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Bill Harry.
"The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia"The Beatles 1963-1970
BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA

Tadpoles
A single by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, produced by Paul and issued
in Britain on Friday 1 August 1969 on Liberty LBS 83257, with 'I'm
The Urban Spaceman' on the flip.
Take It Away (promotional film)
The filming of the promotional video for 'Take It Away' took place
at EMI's Elstree Studios in Boreham Wood and was directed by John
MacKenzie.
Six hundred members of the Wings Fun Club were invited along as a
live audience to the filming, which took place on Wednesday 23 June
1982.
The band comprised Paul on bass, Eric Stewart on lead, George Martin
on electric piano, Ringo and Steve Gadd on drums, Linda on
tambourine and the horn section from the Q Tips.
In between the various takes of 'Take It Away' Paul and his band
played several numbers to entertain the audience, including
'Lucille', 'Bo Diddley', 'Peggy Sue', 'Send Me Some Lovin", 'Twenty
Flight Rock', 'Cut Across Shorty', 'Reeling And Rocking',
'Searching' and 'Hallelujah I Love Her So'.
The promotional film made its debut on Top Of The Pops on Thursday
15 July 1982.
Take It Away (single)
A single by Paul which was issued in Britain on Parlophone 6056 on
Monday 21 June 1982 where it reached No. 14 in the charts and in
America on Columbia 18-02018 on Saturday 3 July 1982 where it
reached No. 10 in the charts.
'I'll Give You A Ring' was on the flip.
It was released in Germany on Odeon 1C006-64845T.
The number was originally written with Ringo Starr in mind. Paul
recalled, 'I was writing some songs for Ringo and "Take It Away" was
in amongst those songs. I thought it would suit me better. The way
it went into the chorus and stuff, I didn't think it was very
Ringo.'
Talk More Talk
A track on the Press To Play album lasting 5 minutes and 17 seconds
that Paul describes as 'surrealist'.
Tarrant County Convention Center
Venue in Fort Worth, Texas where Wings opened the American leg of
their 1975/76 World Tour, called Wings Over America. The
14,000-seater venue was sold out and before Wings could begin their
set, the audience gave them a 15-minute standing ovation.
The group had been rehearsing in Fort Worth and the tour had been
delayed for almost a month due to Jimmy McCulloch's fractured
finger. The line-up of the band comprised Paul, Linda, Denny Laine,
McCulloch and Joe English, together with a horn section comprising
Howie Casey on saxophone, Tony Dorsey on trombone, Steve Howard on
trumpet and flugelhorn, and Thaddeus Richard on saxophone, clarinet
and flute.
Their repertoire comprised: 'Venus And Mars', 'Rock Show', 'Jet',
'Let Me Roll It', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Medicine Jar', 'Maybe
I'm Amazed', 'Call Me Back Again', 'Lady Madonna', 'The Long And
Winding Road', 'Live And Let Die', 'Picasso's Last Words', 'Richard
Cory', 'Bluebird', 'I've Just Seen A Face', 'Blackbird',
'Yesterday', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Magneto And Titanium Man',
'My Love', 'Listen To What The Man Said', 'Let 'Em In', 'Time To
Hide', 'Silly Love Songs', 'Beware My Love', 'Letting Go' and 'Band
On The Run.' The encores were 'Hi, Hi, Hi' and 'Soily'.
Jimmy McCulloch sang lead vocal on 'Medicine Jar' and Denny Laine
sang lead vocal on 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Richard Cory' and
'Time To Hide'.
Taste Of Honey, A
A song which Paul sang lead vocal on during their Cavern days and
which was included on their concert performances in 1962 and 1963.
Ric Marlow and Bobby Scott had penned it and Lenny Welch had
recorded a version in America. The Beatles recorded the number at
Abbey Road on Monday 11 February 1963 and it was included on their
Please Please Me album. Herb Alpert &c the Tijuana Brass was to have
an instrumental hit with the number in America in 1965.
During some performances, John changed the chorus to 'A Waste Of
Money'.
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Tavener, Sir John
A British classical composer, born in 1944, who Ringo Starr had
introduced to Apple. Ringo had been having building work on his
property carried out by Roger Tavener, who told Ringo about his
brother. Ringo heard a tape of the BBC recording of Tavener's first
long work �� Whale which had been performed at the Royal Albert
Hall, and immediately got in touch. Tavener was signed to Apple
Records and they issued his The Whale and Celtic Requiem.
On 4 May 2000 Paul travelled to New York by Concorde specially to
appear at a concert at the church of St Ignatius Loyola. Interviewed
by WNYC radio, Paul mentioned that he was initially reluctant to
appear when invited by Sir John Tavener, but said, 'He was keen for
me to do it, and I trust him.' Accompanied by Heather Mills, Paul
chatted to Mia Farrow, who sat close to him and Tavener. Paul then
read parts of a short poem 'In the Month of Athyr', which Taverner
had set to music, with a chorus singing the rest.
Tavener was to say he was 'touched that Paul McCartney is also
journeying across the sea on Concorde to read a Greek poem'. The
concert was broadcast live on the WNYC New Sounds Live programme.
Taylor, Alistair
Originally a personal assistant to Brian Epstein at his NEMS branch
in Whitechapel, Liverpool. When Bill Harry arranged for Brian
Epstein to visit the Cavern club to see the Beatles on 13 December
1961, Alistair accompanied him. It was Alistair's signature that
witnessed the first Beatles management contract, and he also turned
down Epstein's offer of 2 1/2 per cent of the Beatles contract.
Later, owing to asthma problems suffered by his wife, Lesley,
Alistair decided to move to healthier climes down South and left
Epstein's employ to join Pye Records.
A casual meeting with Epstein at Pye resulted in Alistair's
rejoining NEMS. He recalls that the member of the Beatles he was
closest to was Paul and it was Paul who coined the term 'Mr
Jobworthy' for him because he was responsible for arranging so many
things for them. He was also known as 'Mr Fixit'.
Following Epstein's death, Alistair remained in the Beatles' employ
and, when Apple was launched, John Lennon suggested he become
general manager of the company. Paul arranged for Alistair to pose
for the photograph used in the initial advertisements, designed by
Paul, who featured Taylor as a one-man band, dressed in bowler hat
and suit.
