''The Paul McCartney Collection'' is a series of 16

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Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

of his solo and

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albums, with most adding bonus tracks. The albums in the collection were released separately, with the first eight released on 7 June 1993, and the remainder on 9 August of the same year. The first half comprised albums from ''

McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

'' (1970) to '' London Town'' (1978), and the second half ''

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'' (1978) to '' Flowers in the Dirt'' (1989). A

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of all 16 discs was subsequently released in the Japanese Beatles Fan Club. These re-issues did not include McCartney's most recent studio album, ''

Off the Ground ''Off the Ground'' is the ninth solo studio album by Paul McCartney. It was released on 1 February 1993, through Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Capitol Records in the United States. The record was produced by McCartney with Julian Mendel ...

'', released in February 1993, and were not released in the United States.Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, ''Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium'' (Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, 2000), 189.

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