Next up, here's the solo career of Paul McCartney (and with Wings) in the Earth-130 timeline! To start things off, nothing's really changed about Ram, besides becoming his first solo album due to a good chunk of McCartney being frittered away onto Hot as Sun.
Side A (21:56)
1. Wild Life - 4:47 [edit]
2. Little Woman Love - 2:08
3. Bip Bop/Hey Diddle - 3:36
4. A Love for You - 4:45
5. Man We Was Lonely - 2:56
6. Give Ireland Back to the Irish - 3:44
Side B (24:27)
7. Mumbo - 3:54
8. 1882 - 6:38 [edit]
9. Sunshine Sometime - 3:16
10. I Am Your Singer - 2:15
11. Some People Never Know - 6:12 [edit]
12. Tomorrow - 2:12
In this scenario, Wings goes on tour before entering the studio; by the time they do so, they're well acquainted enough to put some tracks down onto wax. A few holdovers from the Ram sessions were included to give their listeners a sense of familiarity, and there's a strong political undercurrent with "Wild Life", "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "1882". The latter was recorded in November 1972 in real life, but it was written before Wild Life was recorded, so I don't think it matters too much. "Tomorrow" is the solo piano version as heard on One Hand Clapping, to give the album a bit more variety.
Side A (22:32)
1. My Love - 4:07
2. C Moon - 4:32
3. I Would Only Smile - 3:23
4. Country Dreamer - 3:10
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:20
Side B (22:48)
6. Live and Let Die - 3:12
7. I Lie Around - 5:01
8. Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) - 4:23
9. Single Pigeon - 1:52
10. Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite - 5:12
11. Hi, Hi, Hi - 3:08
Since three and a half songs (that remaining half being "Hands of Love/Power Cut", originally a part of the closing medley) already ended up on Everest, Red Rose Speedway required a major reshuffle. The sessions for that album were pretty fruitful, lasting for most of 1972, so there was more than enough material to work with. I threw in "Hi, Hi, Hi" and "Live and Let Die", along with their respective B-sides, to give the album a bit more commercial appeal, and I even placed "Hi, Hi, Hi" right after "Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite" to end the album on a high energy note. Also included were Denny Laine's "I Would Only Smile" and "Country Dreamer", the B-side of "Helen Wheels". "When the Night" was dropped and demoted to a B-side. The result is an album that's more Wings, and one that paves the way for Band on the Run, for which nothing could possibly be changed about it (apart from including "Helen Wheels" on Side B).
Side A (21:19)
1. Venus and Mars/Rock Show - 6:51
2. Love in Song - 3:04
3. Send Me the Heart - 3:35
4. Magneto and Titanium Man - 3:16
5. Letting Go - 4:33
Side B (21:57)
6. Venus and Mars (Reprise)/Spirits of Ancient Egypt - 5:09
7. Medicine Jar - 3:37
8. Soily - 3:53
9. Listen to What the Man Said - 3:57
10. Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People - 4:21
11. Crossroads Theme - 1:00
With both "You Gave Me the Answer" and "Call Me Back Again" on Inclinations, it didn't take much to replace them; Denny's "Send Me the Heart" finally gets its due, and "Soily" from One Hand Clapping is now officially an album track. Venus and Mars continues the success streak of Band on the Run, as does Wings at the Speed of Sound, marking Wings' commercial peak period.
Side A (23:19)
1. London Town - 4:102. Café on the Left Bank - 3:25
3. Getting Closer - 3:22
4. Cuff Link - 2:03
5. Don't Let It Bring You Down - 4:34
6. With a Little Luck - 5:45
Side B (24:49)
8. Famous Groupies - 3:34
9. Deliver Your Children - 4:17
9. Deliver Your Children - 4:17
10. Name and Address - 3:07
11. Girlfriend - 4:31
12. Mull of Kintyre - 4:42Four songs off of London Town were given away to Rainbow Falls, and in their place, "Girls' School" and "Mull of Kintyre" are included on the album proper. The only other song I dropped entirely was "Children, Children", and instead, I brought forth "Getting Closer" from Back to the Egg, which was first started as early as 1973, to give the album a bit more edge. Plus, I think it makes a nice part of a medley along with "Cuff Link" and "Don't Let It Bring You Down".
Side A (24:16)
1. We're Open Tonight/Spin It On - 3:38
2. Again and Again and Again - 3:34
3. Cage (Emotional Moments) - 3:08
4. Daytime Nighttime Suffering - 3:23
5. Arrow Through Me - 3:37
6. To You - 3:12
7. Maisie/How Many Million Miles - 3:44
Side B (23:33)
8. Reception/Rockestra Theme - 3:43
9. Old Siam, Sir - 4:11
10. Weep for Love - 4:32
11. Winter Rose/Love Awake - 4:58
12. So Glad to See You Here - 3:20
13. Baby's Request - 2:49
For Wings' last album, I've taken influence from Moondog385's resequencing of Back to the Egg, but I've made my own tweaks to the track listing. Due to pushing "Getting Closer" forward, the medley of "We're Open Tonight" and "Spin It On" kicks things off, with a slow opener leading into a punk rock number. Alongside the unreleased "Cage (Emotional Moments)", I also included Denny's "Weep for Love" from his Japanese Tears album and Laurence Juber's "Maisie" from Standard Time. In the case of the latter, I've imagined it as leading into "How Many Million Miles", adding a little jazz to the album, making it the only Juber/McCartney composition.
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Side A (16:17)
1. Coming Up - 3:53
2. Front Parlour - 3:32
3. On the Way - 3:38
4. Mr. H Atom - 2:22
5. Nobody Knows - 2:52
Side B (18:25)
6. Temporary Secretary - 3:14
7. Secret Friend - 5:14
8. Summer's Day Song - 3:25
9. You Know I'll Get You Baby - 3:33
10. Bogey Wobble - 2:59
Side C (17:40)
11. Check My Machine - 5:50
12. Waterfalls - 4:43
13. Frozen Fuji - 3:40
14. Bogey Music - 3:27
Side D (16:10)
15. Darkroom - 2:20
16. One of These Days - 3:35
17. All You Horse Riders - 3:48
18. Blue Sway - 6:27
Basically, my double album version of McCartney II that I compiled a couple of years back, but with "Waterfalls" replaced by the album version. Not much else to say, really.
Side A (22:25)
1. Tug of War - 4:28
2. The Other Me - 3:58
3. Ballroom Dancing - 4:07
4. Somebody Who Cares - 3:19
5. Rainclouds - 3:13
6. So Bad - 3:20
Side B (23:42)
7. Ebony and Ivory - 3:50
8. The Pound is Sinking - 2:54
9. Keep Under Cover - 3:05
10. Ode to a Koala Bear - 3:48
11. Dress Me Up as a Robber - 2:41
12. Pipes of Peace - 3:56
13. Through Our Love - 3:28
On Skywriting by Word of Mouth, I featured "Take It Away", "Here Today", "Wanderlust" and "Average Person" as Paul's contributions. From both Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, there was more than enough material leftover for a whole new album, so it became a matter of what to exclude first. I've imagined that "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing?" would be a non-album single with Stevie Wonder, and likewise with "Say Say Say" and "The Man", but with Michael Jackson. I've also gotten rid of "Get It" with Carl Perkins and "Be What You See", which left me with five songs leftover from Tug of War as my backbone, along with the B-side "Rainclouds" and the solo version of "Ebony and Ivory". The most fitting tracks from Pipes of Peace, I felt, were the title track, "The Other Me", "Keep Under Cover", "So Bad" and "Through Our Love". I then threw in one more B-side, "Ode to a Koala Bear", to round off the set. And there we have Paul McCartney's first post-Beatles, post-Wings album from Earth-130!
Side A (14:14)
1. No More Lonely Nights - 4:42
2. I Love This House - 3:44
3. Lindiana - 5:48
Side B (14:47)
4. Talk More Talk - 5:18
5. We Got Married - 4:57
6. Footprints - 4:32
Side C (12:46)
7. Press - 4:43
8. Not Such a Bad Boy - 3:19
9. Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun - 4:44
Side D (13:14)
10. No Values - 4:13
11. Move Over Busker - 4:05
12. However Absurd - 4:56
Basically, it's Earth-130's cross between OTL's Give My Regards to Broad Street and Press to Play, only in this case, Paul never makes a film about himself, for it's scrapped before the cameras even roll. However, he still has the material he'd like to get out there, and releases it alongside songs he'd recorded during the spring of 1985. Six tracks were taken from the actual Press to Play, as well as the three originals from Broad Street, and alongside them, there's "We Got Married", which eventually ended up on Flowers in the Dirt, "I Love This House", eventually released as part of "Oobu Joobu (Part 1)" in 1997, and the never-released "Lindiana". The official version is a double vinyl album, but on single vinyl releases, "Footprints" and "No Values" are dropped. Both tracks are still retained for CD releases.
