Wings On Vinyl
5 Stars
Posted
Thursday, November 6, 2014
by
audiofan
Like all the recent McCartney series releases, Venus & Mars is very well remastered and sounds extremely good. The shrink-wrap has a small sticker on the back of the album saying "Made In Germany" (this is true of the "Speed Of Sound" disc as well); I have no idea exactly where, but the discs were perfectly flat, quiet, and without defect on my copy. The 2nd "bonus disc" is notable for several desirable tracks, one of which, the "old version" of Rock Show, rocks harder than the original. Or maybe the "old version" WAS the true original (hence its title), in which case, perhaps he should have left well enough alone. McCartney sings the track solo (omitting the shout-along backing vocals) finishing with fantastic (for Wings, at least) dueling guitar solos. For fans, highly recommended!