Amazing six-disc compilation which gathers up all the guest appearances that Paul McCartney has been involved with through the years and adds in a few exclusive remixes and outtakes. Perfect gift for the McCartney/Beatles fan who thinks they have it all.
Disc 1
1-01 A Love For You [rough mix] - Basic track recorded on October 26, 1970 at Columbia Studios, New York, during the Ram sessions. At that stage it was only a backing track (with off mike guide vocals). In March 1971 a proper vocal was recorded by Paul at the Sound Recording Studio, Los Angeles. Some guitar was added too. More overdubs (electric guitar, backing vocals and tambourine) were added at Park Gate Studio, Sussex in January 1981.
1-02 Seaside Woman [demo] - A piano demo with Linda, recorded in Summer 1971.
1-03 Some People Never Know [monitor mix] - A monitor mix of the “Wild Life” song, recorded with Wings at Abbey Road Studios, in August 1971.
1-04 Lucille [rehearsal] - A cover of the Little Richard song, recorded during the very first Wings rehearsal in July 1971. Taken from the DVD “Wings Over The World” documentary, released in May 2013.
1-05 Bluebird [radio broadcast] - On December 14, 1971, the McCartney’s returned to New York City, after a very short holiday in Jamaica. During a telephone interview to Radio Luxembourg, Paul and Linda gave a sneak preview of some songs Paul had written while enjoying the sun (and a smoke).
1-06 C Moon [rough mix] - A live in the studio recording: Take 3 from November 1972, before the overdubs were added.
1-07 Seaside Woman [rough mix] - Recorded on November 27, 1972 – rough mix
1-08 Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) [rough mix] - Another rough mix from the “Red Rose Speedway” sessions. This one is from October 1972.
1-09 Introduction
1-10 Soily [live 7-10-73]
1-11 Big Barn Bed [live 7-10-73]
1-12 When The Night [live 7-10-73]
Wings recorded live, on July 10, 1973, at the City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, during the final show of their Summer tour.
1-13 Luxy - A radio spot, improvised for Radio Luxembourg, on November 20, 1973. On that day Paul, Linda and Denny were recording songs for Linda’s solo album, in the EMI/Odeon studios in Boulogne-Billancourt,near Paris, France.
1-14 Hello Piccadilly - Probably recorded at Stockport Strawberry studio during the McGear sessions. The jingle was made especially for the start of the new radio station Manchester Independent Radio, hitting the air on April 9, 1974.
1-15 Junior's Farm [Ernie Winfrey Mix]
1-16 Sally G [Ernie Winfrey Mix]
1-17 Send Me The Heart [Ernie Winfrey Mix]
1-18 Wide Prairie [Ernie Winfrey Mix]
During their stay in Nashville, in July 1974, Wings made some recordings in the local Soundshop Recording Studios, where Ernie Winfrey worked as an engineer. In May 2010, Winfrey brought four 2? 16 track reels over to Studio ‘79 in Nashville, to transfer to digital and posted some of his mixes on YouTube. Here is his comment: “We had a very productive two weeks and before they left town I asked Paul if it would be OK if I made some rough mixes for myself and he said OK if I would make him a copy to take with him. This version of "Juniors Farm" is the rough mix I made for us. Before the song starts Paul asks if I am ready...I apparently agree... and then proceeds to count it off. He ends the song with his breath, pauses for a couple of seconds and then expresses his excitement. This is stuff that very few people would ever hear. Hope you enjoy it folks.”
1-19 Soily [OHC alternate] - An alternate mix from the version recorded in August 1974 during the “One Hand Clapping” sessions in Abbey Road Studios, London.
1-20 Piano Instrumental - On February 12, 1975, while Wings was recording ‘My Carnival’ in the Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans, a local TV crew came filming, for the news. This was broadcast on the same evening on "News Scene Eight".
1-21 Ou Est Le Soleil [demo] - A 1975 demo, recorded in the Rude Studio, Scotland.
