Paul McCartney & Wings are finally offering a physical release of one of their most bootlegged albums: One Hand Clapping, the live studio sessions conducted post-Band on the Run in 1974 for a seldom-seen documentary film, will arrive everywhere on June 14th.
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
- 4/23/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Paul McCartney paid tribute tonight to his fellow Wings co-founder Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at 79.
“I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when The Beatles toured with the Moody Blues,” the Beatles legend wrote on social media. “Denny joined Wings at the outset. He was an outstanding vocalist and guitar player.”
McCartney added: “He and I wrote some songs together the most successful being ‘Mull of Kintyre’ which was a big hit in the Seventies. We had drifted apart but in recent years managed to reestablish our friendship and share memories of our times together.
“Denny was a great talent with a fine sense of humour and was always ready to help other people. He will be missed by all his fans and remembered with great fondness by his friends. I send my condolences and best wishes to his wife, Elizabeth and family.
“I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when The Beatles toured with the Moody Blues,” the Beatles legend wrote on social media. “Denny joined Wings at the outset. He was an outstanding vocalist and guitar player.”
McCartney added: “He and I wrote some songs together the most successful being ‘Mull of Kintyre’ which was a big hit in the Seventies. We had drifted apart but in recent years managed to reestablish our friendship and share memories of our times together.
“Denny was a great talent with a fine sense of humour and was always ready to help other people. He will be missed by all his fans and remembered with great fondness by his friends. I send my condolences and best wishes to his wife, Elizabeth and family.
- 12/6/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul and Linda McCartney had an extremely close relationship. The pair met and quickly fell in love, and then rarely went a night without each other for their nearly 30-year marriage. Linda adapted to having an incredibly famous husband. She learned to deal with both fans and people who were giving him negative attention. At one point, she seemed willing to take a bullet for him.
Linda McCartney seemed ready to take a bullet for Paul McCartney
When McCartney first began dating Linda, she got an immediate crash course in what it meant to date a Beatle. Fans waited outside McCartney’s house all day and did nothing to disguise their hatred of his new girlfriend. They wrote graffiti about her on the gates and shouted at her. One day, a fan threw chocolate mousse at Linda and remained unapologetic even after McCartney scolded her.
As a result, Linda grew...
Linda McCartney seemed ready to take a bullet for Paul McCartney
When McCartney first began dating Linda, she got an immediate crash course in what it meant to date a Beatle. Fans waited outside McCartney’s house all day and did nothing to disguise their hatred of his new girlfriend. They wrote graffiti about her on the gates and shouted at her. One day, a fan threw chocolate mousse at Linda and remained unapologetic even after McCartney scolded her.
As a result, Linda grew...
- 11/17/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney was helpless as he watched The Beatles fall apart despite his best efforts to stop the breakup. The unofficial songwriting competition between Paul and John Lennon stressed the band to the breaking point. Yet Macca couldn’t keep himself from forming a new band, and it might have saved his life. McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough pulled a knife and drove away a person who said he wanted to kill Paul.
Paul McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough confronted Paul’s potential murderer with a knife
Once Linda McCartney helped rouse her husband from his post-Beatles stupor, Paul released two solo albums in a little over a year. He dropped McCartney in April 1970 and Ram in May 1971.
He had complete creative freedom as a solo artist, but McCartney felt the pull of assembling a new band. Guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell were the first to...
Paul McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough confronted Paul’s potential murderer with a knife
Once Linda McCartney helped rouse her husband from his post-Beatles stupor, Paul released two solo albums in a little over a year. He dropped McCartney in April 1970 and Ram in May 1971.
He had complete creative freedom as a solo artist, but McCartney felt the pull of assembling a new band. Guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell were the first to...
- 7/29/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Browse through old photos of The Beatles, and you’ll find dozens, if not hundreds, where they’re smoking cigarettes. The band’s concerts always smelled like urine, but the Fab Four’s clothes probably stank of Marlboros and Dunhills. Paul McCartney’s addiction didn’t last, though, as a near-death experience in 1973 led him to quit smoking, at least for a while. Other musicians joined him in giving up cigarettes in the decades since.
Paul McCartney was ‘in hell’ and quit smoking cigarettes after 1 of ‘the most frightening periods’ of his life
The Fab Four had their limousines swarmed by fans, played a show in Montreal amid Ringo Starr death threats, and barely escaped their one trip to the Philippines in 1966. Yet Paul said making the Wings record Band on the Run in Lagos, Nigeria, trumped them all.
It wasn’t just that his five-piece band had been whittled to a trio — Macca,...
Paul McCartney was ‘in hell’ and quit smoking cigarettes after 1 of ‘the most frightening periods’ of his life
The Fab Four had their limousines swarmed by fans, played a show in Montreal amid Ringo Starr death threats, and barely escaped their one trip to the Philippines in 1966. Yet Paul said making the Wings record Band on the Run in Lagos, Nigeria, trumped them all.
It wasn’t just that his five-piece band had been whittled to a trio — Macca,...
- 6/18/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and Wings did have two successful albums in Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway. However, the band needed an album that cemented them as one of the great bands of the 1970s. That album manifested itself in Band on the Run, a highly successful record many consider a highlight of Paul McCartney’s, even with his albums from The Beatles. Wings did take several risks making the record, and guitarist Denny Laine said it was like “being a gambler.”
