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It is interesting that Paul is also in favor of free downloads, and bootlegs, and says they do more good than harm in getting the music out there.

RED ROSE SPEEDWAY...note that his is oddly out-of-print and not available on CD.

Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney & Wings and was released in 1973 after the relatively weak commercial performance of the band's debut Wild Life, which had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200. As of 2010, the album is currently available on the iTunes store but out of print in the compact disc format.




In early 1972, McCartney decided to expand Wings to a five-piece band, by adding an additional guitarist, and to begin touring with the group. The group spent many months on the road across Europe, beginning with a tour of British universities, and continuing in the summer in bigger European venues - where Paul and wife Linda McCartney would encounter their first of several marijuana busts over the ensuing years. Both tours were bookended by Red Rose Speedway's long string of studio sessions, which started that March in Los Angeles and finished in London that October.

Despite not releasing an album in 1972, the first year of his professional career that McCartney had failed to do so, Wings managed to release three singles: "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" which was banned by the BBC for political reasons; an updated rendition of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb;" and "Hi, Hi, Hi" which was banned by the BBC for alleged sexual references and backed with "C Moon" on the b-side. Consistent with the practice of the early Beatles, none of those songs were included on the album.

Red Rose Speedway was initially planned as a double album, and Paul McCartney decided to include some unreleased songs that had originally been recorded during the Ram sessions, prior to the formation of Wings. Two of those songs, "Get On the Right Thing" and "Little Lamb Dragonfly," eventually appeared on the final album, which was held up a further six months before appearing as a single record. It featured a 12-page booklet stapled into the gatefold featuring pictures from the Wings tours. Its cover design - with the cover shot of a Harley-Davidson 'shovelhead' engine by Linda McCartney - was by Eduardo Paolozzi, while the back cover of the album contains a Braille message of "We love ya baby" for Stevie Wonder.

In March 1973 "My Love" was released as the lead single for the album, and became a UK Top 10 hit and McCartney's second US #1. It raised expectations for the album, which shot to #5 in the UK when it appeared and went to #1 in the US. "Live and Let Die", the title song to the James Bond film of the same name, was recorded during the sessions for this album, but would be released on the Live and Let Die soundtrack album rather than here.

The original compact disc version contained three bonus tracks: "I Lie Around," "Country Dreamer," and "The Mess." In 1993, Red Rose Speedway was remastered and reissued on CD as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series with "C Moon," "Hi, Hi, Hi," the b-side to "My Love" "The Mess," the b-side to "Live and Let Die" "I Lie Around" as bonus tracks. "Country Dreamer" was later added to the Band on the Run 1993 reissue.

Side One

No. Title Length

1. "Big Barn Bed" 3:48
2. "My Love" 4:07
3. "Get on the Right Thing" 4:17
4. "One More Kiss" 2:28
5. "Little Lamb Dragonfly" 6:20

Side Two

No. Title Length

6. "Single Pigeon" 1:52
7. "When the Night" 3:38
8. "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" 4:23
9. "Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut"

Originally planned as a double album,[4] this is the tracklisting from the acetates of the early incarnation of the album dated 13 December 1972.[5] Most tracks left off the released version ended up on b-sides, but some are still officially unreleased.

Side one

1. "Big Barn Bed"
2. "My Love"
3. "When The Night"
4. "Single Pigeon"

Side two

1. "Tragedy"
2. "Mama's Little Girl"
3. "Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)"
4. "I Would Only Smile"

Side three

1. "Country Dreamer"
2. "Night Out"
3. "One More Kiss"
4. "Jazz Street"

Side four

1. "I Lie Around"
2. "Little Lamb Dragonfly"
3. "Get On The Right Thing"
4. "1882" (live)
5. "The Mess I'm In" (live)




There are several bootlegs and alternate version of Red Rose and worth pursuing....

Cold Cuts




The first known incarnation of Hot Hits - Cold Cuts was in 1978 when McCartney was compiling the greatest hits album for his band Wings. Originally the album was planned to be a 2 LP set, with the second disc planned for outtakes and live tracks that Wings had shelved during their 7 year history. However, as the end of that year came closer, the band's record company EMI wanted a release for the Christmas season so Wings Greatest was released as a single disc album instead in early November 1978.[2] A version was then compiled containing nearly 60 minutes of music, but this one was also shelved.[3]

A second version was assembled in 1979, cutting out many of the instrumentals and the Linda McCartney and Denny Laine vocal songs and adding two songs recorded during the Back to the Egg sessions (Robbers Ball and Cage).

In early 1980, Wings went into the studio for their final time to add further overdubs. McCartney then assembled the third version of the album with an intended for release in 1980.

