Red Rose Speedway - Recording Sessions Reconstructed

Paul McCartney


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Label Rapple Corps

Catalogue No. BFB 55

Country Of Origin ?

Release Date 2009

Total Time 4 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds.
Disc 1 - 79:33
Disc 2 - 73:28
Disc 3 - 75.29
Disc 4 - 60:42

Comments: Red Rose Speedway was credited to Paul McCartney & Wings and it carried a long gestation period.
Recording began in Los Angeles in March, 1972 where they worked on “Big Barn Bed”, “My Love”, “One More Kiss”, “Single Pigeon”, “When The Night”, “Loup” and the closing medley. At this time, “Little Lamb Dragonfly,” which was begun during the sessions for Ram, was also completed.
Other songs from these sessions include the unreleased (at the time) “Mama’s Little Girl”, ”The Mess”, ”Tragedy”, ”Night Out”, “Jazz Street,” and “Best Friend”.
After a tour of Europe, in the summer more sessions commenced at Olympic Studio in London with final mixing at Abbey Road in October.
This impressive looking longbox set gathers together a lot (but not all) of the relevant alternate takes and outtakes from this era.

Four c.d.'s plus a 12 page long booklet with each box set individually numbered as being part of a limited edition of 500.
The Live in Newcastle set is from a soundboard acetate and documents Wings final show of their first advertised tour in 1973.
Well worth hearing this concert for the rare live versions of When The Night, Seaside Woman and Big Barn Bed which were dropped from the live set in subsequent tours. One of the highlights of the set is Maybe I'm Amazed which is played faster than normal as opposed to Live And Let Die which seems slower and lighter and is a far cry from the rock-explosion extravaganzas of the later tours.
An enjoyable listen with some amusing intros and one of the best examples of the Wings live early years.
For the Hammersmith Odeon show, Wings played three nights of which two nights have appeared as audience recordings on disc, 26th and 27th May.
The performance of the 27th heard here is considered the better of the two available.

Disc 1

No	Tracklisting	Comments	Time
In The Studio: Alternate Red Rose Speedway - The Double Album. (An assembly of the proposed 2 L.P. set for release December 1972) Note: This is only guess work as only Paul knows what really should have been included (or maybe he didn't).
1	Country Dreamer	Original single version (B-side of Helen Wheels) Later included as a bonus track on the 1993 re-mastered Band On The Run.	3:06
2	Night Out	Rough Mix “Night Out” was recorded in March 1972 and was omitted from Red Rose Speedway. It was remixed in 1978 and 1980 to be part of the Cold Cuts project. There are several remixes in existence (see Lifeworks Vol.2), this is an initial rough edit.	2:12
3	One More Kiss	"New" remastered version	2:27
4	Jazz Street	Long version (unreleased) “Jazz Street” exists in this unedited form plus an edited form lasting about five minutes. It is the same instrumental except for the difference in length. An interesting exercise with great riffs from Henry McCullough, but it ultimately goes nowhere.	8:03
5	Big Barn Bed	Rough Mix This mix has the vocals louder. There is also a faint shout from Paul during the opening guitar riff, and the “da da dewey” scats are not present.	3:48
6	My Love	Original mono mix	4:06
7	When The Night	Rough Mix Almost the same as the commercial version except with a false start and it is ten seconds longer at the fade out in the end.	3:46
8	Single Pigeon	Rough Mix Brief piano tinker before song starts	1:57
9	Tragedy	Original First Mix “Tragedy” is another outtake that was remixed for the unreleased Cold Cuts collection.	3:16
10	Mama's Little Girl	Rough Mix Unreleased studio version (eventually released in 1990)	3:42
11	Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)	Rough Mix Starts with Paul counting in.	4:18
12	I Would Only Smile	Rough Mix A Denny Laine composition which was originally unreleased, but appeared a decade later on his first post-Wings solo album Japanese Tears. This is the same as the final version except it is several seconds longer at the end	3:20
13	I Lie Around	Original single version (B-side of Live And Let Die) Sung by Denny Laine, it later appeared on the 1993 remaster of Red Rose Speedway	4:58
14	Little Lamb Dragonfly	"New" remastered version	6:18
15	Get On The Right Thing	"New" remastered version	4:15
16	Medley : Hold Me Tight (2:24) Lazy Dynamite (2:49) Hands Of Love (2:14) Power Cut (3:48)	Final mix - same as the album	11:15
17	Thank You Darling	Rough mix (Unreleased track) Paul counts "1" at the start	3:17
18	The Mess	Studio version (Unreleased) Something is shouted at the start, plus a cough	4:48

