The seller was awesome and the set was great. Seller took great care to package safely and everything was perfect.After "WILD LIFE" and "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB", RED ROSE SPEEDWAY came as a welcomed relief! I'm 68 years old and I was always a Beatles fan and McCartney fan. Lennon's solo albums were never happy so I gladly wrote him off. This deluxe set is really awesome with it's books and inserts but they are not the real reason for the purchase. The remastered music is clean and fresh sounding. You get the original release, what was supposedly going to be a two album set release plus singles, live versions of songs and some great DVDs. In particular, a clean and superb DVD of Paul's TV special. Now, even though Paul had a big hit with "My Love", this is truly a COMPLETE ALBUM! All the songs are excellent and "Little Lamb Dragonfly" could have easily been considered a masterpiece with George Martin at the helm. plus, "When the Night" flies high on this new collection. Finally, McCartney's vocal on his TV special on "Live and Let DIe" has always been more distinct and enjoyable than the single. When Paul screams "hell", his vocal is not overshadowed by the music and he sounds great. Compare and you'll know what I'm talking about. I bee won berry happy mann, duder! SONGS and ITEMS ARE LISTED BELOW!!The twelfth release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, personally supervised by Paul McCartney.Released in April 1973 and featuring the #1 single ‘My Love,’ Red Rose Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, no less than 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. The 2DVD + Blu-ray portions of the deluxe are packed with rare and previously unseen footage, including the James Paul McCartney TV Special, interviews and music videos, as well as the never before seen film The Bruce McMouse Show - fully restored and remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand drawn original character sketches by Paul and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album — including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel — and track-by-track information, written by Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets and photo print, a 64-page ‘Wings In Morocco’ photo book, all housed in a numbered outer slipcase. The Red Rose Speedway download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versionsTrack ListingCD1 – Remastered Album1. Big Barn Bed2. My Love3. Get On The Right Thing4. One More Kiss5. Little Lamb Dragonfly6. Single Pigeon7. When The Night8. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)9. Medleya) Hold Me Tightb) Lazy Dynamitec) Hands Of Loved) Power CutCD2 – “Double Album”1. Night Out2. Get On The Right Thing3. Country Dreamer4. Big Barn Bed5. My Love6. Single Pigeon7. When The Night8. Seaside Woman9. I Lie Around10. The Mess [Live At The Hague]11. Best Friend [Live In Antwerp]12. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)13. Medleya) Hold Me Tightb) Lazy Dynamitec) Hands Of Loved) Power Cut14. Mama’s Little Girl15. I Would Only Smile16. One More Kiss17. Tragedy18. Little Lamb DragonflyCD3 – Bonus Audio1. Mary Had A Little Lamb2. Little Woman Love3. Hi, Hi, Hi4. C Moon5. Live And Let Die6. Get On The Right Thing [Early Mix]7. Little Lamb Dragonfly [Early Mix]8. Little Woman Love [Early Mix]9. 1882 [Home Recording]10. Big Barn Bed [Rough Mix]11. The Mess12. Thank You Darling13. Mary Had A Little Lamb [Rough Mix]14. 1882 [Live In Berlin]15. 188216. Jazz Street17. Live And Let Die [Group Only, Take 10]DVD 1 – Bonus Video1. Music Videos2. James Paul McCartney TV Special3. Live And Let Die [Live in Liverpool]4. Newcastle InterviewDVD 2 – Bonus Film1. The Bruce McMouse Show5.1 Surround Dolby Digital, 16bit 48kHz /PCM Stereo, 24bit 48kHz Blu-rayBlu-Ray - The Bruce McMouse Show5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 24bit 96kHz/PCM Stereo 24bit 96kHzDownload CardJust a few highlights for me in regard to this release... The remastered and deluxe editions of both "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway" were absolutely phenomenal, amazingly perfect (Booklets and doodles/sketches included!). ;)There was a time when I was unsure if "Red Rose Speedway" would ever receive an "archive" re-release... Would "Live and Let Die" make an appearance on a bonus disc of the set? Well, thankfully my hopes became a reality in both cases! Always wanted to hear a remastered "Live and Let Die," although this was previously tackled on Paul McCartney's "Pure" box set from a few years ago... The remaster on the "Wingspan" CD was nice as well, and I believe that the song would have tied in very nicely somewhere within the "Band on the Run" album. :) I also enjoy the "Group Only, Take 10" version of the track, which still sounds amazing, even without the orchestra!Only downside to this reissue, and it is a very small one, is that Paul's "take a