Disc 2
2-01 Venus And Mars [instrumental]
2-02 Rock Show [rough mix]
2-03 Love In Song [rough mix]
2-04 Call Me Back Again [rough mix]
2-05 Listen To What The Man Said [rough mix]
2-06 Treat Her Gently - Lonely Old People [rough mix]
Rough mixes from the Venus and Mars sessions. Mixed in February 1975.
2-07 Empty Hand - Empty Hand made up the soundtrack to an unreleased film about Geoff Britton's karate tournament. It has been booted with the incorrect title ‘Reverse’.
Recorded in December 1974 at Abbey Road Studios.\
2-08 Wino Junko [rough mix]
2-09 Time To Hide [instrumental]
2-10 Must Do Something About It [Paul version - rough mix]
2-11 Richard Cory [rehearsal]
2-12 Jamaican Hilite - An interesting jam, recorded in Summer 1977, with overdubs added in August 1983.
2-13 Praying Mantis Heart - A demo from Summer 1978, aka 'Instant Decisions'. Presented on Oobu Joobu- Show 13 in August 1995.
2-14 Mull Of Kintyre [demo] - A studio demo, with vocals, recorded in July 1977 at Paul’s Spirit of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland.
2-15 Girls' School [rough mix] - In August 2016 a different, longer mix taken from an acetate, was discovered.
2-16 Waterspout [instrumental] - Outtake from the Water Wings / London Town sessions, recorded in August 1977. This is the basic backing track with a longer ending.
2-17 With A Little Luck [rough mix]
2-18 Don't Let It Bring You Down [rough mix]
2-19 Morse Moose And The Grey Goose [rough instrumental mix]
Rough mixes from the May 1977 Wings sessions on board the Mobile Studio Fair Carol in the Virgin Islands.
Disc 3
3-01 Piano & Guitar Instrumental - Recorded in February 1977 at Abbey Road while working on the song “London Town”.
3-02 Goodnight Tonight [rough mix] - Recorded by Paul on his own, in January 1978.
3-03 Daytime Nighttime Suffering [rough mix] - Recorded by Wings in January 1979 in MPL Replica Studio, London. A “Very Rough Mix” as stated on the original Trevor Jones cassette.
3-04 Love Awake [demo] - A demo, recorded at home in St. John's Wood, London, possibly around February 1976.
3-05 Emotional Moments [instrumental] - A demo recorded in Summer 1978 at Spirit of Ranachan, Campbeltown, Scotland. The song later developed to ‘Cage’.
3-06 Getting Closer [early version] - Rough mix of a duet with Denny Laine, recorded on October 10, 1978 at Abbey Road Studios.
3-07 Winter Rose [rough mix] - Demo, recorded around February 1977
3-08 Love Awake [early version] - Early Take, recorded between July 12-17, 1978 at Spirit of Ranachan, Campbeltown, Scotland.
3-09 So Glad To See You Here [rough mix] - Rough mix of the recording of October 3, 1978
3-10 Day After Rockestra - Recorded on October 4, 1978.
3-11 Cruisin' Ahead - An outtake from the “Back to the Egg” sessions, recorded in late May 1979 when Wings returned to Lympne Castle to rehearse. Again the RAK Mobile Studio was hired to record some of these rehearsals.
3-12 You Know I'll Get You Baby [full length] - Full length version, recorded in June 1979. The edited version is on the McCartney II Archive.
3-13 Newt Rack - A Rude Studio track rescued for the Tug Of War/Pipes Of Peace sessions in Montserrat. Recorded on March 11, 1981.
3-14 The Honorary Consul [demo] - Paul’s demo for John Williams, recorded on January 25, 1983
3-15 Spies Like Us [early version]
3-16 Spies Like Us [rough party mix]
3-17 Stranglehold [rough mix]
3-18 Talk More Talk [unreleased edit]
3-19 Footprints [rough mix]
3-20 Press [rough mix]
3-21 Pretty Little Head [rough extended remix]
Disc 4
4-01 The Tube 100th Anniversary Jingle - Recorded for the 100th episode of The Tube that was celebrated. Paul recorded this improvised ditty on April 4, 1986 for that evening TV-show, presented by Jools Holland and Paula Yates.
