to put this disc on and not feel compelled to bounce along.. It's that good+++++Read full review
This CD is good not great as many songs are over produced and is heavy bass instead of the vocals taking centre,i love Dave Gilmour on this CD as it drives the songs too be more rock n roll.Paul sounds best on the simple songs but his own songs are the biggest let down,they dont hold up against the classic tracks and was poor choice i feel to use them on this album.
Wasn't sure if this was going to be worth buying but I saw it going cheap and thought I'd give it a go. It is ok actually and you can really hear the rocker in McCartney come alive. He doesn't strain too much for the high notes as he has on more recent recordings and it is well produced. In Summary I'd say if you are a McCartney fan, it would make a different addition to your collection. It's not amazing but it is a bit of fun done well.