Paul also wrote the copy for the ad, which read:
This man has talent. One day he sang his songs to a tape recorder
(borrowed from the man next door). In his neatest handwriting he
wrote an explanatory note (giving his name and address) and,
remembering to enclose a picture of himself, sent the tape, letter
and photograph to Apple Music, 94 Baker Street, London Wl. If you
were thinking of doing the same thing yourself - do it now! This man
now owns a Bentley!
Alistair has written no fewer than three biographies describing his
experiences with the Beatles. The first Yesterday: The Beatles
Remembered, was a positive memoir with no rancour, despite the fact
that he was unceremoniously sacked from Apple when Allen Klein took
over the reins. Alistair attempted to contact members of the group
by phone, but none of them would talk to him. Paul was to comment on
the sacking in the Daily Mail when he said: 'It isn't possible to be
nice about giving someone the sack.'
He worked for Dick James Publishing as a press officer for a while,
and then became project manager at Morgan Grampian Publications. He
later took on a number of labouring jobs and said: 'I've shovelled
lead, made machine knives, washed pots in pubs. I'm not proud or
very well qualified.'
His second book, A Secret History, published in 2001, saw him take a
more bitter tone concerning his relationship with the Beatles,
possibly because he was not even mentioned in The Beatles Anthology.
His co-writer Stafford Hildred, wrote: 'He arranged flights,
deflected paternity suits, lent money and often a shoulder to cry
on. He bought islands, cars and houses for the Fab Four ... he was a
grief counsellor for Paul McCartney when Jane Asher dumped him
because she came home early and found him in their bed with another
woman ... and he had been effectively airbrushed out of official
Beatles history.'
In his book Alistair claims that he helped Paul to co-write 'Hello
Goodbye' at Cavendish Avenue and says: 'Those were the seeds of a
Beatles number one, written, I will always believe, by Taylor and
McCartney.'
He admits that he never got on with Linda and has a number of
negative things to say about her in his book.
He published his third biography a year later in 2002.
Teatro Tendo
A venue in Naples, Italy, the name meaning 'tent theatre' in
English. Paul and his band (Paul, Linda, Mclntosh, Stuart, Wickens,
Cunningham) made several 'surprise' appearances between May and July
1991 and this was one of them. They flew into the city, appeared in
concert and then flew back to England following the show.
Paul had recently filmed the MTV Unplugged show and decided on two
45-minute sets, the first acoustic, followed by an electric set. The
brief tour of venues in Britain and Europe was referred to as the
'Surprise Gigs' Tour.
They appeared at the theatre on Wednesday 5 June 1991. During the
show Paul played harmonica on stage for the first time during the
performance of a new number 'The River'. He also introduced a second
new track during the set, 'The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise'.
Paul hadn't played this particular number for decades. In fact, the
previous performance was with John Lennon when the two were at a pub
run by Paul's cousin and they played a set under the name the Nerk
Twins. Another number they performed at Naples, but not at the other
' surprise' concerts was 'Singing The Blues'.
Teddy Boy
A number by Paul, which the Beatles originally recorded during the
Get Back sessions. They performed it for the first time at Abbey
Road Studios on Friday 24 January 1969. Paul re-recorded it for his
debut solo album McCartney, so the Beatles version was dropped from
Let It Be. However, it was eventually to surface on the Beatles
Anthology 3 CD in October 1996.
Paul wrote the number in India and after the version with the
Beatles had been scrapped he completed the song in Scotland and
London, initially recording it at home and then at Morgan Studios.
The number, 2 minutes and 22 seconds in length, features Linda on
harmonies and Paul playing guitar and bass.
Tell Me If You Can
A number Tony Sheridan claims he co-wrote with Paul in Hamburg.
Sheridan recorded a version of the number in 1964, without Paul's
permission.
Tell Me What You See
A number penned by Paul and recorded by the Beatles at Abbey Road on
18 February 1965. It was included as a track on the Help! album and
was also featured on the American Beatles IV and on Love Songs.
Temporary Secretary
A track on the McCartney II album, 3 minutes and 13 seconds in
length. It was also issued as a 12" single in Britain, limited to an
edition of 25,000, with 'Secret Friend' on the flip on Parlophone 12
R 6039 on 15 September 1980.
The cover on the front of the sleeve depicted a bespectacled 'temp'
sitting on Paul's lap in a drawing by Jeff Cummins of Hipgnosis. The
reverse illustration was a photograph of Paul taken by David Thorpe.
The Mr Marks referred to on the number referred to Alfred Marks, the

founder of the Alfred Marks Agency, a company providing temporary
secretaries (or 'temps') to local businesses.
TFI FRIDAY
A Channel Four series hosted by Chris Evans and produced by Ginger
television. Paul appeared on the show on Friday 27 June 1997. The
previous day he'd spent the afternoon at the show's venue, the
Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, rehearsing the two songs he would
be performing, 'Flaming Pie' and 'Young Boy', also laying down the
guitar, drums and bass parts which would back him during his
performance.
Evans had actually been trying to get Paul to appear on his show for
over a year and received confirmation after he'd sent Paul a fax:
'You would (a) have a great time; (b) have a great time; (c) have a
f****** great time.'
Paul appeared in the second part of the show in which Chris Evans
took faxes from various celebrities who had asked Paul a question.
They included Ringo Starr, former footballer George Best, comedian
Frank Carson and cook Delia Smith. At the end of the show Paul and
Evans climb into a waiting speedboat and set off down the River
Thames.
Paul and Evans returned for an after-show party, attended by Paul's
daughters Mary and Stella.
Thames At Six
A television show that included a section called 'Nicky Home's Music
Scene'. The five-minute piece included an interview with Paul on
Monday 19 May 1980. Paul was promoting his McCartney II album and
also discussed his recent Japanese drug bust, saying, 'It was very
stupid. We'd been to America and the attitude to drugs over there is
very different and it led me to take a real casual approach. Most
people taking that kind of thing into the country would give it to
the roadies, that's the common practice. That just shows that I
wasn't really thinking about it. I was taking my opinion of it
instead of the legal opinion of it, and I just didn't really think
much about it, you know, till the fellow pulled it out of the
suitcase and he looked more embarrassed than me. He wanted to put it
back and forget the whole thing, you know.'
Home asked him, 'What thoughts went through your head when you
realised it could be seven years?'
