Paul McCartney - Give My Regards To Broad Street - 1984 (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

Give My Regards to Broad Street is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Unlike the film, the album was successful, achieving nr. 1 in the UK chart and its lead single "No More Lonely Nights" was BAFTA and Golden Globe award nominated.
This is a pleasant album with beautiful interpretations of some of the best McCartney songs. Note: This album has walk-over tracks; gapless burning is essential to seamless hear the whole album. Enjoy!



Review:

Almost everybody knows the music of Paul McCartney, but try finding a copy of: "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" in your friends CD Collection. This is one of Paul's very best solo Works of all, but it is one of the least known CD's that has his name attached to it.

As I'm aware this is an soundtrack recording from a film that I've never thought as well…being any good, the music Paul and Producer George Martin, produced for said film is very good and has moments of greatness.

The major complaint at the time of release was: "How dare Paul, re-work The Beatles tunes". This was still considered blasphemy in the sacred world of The Beatles. Well, Paul did "Yesterday" & "Eleanor Rigby" as solo pieces in 1966 whilst still a Beatle, so did that rant make any sense in the first place? In fact, six Beatles songs, are re-done by Paul {Of 18 tracks total} and they are produced & performed to perfection. The big song from this project was: "No More Lonely Nights" and it was a big hit for Paul. I'm not a fan of the "Disco" version that comes towards the end of the film, but it was for the story of the movie, and because of that it was reworked into a dance number.

George Martin, scored orchestrations and scored them well. "Eleanor's Dream" is a pretty piece of music, that both Paul and George had good reason to be proud of! "So Bad" is a wonderful love song that should have been a hit single, it's just one of Paul's best {but overlooked} songs.
"Not Such A Bad Boy" is a rocker with a great beat by a certain; "Richard Starkey" that would have made a great addition to any set at The Cavern Club in 1962.

The diversity of Musical Styles on this CD is vast. Old Ballroom Music is mixed in with Rock, Classical those Silly Love Songs. "Band On The Run", is normally considered Paul's finest solo moment, but for me "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" should be right up there with the Best of his Records of Wings and beyond.

Philip Wolf - review@Amazon.com


Track List:

01 No More Lonely Nights
02 Good Day Sunshine
03 Yesterday
04 Here There And Everywhere
05 Wanderlust
06 Ballroom Dancing
07 Silly Love Songs

08 Silli Love Songs (reprise)
09 Not Such A Bad Boy
11 No Values
12 No More Lonely Nights (reprise)
13 For No One
14 Eleanor Rigby
15 Eleanor's Dream
16 Long And Winding Road
17 No More Lonely Nights (playout)