Disc 2

No	Tracklisting	Comments	Time
More Red Rose Speedway Era Songs
1	Live And Let Die	Quadrophonic version with Bond intro (1:30)	4:39
2	Bridge Over The River Suite	Backing track (Released by The Country Hams)	3:12
3	Seaside Woman	Rough mix	3:55
4	Gotta Sing Gotta Dance	From "James Paul McCartney" TV special	3:44
5	Hi Hi Hi	Promotional video version Poor quality scratchy old mono recording	3:12
6	C Moon	Promotional video version Poor quality scratchy old mono recording	4:38
7	Best Friend	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972 At start Linda says "Got any toothpicks"	4:07
8	Soily	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972	4:08
9	Seaside Woman	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972	4:01
10	Say You Don't Mind	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972 Introduced by Paul as "Sung by Denny Laine"	3:18
11	Henry's Blues	by Henry McCullough Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972	6:31
12	Give Ireland Back To The Irish	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972	3:26
13	Cottonfields	Recorded live in Antwerp 22nd August 1972	3:20
14	My Love	22/08/72 - Live in Antwerp at The Borgerhout	4:37
15	1882	Unreleased track Live at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Holland 21/08/72	6:19
16	Wild Life	Live at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Holland 21/08/72	2:19
17	Hi Hi Hi	Live at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Holland 21/08/72	2:26
18	The Mess	Live at The Congresgebouw, The Hague, Holland 21/08/72	4:56

Disc 3

No	Tracklisting	Time
In Concert: Live at Newcastle City Hall - 10th July 1973 Total concert timing on this disc is: 58 minutes 54 seconds. (note: Timings below are for the length of the song only - spoken intros etc have not been included in the timings)
1	Intro/Soily	3:31
2	Big Barn Bed	3:28
3	When The Night	3:28
4	Seaside Woman	4:18
5	Wild Life	5:34
6	Little Woman Love/C Moon	3:58
7	Maybe I'm Amazed	4:03
8	My Love	4:12
9	Live And Let Die	3:17
10	Go Now	3:29
11	The Mess	4:51
12	Hi Hi Hi	3:13
13	Long Tall Sally	3:47
Bonus Tracks: The Singles
14	Hi Hi Hi	3:05
15	C Moon	4:28
16	My Love	4:04
17	The Mess (4:25)	4:52

Disc 4

No	Tracklisting	Time
In Concert: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (27th May 1973) Total concert timing on this disc is: 60 minutes 42 seconds. (note: Timings below are for the length of the song only - spoken intros etc have not been included in the timings)
1	Soily	3:42
2	Big Barn Bed	3:41
3	When The Night	3:37
4	Wild Life	5:13
5	Seaside Woman	4:19
6	Your Wee Tobacco Box	0:30
7	Little Woman Love/C Moon	4:06
8	Live And Let Die	3:15
9	Maybe I'm Amazed	4:09
10	My Love	4:18
11	Go Now	3:35
12	Say You Don't Mind	3:07
13	The Mess	5:00
14	Hi Hi Hi	3:18
15	Long Tall Sally	2:03

Label	Rapple Corps
Catalogue No.	BFB 55
Country Of Origin	?
Release Date	2009
Total Time	4 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds. Disc 1 - 79:33 Disc 2 - 73:28 Disc 3 - 75.29 Disc 4 - 60:42
Comments:	Red Rose Speedway was credited to Paul McCartney & Wings and it carried a long gestation period. Recording began in Los Angeles in March, 1972 where they worked on “Big Barn Bed”, “My Love”, “One More Kiss”, “Single Pigeon”, “When The Night”, “Loup” and the closing medley. At this time, “Little Lamb Dragonfly,” which was begun during the sessions for Ram, was also completed. Other songs from these sessions include the unreleased (at the time) “Mama’s Little Girl”, ”The Mess”, ”Tragedy”, ”Night Out”, “Jazz Street,” and “Best Friend”. After a tour of Europe, in the summer more sessions commenced at Olympic Studio in London with final mixing at Abbey Road in October. This impressive looking longbox set gathers together a lot (but not all) of the relevant alternate takes and outtakes from this era. Four c.d.'s plus a 12 page long booklet with each box set individually numbered as being part of a limited edition of 500. The Live in Newcastle set is from a soundboard acetate and documents Wings final show of their first advertised tour in 1973. Well worth hearing this concert for the rare live versions of When The Night, Seaside Woman and Big Barn Bed which were dropped from the live set in subsequent tours. One of the highlights of the set is Maybe I'm Amazed which is played faster than normal as opposed to Live And Let Die which seems slower and lighter and is a far cry from the rock-explosion extravaganzas of the later tours. An enjoyable listen with some amusing intros and one of the best examples of the Wings live early years. For the Hammersmith Odeon show, Wings played three nights of which two nights have appeared as audience recordings on disc, 26th and 27th May. The performance of the 27th heard here is considered the better of the two available.