Paul McCartney And Wings Red Rose Speedway First U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac With Bonus
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Red Rose Speedway
Studio album by Paul McCartney & Wings
Released 4 May 1973 (UK)
30 April 1973 (US)
Recorded March - June &
September - October 1972 in Los Angeles and at Olympic Studios, Barnes
Genre Rock, Pop rock
Length 42:13
Label Apple/EMI
Producer Paul and Linda McCartney
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 4/5 stars link
* Robert Christgau (D+) link
* Rolling Stone Favourable link
Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney & Wings, officially credited to "Paul McCartney & Wings" upon its 1973 release, 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 was engineered by Alan Parsons. The album reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts. As of 2010, the album is out-of-print on the CD format. However, it is currently available on the iTunes store.
Contents
Production
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" (banned by the BBC for political reasons); "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (an updated rendition of the nursery rhyme); and "Hi, Hi, Hi" (banned by the BBC for alleged sexual references) backed with "C Moon". Consistent with the practice of the early Beatles, none of those songs was 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.
In March 1973 "My Love", the only single from Red Rose Speedway, was released. It became a UK Top 10 hit and McCartney's second US #1, as well as an enduring love song (written for Linda). It raised expectations for the album, which shot to #5 in the UK when it appeared and went to #1 in the US. Still, the critical reception was mixed.
"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 eventually be released on the Live and Let Die soundtrack LP.
Its cover design - with the cover shot 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.
The original CD 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 Mess" ("My Love"'s B-side) and "I Lie Around" ("Live and Let Die"'s B-side) as bonus tracks. "Country Dreamer" was later added to the Band On The Run 1993 reissue.
In 1963 there was another song called Hold Me Tight by John Lennon and Paul McCartney on The Beatles' second LP album With The Beatles. That song was also mainly sung by Paul McCartney, who probably also wrote it. Red Rose Speedway was succeeded at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart by George Harrison's Living in the Material World.
Track listing
All songs by Paul McCartney, except were noted.
Side One
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
1. "Single Pigeon" 1:52
2. "When the Night" 3:38
3. "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" 4:23
4. "Medley: "Hold Me Tight"/"Lazy Dynamite"/"Hands of Love"/"Power Cut" - 11:14
Personnel
Wings
* Paul McCartney: Vocals, Piano, Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano, Celeste, Moog
* Linda McCartney: Vocals, Electric Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Percussion
* Denny Laine: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica
* Henry McCullough: Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
* Denny Seiwell: Drums, Vocals, Percussion
Additional musicians
* Hugh McCracken: Guitar
* David Spinozza: Guitar
Production
* Alan Parsons: Engineer
Chart positions and certifications
Year Country Chart Position Weeks Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
1973 United States The Billboard Pop Albums 1 (3 weeks) 31[2] Gold[3] 500,000+
1973 Australia Kent Music Report 1 (3 weeks)
1973 Norway VG-lista (Top 20) 4[4] 16
1973 United Kingdom UK Albums Chart (Top 50) 5 16[5] Gold [6] 100,000+
1973 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (Top 100) 13 18[7] 50,000+[8]
Also Included
The Mess (Live at the Hague)
"Hi, Hi, Hi"
"C Moon"
"Live and Let Die"
"I Lie Around" (All Vinyl Sourced)
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