Paul said, 'The first thing you do is ask to see your British
Consul. You always think, "He'll get me out." Well, he turned up
with a flat cap on, he didn't look like a consul at all, our man in
Havana or something. He said, "Well Paul, there's a fellow in here
who had a lot less than you had and he's done three months already,
so you could have seven years' hard labour to look forward to." I
thought, "What!" and my jaw dropped. You're worried about how long
it's going to last; you're just not worried about the immediate
conditions. It's not Bridge On The River Kwai you know, it's not
that bad. The immediate worry during the time is what's going to
happen to Linda and the kids. Those are the main worrying things.'
Thank You Darling
A Wings number that was first performed live at their Nottingham
University debut in February 1972. The studio recording was
ongmallly intended for the Red Rose Speedway album, but wasn't used.
That Day Is Done

One of the songs Paul co-wrote with Elvis Costello for the album
Flowers In The Dirt, and it's also the song in which the phrase
'flowers in the dirt' comes from. Paul described it as a sad song
because it was written when Elvis's grandmother was dying in
Ireland.
That Means A Lot
A number by Paul and John, which the Beatles recorded during the
Help! album sessions on Saturday 20 February and Tuesday 30 March
1965. They weren't happy with the result and didn't release it.
John was to say, 'The song is a ballad which Paul and I wrote for
the film but we found we just couldn't sing it. In fact, we made a
hash of it, so we thought we'd better give it to someone who could
do it well.'
When the Beatles were making their 'Around The Beatles' TV special,
PJ Proby was one of the guests and he asked Paul if he had a number
to give him. Paul let him have 'That Means A Lot'. Proby recorded it
at Abbey Road Studios on Wednesday 7 April 1965, with Ron Richards
producing. He issued the number as a single in the US on 5 July 1965
on Liberty 55806. It was issued in the UK on 17 September 1965 on
Liberty 10215 and was a minor hit for him, reaching No. 30 in the
British charts. The number was also included on his album PJ Proby,
issued in the US on Liberty LST 7421 on 23 August 1965.
That's Alright Mama
Paul's version of the Elvis classic, which became part of the
fiftieth anniversary film and album tribute to the Sun Records label
in 2001. Paul recorded the track early in May 2000 with Scotty Moore
and DC Fontana, two of Elvis's backing musicians on the original
record, with Ahmet Ertegun producing. The number was included in a
fiftieth anniversary film and album tribute to the Sun Records label
in 2001. It was also included as part of a two-hour tribute to the
label on American TV in December 2001.
That Would Be Something
A track on Paul's first solo album McCartney, 2 minutes and 37
seconds in length, which was written in Scotland in 1969 and
included as the second track on the album. On it, Paul plays guitar,
tom-tom, cymbal and bass. He taped the number at Cavendish Avenue
and then mixed the track at Abbey Road Studios on 22 February 1970.
Paul explained, 'I had only one mike, as the mixers and VU meters
hadn't arrived.' Paul had originally recorded a version during the
Beatles January 1969 sessions for Let It Be.
The Grateful Dead were to record the number several years later and
Paul also performed the number on his Unplugged sessions.
Thatcher, Margaret
The first female Prime minister of the UK and former leader of the
Conservative Party.
Paul and Linda's opinions over the years seemed to suggest that the
couple favoured socialism. During the 1981 industrial dispute over
nurses' salaries, Paul actually sent a telegram to Margaret Thatcher
in November.
It read: 'What the miners did for Ted Heath, the nurses will do for
you.'
This referred to the fact that the Conservative government had been
brought down by the miners' strike in 1972. Paul's prediction didn't
come true.
In 1984 Paul and Linda met Mrs Thatcher and said afterwards, 'When
we were talking to Mrs Thatcher, we said how in a lot of council
houses the plumbing was bad, the paint and ceilings were cracking.
Why don't they take people on the dole, who want to work, and give
them jobs repairing council homes? Maggie Thatcher said, "Oh, the
unions wouldn't allow me to do that."'
Theatre Antique
A 2,000-seater open-air Roman amphitheatre in Chateauvallon, in the
South of France. This was the venue chosen by Paul to stage his
first scheduled concert since the Beatles' final tour of 1966 with
his new band Wings, who had made their live debut some months before
with a series of impromptu concerts at British universities and
colleges. The concert took place on Sunday 9 July 1972.
The Theatre Antique was the launching pad for a five-week tour of
France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.
When asked why he hadn't included Britain on the tour, Paul
commented, 'We will play in Britain some time or other, but not
right now. The audiences are very critical in Britain and we're a
new band just starting out, no matter what any one us have been
through individually before. We have to get worked-in before doing
any big shows in Britain and America.'
At the backstage press conference Paul also commented on a number of
matters. When discussing the fact that he turned down an invitation
from George Harrison to appear at 'The Concert For Bangla Desh' the
previous year, he said, 'If I'd gone there I know for certain it
would have been played up as "Hey! The Beatles are back together
again!" It may have only been for one night, but the whole world
would have taken it as the truth. But it's ended!'
When Paul was asked why he and the band were travelling around on a
double-decker bus, he answered, 'It mainly came about when we were
on holiday and we were trying to get healthy before a tour. We
suddenly thought, "Wait a minute", if we're going to be in Europe in
summer going to places like the South of France, we thought it'd be
silly to be in some box all day gasping for air. So we came up with
this idea to have an open deck. We've got mattresses up there so we
can just cruise along - fantastic! Just lie around, get the sun and
keep healthy.'
The line-up was Paul, Linda, Henry McCullough on lead, Denny Laine
on rhythm and Denny Seiwell on drums. All five wore dark stage-suits
with bell-bottom trousers with gold braiding. Numbers in the first
half included 'Eat At Home', 'Smile Away', 'Bip Bop', 'Mumbo', 'Blue
Moon Of Kentucky', '1882', 'I Would Only Smile' (vocal by Denny
Laine) and 'The Mess'. There was a ten-minute intermission and
numbers performed in the second half of the show included 'Best
Friend', 'Soily', 'I Am Your Singer' (a duet with Paul and Linda),
'Seaside Woman' {a solo by Linda), 'Say You Don't Mind' (vocal by
Denny Laine), 'Henry's Blues' (a Henry McCullough guitar spotlight
number), 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish', 'Cottonfields', 'My
Love', 'Mary Had A Little Lamb', 'Maybe I'm Amazed' and 'Hi, Hi,
Hi'.