4-02 Only Love Remains [live 24.11.86] - On Monday November 24, 1986 Paul was a surprise guest at the annual Royal Variety Performance at the Theatre Royal. He is accompanied by Linda McCartney and Tessa Niles (backing vocals), Eric Stewart (acoustic guitar), Jamie Talbot (sax), Graham Ward (drums), Preston Heymen and Nick Glennie-Smith (percussion).
4-03 Daumier’s Law Act 1 - Right
4-04 Daumier’s Law Act 2 - Wrong
4-05 Daumier’s Law Act 3 - Justice
4-06 Daumier’s Law Act 4 - Punishment
4-07 Daumier’s Law Act 5 - Payment
4-08 Daumier’s Law Act 6 - Release
Six pieces of very un-McCartney like music, recorded by Paul in his own studio at The Mill, in December 1988.“I wanted to get into some minimalist music”, Paul explained to Mark Lewisohn in Club Sandwich 62. “So I came to the studio and started trying to think of very simple-pieces, based around the theme of injustice. I’d read an article about minimalist music and the idea that sometimes people use too many notes. There’s that joke in Amadeus where the king is asked what he thinks of a piece of music and he says ‘Too many notes’ - the article was saying that this is often true, so I got intrigued with the idea of thinking ‘How few notes could I use, then?’ You start off thinking of just one note, you hit C on the piano, but one’s natural feelings lead one to think that that’s too little, so you embellish it a bit here and a bit there, trying to keep in the back of your mind that this is supposed to be as minimal as you can get. And in the end I think I abandoned the idea of minimalism and just got into this slightly experimental music.”
Around this same time Linda was experiencing a re-discovery of a college interest in the works of the 19th century artist Honore Daumier. “As an art history major, both at Vermont College and the University of Arizona, I saw, supposedly, every great visual,” Linda explained. “I went through all periods of different painters and along the way there were several that really grabbed me – Daumier being one of them. He was very satirical about the different classes and fantastic at capturing people’s characters.” The two projects – the art and the music – suddenly came together. “I went through every drawing he ever did and really got involved,” Linda said. “I got every book on Daumier and read all about his life and thought that it would be incredible to do a visual thing for Paul’s music. Daumier worked for a newspaper as a satirical cartoonist, as well as being an amazing painter, and went to prison a few times for his Art. A lot of his work was about injustice and it’s a theme that is so right for our times, still.”“I did about 20 minutes of music,” adds Paul, “then Linda and I were looking at some Daumier drawings and getting very into him, so we hooked up the idea of injustice with my music pieces, came up with the basis for the film and got in touch with Geoff.” That’s Geoff Dunbar – the man who also made “Rupert And The Frog Song” animated movie. When it was decided to use Paul’s experimental music as the soundtrack, McCartney held some further sessions between 18th & 24th December 1989.
“Paul did six pieces of music and they each had a title – Right, Wrong, Justice, Punishment, Payment and Release”, Dunbar explained. “He was inspired. And then we pored through the works of the great man, got everything that was available and structured the story from the material. And where we had to link it we invented ‘in the style of. We’ve hung the story on one character, a man from one drawing by Daumier. It’s rather ambiguous because in the drawing you can’t see his face but the figure is there, and we made him this Average Guy, an Everyman.” A private screening of the completed production, called “Daumier’s Law”, took place in London in April 1992, followed by an official unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival a month later.
4-09 Motor Of Love [demo] - A studio demo for the “Flowers In The Dirt” song, probably recorded in Scotland in Summer 1988.
4-10 We Got Married [rough mix] - Rough mix of the original version, produced by David Foster, in September 1984.
4-11 Figure Of Eight [rough mix] - The complete, unedited album version, recorded in December 1987. This was cut by almost one and a half minutes for “Flowers in the Dirt”.
