Paul McCartney - Press To Play (1986) {1995, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov
Date: Oct. 12, 2024

Paul McCartney - Press To Play (1986) {1995, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 524 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 214 Mb
Full Scans | 01:08:27 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Odeon / MPL / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-3138

Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by English musician Paul McCartney, released in August 1986. It was McCartney's first album of entirely new music since Pipes of Peace in 1983, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by EMI following a six-year alliance with Columbia Records in the United States and Canada. Keen to re-establish himself after his poorly received 1984 musical film Give My Regards to Broad Street, McCartney enlisted producer Hugh Padgham to give the album a contemporary sound. On release, Press to Play received a mixed critical reception and was McCartney's poorest-selling studio album up to that point. Although it failed to make the top 20 in America, the album peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and achieved gold status from the BPI in September 1986.

At the time, Press to Play was occasionally promoted as Macca's response to punk – which we all better hope is not true, since that means he was responding ten years after the fact, signaling just how out of touch he was. But McCartney wasn't that disconnected from reality (he did talk about punk in interviews from the late '70s), so a more accurate view of Press to Play is to see it as McCartney trying to reconnect with his classic strengths, from orchestral pop and whimsy to driving rockers and sweet love songs. All this is apparent on the record, often in pretty charming fashion. "Stranglehold" has an offhand charm, "Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun" feels like a forgotten Red Rose Speedway medley, "Move Over Busker" has a brisk gait (better than its cousin, "Angry," anyway), and "Press" is a terrific mid-'80s drum machine-driven slice of synth-pop, utterly featherweight in the best possible way. Each of these captures a different side of McCartney, and that's the overriding impression of Press to Play – McCartney is dabbling in each of his strengths, just to see what works. It doesn't wind up as one of his stronger albums, but it's more interesting than some of his more consistent ones, and those aforementioned cuts demonstrate that he could still cut effective pop records when he put his mind to it.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music
Wiki | Discogs | All Music

***************

Track List:

01. Stranglehold [3:37]
02. Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun [4:56]
03. Talk More Talk [5:18]
04. Footprints [4:32]
05. Only Love Remains [4:16]
06. Press [4:43]
07. Pretty Little Head [5:13]
08. Move Over Busker [4:05]
09. Angry [3:36]
10. However Absurd [4:59]
11. Write Away [3:01]
12. It's Not True [5:53]
13. Tough On A Tightrope [4:52]
14. Spies Like Us [4:48]
15. Once Upon A Long Ago (Long Version) [4:36]

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 11. March 2009, 12:24

Paul McCartney / Press To Play

Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW Adapter: 0 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 3:36.58 | 32 | 16289
2 | 3:37.15 | 4:56.22 | 16290 | 38511
3 | 8:33.37 | 5:17.68 | 38512 | 62354
4 | 13:51.30 | 4:32.25 | 62355 | 82779
5 | 18:23.55 | 4:16.27 | 82780 | 102006
6 | 22:40.07 | 4:43.10 | 102007 | 123241
7 | 27:23.17 | 5:13.35 | 123242 | 146751
8 | 32:36.52 | 4:05.35 | 146752 | 165161
9 | 36:42.12 | 3:36.10 | 165162 | 181371
10 | 40:18.22 | 4:58.50 | 181372 | 203771
11 | 45:16.72 | 3:01.30 | 203772 | 217376
12 | 48:18.27 | 5:53.00 | 217377 | 243851
13 | 54:11.27 | 4:51.55 | 243852 | 265731
14 | 59:03.07 | 4:48.03 | 265732 | 287334
15 | 63:51.10 | 4:36.05 | 287335 | 308039


Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename F:\Music Lossless\Paul McCartney - Press To Play (1986) (Japan Toshiba-EMI TOCP-3138)\Paul McCartney - Press To Play.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F3800F4E
Copy CRC F3800F4E
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

Track 1 not present in database
Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
Track 6 not present in database
Track 7 not present in database
Track 8 not present in database
Track 9 not present in database
Track 10 not present in database
Track 11 not present in database
Track 12 not present in database
Track 13 not present in database
Track 14 not present in database
Track 15 not present in database