There's Only One Paul McCartney
An hour-long BBC programme timed to celebrate Paul's sixtieth
birthday, screened on 2 June 2002. It featured a host of celebrities
paying tribute to him, and they included Cilia Black, Ben Elton, Bob
Geldof, Elvis Costello, Dustin Hoffman, Bono, Travis and Paul's
cousin Kate Robbins. There was also archive footage.
Things We Said Today
A number that Paul wrote while on holiday in the Bahamas in May 1964
with Jane, Ringo and Maureen. They'd rented a yacht named Happy
Days. In one of the cabins below deck Paul began writing the song
one afternoon on an acoustic guitar then completed the rest on the
deck.
Paul commented, 'I wrote this on acoustic. It was a slightly
nostalgic thing already, a future nostalgia. We'll remember the
things we said today, sometime in the future, so the song projects
itself into the future. It was a sophisticated little tune.'
It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 2 June 1964 and issued as
the B-side of 'A Hard Day's Night' on 10 June 1964.
A version of this number lasting 5 minutes and 2 seconds was
included on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recorded
live at the Palacio des Sportes, Madrid, Spain on 2 November 1989
during the 1989/90 World Tour.
Thingumybob
The theme tune of a television series Thingumybob, composed by Paul,
who also produced the John Foster and Sons Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band
recording of the number. The single was issued in Britain on 6
September 1968 on Apple 4 and on 26 August 1968 in America on Apple
1800.
'Yellow Submarine' was on the flip.
This Is Your Life
A popular television show that, in Britain, once had a weekly
audience of 20 million viewers.
Eamonn Andrews, a former Irish boxer who won the Irish Junior
Middleweight title, originally hosted it. He worked in an insurance
office in his native Dublin for a time before moving to London to
present the BBC's Sports Report. In 1951 he became host of What's My
Line?, a popular television show, before moving in 1964 to
independent television to host The Eamonn Andrews Show, Britain's
first late night chat-show.
In the 1960s he took over as host of Thames Television's series This
Is Your Life. Among the many guests he spotlighted were Arthur
Dooley, George Martin and John Conteh.
Conteh was 22 years old at the time and had won the World
Light-Heavyweight Championship title 36 days previously.
Paul had featured him on the cover of his Band On The Run album and
had attended the Championship fight after sending John a telegram
reading: 'You made me number one. Now you be number one.'
Because of this, Andrews decided that Paul and Linda could help him
to spring the surprise on the new champion. On Wednesday 6 November
1974, Paul and Linda lured the unsuspecting Conteh to Abbey Road
Studios on the pretext that Linda wanted to take some photographs of
him and Paul together. Andrews hid behind an acoustic screen; when
John was settled at the piano with Paul, he jumped out with his
famous red book and photographer Stan Allen snapped away. Conteh was
then driven to the television studios for the programme and a live
link was kept open with Abbey Road to enable Paul and Linda to pay
their own tribute on the show.
Paul was also to record a message for Gerry Marsden when the leader
of Gerry & the Pacemakers was a recipient of the red book.
This One (promotional film)
The 1989 promotional video was directed by Tim Pope and was an
attempt to produce a visual psychedelic effect with changing colours
and blurred images to promote the release of the single. Paul, Linda
and the band were seen dressed in various colourful costumes with
Paul wearing a bowler hat at one stage and a halo and coloured
glasses in another.
This One (single)
A single that was issued in Britain on Monday 17 July 1989 on
Parlophone R6223 where it reached No. 18 in the charts. On that day
there was a 7", a 12", a cassette and a CD version of the number,
the second Flowers In The Dirt single to be issued in the UK.
It was released in America in cassette form only on Capitol 4JM44438
on Wednesday 2 August 1989, but only managed to reach No. 94 in the
charts.
The flipside was 'The First Stone'.
In addition, on Monday 24 July 1989 'This One' was issued in a
limited edition box with 'The Long And Winding Road' on the flip. A
7" vinyl promotional version was issued in America on Wednesday 2
August 1989.
There was a four-track CD single also issued on Britain on
Parlophone CDR 6223 with This One', 'The First Stone', T Wanna Cry'
and 'I'm In Love Again'.
In Britain there were no less than seven different figurations of
'This One', which would have cost a fan in the region of £18 to
buy.
They included a postcard pack, which comprised the single and six
postcards, one for each member of the band. There was also a
different flip-side to this limited edition - a version of 'The Long
And Winding Road' taken from the TV special 'Put It There'.
The single was released in Germany on Parlophone 1C006-203448-7.
A version of this number lasting 4 minutes and 29 seconds was
included on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recorded
live at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan on 1 February
1990 during the 1989/90 World Tour.
Thomas, Chris
A British record producer who had recorded various acts, including
the Sex Pistols and Badfinger. Thomas was originally an assistant
engineer to George Martin and Paul hired him to co-produce Back To
The Egg with him. 'Daytime Nightime Suffering', the flipside of
'Goodnight Tonight', was also co-produced by Paul and Chris. Chris
also produced Paul's album Run Devil Run.
3 Legs (promotional film)
Paul produced two promotional films in Scotland for the Ram tracks 3
Legs and Heart Of The Country, both edited by Ray Benson, who had
been involved in the editing of the Magical Mystery Tour film. The 3
Legs promotional film includes scenes of Paul and Linda riding
horses on their land on the Mull of Kintyre.
Both promos were screened as part of the 'album' slot on Top Of The
Pops on Thursday 24 June 1971. The Heart Of The Country promotional
film was made only a few days before the TOTP screening and included
scenes of Paul and Linda walking along a beach with their sheepdog
Martha.
3 Legs(song)
A bluesy track from the Ram album, with backing vocals by Linda.
Thrillington
An orchestral version of Ram, which was recorded at Abbey Road
Studios on 15-17 June 1971. It was eventually issued on Regal
Zonophone EMC 3175 on 29 April 1977. Attributed to Percy 'Thrills'
Thrillington, an orchestra leader, the material was arranged and
conducted by Richard Hewson and mixed by Tony Clark and Alan
Parsons.
The cover design by Hipgnosis featured artwork by Jeff Cummins
depicting a ram in an evening suit playing a violin, sitting in
front of a music stand. The back cover showed a view of a recording
session in a studio; the figure with a ram's head is discussing the
music with the seated musicians, and Paul's head is reflected in the
glass pane of the studio window. This picture is based on an actual
photograph taken during the Ram sessions when the standing figure
was Paul.
