Paul McCartney Liverpool Sound Collage Free Now PROMO 7" 45 Vinyl record 2000
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PAUL McCARTNEY - LIVERPOOL SOUND COLLAGE.
“FREE NOW"- PROMO ONLY ONE SIDED 7" SINGLE FROM 2000. (FREE 002)
MINT CONDITION.
IN PLAIN WHITE SLEEVE.
Super Furry Animals were involved in the track ‘Free Now’. The Furries’ keyboard player Cian Ciaran approached McCartney at the NME awards in London on 1 February 2000, when the group won the Best Live Act award. Ciaran convinced McCartney to let him remix some previously unreleased Beatles recordings.
"One minute Cian is dragging Paul McCartney to a table, and within two weeks four boxes of original Beatles master tapes arrived in our office in Cardiff. We sampled chunks of John and Paul chatting, and we made loops of George’s guitar and Ringo’s drums. That was extremely surreal." - Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals.
In return, McCartney agreed to guest on Super Furry Animals’ 2001 album Rings Around The World. He chewed carrots and celery on their song ‘Receptacle For The Respectable’, in a homage to The Beach Boys’ song ‘Vegetables’.
"He claims that was his favourite moment of last year – chewing the celery and carrots to the beat. We just didn’t want him to strain his voice, and we didn’t want him to play bass because he’s done that so many times in his life. He’s probably sick of singing cameo roles."- Gruff Rhys
The main vocals on ‘Free Now’ were from take 9 of the song ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, recorded on 1 February 1967. This was the basis of the album version, without the final vocals and overdubs. McCartney vamps the words at the end, which was eventually replaced with the “Billy Shears” intro of ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’. The original take nine was released on the 50th anniversary reissue of Sgt Pepper in May 2017.
Other samples on ‘Free Now’ were from the session for ‘Think For Yourself’, on 8 November 1965. Prior to recording take one of the song, George Martin taped the group’s rehearsal and dialogue in the hope that some of the material may have been suitable for their 1965 Christmas fan club single.
‘Free Now’ begins with a sample of speech by Harrison, then centres on the title phrase sang by McCartney. A brief sample from the ending of ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ can also be heard in places, most notably between 1’29” and 1’33”.
‘Free Now’ is the briefest and most accessible of the five tracks on Liverpool Sound Collage. While none are comparable to The Beatles’ core output (there is little tunefulness, although none are as chaotic as ‘Revolution 9’), it is an intriguing experiment in electronica which confirms McCartney’s reputation as a restless experimenter.
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