My how time flies! Why is the pandemic not over yet!? Sorry for the delay, but it’s finally here- the second of a trilogy of famous live albums that never were, in memory of the live music we can’t quite yet experience again. This is a reconstruction of the proposed 1974 live in-the-Abbey Road studio album One Hand Clapping by Paul McCartney & Wings. Originally meant as the studio rehearsals for a 1974 Wings Over Australia tour that never happened, the proceedings were filmed for a possible film release, akin to The Beatles’ Get Back project eight years earlier. Despite the high quality of live studio performances-especially of the then-unreleased “Soily”-McCartney shelved the entire project, as was the fate of a number of other self-financed Wings film projects throughout the 70s and 80s. This reconstruction attempts to replicate what a double-LP release in 1974 could have been like, using the best possible sources, including official releases and painstakingly-remastered bootleg recordings. The arrival of Band on The Run signaled a few changes in Paul McCartney & Wings.Īll tracks have been sequenced in the actual recording order, spread across four sides of a vinyl record. Firstly, it was McCartney’s first post-Beatles “masterpiece album”, finally equaling the quality of a typical Beatles album. ![]() Miraculously, the album was a product of the trio of Paul, Linda McCartney and Denny Laine, as drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough quit the band just before the start of the album’s recording sessions. This eventually led to the second major change for Wings: a new line-up. A month before Band On The Run’s December 1973 release, Wings broke in their new guitarist Jimmy McCulloch by recording some of Linda’s songs as Suzy and The Red Stripes, as well as a session for Paul’s brother Michael, as McGear, in February 1974. Wings finally recruited drummer Geoff Britton and headed to Nashville in July to rehearse for a planned tour of Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.While they were there, Wings also recorded the single “Junior’s Farm” (one of this author’s favorite Wings songs) as well as a handful of country-tinged tracks under the name The Country Hams. "Paul McCartney Sets Archive Release of "Flowers in the Dirt" For March, Includes Elvis Costello Demos". While they were there, Wings also recorded the single Juniors Farm (one of this authors favorite Wings songs) as well. ^ a b "Paul To Reissue 'Tug of War' and 'Pipes of Peace' ".^ a b "Paul McCartney Archive Collection Reissuing Wings' "Venus and Mars" and "At the Speed of Sound" "."Revisiting RAM: The Paul McCartney Archive Collection Reissue". ^ a b "McCartney and McCartney II reissue details announced"."Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run (Special Edition)". "Paul McCartney On 'Let It Be' & 'Back To The Egg' Archival Projects". ^ "Band On The Run - Archive Collection".^ a b c d " 'Wild Life' And 'Red Rose Speedway' Join Paul McCartney Archive Collection"."Paul McCartney's Archive Collection Series". Yearīest Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package The Paul McCartney Archive Collection received two Grammy Awards. A rarely seen 'rockumentary' made by Paul McCartney and his then band, Wings, at Abbey Road studios in London, in August 1974. With Geoff Britton, Howie Casey, Geoff Emerick, Denny Laine. Paul McCartney has stated that Back to the Egg and London Town are slated for an upcoming release. One Hand Clapping: Directed by David Litchfield. Releases īelow is a list of albums that have been reissued so far. The special editions of the albums are available on streaming services worldwide. ![]() The records also came with a download card for MP3 versions of all tracks included. The "special" editions of the albums were also released as double LPs on 180 gram " audiophile vinyl", with the original album on one record and bonus material on the second. Some releases contain booklets, rare photos, interviews, artwork, promotional video clips, or documentaries. The albums are typically released in a variety of formats: a "standard" edition that contains the original album digitally remastered on one CD a "special" edition which contains additional discs of bonus tracks and a "deluxe" edition which comes with extra features like bonus CDs or DVDs of unreleased material packaged in a hard-bound book. Albums reissued in this project are visually marked by a white stripe along the left side of the album cover that reads "Paul McCartney Archive Collection" and a copy of McCartney's signature. ![]() They are overseen by McCartney himself and remastered at Abbey Road Studios. Thus far, there have been fourteen releases since the project began in 2010 (seven solo albums, six Wings albums, and one new Wings live album of previously unreleased material). These editions feature deluxe packaging and bonus rare tracks. The Paul McCartney Archive Collection is an ongoing project to remaster and reissue Paul McCartney's solo catalogue, including various albums released with Wings.
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