THE FIREMAN (PAUL McCARTNEY): Strawberries Oceans Ships
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Feb 11, 2011
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THE FIREMAN (PAUL McCARTNEY): Strawberries Oceans Ships
1993 UK PARLOPHONE 2LP CLEAR VINYL, ONCE PLAYED MINT-
THE FIREMAN
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
UK PARLOPHONE (PCSD 1451/2 FIRST (and only) PRESSING (November 1993) OF THE FIREMAN'S "Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest" - PAUL McCARTNEY'S DOWNTEMPO/REMIX/AMBIENT PROJECT
PRESSED ON TWO CLEAR VINYL RECORDS AND HOUSED IN THE SINGLE GLOSSY RED/GREEN SLEEVE
THIS COPY HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED THE ONE TIME AND DELIVERS FLAWLESS AUDIO THROUGHOUT
MATRIX: PCDS 145 A-1-1- / PCDS 145 B-1-1- , PCDS 145 C-1-1- / PCDS 145 D-1-1- (all machine stamped)
The album consists of samples of McCartney material, mostly from the sessions that spawned his Off the Ground album, as well as samples of "Reception" and "The Broadcast" from 1979's Back to the Egg, as remixed by Youth. Neither McCartney nor Youth are credited on the album; rumours of McCartney's involvement were eventually confirmed by EMI.
In a Melody Maker review, Michael Bonner wrote,
"Paul McCartney has discovered dance music - and the results are as staggeringly brilliant as those that came from John Lydon's similar road-to-Damascus-like conversion last year. Truly, we live in an age of miracles. Eschewing the easy option of making a remix album, McCartney and his collaborator, Youth, have chosen to follow the likes of Brian Eno down a more experimental and cerebral path. They take a melody and, with dexterous genre-hopping through ambient, trance and house, evolve a number of breathtaking variations. Like snowflakes, each song seems identical to the last, until closer inspection reveals that it has its own unique shape."
The project began when McCartney asked Youth to remix several tracks from McCartney's Off the Ground album for use on possible 12" singles. McCartney stated,
"The brief from me was that he should only use stuff from our recordings, because dance mixes often feature a kick-drum sample or a James Brown snare sound and, as a consequence, the record ends up sounding a bit like someone else's so I told Youth that I'd prefer any sound he might select to come off our recordings, mainly 'Off the Ground'."
Regarding the project, Youth has stated,
"I didn't think it appropriate to remix any of the Off the Ground tracks the way I'd been briefed. I thought it would be better to do a more conceptual thing - that is, rather than remix a track I thought we should deconstruct the album into samples and then construct a new mix from those. And Paul liked the idea. He was into it, so I went for it."
Eventually, McCartney decided to join Youth in the studio to create new music to add to the tapestry along with the existing samples, and the project became a more collaborative effort. Although originally conceived as a series of 12" remixes, McCartney became so enamoured with the results of the sessions that the project became this full-length album, released in 1993 in the United Kingdom, and several months later in 1994 in the United States of America.
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest never charted and is no longer in print as an LP or CD. It is, however, available on the iTunes Store.
Track Listing:
Side 1: Transpiritual Stomp / Trans Lunar Rising
Side 2: Transcrystaline / Pure Trance
Side 3: Arizona Light / Celtic Stomp
Side 4: Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest / 4 4 4 / Sunrise Mix
LABELS: Clean, bright and unmarked labels with just one light spindle trace - NEAR MINT
VINYL Visual: All four vinyl surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen and appear completely unmarked - MINT(-)
VINYL Audio: Superb sound throughout with Leftfield immediately springing to mind on listening to these extended mixes. Very interesting project from McCartney and I'm not surprised he was over the moon with the results. Both records play with no audio issues of note - no scratches, no sticks/jumps, no clicks or pops and no surface noise (the run-ins are silent) and the set is critically graded MINT(-) for audio - great stuff and very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: The original red/green cover has some rippling to the surfaces and a knock to the top corner (please see photos) but it is otherwise good and solid with no real wear to the edges or spine - all spine text is clear and bold - EXCELLENT
Overall, a great copy of this increasingly hard to find 2 LP set
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