The Making Of James Paul McCartney
		Label:   Midnight Beat Catalogue No.:   MBCD 114 Format :   CD & Jewel case Origin:   Europe Availability :   1997 Duration:   58:34 58:36 (inc T.O.C) Matrix:   MBCD 114 CD ID:   3f0dba06 Reviews:      ?? V6N2    ??
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Disc		Rear Tray

Comments:

A difficult disc to review, good quality mono soundtrack of the 1973 television special, but removed from the visual footage , somewhat unjointed. Clearly this will hold core status , but would have recommend it, in 1997 but maybe not so now. There are several very good DVD releases of the complete show in good quality, so I would probably direct you to one of those where you can watch and listen in context. If however you are looking to listen to this material this is the version for you.

As the result of a period of heavy activity by the authorities and in part a result of their ' free lunches' the Midnight Beat releases were not readily available in the United States. Subsequently a Vigotone subsidiary Repro-man reissued this title along with a bonus track. Unfortunately Vigotone was having it's own difficulties at this point releasing it's titles only on CDR.

In 2008 the Japanese Strange Apple Records label further reissued this title as a bonus disc with their James Paul McCartney DVD Deluxe edition.

Liner Notes:

JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY A hour-long television special made by Sir Lew Grade's company ATV. It was described by the promotional blurb as "... a personal project of Sir Lew Grade, realised through the genius of Paul McCartney and the expertise of producer Gary Smith and director Dwight Hewison." In fact, Paul agreed to do the show in a deal struck to heal the breach caused between him and Sir Lew when Paul co-shared the composing credits with Linda on 'Another Day' (cf). Grade initially believed this was a ruse to cut into the royalties due to his company through its ownership of Lennon and McCartney material. The TV show was filmed in various places: on location in Scotland; in a Liverpool pub, where Gerry Marsden, former leader of Gerry and the Pacemakers, joined Paul and locals in a rousing singalong; and at ATV's Boreham Wood studios in front of a live audience, with Paul and Wings performing 'Big Red Barn' , 'The Mess', 'Maybe I'm Amazed' and 'Long Tall Sally'. Paul also performed a medley of 'Bluebird', 'Michelle', 'Heart Of The Country', 'Mary Had A Little Lamb', and 'Yesterday'. Finally, Paul ended the show singing 'Yesterday' to his own acoustic guitar accompaniment. The show's major number was a Budby Berkeley-style musical spectacular, to the tune of 'Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance', a number Paul had originally written for Twiggy (cf). This featured a long-haired moustachioed Paul in a white tail-suit, dancing with a host of showgirls whose costumes and make-up were half male, half female. There were also scenes of Linda taking photographs of Paul, and a clip from the new James Bond movie Live And Let Die. Other numbers in the show were 'Little Woman Love', 'Uncle Albert', 'Another Day', 'Oh Woman Oh Why' and 'Hi Hi Hi'.

The programme was first screened in America on 16 April 1973 and in Britain on 7 June of the same year. Paul was to comment: "You could say it's fulfilling an old ambition. Right at the start I fancied myself in a musical comedy. But that was before the Beatles. Don't get me wrong. I'm no Astaire or Gene Kelly and this doesn't mean the start of something big. I don't want to be an allrounder. I'm sticking to what I am."

The reviews in general were not exactly enthusiastic, Melody Maker calling it "overblown and silly."

Track Listing:

		Song	Version	Comments
1	1:39	Camera Clicks
2	10:56	That'll Be The Day
		Take Your Time		Sung by Linda
		Take Your Time		Sung by Paul
		Blackbird
		Country Dreamer
		Mama's Little Girl
		Love Is Long
3	9:24	Michelle
		Mama's Little Girl
		Bluebird
		Yesterday
		Hands Of Love
4	20:29	Michelle
		Michelle
		Heart Of The Country
		Blackbird
		Hey Diddle
		Mama's Little Girl
		Why I Am Crying
		Bluebird
		Mama's Little Girl
		Michelle
		Heart Of The Country
5	13:05	Dance Routine	T1-11
6	3:02	Introduction to Live And Let Die	Take 1
			Take 2
			Take 3

Originals
	Matrix :   MBCD 114 NO Royalties:SOZA NO Moulding SID
Reported Copies
	The Making of JPM Repro-Man CDR NOT a direct clone One bonus track. Improved Image Wanted Follow link for alternate disc images
	James Paul McCartney Deluxe   Part of a DVD + CD set

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