break" dialog that preceded "The Mess" (From the 1993 remaster) was omitted from this bonus disc. Not a big gripe though... It's kind of cool that the jamming starts right up, on the other hand. :) So glad that all of the singles and B-sides made it to this set and in remastered form too! "Little Woman Love" was already featured on the deluxe reissue of "Ram," so it's a repeat, but still a very catchy and lively number, so I can't complain about it appearing twice in the archive collection. ;) 1973 was a great year for "Wings" music, and glad to know that the "RRS" reissue included all of the bonus material from that year which didn't make it to the "Band on the Run" reissue. :)Something I'd like to mention about the "double-album" version of this release is that I love how "Little Lamb Dragonfly" finishes off the album! Aside from (Obviously!) "My Love," "Little Lamb Dragonfly" is my other absolute favorite song on the album, if I had to choose... Too bad that it didn't receive recognition on any Paul McCartney/Wings Best-of compilation at some point... The early mix is amusing, since it is obvious that Paul hadn't worked out all of the lyrics as of yet, as he "La-la-las" half of the lyrics of the song... The melody always sounded beautiful, no matter the structure of the composition. :) "Seaside Woman" was among one of my favorites, in regard to the double-album, very playful and energetic atmosphere! In regard to the different sequencing of the tracks that were featured on both versions of "RRS," this reminded me of the "Roots" disc from the John Lennon "Gimme' Some Truth" box set; All of the tracks from his "Rock 'N Roll" album are there, plus a few extra tracks taken from other albums, but the running order is different! In both cases, it's great to have the feel of listening to all of the material from the actual album releases as well as the extra tracks all on one CD. :)Some of the alternate/early mixes were a treat. For example, I wish that the "stereo" effects from the final version of "Get on the Right Thing" were as good as the early mix... When listening to the early mix through earphones, the vocals change from right to left to center. The album version of the song had poor stereo quality, in my opinion, much like most of the stereo remixes from the "Help" and "Rubber Soul" albums by The Beatles; Nothing far-left/right in the stereo picture. I also like the different style vocals heard on the choruses from the rough mix of "Big Barn Bed..." Always nice to see how some of the songs evolved or were tweaked. :) The variety and style of music throughout this collection is difficult to beat... I was very satisfied with everything I've heard, released as well as unreleased! "Yes the light fell on me!" ;)Now, let's hope and pray for (HOPEFULLY) remasters/rereleases of both "London Town" and "Back To The Egg," two more favorite Wings albums of mine, as the next (Most likely!) reissues in the Paul McCartney archive collection. ;) Thanks for reading and God Bless! ~"KevyGuy" :)I hadn't listened to this album in a while. I listened to the high resolution download included, and the sound was great. But the album not so much. Macca was in a slump, I guess.That being said, the extras included are great. Extra special bonus is the Blu ray of "The Bruce McMouse Show."I was also amazed by the number of videos he made for "Mary Had A Little Lamb." I can't imagine how much money was spent making 4 videos for a song that was not exactly a highlight of his career.As usual with his boxed sets, the books and other printed material are also great.I deducted one star for the quality of songs on the LP. But if you're a McCartney completist, I'd say this box set is pretty much essential.Good.This is a fantastic product! This series of reissues is known for it's stellar level of presentation and this latest release does not disappoint. While past albums have varied in terms of overall content (some are 2-3 disc, others up to 6) the material presented here is the high water mark. Owing to the fact that the original album was planned as a double, there is a wealth of bonus tracks and outtakes (3 CD and DVD BLU Ray). Features The double album as planned and relevant singles and b-sides, as well as the unreleased Bruce McMouse. The Red Rose Speedway album always felt like a compromise. A muddled and somewhat directionless statement that nevertheless contained some brilliant music, and I would argue that it's one of Paul's most underrated. The full picture is here now, and while it still lacks cohesion, it's a joy to have it officially released.I love the concept of the Box Sets. This one does not disappoint.I ummed and aahed about whether to purchase the super deluxe boxset, even though I've purchased each previous boxset in the series as they were released. That wasn't because I'm iffy about the album. A lot of Lennon-leaning Beatles fan are, but I lean both ways when it comes to Lennon & McCartney! I've always loved this album (except One More Kiss, which, like She's My Baby on WATSOS, is just too trite for me). The reason I mulled before pressing the Buy button was the cost. £159 is very, very, expensive, £35 more than the recent White Album boxset, for example, and about twice as much as some of the earlier sets in the McCartney Archive Series. But my love of the album and completist tendencies won the day. I have to say, despite some minor irritations with the detail, I'm glad it did. So, what do you get for your money? The first thing is the size of the box, on a par with Ram and nearly as massive as the Wings Over America need-two-people-to-carry-it set that was released a few years ago. Inside, there are various goodies. The CDs are housed with the first DVD in a black box-sized stiff card booklet, there's also a hardback book with a decent if not very revelatory essay telling story of the album, a yellow folder containing the Bruce McMouse DVD and Bluray disc, and a scrapbook of pics of Wings holidaying in Morocco. There are facsimiles of hand-written lyrics, nice glossy photos, Paul's sketches of McMouse characters, and plenty more. In fact, all the usual candy that has been a feature of all the box sets.The remastered album sounds great. I've played the 1993 remaster at least once a week since 1993(!); this sounds a lot clearer - the acoustic guitars on Little Lamb Dragonfly sound lush, Loup takes on a whole new level of weirdness and depth. All over the show, little details, previously submerged, now spring forward. Everything also sounds really good on the bonus discs. Shame that McCartney hasn't really embraced the sonic possibilities of 5.1 sound in any sustained way (and some of what is available - eg the 5.1 mix of Venus and Mars - sounds terrible). This album would sound fab in 5.1, imo.I do feel that it is slightly disingenuous to state that there are 35 bonus tracks. That total includes the 9 tracks on the original album, which are in effect counted twice. There are actually 26 tracks in addition to those on the original album. Here's what you actually get: CD 1 is the 9-track original album. Track 9 is the medley Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Powercut, which could be counted as four tunes, but isn't here, if you see what I mean! CD 2 is a reconstruction of the album as it was originally envisioned, as a double vinyl lp. Apparently, this was pulled because the record company felt that its quality was uneven and a single lp - CD 1 - was released. The reconstructed double album features all the tracks from CD 1 and 9 further songs, most of which found their way onto b sides or other outlets. Seaside Woman, which was released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, and Denny Laine's I Would Only Smile turned up later on one of his solo lps. This means that only a cover version of the early '60s song Tragedy and a live mix of the otherwise unrecorded McCartney song Best Friend (which is a great song and sounds excellent here) have not been released before. But I love the bucolic b sides from this period - Country Dreamer and I Lie Around - so newly remixed and sounding good is fine by me. CD 3 contains 17 tracks of 'bonus audio' and contains the singles from this period, rough versions of some RRS songs, live versions, the studio version of The Mess (great!) and unreleased jams. Of the latter, Jazz Street is interesting, Thank You Darling is embarrassing. The highlights of this disc for me are the rough mixes of Big Barn Bed, Get On The Right Thing and Little Lamb Dragonfly - nearly finished arrangements but with interesting differences; the band-only version of Live and Let Die, and the attention given to 1882, which has home piano demo, live and studio versions included here. The only genuine surprise for me in this set was that there is a studio version of this great lost McCartney song.If you've bought the previous boxsets, you'll already know that the bonus video content is a bit of a hit-and-miss feature, with some sets having great bonus video - BOTR and FITD for example - but others, with WATSOS being the worst offender, offering very little. Going just on the first disc, this set is somewhere in the middle. There's a short and not very enlightening backstage interview from Newcastle, the promo videos for Hi,Hi,Hi, CMoon, My Love and four versions of Mary Had A Little Lamb. Do you really need four versions?Disappointingly, all the promo videos are offered with a mono mix, presumably the promo mixes made at the time, and they sound very lacklustre. I'm not sure if this was done to preserve the authenticity of the 1973 experience of these promos, or if this is an oversight. Certainly, Hi, Hi, Hi, CMoon and My Love were given new 5.1 mixes for the McCartney Years DVD a decade or so ago. Why weren't those vastly superior sounding audio tracks used here? Also on the first DVD there's the James Paul