4-12 Peacocks [later mix] - This is a remix with additional production, including more drums and more of Linda’s peacock imitations.
4-13 This One [new version] - This was recorded in late April '89 and taken straight from the 'Put It There' laserdisc. It has been labelled 'New Version' to make it consistent with the 'New Version' of Rough Ride, which was also taken from these same sessions. A live-in-the-studio recording.
4-14 Hope Of Deliverance [instrumental] - The backing track, recorded in December 1991, as released in September 1992 on the In-House EPK from MPL.
4-15 Is It Raining In London [recording sequence] - Co-written by Paul and Hamish Stuart and recorded at Abbey Road Studios. On December 15, 1992 an orchestra was added in an arrangement by Angelo Badalamenti. The song remains unissued, as “the recording is only 80% complete, with the definitive lead vocal from Hamish Stuart still to be added”. Parts of the session were caught on camera and can be found in the MPL documentary “Movin’ On”.
4-16 No Other Baby [soundcheck 15.11.93] - This cover version of a song written by Dick Bishop and Bob Watson in the fifties, was recorded during the soundcheck at the Tokyo Dome, on November 15, 1993 – six years before Paul would record the song for Run Devil Run.
4-17 One After 909 [live 23.03.95]
4-18 Mistress And Maid [live 23.03.95]
4-19 For No One [live 23.03.95]
4-20 Eleanor Rigby [live 23.03.95]
4-21 Yesterday [live 23.03.95]
4-22 Lady Madonna [live 23.03.95]
An evening with Paul McCartney and Friends - a benefit for the Royal College of Music - was held at the St James’s Palace, London on Thursday March 23, 1995.
Paul and Elvis Costello sing acoustic versions of ‘The One After 909’ and ‘Mistress and Maid’. Then, with The Brodsky Quartet: ‘For No One’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘Yesterday’, and the evening is closed with Paul singing a final song with The Brodsky Quartet: ‘Lady Madonna’.
4-23 Stella May Day - Paul's daughter (fashion designer Stella McCartney) studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins in the early 1990s. Her graduation collection was modelled by friends and supermodels Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon and Kate Moss – for free – at the graduation runway show, on May 1, 1995. The collection was shown to a song penned by her father, called ‘Stella May Day’.
4-24 The Ballad Of The Skeletons [live 16.10.95] - Allen Ginsberg, accompanied by Paul on guitar, recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on October 16, 1995.
Disc 5
5-01 Your School - In November 1990, demos were recorded for the new album “Off The Ground”. ‘Your School’ may come from these sessions. This number remains unreleased.
5-02 Piano And Whistling Instrumental
5-03 Flaming Pie [piano]
5-04 Calico Skies [acoustic guitar]
5-05 The World Tonight [electric guitar]
5-06 If You Wanna [electric guitar]
5-07 Young Boy [acoustic guitar]
5-08 Heaven On A Sunday [electric piano]
5-09 Beautiful Night [piano]
All come from the second EPK for “Flaming Pie”. The piano instrumental is presented as is, but with the "demo" versions of the released tracks, most had voiceovers at one point or another during each tune. For each song, the music itself was in mono on one channel while the voiceover was in the other channel. Whenever the voiceover would start, the music volume would drop significantly. So for these tracks only the "music" channel has been used and the volume level has been raised whenever it dipped due to the voiceover.
5-11 Young Boy [live 20.11.97]
5-12 Lady Madonna [live 20.11.97]
5-13 Flaming Pie [live 20.11.97]
On November 24, 1997 Paul was the central guest on the Oprah Winfrey show to promote his new album. When the show was recorded four days earlier at the Manhattan Center, NYC he was not accompanied by a band but used pre-recorded tracks for all backing instruments and backing vocals. This enabled him to sing and play guitar live with the backing, shown behind him on three video screens. While both ‘Young Boy’ and ‘Flaming Pie’ are performed this way, ‘Lady Madonna’ is just a “little something” on his “very own piano”. Paul's vocal (and perhaps acoustic guitar on Young Boy + piano on Flaming Pie) were live and just added to the pre-recorded backing.
