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Instigated at the request of artist Peter Blake (sleeve designer of the Sgt Pepper album) for use as a soundtrack to his About Collage exhibition at the Tate on Merseyside, Liverpool Sound Collage is an unlikely cut & paste, dub-cum-ambient collaboration between Sir Paul McCartney, studio supremo Youth and Cian Ciaran of the Super Furry Animals. Refreshingly deviant in a manner even Plastic Ono-era Lennon would have approved of, this mad platter of tangled audio spaghetti successfully unravels on the (Mersey) Beta Band/Brothers In Sound-style jumble-sale rock experiment of Free Now (apparently crafted from snippets of old Beatles outtakes), while Made Up is McCartney s baffling splice and loop montage of Liverpudlian street-banter, traffic-noise, snippets of his own Liverpool Oratorio and genuine archival studio chit-chat from The Fab Four ( Hang on, John s just broken a string ). Liverpool Sound Collage is hit-free and delightfully unhinged. --Kevin Maidment

CD Description
Most think of John Lennon as the most experimental and unpredictable Beatle, but judging from Paul McCartney s millenium release, LIVERPOOL SOUND COLLAGE, Sir Paul has a daring artistic side as well. As the title says, the album is comprised of loops and samples (taken from both Beatles songs and McCartney s solo work) that create a funky musical landscape.While the music is sectioned off into five songs, you should be forewarned that these are not your standard verse-chorus-verse compositions. Still, LIVERPOOL SOUND COLLAGE is anenjoyable and engaging listen, especially on the album opener Plastic Beetle and the space age Real Gone Dub Made inManifest in the Vortex of the Eternal Now . Not as daring as say, Lou Reed s METAL MACHINE MUSIC, but not exactly what you d expect from Mr. McCartney.

Tracklist:

01. Plastic Beetle - 8:23
Paul McCartney, The Beatles
02. Peter Blake 2000 - 16:54
Super Furry Animals, The Beatles
03. Real Gone Dub Made In Manifest In The Vortex Of The Eternal Now - 16:37
Youth
04. Made Up - 12:58
Paul McCartney, The Beatles
05. Free Now - 3:29
Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Super Furry Animals