The album was an MPL production with the credit: 'Produced by Percy
"Thrills" Thrillington', so we may assume that Percy is a pseudonym
for Paul. The biographical blurb below the photograph reveals:
'Percy "Thrills" Thrillington was born in Coventry Cathedral in
1939. As a young man he wandered the globe. His travels took him to
Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the US where he studied music for five
years. He later moved to LA where he gained expertise in conducting
and arranging as well as the marketing end of the music business.
Eventually his path led to London where his long ambition to form
his own orchestra was finally realised. On this record Percy takes
all the songs from Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram album and, with
the help of some of London's best orchestra and "big band"
musicians, forges the pop music themes into new orchestral versions.
He is assisted by Richard Hewson, who arranged and conducted. When
McCartney heard what "Thrills" was doing he even gave the project
his seal of approval.'
Musicians appearing on the 11-song album included Clem Cattini on
drums, Roger Coulan on organ, Vic Flick on guitar, Herbie Flowers on
bass, Steve Grey on piano, and Jim Lawless on percussion. Also
featured on five tracks were the Swingle Singers, and recorders
played by the Carl Dolmetsch Family were overdubbed onto a number of
the tracks.
The tracks were 'Too Many People', '3 Legs', 'Ram On', 'Dear Boy',
'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', 'Smile Away', 'Heart Of The Country',
'Monkberry Moon Delight', 'Eat At Home', 'Long Haired Lady', 'Ram
On' and 'The Back Seat Of My Car'. A single of 'Uncle Albert/Admiral
HalseyV'Eat At Home' was issued as a single in Britain but failed to

register.
Through Our Love
A love song to Linda, which is included as the final track on the
Pipes Of Peace album.
Thumbin' A Ride
A Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller composition recorded by Jackie
Lomax. Paul produced it on his wedding eve, Tuesday 11 March 1969.
It became the flipside of the Lomax single 'New Day', issued in
America on Apple 1807 on Monday 2 June 1969. It was also used as the
flipside to the Jackie Lomax single 'How The Web Was Woven', issued
in Britain on Friday 6 February 1970 on Apple 23.
Till There Was You
A song penned by Meredith Wilson which was written for the musical
The Music Man, which made its Broadway debut in 1957, when it was
originally sung by Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, who also
performed it on the cast album.
Paul had actually liked Peggy Lee's version of the number and
introduced it into the Beatles' act and it became a staple of their
early repertoire. They played it on their Liverpool and Hamburg
appearances and included it on their shows from 1961 to 1964,
including their Royal Command Performance on 4 November 1963, their
Ed Sullivan Show debut on 9 February 1964 and their Washington and
Carnegie Hall concerts in February 1964. They also performed it
during their Decca Records audition. A version is also to be found
on the Live At The Star Club, Hamburg recordings.
The Beatles recorded the number on 18 and 30 July 1963 and it was
included on the With The Beatles album.
It was while the Beatles were recording 'Till There Was You', that
their manager Brian Epstein mentioned that on one take there seemed
to be a flaw in Paul's voice. John bellowed, 'We'll make the
records. You just go on counting the percentages!'
Tilton, Milt
Veteran musician, known as 'the Judge'. He played stand-up bass on
'Little Woman Love', on Wild Life. He was 65 years old at the time.
Denny Seiwell recommended him. He had played in Cab Calloway's band
for fifteen years.
Time To Hide
A number recorded at the Wings At The Speed Of Sound sessions. Denny
Laine was on lead vocal and the number was included in Wings live
shows during 1976. It was 4 minutes and 32 seconds in length.
Timon
A Mersey side singer who was one of the artists to record for Apple
in the early days. However, the numbers he recorded were never
released because George Harrison didn't like them. On one track,
called 'Something New Everyday', produced by Peter Asher, Paul plays
piano.
Tiny Bubble
A track from the Driving Rain album. It lasts for 4 minutes and 21
seconds and was recorded on 25 February 2001.
Tiswas
A British children's Saturday morning television show. Wings
appeared on the programme on Saturday 1 December 1979. The group had
recorded it on Wednesday 28 November.
They were interviewed by Sally James and then appeared in a comedy
sketch with Chris Tarrant and John Gorman during which they sang
'The Bucket Of Water Song'.
The Wings excerpt lasted four minutes.
Today
An NBC TV series. Paul began recording a four-part interview for the
programme in order to promote his new album Press To Play on Monday
18 August 1986. The interviews were screened between Monday 25
August and Thursday 28 August 1986.
Together
A number composed by Paul, Linda, Hamish Stuart, Robbie Mclntosh,
Paul 'Wix' Wickens and Chris Whitten. A version lasting 2 minutes
and 17 seconds was recorded during a soundcheck at the Rosemont
Horizon, Chicago, Illinois on 5 December 1989 during the 1989/90
World Tour.
Tokyo Dome
Japanese baseball stadium with a 50,000 capacity where Paul was
booked to do a series of six concerts between Saturday 3 March and
Tuesday 13 March 1990 as the fifth leg of his worldwide tour.
Initially he was concerned that the authorities would prevent him
from appearing at the concerts due to his previous conviction there
on a drugs offence.
The concert on Friday 9 March was transmitted live on closed circuit
TV at Kyousai Hall, Sapporo; Sendai Denryoku Hall, Sendai; Ceremony
Hall, Niigata; Aichi Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Nagoya; Suita Mei
Theatre, Osaka; Takamatsu Olive Hall, Takamatsu; Matsuyama City
Sougou Community Centre, Matsuyama; Hiroshima Mima Koudou,
Hiroshima; Papyon 24 Gas Hall, Hakaya and Melpark Hall Kumamoto,
Kumamoto. All the venues were fully booked and attendees were handed
a free copy of a Paul McCartney CD.
The Tokyo Dome concerts on Friday 9 March, Sunday 11 March and
Tuesday 13 March saw Paul perform the debut of his medley 'PS Love
Me Do'. The 9 March performance was filmed on video and later
screened at the John Lennon Memorial Concert at the Pier Head,
Liverpool on Saturday 5 May 1990.
