Flaming Pie

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Wanting to create an album of simpler charms and more spare arrangements than some of his more ornate productions, Paul recorded this largely acoustic affair with co-producers Jeff Lynne and George Martin and guests Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, his wife Linda and his son James. The easygoing energy and stellar songs on "Flaming Pie" (1997) made it one of Paul’s best-loved post-Beatles albums, and it returns now in remastered fashion on 180-gram double vinyl or 2 CDs. The CDs and the triple-vinyl edition add bonus tracks: demos/home recordings of "Flaming Pie," "Souvenir," "Somedays," "Calico Sky," "The World Tonight," "Little Willow," "If You Wanna," "Great Day" and more (the CDs contain 10 more bonus tracks than the 3 LPs including rough mixes, acoustic versions and other studio tracks). The deluxe-edition box starts with the 2-CD edition then adds a bunch of B-sides and "Flaming Pie at the Mill" (an audio tour of Paul’s studio) plus 2 DVDs featuring the "In the World Tonight" documentary, "Flaming Pie" EPKs, videos for "The World Tonight," "Young Boy" and more songs, a David Frost interview, performances, behind-the-scenes footage and more. The box also comes with a download card for 24bit/96kHz audio, so you can hear this great album in the absolute most opulent fidelity. Also adding to the opulence of the box: a 128-page book with unpublished images by Linda McCartney, archival expanded album artwork, an extended essay about the album, new interviews with Paul, Ringo, Steve Miller, Jeff Lynne, a copy of Club Sandwich magazine, a "Flaming Pie" guitar pick, a facsimile of John Hammel’s studio notebook, handwritten lyrics for eight songs…it’s as "deluxe" as deluxe sets come, all in celebration of one of Sir Paul’s finest! Capitol.