McCartney ATV Special from 1973, done largely to get Lew Grade off McCartney's back in a dispute about Linda's songwriting royalties. You get band performances of RRS tunes and McCartney solo acoustic 'performances' of Blackbird, Michelle, Yesterday. Actually they are only snippets. The deal with Grade required McCartney to play some Beatles songs (which he had refused to do in the immediate post-break-up years) because Grade thought that the Wings songs alone were not strong enough to carry the show, and McCartney's reluctance to break his own embargo really shows with these half-hearted renditions. It's part documentary too, and there's footage of Wings members mingling with the McCartney clan in a Liverpool pub, plus Paul doing his Fred Astaire impression, a little vignette around Uncle Albert, and some funny period vox pops. It's an interesting document of the period, with it's tensions only just hidden below the all-round entertainer-but-also-rockstar-but-also-family-man image which McCartney sought to present at this time.A great component of the set, albeit flawed and lacking focus, is the Bruce McMouse Show, offered on both DVD and Bluray and - yes! - remixed into 5.1. What excited me about this was that it offers live 1973 Wings versions of songs from RRS along with The Mess, Hi, Hi, Hi, Wildlife, I Am Your Singer, Eat At Home and some others, and only a couple of the songs - Live and Let Die and Maybe I'm Amazed - which would survive into later setlists. I've never seen this stuff before and it's just great to see it now, and hear it in very good quality, even if we have had to wait 45 years for the privilege! Here, Big Barn Bed uses the studio audio with the live video, but the other performances are, I think, live. The live footage is intercut with the cartoon story of a family of mice who live under the stage. This awkward juxtaposition of rock concert and children's story explains why this was not released at the time. It's certainly true that the story detracts from the concert performance, and clearly Henry McCullough, and other Wings members, have to cringe and bear it at various points. It's great to have access to the concert material, and in such great sound, though. And there are interesting features - for example the version of Hi, Hi, Hi here has a totally different rhythmic structure to the released version. Good stuff.The ambiguity of the Bruce McMouse project, and similarly the back-to-back single releases of Hi, Hi, Hi and Mary Had A Little Lamb, articulate McCartney's lack of certainty about musical direction in this period. It's easy to forget that the path of rock musican who is husband/father was not well-trodden prior to the McCartneys' trundle along it, and there was no map for an ex-Beatle. In time, McCartney came to compartmentalise much better, but even so other really interesting but equally ambiguous projects such as the Rupert the Bear film and accompanying unreleased Wings album would testify to his continuing hesitation about direction well into the late 1970s (we await the London Town and BTTE boxes!)Like many McCartney fans, especially those thinking of shelling out big wadges of loot for box sets like this one, I got tired of waiting for official releases and bought several versions of Cold Cuts and other discs offering RRS outtakes, live versions and unreleased tracks many years ago. I also have video and dvd versions of the TV special. So much of what is here is already familiar to me. I also know that there's lots more that hasn't been released as part of this set! In a way, these deluxe boxes try to shut the stable door after the horse has already bolted. Or open it. Whatever. Even for a completist, however, there is new and upgraded stuff here and ultimately, that's why you will buy it!It must have been strange for Paul McCartney in 1973..the Beatles just over his shoulder.. and following a fairly divisive 3 solo albums. Now he had a band. He appeared on top of the pops..had singles banned by the beeb..had a big tv special..a big James bond theme..This boxset brings it all back..nearly 50 years on..into sharp focus..A great album in my opinion..great demos and outtakes..a couple of really nice hardback books with fantastic photos..dvds of promo films..the tv special..and bruce mcmouse dvd which amounted to more great footage of wings in concert..It couldn't get much better!Pricey!..but worth every penny!My 1st McCartney Super Deluxe and cant fault it, it feels quality with incredible attention to detail. Haven’t watched the Blu-Ray yet so can’t comment but the Music sounds fantastic, even the Demos/Live stuff. Great remaster. The books are quality print.I’m going to be honest and say I’m biased, this was my first LP purchase in my pre-teens when it was 1st released so a nostalgic buy, but if your taking time to look at it then you won’t be disappointed by it.Excellent packageTruly superb deluxe box set and lots of content.