5-14 When The Wind Is Blowing [rehearsal 02.12.99]
5-15 Your Loving Flame [live 02.12.99]
5-16 A Song To Us [live 02.12.99]
5-17 Suicide [live 02.12.99]
On Sunday December 5, 1999 “Parkinson” was transmitted on BBC 1 TV. The show was taped three days earlier and started with a full band performance of ‘Honey Hush’. Paul then talked to host Michael Parkinson. While being interviewed he illustrated some things by playing on an acoustic guitar: ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ (“a little bit, just to show you what got me in the Beatles”), ‘When The Wind Is Blowing’ (an instrumental written at the time when daughter Mary was born) and ‘Yesterday’. He then moved over to a piano to play solo versions of ‘The Long And Winding Road’, and two new songs written recently in New York. David Gilmour joined him for a brief guitar solo on ‘Your Loving Flame’. The second song starts with the line “Mist at Central park is clearing up” and remains unreleased. Paul ends with a bit of ‘Suicide’.
5-18 The Lovely Linda [Wingspan version]
5-19 That Would Be Something [Wingspan version]
5-20 3 Legs [Wingspan version]
5-21 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) [Wingspan Version]
5-22 Let Me Roll It [Wingspan Version]
5-23 Mrs. Vandebilt [Wingspan Version]
Tracks 18, 21, 22 & 23 were taken from the Wingspan DVD. To promote the “Wingspan” compilation MPL presented a radio special to be transmitted over Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-27, 2001). Apart from discussing subjects like “What it was like not being a Beatle any longer” and “Wings outselling the Beatles”, Paul also recorded some new versions of favourites on acoustic guitar, specifically for this radio show. The show was pressed on a promo CD called “Wingspan: Memorial Day Weekend Special”.
5-24 From A Lover To A Friend [instrumental] - The original backing track, recorded on February 27, 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano.
5-25 Jerk Of All Jerks [live 14.06.01] - Paul reads one of his poems, at the Landmine Benefit Gala, in the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel, California, on June 14, 2001.
5-26 From A Lover To A Friend [live 20.10.01] - Recorded live on October 20, 2001, during “The Concert For New York City”, in Madison Square Garden, New York.
5-27 Her Majesty [live 03.06.02] - When Paul was invited to play at Buckingham Palace for the “Party at the Palace” on June 3, 2002, he couldn’t let the opportunity pass to play this little tune in front of the British queen.
5-28 Waiting For Your Train [2002 soundcheck]
5-29 Really Love You [Twin Freaks instrumental]
5-30 Long Haired Lady [Twin Freaks instrumental]
5-31 Rinse The Raindrops [Twin Freaks instrumental]
5-32 Darkroom [Twin Freaks instrumental]
5-33 Temporary Secretary [Twin Freaks Instrumental]
5-34 What’s That You're Doing [Twin Freaks Instrumental]
5-35 Lalula [Twin Freaks Instrumental]
5-36 Maybe I’m Amazed [Twin Freaks Instrumental]
The instrumental versions of most of the “Twin Freaks” tracks were uploaded to an online music store by mistake. They have been credited as coming from a Mark Haefeli production acetate. Mark Haefeli directed “Red Square” and “The Space Within Us”. Mumbo was also included among these tracks.
Disc 6
6-01 Band On The Run [BBC Radio 2] - On March 7, 2003, Paul recorded a new version of the opening motif of Band On The Run’s third movement for the BBC using wine glasses and backwards piano for some of the sounds. The piece received the subtitle ‘A Different Perspective’ and was used for both radio and television advertisements
to promote BBC Radio 2. An edit of this version was released on the DVD that accompanied the 2010 remaster of Band On The Run as a music bed to the “Wings In Lagos” footage.