On Wednesday 10 November 1993 Paul arrived at Narita Airport, Tokyo,
the scene of his arrest in 1980, for the Japanese leg of his New
World Tour. There were over 200 fans and around 50 journalists
waiting for him at the airport and Paul said 'Konnichiwa', which
means 'Hello' in Japanese and 'Ossm/' which means 'Hi!' The
following day Paul met some of his fans in the offices of Fuji
Television. Paul and the band then did a two-hour soundcheck at the
Tokyo Dome on Friday 12 November.
Paul had three dates at the indoor stadium, where he performed the
same repertoire as in Europe: 'Drive My Car', 'Coming Up', 'Looking
For Changes', 'Jet', 'All My Loving', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Peace In
The Neighbourhood', 'Off The Ground', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Robbie's
Bit', 'Good Rockin' Tonight', 'We Can Work It Out', 'I Lost My
Little Girl', 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'Hope Of Deliverance',
'Michelle', 'Biker Like An Icon', 'Here There And Everywhere',
'Yesterday', 'My Love', 'Lady Madonna', 'Let It Be', 'Magical
Mystery Tour', 'C'Mon People', 'Live And Let Die', 'Paperback
Writer', 'Back In The USSR', 'Penny Lane', 'Sgt Pepper', 'Band On
The Run', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Hey Jude'.
During the performance he also spoke a few words in Japanese to the
audience: 'Minna genkikai?\ which means 'Are you all in good
spirits?' and 'Mata kite yokattago\ which means 'It's nice to come
back to Japan'.
Fuji Television videotaped the Friday 12 November show which they
screened as part of a 90-minute special on Christmas Eve 1993.
Sunday 14 November saw another capacity audience at the venue and
more Japanese words from Paul, such as his description of the
audience as 'sugoir, which means 'Marvellous'. As he left the stage
he said, lMata kimasuV - 'We'll come back'.
The Monday 15 November show also saw a capacity 50,000 audience.
Too Bad About Sorrows
One of Paul's early compositions, which was included in the Quarry
Men's set. The Beatles never recorded the number in its entirety,
although part of it was played during the Let It Be sessions in 1969
and Paul mentioned it when Melvyn Bragg interviewed him for The
South Bank Show in 1977.
Too Many People
The opening track on the Ram album, which was also used as the
flip-side of the American single 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey'. This
is another track that received some scathing comment from John
Lennon.
Tomorrow
A number composed by Paul, which was included on Wings' debut album
Wild Life.
Tomorrow
A song from the musical Annie. Paul, who owns the publishing rights
to all the Annie numbers, produced a record of his cousin Kate
Robbins singing the song. It was issued in Britain on Anchor Records
in 1978.
Tonight
The long-running NBC TV American late evening chat show. Paul and
John first appeared on the Tonight show on Tuesday 14 May 1968.
During that interview, regular host Johnny Carson was away and they
were interviewed by baseball star Joe Garagiola.
On that occasion Paul was with John Lennon on a trip to New York to
discuss with the media the Beatles' plans for setting up their Apple
Corps organisation. They taped the show in the early evening and it
was transmitted hours later from midnight to 1.00 a.m. The guest
immediately before Paul and John had been 66-year-old Tallulah
Bankhead, a famous star of the silent screen. The appearance wasn't
too successful as Garagiola seemed at a loss regarding what to ask
them and Bankhead was quite garrulous. She attempted to tell Paul
and John how beautiful they were and John was to say that she was
'pissed out of her head'.
Paul put forward his concept that Apple would be: 'a controlled
weirdness, a kind of western communism. We want to help people, but
without doing it like a charity.' He said, 'We always had to go to
the big men on our knees and touch our forelocks and say, "Please
can we do so-and-so ... ?" We're in the happy position of not
needing any more money, so for the first time the bosses aren't in
it for a profit. If you come to me and say, "I've had such and such
a dream", I'll say to you, "Go away and do it".'
Following the show he'd arranged to meet Linda Eastman at Nat
Weiss's apartment, as he didn't want them to be seen together or
photographed in case Jane Asher heard about it. During his brief
stay he also baby-sat for Heather.
Paul recorded an interview on the Tonight show on Monday 15 October
1984 that was transmitted on Tuesday 23 October.
It attracted the biggest number of studio-audience applications ever
for the show. Paul was there to discuss his movie Give My Regards To
Broad Street and he also picked up an acoustic guitar to play
'Yesterday' and 'You Are My Sunshine'.
This time Paul was interviewed by Johnny Carson, who asked, 'Do you
still compose music, Paul?'
Top Ten
In 1990 Paul revealed to a Japanese TV crew his all-time top ten
favourite records. They were: (1) 'God Only Knows', the Beach Boys.
(2) 'Sex Machine', James Brown. (3) 'Cheek To Cheek', Fred Astaire.
(4) 'Flamingo', Duke Ellington. (5) 'Baby Let's Play House', Elvis
Presley. (6) 'Love Me Do', the Beatles. (7) 'We Got Married', Paul
McCartney. (8) 'Long Tall Sally', Little Richard. (9) 'Daytime
Nighttime Suffering', Wings. (10) 'That'll Be The Day', Buddy Holly.
Paul repeated these same top ten records as his favourites in a

Daily Star series of articles in June 1992.
TOTP2
A BBC 2 series, which presents vintage and themed material from the
Top Of The Pops archives. On 23 and 26 May 2001, Paul hosted a
special edition of the show, which featured ten clips of Wings
numbers, with Paul commenting on each of the songs.
They were 'Hi, Hi, Hi', 'C Moon', 'My Love', 'Maybe I'm Amazed',
'Band On The Run', 'Live And Let Die', 'Silly Love Songs', 'Mull Of
Kintyre', 'With A Little Luck' and 'Coming Up'.
Tours
Wings Tours.
The group made their public debut before 700 students at Nottingham
University on Wednesday 9 February 1972. They then began a tour of
British universities:
Thursday 10 February. Goodridge University, York.
Friday 11 February. Hull University.
Sunday 13 February. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Monday 14 February. Lancaster University.
Wednesday 16 February. Leeds Town Hall.
Thursday 17 February. Sheffield.
Friday 18 February. Manchester.
Monday 21 February. Birmingham University.
Tuesday 22 February. Swansea University.
Wednesday 23 February. Oxford University.