Flowers in the Dirt (July 15, 1988; w/ Elvis Costello)
Side A (20:58)
1. My Brave Face - 2:40
2. You Want Her Too - 2:40
3. Veronica - 3:03
4. Mistress and Maid - 2:28
5. Tommy’s Coming Home - 4:10
6. Twenty Fine Fingers - 2:28
7. So Like Candy - 3:29
Side B (20:34)
8. Shallow Grave - 2:14
9. The Lovers That Never Were - 3:58
10. I Don’t Want to Confess - 2:21
11. Don’t Be Careless Love - 3:44
12. That Day is Done - 4:16
13. Pads, Paws and Claws - 2:08
14. Playboy to a Man - 2:57
I don't have much to say about this one that I didn't already for Earth-130's McCartney; just a transfer from Strawberry Peppers: The Second Coming, all the way down to the final track.
Side A (23:15)
1. Return to Pepperland - 4:53
2. Stranglehold - 3:36
3. Same Love - 3:55
4. Distractions - 4:38
5. The First Stone - 4:06
6. Put It There - 2:07
Side B (24:22)
7. Figure of Eight - 3:25
8. This One - 4:10
9. Love Come Tumbling Down - 4:22
10. Don't Break the Promise - 3:38
11. How Many People - 4:14
12. Only Love Remains - 4:13
With five tracks have been filtered out onto various projects, I had my work cut out for me for Earth-130's equivalent to Flowers in the Dirt, Return to Pepperland. Five of the remaining tracks were retained, and I also brought back "Stranglehold" and "Only Love Remains" from Press to Play. The title track, which has never been released in any capacity, was a no-brainer for inclusion, likely off the heels of George's "When We Was Fab". The four remaining songs, "The First Stone", "Love Come Tumbling Down", "Same Love" and "Don't Break the Promise", were all recorded during that time, but have only appeared either as B-sides or bonus tracks.
Side A (20:17 for CD; 21:21 for vinyl)
1. Off the Ground - 3:40
2. Style Style - 4:56 for CD edit / 6:00 for vinyl
3. I Owe It All to You - 4:514. Sweet Sweet Memories - 4:03
5. Looking for Changes - 2:47
Side B (18:32)
6. Long Leather Coat - 3:35
7. Keep Coming Back to Love - 5:00
8. Cosmically Conscious - 3:11 [edit]
9. Biker Like an Icon - 3:26
10. Big Boys Bickering - 3:20
Side C (18:16 for CD; 18:52 for vinyl)
11. Peace in the Neighborhood - 5:06
12. Kicked Around No More - 4:48 for CD edit / 5:24 for vinyl
13. Golden Earth Girl - 3:4514. I Can't Imagine - 4:37
Side D (20:03 for CD; 21:38 for vinyl)
15. Get Out of My Way - 3:32
16. Hope of Deliverance - 3:22
17. Winedark Open Sea - 4:52 for CD edit / 5:27 for vinyl
18. C'Mon People - 5:46
19. Down to the River - 2:31 for CD edit / 3:31 for vinyl
Total length: 77:08 for CD / 80:23 for vinyl
Since "Mistress and Maid" and "The Lovers That Never Were" are on the collaboration album with Elvis Costello, that left room for more B-sides that Paul recorded during that time to be included on Off the Ground, now expanded into a double album for vinyl releases. However, it's a single CD coming up just over 77 minutes. The resequencing is that of Moondog385's, but with the Costello tracks replaced by "Long Leather Coat" and "I Can't Imagine", respectively, as well as the inclusion of "Sweet Sweet Memories". Had the tracks (barring "Cosmically Conscious") been unedited, it would've been past the 80 minute limit of CDs, but I could see the full versions being on the vinyl version.
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