6-02 Ever Present Past [acoustic]
6-03 Vintage Clothes [acoustic]
6-04 That Was Me [acoustic]
6-05 Feet In The Clouds [acoustic]
On October 31, 2007 some “Now Play It” video’s appeared on Paul’s website, with tutorials how to play some of the songs from his new album.
6-06 Meat Free Monday [demo] - Paul wrote a song and put a video of him playing it on acoustic guitar online. This is the demo version.
6-07 Heart Of The Country [basic take]
6-08 Heart Of The Country [final version]
Paul recorded a new version to accompany a TV advert for Linda's Frozen Food Campaign. The commercial, which was screened on British television starting January 28, 2012, has come out of a collaboration between McCartney and the producer Mark Ronson. The ad was created by a team that has worked on animated projects for The Beatles and Gorillaz and features Linda walking her children to a woodland feast. Elvis Costello was the narrator.
6-09 With A Little Luck [pre-show mix]
6-10 Goodnight Tonight [pre-show mix]
6-11 Silly Love Songs [pre-show mix]
6-12 Temporary Secretary [pre-show mix]
6-13 The End [pre-show mix]
Chris Holmes has been touring as McCartney’s opening DJ act since 2009. In December 2013, he shared on Soundcloud a collection of his favourite remixes. "I finally had some time to put together a mix for all of you who've been asking over the years for my Beatles / McCartney stuff for tour," the DJ said in his notes for the Soundcloud mix. "I've had the best time in the history of the world making the tracks and putting it together."
6-14 Venus And Mars [live 10.11.10]
6-15 Rock Show [live 10.11.10]
6-16 Jet [live 10.11.10]
Recorded live at El Estadio Monumental Of River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 10, 2010.
6-17 The Night Before [live 08.05.12] - Recorded live in Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, on May 8, 2012.
6-18 Junior's Farm [live 23.09.13] - Recorded live for “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, at El Capitan Theatre Outdoor Stage Hollywood, Los Angeles, on September 23, 2013
6-19 Listen To What The Man Said [live 21.11.13] - Recorded live at Tokyo Dome, Japan, on November 21, 2013 and shown during Out There (Sky Perfect TV - Japan), on March 22, 2014.
6-20 I'm Looking Through You [live 10.11.10] - Back to the El Estadio Monumental Of River Plate in Argentina.
6-21 Bluebird [live 11.11.10] - More from Buenos Aires, but this time from the next day: November 11, 2010…
6-22 Letting Go [live 10.11.10] - Recorded live at El Estadio Monumental Of River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 10, 2010.
6-23 All Together Now [live 21.11.13]
6-24 Lovely Rita [live 21.11.13]
Two more songs from the Tokyo Dome, Japan as shown on Sky Perfect TV (see 19).
6-25 The Hippy Hippy Shake [live 01.06.08] - The Liverpool Sound was a concert held at Anfield stadium in Liverpool on June 1, 2008 to celebrate the city's year as the European Capital of Culture. Of course Paul McCartney headlined, playing in his home city for the first time in five years. He opened his set with the Chan Romero song ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’ – a song covered by The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1963 but played live by numerous Merseybeat acts prior (including the Beatles).
6-26 Hi, Hi, Hi [live 21.11.13] - Recorded live at Tokyo Dome, Japan, on November 21, 2013
6-27 Introduction
6-28 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [live 09.02.14]
6-29 With A Little Help From My Friends [live 09.02.14]
On January 27, 2014, Paul and Ringo visited the Staples Center, Los Angeles to record a couple of Beatles tunes for “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles”, transmitted on February 9, 2014 – 50 years after the first appearance of the Fab Four on the Ed Sullivan Show.
6-30 A Hard Day's Night [live 16-06-16]
6-31 Love Me Do [live 16-06-16]
Two songs new to Paul’s set list, added for the One On One Tour, presented here as recorded live on June 16, 2016, at the O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.
6-32 The End [dry pre-show mix]
As you could hear earlier on this set (track 13), Chris Holmes used this as the final bit of his preshow tape, just before Paul hits the stage.