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TMoQ 73018: PAUL McCARTNEY * WINGS ‘JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY’ :2028 + :CBM 4022 + JPM 41673 / ‘GOTTA SING – GOTTA DANCE’ :WRMB 342
May 12, 2013
Berkeley label, CBM: Comet, Instant Analysis, King Kong, Shalom, Japan JL-5XX copies, Paul McCartney & Wings, TMOQ (smoking pig), Wizardo 300 series
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TMoQ cover- version 1:
McCartney JPM 2
McCartney JPM 3
McCartney JPM
TMoQ cover- version 2:
McCartney JPM design 1 II
McCartney JPM design 1 lbl
Released in 1974, Matrix #: 1882
Side 1: Big Barn Bed/ My Little Woman Love-C Moon/ The Mess/ Maybe I’m Amazed/ Long Tall Sally
Side 2: Another Day/ Oh Woman Oh Why (pirate of the official 45, Apple 1829)/ Hi Hi Hi (pirate of official 45, Apple 1857)/ Gotta Sing Gotta Dance/ Live And Let Die/ Medley: Blackbird – Bluebird – Michelle; Heart Of The Country/ Yesterday (faded out)
Two websites claim that the first or all of the tracks on side one are a re-release of the Live In Scotland material but I believe that to be incorrect. Side 1 is an edit of most of the Wings performances from segments 1, 4 and 10, as listed below. Side two has segments 7, 8 and 11.
Paul McCartney spent February of 1973 in Morocco (staying at the hotel Mamounia in Marrakesh) planning this TV special, presenting Paul as the ‘all-around’ entertainer but falling somewhat short in the end. Broadcast date was 16 April 1973 in the US.
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JPM TVguide
Part 1
The program opens with a live performance by Wings in front of an audience of television screens. – Song: “Big Barn Bed”
JPMcC
Part 2
An acoustic medley of songs is performed by McCartney during a photographic session with his wife Linda as the photographer. – Songs: “Blackbird”, “Bluebird”, “Michelle”, “Heart of the Country”
JPM 2
Part 3
A short music video style performance set in an outdoor location. – Song: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Part 4
A television studio performance with Wings and orchestra in front of a live audience.
Songs: “Little Woman Love”, “C Moon”, “My Love”
Part 5
Another music video segment, this time for “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”, however the “Admiral Halsey” section was not included in the final broadcast version. – Song: “Uncle Albert”
Part 6
A short voice-over from Mcartney introduces the next segment set in the Clelsea Reach public house near Liverpool. This features members of Paul’s family and Wings in a pub singalong
Songs: “April Showers”, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag”, “You Are My Sunshine”
JPM Pub singalong
Part 7
A Busby Berkeley style musical number, featuring dancers dressed in half-man/half-woman costumes. Song: “Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance”
Part 8
A music video segment were Paul introduces “Live And Let Die”, the title theme from the 1973 James Bond movie. – Song: “Live and Let Die”
Part 9
Beatles Medley: a filmed segment with street passers-by singing various Beatles songs (off key) to comedic effect. – Songs: “When I’m 64”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “She Loves You”, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, “Yesterday”, “Yellow Submarine”
Part 10
Another live studio performance with Wings. – Songs: “The Mess”, “Maybe I’m Amazed”, “Long Tall Sally” (US broadcast only; the UK and other European market replaced this with “Hi, Hi, Hi”)
Part 11
A live acoustic performance of “Yesterday”. Credits roll over the performance.
Song: “Yesterday”.
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The West coast Berkeley label released this title as well in their pre-Berkeley days (and removed the pig face from the circle):
McCartney JPM Berk
Matrix number 2028
McCartney My Love
And one more time under this title with a b&w cover post-1975.
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Meanwhile, on the East coast:
McCartney JPM v1
McCartney JPM KK
Released in 1974; Matrix 4022 A/B
Contraband copied TMoQ’s cover art but they produced their own edit of the source tape (which then no longer matched the cover track listing), cutting down the number of pirated material significantly and making this the better version (unless you just had to have “Blackbird-Bluebird” and “Big Barn Bed”):
Side 1: Michelle/ Heart Of The Country/ Mary Had A Little Lamb/ Little Woman Love – C Moon/ My Love/ Uncle Albert/ Pub singalong scene (confirmed in the book Eight Arms To Hold You)
Side 2: Gotta Sing Gotta Dance/ Live And Let Die/ The Mess/ Maybe I’m Amazed/ Long Tall Sally/ Another Day (pirated 45)/ Yesterday
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McCartney JPM JL 513
The producers of the JL series in Japan seemed to agree that this was the superior version as they selected this one to be released as JL 513
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In early 1976, Wizardo offered a third and perhaps least bang-for-your-buck version of this material:
Wings Gotta Sing Gotta Dance Secret 4
Wings Secret
Side 1: Big Barn Bed/ Little Woman Love – C Moon / The Mess/ Maybe I m Amazed/ Long Tall Sally/ Gotta Sing Gotta Dance / Live And Let Die
Side 2: Now Hear This Song Of Mine-Let s Go; Woman Oh Why; The Mess (live); Country Dreamer; I Lie Around
