Give My Regards to Broad Street [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Paul McCartney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 16, 1993)
• Original Release Date: October 23, 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000721H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,422 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)

2. Good Day Sunshine/Corridor Music

3. Yesterday

4. Here, There and Everywhere

5. Wanderlust

6. Ballroom Dancing

7. Silly Love Songs

8. Not Such a Bad Boy

9. So Bad

10. No Values/No More Lonely Nights

11. For No One

12. Eleanor Rigby/Eleanor's Dream

13. The Long and Winding Road

14. No More Lonely Nights [Playout Version]

15. Good Night Princess

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Well, you've got to give Paul McCartney credit for having the courage of his convictions--and the heroism to occasionally fall spectacularly flat on his face pursuing them. The parallel here is Magical Mystery Tour, the half-baked 1967 Beatles TV film that was largely McCartney's conceit. Seventeen years later McCartney figured his solo star power could carry a film vehicle, and so concocted this odd caper tale about the race to find the stolen master tapes to Mac's latest solo album; suffice it to say few critics were assigned to the case. If faint praise is in order, the album is a less painful experience than the film. Still, one has to wonder what drove Mac to re-record a slate of his best Beatles tunes--along with some of his most tepid solo songs--for this misbegotten star turn. Still, ill-conceived though they may be, the performances are stellar throughout, featuring an all-star band that includes old mate Ringo and turns by guitarists Dave Edmunds, Dave Gilmour, and Chris Spedding, as well as contributions by George Martin, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, Eric Stewart, and John Paul Jones. Arguably McCartney's greatest "What was he thinking?!" project. -Jerry McCulley

Product Description

1993 Parlophone release, McCartney's hit 1984 album for thelabel digitally remastered with two mixes of 'No More LonelyNights' added as bonus tracks: Extended Version and SpecialDance Mix. 'Give My Regards To Broad Street' reached #21when originally released & also features the original top 10version of 'No More Lonely Nights'. 13 of the album's 17tracks are re-recordings of Beatles/ McCartney hits.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This one is for a completist like myself., December 21, 2001

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Edward Crawford "Beatles Fan" (Randolph, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Give My Regards to Broad Street (Audio CD)

I am giving this the same review as I did with the regular version of Broad Street. Some selected tracks for review:

No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)- Contains a few extra bass notes for the LP/CD. The single version is simply one of Paul's best songs ever. One of my top favorites. One of his last major hits in both the US and UK from fall of 1984. A masterpiece!

Not Such A Bad Boy- A great rocker. It is a shame Paul didn't do more new songs for the album. His vocal sounds a slight bit like Old Siam Sir.

No Values- Sounds like a later day Wings rocker. Paul states he dreamed that the Rolling Stones sang this one. Very similar to their style. This is the second instance where Paul admitted dreaming up a song. The first was the original version of Yesterday.

No More Lonely Nights (Extended Version)- This is listed as 6:56 in length, but is actually 8:10 in length. Starts with a humming sound. This is yet another remix of the ballad. To be more precise this is a remix of the playout version, which is track #14. Handclaps, drum machines, extra keyboard all make for a version with all of the bells and whistles. This could be the 8:10 extended mix which appeared on the US and UK first edition of the 12 inch singles.

No More Lonely Nights (Special Dance Mix)- This is correctly listed as 4:21 in length. More of the "kitchen sink" thrown in. The vocals on this one have more "echo" to them. This might also be known as the Arhtur Baker remix.

For the song No More Lonely Nights, there were at least 5 to 6 different versions. For my money though, the ballad version on the single is the definitve version. Direct and played well.

This album could be a good completion to your collection to compare different versions of the song. Fun in it's own way and interesting. However, not essential unless you want the remastered sound of the entire cd and all bonus tracks. I would have included a demo version of No More Lonely Nights to see where the ballad (and all other versions) originated and progressed from.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, January 23, 2007

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Y2bjs Reviews (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Give My Regards to Broad Street (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite Paul McCartney albums.
There is a good choice of songs here.His remakes of classic Beatle songs such as Yesterday,Here There and Everywhere ,Good Day Sunshine,For No One ,Eleanor Rigby,and especially this version of The Long and Winding Road were all recorded beautifully.I usually dont like songs redone (except for live versions) cause they never quite hit the spot with me.But this is an exception to the rule.
Ringo Starr was playing drums on many of the tunes,and you get a few glimpses of his humor between songs.
There is also some remakes of some of his post Beatle days which are all excellent.This CD contains the hit No More Lonely Nights.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What the Beatles would have sounded like 20 years later..., December 15, 2003

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The Man On The Flaming Pie (The Foothills of the Headlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Give My Regards to Broad Street (Audio CD)

Say what you will about the movie, but the soundtrack is undeniably awesome. In fact, if the original versions of these songs had been all released on one LP, it would have been one of the greatest Beatles albums! That's not to say that Paul's remakes are worse than the originals, just less authentic (at the most, only two Beatles on a track at once). The remakes are very true to the originals (even the "she feels good" voice in the background in "Good Day Sunshine" remains), but sound considerably more produced (hey, it was the mid-80's). The album was produced & engineered by George Martin & Geoff Emerick, respectively, keeping some of the authenticity of the songs intact.
The medley "Yesterday/Here, There, & Everywhere/Wanderlust" is outstanding. The harmony vocals of "Here, There, & Everywhere" and the string quartet of "Yesterday" have been replaced by a gentle brass ensamble. (And unlike the Wings Over America version, the horns on "Yesterday" don't sound overly bombastic here.) "Wanderlust" sounds rather similar to the original, except the drums are considerably more pronounced.
This extended version of "Ballroom Dancing" is far superior to the original with a new guitar solo and an extra verse. "Silly Love Songs" sounds much more in its element in the 80's than the original Wings version. Lots more bass and clearer instrumentation. It also contains some electrifying lead guitar and impressive bass work in the extended section of the song.
Two of the songs which were new on this album, "Not Such A Bad Boy" & "No Values," may be the weakest, but they're both good. Both are examples of great no-frills rock&roll--proving to the naysayers that Paul DOES rock. However (and this subject is my only complaint about this album), the guitar solo at the end of "No Values" has been cut down from about a minute to only 15 seconds here, which doesn't make any sense to me because you'd think that the SOUNDTRACK would have the complete versions of all the songs! "So Bad" sounds about like the original (released only a year before), only slightly rawer.
"For No One" & "Eleanor Rigby" both sound more majestic than the originals. Again, unfortunately, the beautiful orchestral piece called "Eleanor's Dream," which adorns the arty portion of the movie and could have fit in comfortably on Yellow Submarine, is shaved down by a few minutes.
Strangely, "The Long & Winding Road" contains some of the elements of the Let It Be version that Paul hated so much, even including a choir! However, unlike the Phil Spector-laden version, this one actually sounds natural. The sax solo at the beginning makes the song sound incredibly bleak, which was obviously the intention, considering the point in the movie where this song shows up. Of course, the highlight of the disc is the ballad version of "No More Lonely Nights." This is one of Paul's greatest ballads (and that's saying something!) and is supplemented with a hair-raising guitar solo by David Gilmour.
If nothing else, this album proves that the Beatles' songs are timeless and sound awesome no matter what decade they were recorded.