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One Hand Clapping (Paul McCartney and Wings album)

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One Hand Clapping is a live studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, due to be released on 14 June 2024, fifty years after it was recorded.[1][2][3][4]

One Hand Clapping
Live album by
Paul McCartney and Wings
Released14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
RecordedAugust 1974
StudioAbbey Road, London
GenreRock
Length83:20
94:29 (plus 7")
LabelMPL Communications
ProducerPaul McCartney
Wings chronology
The 7" Singles Box
(2022) 		One Hand Clapping
(2024)
Singles from One Hand Clapping
  1. "Junior's Farm (One Hand Clapping Sessions)"
    Released: 26 April 2024
One Hand Clapping
Directed byDavid Litchfield
StarringPaul McCartney and Wings
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The album began as a rockumentary starring Paul McCartney and his then-band, Wings, and directed by David Litchfield. It was recorded over four days in August 1974 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film features the band performing live in the studio and recording a potential live album, as well as voice-over interviews with the band members. Songs featured include numerous McCartney, Wings and Beatles hits, as well as some covers.[1][4] Although a TV sales brochure was made, both the film and album were never released at the time. In the decades since, they have been frequently bootlegged, and various tracks have been released on special editions of other McCartney and Wings albums.[1]

Background edit

The performance was recorded in Abbey Road Studios (known at the time as EMI Studios) over four days in August 1974, during Band on the Run's seventh week in a row at the top of the UK album charts.[1] Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine were joined by new members, guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, who were recruited after previous members Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell had left just prior to recording Band on the Run.[5] The band had just returned from Nashville, where they recorded their then-upcoming single "Junior's Farm". The band were also joined in the studio by orchestra conductor Del Newman and saxophonist Howie Casey, both of whom had previously played with McCartney and would go on to join the Wings touring band.[1]

The original film was released in the reissue of Band on the Run in 2010 as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection series.

Some songs from the One Hand Clapping sessions were released as bonus tracks on the Paul McCartney Archive Collection reissues:

  • "Bluebird", "Jet", "Let Me Roll It", "Band on the Run", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" and "Country Dreamer" appear in the special and deluxe editions of Band on the Run from 2010.
  • "Maybe I'm Amazed" appear in the special and deluxe editions of McCartney from 2011.
  • "Soily", "Baby Face" and "Love My Baby" (digital download) appear in the special and deluxe editions of Venus and Mars from 2014.

Album release edit

The album is due to be released on 14 June 2024, 2-LP, 2-CD and in digital platforms. A special edition 2-LP containing an additional 7" record will feature six additional songs performed solo by McCartney in the backyard of the Abbey Road Studios on the final day of recording.[1][3]

The album was mixed by Giles Martin and Steve Orchard.[3]

Reception edit

In his 2013 biography, Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s, author Tom Doyle calls the performances "tight and strong" and quotes drummer Geoff Britton as "being surprised to discover that, 'seeing us play, we were a good band'". However, Doyle believes the film is less favourable in how it depicts the personality clashes within the band.[6]

Track listing edit

Disc 1 edit

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."One Hand Clapping"2:15
2."Jet"3:59
3."Soily"3:55
4."C Moon" / "Little Woman Love"3:19
5."Maybe I'm Amazed"4:52
6."My Love"4:15
Side B
No.TitleLength
7."Bluebird"3:27
8."Let's Love"1:09
9."All of You"2:04
10."I'll Give You a Ring"2:03
11."Band on the Run"5:20
12."Live and Let Die"3:26
13."Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five"5:50
14."Baby Face"1:56
Total length:47:50

Disc 2 edit

Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Roll It"4:28
2."Blue Moon of Kentucky"3:05
3."Power Cut"1:33
4."Love My Baby"1:13
5."Let It Be"1:02
6."The Long and Winding Road" / "Lady Madonna"2:10
Side D
No.TitleLength
7."Junior's Farm"4:17
8."Sally G"2:28
9."Tomorrow"2:12
10."Go Now"3:35
11."Wild Life"4:30
12."Hi, Hi, Hi"3:57
Total length:35:30

"The Backyard" Bonus 7-inch edit

Side E
No.TitleLength
1."Blackpool"1:43
2."Blackbird"2:27
3."Country Dreamer"2:17
Side F
No.TitleLength
1."Twenty Flight Rock"2:08
2."Peggy Sue"1:24
3."I'm Gonna Love You Too"1:10
Total length:11:09

Personnel edit

Paul McCartney and Wings[3]
Additional personnel[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dunworth, Liberty (23 April 2024). "Paul McCartney & Wings to release 1974 live studio album 'One Hand Clapping'". NME.
  2. ^ Monroe, Jazz (23 April 2024). "Paul McCartney & Wings' One Hand Clapping Set for First Official Release". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ a b c d e "'One Hand Clapping' - The Live Studio Album by Paul McCartney and Wings, Out 14th June". 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b Simpson, George (23 April 2024). "Paul McCartney and Wings album to finally release 50 years after original recording". Daily Express.
  5. ^ Kozinn, Allan (2022). The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-063-00072-8.
  6. ^ Doyle, Tom (2013). Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 978-0-85790-626-7. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

External links edit

One Hand Clapping at IMDb  

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