Paul McCartney - The Making Of James Paul McCartney

Publisher: Midnight Beat
Reference: MBCD 114
Date: 1997

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' [sic], '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."

01. Camera Clicks
02. Section 1B - Take 1
    - That'll Be The Day
    - Take Your Time (Linda)
    - Take Your Time (Paul)
    - Blackbird
    - Country Dreamer
    - Mama's Little Girl
    - Love Is Long
03. Section 1D - Take 1
    - Michelle
    - Mama's Little Girl
    - Bluebird
    - Yesterday
    - Hands Of Love
04. Section 1E - Take 1
    - 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
05. Dance Routine  - Intro of 'Gotta Sing Gotta Dance' - Takes 1-11
06. Intro Live And Let Die  - Spoken intro of 'Live And Let Die' - Takes 1-3

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