Paul McCartney Announces Flowers in the Dirt Reissue Featuring Unreleased Elvis Costello Demos

Paul McCartney has announced a new reissue of his 1989 album Flowers in the Dirt. It’s out March 24, 2017 via MPL/Capitol/UMe. It’s available as a deluxe edition boxset, a 2xCD special edition, and 2xLP vinyl edition. In addition to a remastered edition of the 13-track record, the deluxe edition comes with previously unreleased demos, written and performed by McCartney and Elvis Costello, who contributed to the album. There are also unheard cassette demos, b-sides, remixes, and single edits. Below, see a photo of McCartney and Costello during a 1988 Flowers in the Dirt recording session (1988 © Paul McCartney / Photo by Linda McCartney), as well as a teaser for the reissue, cover artwork, and a photo of the boxset. See the full reissue tracklist here.

Along with the unreleased music, Flowers in the Dirt – Deluxe Edition includes a DVD, a 32-page notebook of McCartney’s handwritten lyrics and notes, a catalog for Linda McCartney’s Flowers in the Dirt photo exhibition, a 64-page photo book, and a 112-page book featuring interviews with McCartney, Costello, and other album contributors. The DVD features the music videos from the album, three new short films with previously unseen archival footage of the album’s creation, the Put It There documentary, and live concert footage.

In a press release, McCartney said of the demos:

The demos are red hot off the skillet and that’s why we wanted to include them on this boxed set. What’s great about these songs is that they’ve just been written. So there’s nothing more hot off the skillet as I say. So that was the kind of great instant thing about them. I hadn’t listened to them in ages but when I did I knew we had to put them out. We made a little tape of them and sent them to Elvis, who loved them too.  We said we should put out an EP or something and now the moment’s finally arrived.

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