Around 1986 a fourth version was being prepared for release. 14 of the songs on this configuration received overdubs from the Richard Niles Orchestra and the title for the 1972 live song "Best Friend" was changed to "Why Do You Treat Me So Bad?".


Between 1978 and 1980 the three versions of the album have turned up on various bootlegs. Each version of the album contains a different mix and new overdubs by McCartney and Wings.

1978 version

1. Tragedy
2. Night Out
3. Oriental Nightfish (Linda McCartney lead vocal)
4. Lunch Box/Odd Sox
5. Waterspout
6. Send Me The Heart (Denny Laine lead vocal)
7. Hey Diddle
8. Tomorrow (Instrumental version)
9. Proud Mum
10. Proud Mum (Reprise)
11. Did We Meet Somewhere Before?

1979 version

1. Night Out
2. Hey Diddle
3. Best Friend (Live)
4. Tragedy
5. Waterspout
6. Same Time Next Year
7. Cage
8. Did We Meet Somewhere Before?
9. Robber's Ball

1980 version

1. Waterspout
2. Night Out
3. Robber's Ball
4. Cage
5. Did We Meet Somewhere Before?
6. Hey Diddle
7. Tragedy
8. Best Friend (Live)

1986 version

1. Blue Sway
2. Hey Diddle
3. Mama's Little Girl
4. Twice In A Lifetime
5. Waterspout
6. A Love For You
7. Did We Meet Somewhere Before?
8. Same Time Next Year
9. Why Do You Treat Me So Bad? [a.k.a. Best Friend (Live)]
10. Cage
11. Tragedy
12. Thank You Darling
13. Night Out
14. Robber's Ball

Track by Track

Tracks from the 1978 version

"Tragedy"

This remake of The Fleetwoods' early 60s ballad dates from Red Rose Speedway sessions. The song was considered to be featured on the album, which was originally planned to be a double. There are at least four mixes of this track available among collectors. Each one featuring several distinct instrumental differences throughout the song.
[edit] "Night Out"

This Red Rose Speedway-era outtake was overdubbed multiple times by different incarnations of Wings in advance of the version that finally appears here.

"Waterspout"

Regarded by some as Paul's finest unreleased song, this outtake from the London Town sessions features an infectious melody. It was to be added to All the Best!, with additional overdubs done in 1987, but was ultimately scrapped in favour of "C Moon".

"Hey Diddle"

Featured as the last track on the Wingspan: Hits and History album as a fun acoustic run-through, this full-blown version of the song began to take shape in 1971 during the Ram sessions as a Paul/Linda duet. Later, the track received further overdubs when Wings were in Nashville, in the summer of 1974, with the help of musicians such as Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer. The same sessions in America produced the rocker "Junior's Farm" and its b-side, "Sally G".

"Tomorrow (Instrumental version)"

A remake of the Wild Life song. Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in 1975.

"Proud Mum/Proud Mum (Reprise)"

Two instrumental tracks from the 1974 Nashville sessions.

"Did We Meet Somewhere Before?"

Rejected as the main theme for Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait, the song remained on Paul's shelf until he decided to include it on the outtakes project. A snippet of the track was used on Ramones film Rock 'n' Roll High School although it did not appear on the soundtrack. Allan Arkush, the director, swung a deal whereby he was able to use the song for only $500 provided McCartney did not receive screen credit.[4] The song is a gentle ballad in the vein of "My Love". A cleaner mix of the song recently[when?] appeared on a bootleg along over 60 tracks. The recording originally belonged to Paul McCartney's late roadie Trevor Jones and was auctioned in 1998 as part of the Trevor Jones private collection.
[edit] Tracks from the 1979 and 1980 versions

"Best Friend" (live)

Recorded live in 1972, this rocker is a nice memento of the 1972-era Wings as a live act. For the 1986 compiling of Cold Cuts this was temporarily retitled to "Why Do You Treat me So Bad?".

"Robber's Ball"

One of the most interesting songs in this compilation, "Robber's Ball" features a rare operatic-style vocal from Paul and similarly over the top vocals from the rest of Wings, sounding more like a slightly off-beat Broadway show number than a Wings tune.

"Cage"

Removed from Back to the Egg at the last minute in favour of "Baby's Request", this exquisite song (which features the chords C-A-G-E as its riff to go along with the Cage lyric) was prominently placed as the first track on Side Two of the 1980 Cold Cuts.




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One of Macca's most unusual and creative Wings tunes ever--unreleased...love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P10dYXoVI6c

I keep expecting the Eggmen to appear....Beatlesque in their zanier moments.