Wings then began a seven-week European tour called 'Wings Over
Europe'. John Morris, their tour manager at the time, was to
comment, 'We have no specific plans to play Britain. Paul wants to
play small halls and most of the capacities here are less than
3,000. He wasn't interested in playing the monstrous places which he
probably could have filled.' The group then travelled for two weeks
in July in a double-decker bus.
Their repertoire included 'Smile Away', 'The Mess', 'Hi, Hi, Hi',
'Mumbo', 'Bip Bop', 'Say You Don't Mind', 'Seaside Woman', 'I Would
Only Smile', 'Blue Moon Of Kentucky', 'Give Ireland Back To The
Irish', 'Henry's Blues', '1882', 'I Am Your Singer', 'Eat At Home',
'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'My Love', 'Mary Had A Little Lamb', 'Soily',
'Best Friend', 'Long Tall Sally', 'Wild Life' and 'Cottonfields'.
Linda sang 'Seaside Woman', Denny Laine sang 'Say You Don't Mind'
and Henry McCullough performed 'Henry's Blues'.
'Long Tall Sally' was included as the encore and was the only number
that Paul performed which he'd also performed as a member of the
Beatles. He said, 'The Beatle thing's a bit close for me right now
to play.'
The dates were:
Sunday 9 July. Theatre Antique, Chateau Vallon Centre Culturelle.
Wednesday 12 July. Juan Les Pins, France.
Thursday 13 July. Aries Theatre Antique, France.
Sunday 16 July. Olympia, Paris, France.
Tuesday 18 July. Circus Krone, Munich, Germany.
Wednesday 19 July. Offenbach Hall, Frankfurt, Germany.
Friday 21 July. Congress Halle, Zurich, Switzerland.
Saturday 22 July. Montreux Pavilion, Montreux, Switzerland.
Sunday 23 July. Montreux Pavilion, Montreux, Switzerland.
Paul had initially considered a brief UK tour taking in cities such
as London, Manchester and Glasgow, but decided against it. A planned
gig in Lyons on 14 July was cancelled due to poor sales.
There was a break in the tour because Paul and Linda flew to New
York on 26 July to see the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden
-it was also Mick Jagger's birthday. They then resumed the tour in
Denmark, with a new tour opening number, 'Eat At Home'.
Tuesday 1 August. KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Friday 4 August. Messuhalli, Helsinki, Finland.
Saturday 5 August. Turku Idraets, Turku, Finland.
Monday 7 August. Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tuesday 8 August. Oerebro Idretis Hall, Oerebro, Sweden.
Wednesday 9 August. Oslo, Norway.
Thursday 10 August. Skandinavium Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Friday 11 August. Lund Olympean, Lund, Sweden.
Sunday 13 August. Odense Flyns Farum, Sweden.
Monday 14 August. Aarhus Wejlby Denmark.
Wednesday 16 August. Hanover, Germany.
Thursday 17 August. Evenmanten, Gronnegan, Rotterdam, Holland.
Friday 18 August. Doelan, Rotterdam, Holland.
Saturday 19 August. Turschip, Breda, Holland.
Sunday 20 August. Congresgebouw, the Hague, Holland.
Monday 21August. Congresgebouw, the Hague, Holland,
Tuesday 22 August. Cine Roma Borgerhaut, Antwerp, Belgium.
Thursday 24 August. Deutschland Halle, Berlin, Germany.
The 22 August show was originally scheduled to be at the Cirque
Royal, Brussels, but was changed to Antwerp.
At the end of the European tour, Paul commented, 'The main thing I
didn't want was to come on stage, faced with the whole torment of
five rows of press people with little pads, all looking at me and
saying, "Oh well, he is not as good as he was." So we decided to go
out on that university tour which made me less nervous, because it
was less of a big deal. So we went out and did that, and by the end
of that tour I felt ready for something else, so we went into
Europe. I was pretty scared on the European tour, because that was a
bit more of a big deal. Kind of, "Here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
Solo!"
'I had to go on there, with a band I really didn't know much about,
with all new material. We had decided not to do Beatle material,
which was a killer of course. We had to do an hour of other
material, but we did not have it then. I didn't even have a song
then that was mine. I felt that everybody wanted Beatle stuff, so I
was pretty nervous about that. By the end of the European tour I
felt a bit better. By then, there was enough of a repertoire to do
it. I wouldn't mind doing Beatle songs, just through nostalgia, and
yet you don't want to live on your laurels. You want to try and
create a whole new thing, so that you say, "Well this is me." Then
you do the Beatle stuff, once you've established yourself. That's
the way I felt, really.'
Wings made their first official tour of Britain when they opened at
the Bristol Hippodrome on Friday 11 May 1973. Paul was to comment,
'The way we tour now, it seems easier. It's not actually more
organised, but we get days off every now and then, so it's quite
good. It hasn't ground me into the ground, anyway.'
The tour was originally to last for two months but was reduced from
thirty dates to seventeen. The group's repertoire comprised: 'Big
Barn Bed', 'Soily', 'When The Night', 'Wild Life', 'Seaside Woman',
'Go Now', 'Little Woman Love', 'C Moon', 'Live And Let Die', 'Maybe
I'm Amazed', 'Say You Don't Mind', 'My Love', 'The Mess', 'Hi, Hi,
Hi' and 'Long Tall Sally'.
Linda performed 'Seaside Woman' and Denny Laine sang lead on 'Go
Now' and 'Say You Don't Mind'.
The support act was Brinsley Schwarz, who were promoting their
latest album Nervous On The Road.
The other dates were:
Saturday 12 May. New Theatre, Oxford.
Sunday 13 May. Capitol Theatre, Cardiff.
Tuesday 15 May. Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.
Wednesday 16 May. Hard Rock, Manchester.
Thursday 17 May. Hard Rock, Manchester.
Friday 18 May. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
Saturday 19 May. Leeds University.
Monday 21 May. Guildhall, Preston.
Tuesday 22 May. Odeon, Newcastle.
Wednesday 23 May. Odeon, Edinburgh.
Thursday 24 May. Green's Playhouse, Glasgow.
Friday 25 May. Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
Saturday 26 May. Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
Sunday 27 May. Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
The second part of the British tour could be called a mini-tour, as
it only comprised four dates.
Wednesday 4 July. City Hall, Sheffield.
Friday 6 July. Odeon, Birmingham.
Monday 9 July. Odeon, Leicester.
Tuesday 10 July. City Hall, Newcastle.