None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

End of status report

[CUETools log; Date: 26.03.2020 2:36:49; Version: 2.1.6]
Pregap length 00:00:32.
[CTDB TOCID: aR0PBNiOgBmfp5a2YjIE4uF2k60-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
2 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
3 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
4 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
5 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
6 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
7 | (23/25) Accurately ripped, or (1/25) differs in 15 samples @05:13:34-05:13:35
8 | (22/25) Accurately ripped, or (1/25) differs in 15 samples @00:00:00
9 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
10 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
11 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
12 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
13 | (23/25) Accurately ripped
14 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
15 | (24/25) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 00254d44-01a7450b-bd100b0f] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [1afdd27e|261ff30d] (03+04/20) Accurately ripped
02 [b805ab3a|20a8761c] (03+03/19) Accurately ripped
03 [7ef1e40e|f9646be4] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
04 [46ffadb4|feaee8e7] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
05 [20a1cc1a|9b843617] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
06 [93513a4b|795ea8d9] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
07 [2e35c21f|8ccc776f] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
08 [7de3e224|e9be09aa] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
09 [b5111479|7467af7f] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
10 [9514d233|38b19705] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
11 [d58e0647|10aac539] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
12 [800a3ef4|7028dcb6] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
13 [d0d9f33e|046df4ed] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
14 [41bc97fe|e27bef16] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
15 [fcc29f22|2fbecd86] (03+00/16) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -221:
01 [23dbd59a] (00/20) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [f4cad32f] (00/19) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [f59ec42a] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [dc49f060] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [96cc6702] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [6f431a91] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [3212e845] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [70f794fc] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [b641f66e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [961d5a8e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
11 [f1cd995c] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
12 [49f1e77e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
13 [1206e1c3] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
14 [d6fcf9fd] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
15 [19ee7281] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by -48:
01 [4377729b] (00/20) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [a45264fd] (00/19) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [2f4f0a4e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [334c0af4] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [54f08d9a] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [7601f25b] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [dec9b58f] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [924110f5] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [ae1f7465] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [c6bbb68e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
11 [e99732f7] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
12 [b086b254] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
13 [27fc08ee] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
14 [34fa120e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
15 [73754332] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by 86:
01 [b283b7d0] (00/20) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [123f9552] (00/19) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [d84aff86] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [4a4c314c] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [cd94b16a] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [fcdd97b6] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [9db29930] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [6856c5c2] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [abc72be4] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [0f8c5f62] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
11 [31a840e1] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
12 [fe809ae8] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
13 [94bce1b8] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
14 [f8991d4c] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
15 [1d6d3930] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by 569:
01 [76450ca1] (00/20) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [07a0781a] (00/19) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [89a1aea2] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [008bc6f8] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [ef3c3652] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [0d6f5753] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [5e5a86d7] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [539921b6] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [084026f3] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [5d26347f] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
11 [280bef36] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
12 [569c51f2] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
13 [d7f5e77d] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
14 [48fe810b] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
15 [c307a64f] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by 572:
01 [6703a668] (00/20) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [dd8092f4] (00/19) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [1e9bdc3e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [f1c70124] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [1bf74a3a] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [3d44abb4] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [d3c7e7be] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [e2c592de] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [d502029c] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [d0d67736] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
11 [e6cb5c6b] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
12 [93948abc] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
13 [8283c622] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
14 [19caa96a] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)
15 [0b9c7c0e] (00/16) No match (V2 was not tested)

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [F3800F4E] [0F34379B] CRC32
01 97,4 [47317748] [FD72559C]
02 100,0 [883502F3] [B3C3AD9F]
03 92,7 [C596E0D2] [EE1E330B]
04 82,0 [C3B64125] [ECBB205C]
05 89,0 [5AC843DD] [90F50FE7]
06 94,5 [DD722AFC] [5E72FAD4]
07 85,9 [FB90A568] [51CF75A3]
08 100,0 [FD8F6284] [8A46C81B]
09 96,8 [73F42F08] [FFFD06D8]
10 86,7 [4ED67F2E] [50869D66]
11 95,1 [EB94B740] [806FD5B7]
12 91,1 [89726DB4] [896BDBAB]
13 91,7 [A9C7B7DD] [AEFD9D61]
14 100,0 [284CEE9D] [26C2FD8F]
15 92,4 [5A3D1B52] [86038010]

All thanks go to mitay

>>> Paul McCartney in my Blog <<<

DOWNLOAD: