I've heard of the McCarthy-Bergen collaboration but never this McCartney-McManus one.
Which one is the ventriloquist? --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you get when you combine two of the greatest singer- > songwriters in modern history and put them together in a studio? You > get a songwriting team like that of Paul McCartney and Declan McManus > (Elvis Costello). They've collaborated on numerous occasions to > produce great songs in both of their catalogues. One of those > collaborations was the sessions that brought us both McCartney's > Flowers in the Dirt, which includes several of their songwriting > efforts, and Elvis' Spike, Mighty Like a Rose, Off the Ground and All > This Useless Beauty (not to mention numerous "unreleased" songs). Most > notable is the "hit" off of Flowers in the Dirt, My Brave Face. > > The acoustic demos of these sessions have just been placed on www.dimeadozen.org > and are not to be missed. The synergy of these two great songwriters > in one studio is very evident in these demos. They just play off one > another. Check out the lossless version of My Brave Face here. (Please > note ALL dimeadozen boots are intended ONLY for lossless sharing. They > should not be degraded to MP3's or other "lossy" formats, except for > personal use.) > > For me, listening to these songs is like listening to the Beatles > Anthology demos. Albeit, in this case, both songwriters are in their > songwriting maturity. > > Torrent: 225614 > Title: Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello acoustic demos > Size: 148.69 MB > Category: Acoustic > Uploaded by: lilpanda > > Info hash: e266c85f47c61f9bbf27b2f87a6a20e561679186 > > Description > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > Was listening to this today and thought 'man, this needs to be on the > dime tracker.' It wasn't, but now it is! Ya gotta have this! > Essential shit! One of the last metal boots I ever bought. I > remember my boot dealer telling me about it and I told him he was > crazy, the songs didn't exist. Thank God I trusted him. > > Paul McCartney and Ellvis Costello > Acoustic demos > > Libertated Boot: > The McCartney MacManus Collaboration > Vigotone VT 174 > > 1. The Lovers That never Were > 2. Twenty Five Fingers > 3. Tommy's Coming Home > 4. So Like Candy > 5. You Want her Too > 6. Playboy To a Man > 7. Don't be Careless Love > 8. My Brave Face (fades) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- >