Paul McCartney and Wings gambled by recording ‘Band on the Run’ in Nigeria Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, and Paul McCartney | Gems/Redferns
Wings were riding a series of success with their first two albums. However, for their third album, McCartney wanted to try something different by recording it in a foreign location. In an interview with Billboard, Laine said he understood why the former Beatle wanted to switch things up.
Paul McCartney and Wings gambled by recording ‘Band on the Run’ in Nigeria Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, and Paul McCartney | Gems/Redferns
Wings were riding a series of success with their first two albums. However, for their third album, McCartney wanted to try something different by recording it in a foreign location. In an interview with Billboard, Laine said he understood why the former Beatle wanted to switch things up.
- 5/7/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles had a squeaky-clean image compared to some of the other bands in the 1960s, but they were still arrested more than once. For the most part, they, like many other bands at the time, faced arrest for drug possession. While several members of The Beatles landed in legal trouble, one person was arrested far more times than the others.
The Beatles | Chris Walter/Contributor via Getty Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for arson
In the pre-Beatlemania days, the band played a residency in Hamburg, Germany. When authorities found out George Harrison wasn’t old enough to be working in the country, they deported him. That night, Paul McCartney and one-time Beatles drummer Pete Best decided to move their belongings out of the place where they were staying. Needing light and finding themselves without a flashlight, they decided that the best course of action was to light...
The Beatles | Chris Walter/Contributor via Getty Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for arson
In the pre-Beatlemania days, the band played a residency in Hamburg, Germany. When authorities found out George Harrison wasn’t old enough to be working in the country, they deported him. That night, Paul McCartney and one-time Beatles drummer Pete Best decided to move their belongings out of the place where they were staying. Needing light and finding themselves without a flashlight, they decided that the best course of action was to light...
- 4/18/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
After The Beatles disbanded, many fans were curious to see where each member would go musically. Initially, they all began successful solo careers, but Paul McCartney wanted the experience of being in a band again. With his wife, Linda McCartney, Paul formed his second band, Wings, which he says was the biggest risk of his career.
Paul McCartney wasn’t sure what to do after The Beatles broke up in 1970 Paul McCartney | David Redfern/Redferns
The Beatles are one of the most successful music acts of all time, dominating the music industry in the 1960s. When they went their separate ways in 1970, Paul McCartney knew it would be an incredibly difficult act to follow. In an interview with his website, the “Blackbird” singer said he contemplated quitting music after The Beatles split.
“The main question I had was whether to keep going after The Beatles because it was a hard act – some might say,...
Paul McCartney wasn’t sure what to do after The Beatles broke up in 1970 Paul McCartney | David Redfern/Redferns
The Beatles are one of the most successful music acts of all time, dominating the music industry in the 1960s. When they went their separate ways in 1970, Paul McCartney knew it would be an incredibly difficult act to follow. In an interview with his website, the “Blackbird” singer said he contemplated quitting music after The Beatles split.
“The main question I had was whether to keep going after The Beatles because it was a hard act – some might say,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and Wings formed shortly after The Beatles disbanded. While the band didn’t have the same success as The Beatles, Wings was still a prolific band of the 1970s. Their 1975-1976 tour proved that McCartney could be the leader of an excellent band and could be successful without his former band. The tour was documented in Wings Over the World, which premiered on CBS 35 years ago today.
Paul McCartney formed Wings shortly after The Beatles broke up Paul McCartney | Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive
The Beatles dissolved in 1970, with each member of the fab four embarking on solo careers. McCartney began his solo career with two albums: McCartney and Ram. While these albums had mild success, the singer-songwriter wanted to get back to playing in a band. In 1971, he and his wife Linda formed Wings. The starting roster had Paul on bass, Linda on keyboard, Denny Seiwell on drums,...
Paul McCartney formed Wings shortly after The Beatles broke up Paul McCartney | Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive
The Beatles dissolved in 1970, with each member of the fab four embarking on solo careers. McCartney began his solo career with two albums: McCartney and Ram. While these albums had mild success, the singer-songwriter wanted to get back to playing in a band. In 1971, he and his wife Linda formed Wings. The starting roster had Paul on bass, Linda on keyboard, Denny Seiwell on drums,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
After The Beatles broke up, each member tried to separate themselves from the record-breaking band. Paul McCartney formed Wings shortly after leaving The Beatles, but he knew the group needed a fresh identity. While many fans came to concerts expecting McCartney to perform a few Beatles tracks, Macca refused to do so for the first few years of Wings.
Paul McCartney formed Wings shortly after leaving The Beatles Paul McCartney | David Warner Ellis/Redferns/Getty Images
Shortly after leaving The Beatles, McCartney released his first two solo albums: McCartney (1970) and Ram (1971). While his solo career was going well in the early 1970s, McCartney still desired to form another band. In 1972, the former Beatle started Wings with his wife, Linda, on the keyboard, Denny Seiwell on drums, and Denny Laine on guitar.
The band lasted until 1982 and had a changing roster over the years. While Wings never reached the peaks of The Beatles,...
Paul McCartney formed Wings shortly after leaving The Beatles Paul McCartney | David Warner Ellis/Redferns/Getty Images
Shortly after leaving The Beatles, McCartney released his first two solo albums: McCartney (1970) and Ram (1971). While his solo career was going well in the early 1970s, McCartney still desired to form another band. In 1972, the former Beatle started Wings with his wife, Linda, on the keyboard, Denny Seiwell on drums, and Denny Laine on guitar.
The band lasted until 1982 and had a changing roster over the years. While Wings never reached the peaks of The Beatles,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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