Paul McCartney Archive Collection


The Paul McCartney Archive Collection is a project to remaster and reissue Paul McCartney's solo catalogue, including various albums released with McCartney and Wings|Wings]. These editions feature deluxe packaging and bonus rare tracks. Thus far, there have been 14 releases since the project began in 2010. They are overseen by McCartney himself and remastered at Abbey Road Studios. Albums reissued in this project are visually marked by a white stripe along the left side of the album cover that reads "Paul McCartney Archive Collection" and a copy of McCartney's signature.
The albums are typically released in a variety of formats: a "standard" edition that contains the original album digitally remastered on one CD; a "special" edition which contains additional discs of bonus tracks; and a "deluxe" edition which comes with extra features like bonus CDs or DVDs of unreleased material packaged in a hard-bound book. Some releases contain booklets, rare photos, interviews, artwork, promotional video clips, or documentaries. The "special" editions of the albums were also released as double LPs on 180 gram "audiophile vinyl", with the original album on one record and bonus material on the second. The records also come with a download card for MP3 versions of all tracks included. The special editions of the albums are available on streaming services worldwide.

Releases

Below is a list of albums that have been reissued so far.
AlbumOriginal release dateArchive reissue date
1Band on the Run5 December 19731 November 2010
2McCartney17 April 197013 June 2011
3McCartney II16 May 198013 June 2011
4Ram17 May 197121 May 2012
5Wings over America10 December 197627 May 2013
6Venus and Mars27 May 197523 September 2014
7Wings at the Speed of Sound25 March 197623 September 2014
8Tug of War26 April 19822 October 2015
9Pipes of Peace17 October 19832 October 2015
10Flowers in the Dirt5 June 198924 March 2017
11Wild Life7 December 19717 December 2018
12Red Rose Speedway4 May 19737 December 2018
-Wings 1971–73Previously unreleased7 December 2018
13Flaming Pie5 May 199731 July 2020

Reception

The Paul McCartney Archive Collection received two Grammy Awards.