During the Newcastle gig the band brought out a birthday cake for
Denny Seiwell, and Denny Laine and Henry McCuliough sang 'Happy
Birthday'. Brinsley Schwarz joined them on stage for the encore
'Long Tall Sally'. This was the last date this line-up of Wings
played together.
In 1975, Wings undertook a 13-date tour of the UK with a two-hour
show featuring approximately 30 numbers. They included, 'Soily',
'Venus And Mars', 'Rock Show', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Magneto
And Titanium Man', 'Letting Go', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt',
'Medicine Jar', 'Call Me Back Again', 'Listen To What The Man Said',
'Jet', 'Bluebird', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Picasso's Last Words', 'My
Love', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'Little Woman Love', 'C Moon', 'Live And
Let Die', 'Junior's Farm', 'I've Just Seen A Face', 'Yesterday',
'Blackbird', 'Lady Madonna' and 'The Long And Winding Road'. Denny
Laine sang lead on 'Go Now', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt' and 'Richard
Corey'.
To coincide with the tour a single was issued on 12 September;
'Letting GoV'You Gave Me The Answer', both from the Venus And Mars
album.
Wings were supported on the tour by a horn section comprising Howie
Casey on tenor sax, Thaddeus Richard on clarinet and soprano sax,
Tony Dorsey on brass trombone and Steve Howard on trumpet.
The tour dates were:
Tuesday 9 September. Gaumont, Southampton.
Wednesday 10 September. Hippodrome, Bristol.
Thursday 11 September, Capitol, Cardiff.
Friday 12 September, Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
Saturday 13 September, Hippodrome, Birmingham.
Monday 15 September, Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
Tuesday 16 September, City Hall, Newcastle.
Wednesday 17 September, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
Thursday 18 September, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
Saturday 20 September, Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
Sunday 21 September, Apollo, Glasgow.
Monday 22 September, Capitol, Aberdeen.
Tuesday 23 September, Caird Hall, Dundee.
Two Rolls-Royces and a luxury coach transported the entourage who
also included Paul's manager Brian Brolly, Paul and Linda's three
children, Denny Laine's son and Tony Dorsey's daughter, with a nanny
and tutor for the children, in addition to publicity man Tony
Brainsby and various wives, chauffeurs and bodyguards. In the
evenings, Paul usually had a film show organised for everyone in his
party with movies such as The French Connection, Blazing Saddles and
Play It Again, Sam.
Next Wings toured Australia in November 1975 with the same basic
repertoire and 'Hi, Hi, Hi' and 'Soily' as the encores. They were
seen by a total of 72,000 people.
The dates were:
I November. Entertainment Centre, Perth.
4 November. Apollo Stadium, Adelaide.
5 November. Apollo Stadium, Adelaide.
7 November. Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.
8 November. Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. 10 November. Festival Hall,
Brisbane.
II November. Festival Hall, Brisbane.
13 November. Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne.
14 November. Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne.
Wings were next due to appear at three sell-out concerts at the
Budokan Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on 19, 20 and 21 November.
However, on 11 November, the Justice Minister of Japan announced
that Paul would not be allowed in the country due to his previous
drug busts. He then went on a brief holiday to Hawaii.
Paul's next tour was a European one in March 1976. Apart from
himself and Linda, the other musicians were Wings members Denny
Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English with the horn section
comprising Howie Casey on saxophone, Tony Dorsey on trombone, Steve
Howard on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Thaddeus Richard on
saxophones, clarinet and flute.
Their basic repertoire comprised: 'Venus And Mars', 'Rock Show',
'Jet', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Medicine Jar',
'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'Call Me Back Again', 'Lady Madonna', 'The Long
And Winding Road', 'Live And Let Die', 'Picasso's Last Words',
'Richard Cory', 'Bluebird', 'I've Just Seen A Face', 'Blackbird',
'Yesterday', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Magneto And Titanium Man',
'My Love', 'Let 'Em In', 'Silly Love Songs', 'Beware My Love',
'Letting Go', 'Listen To What The Man Said' and 'Band On The Run'.
The encores were 'Hi, Hi, Hi' and 'Soily'.
Paul's father died on 18 March as the tour was about to start, but
Paul decided to carry on with the tour.
The dates were:
20 March. Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen.
21 March. Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen. 23 March. Deutschlandhalle,
West Berlin.
25 March. Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
26 March. Pavilion, Paris.
Jimmy McCulloch fractured a finger in Paris and the American tour,
which was due to start on 8 April, had to be postponed for two
weeks. The dates were:
3 May. Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
4 May. The Summit, Houston, Texas.
7 May. Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.
8 May. Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.
9 May. Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.
10 May. Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio.
12 May. The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
14 May. The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
15 May. Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland.
16 May. Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland.
18 May. Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia.
19 May. Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia.
21 May. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York.
22 May. Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.
24 May. Madison Square Garden, New York City.
25 May. Madison Square Garden, New York City.
27 May. Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio.
29 May. Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri.
31 May. Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois.
1 June. Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois.
2 June. Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois.
4 June. St Paul Civic Centre, St Paul, Minnesota.
7 June. McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado.
10 June. Kingdome, Seattle, Washington.
13 June. Cow Palace, San Francisco, California.
14 June. Cow Palace, San Francisco, California.
16 June. Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
18 June. Community Center Music Hall, Tucson, Arizona.
21 June. The Forum, Los Angeles, California.
In 1979 Wings toured Great Britain. The repertoire included: 'Got To
Get You Into My Life', 'Getting Closer', 'Every Night', 'Again &c
Again &C Again', 'I've Had Enough', 'No Words', 'Cook Of The House',
'Old Siam Sir', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'The Fool On The Hill', 'Let It
Be', 'Hot As Sun', 'Spin It On', 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Go Now',
'Arrow Through Me', 'Wonderful Christmastime', 'Coming Up',
'Goodnight Tonight', 'Yesterday', 'Mull Of Kintyre' and 'Band On The
Run'.
The dates were:
23 November. Royal Court, Liverpool, a free concert for students of
Paul's old school, Liverpool Institute.
24 November. Royal Court, Liverpool.
28 November. Apollo, Manchester.
29 November. Apollo, Manchester.
1 December. Gaumont, Southampton.
2 December. New Conference Centre, Brighton.
3 December. Odeon, Lewisham.
5 December. Rainbow Theatre, London.
7 December. Wembley Arena, London.
10 December. Wembley Arena, London. 12 December. Odeon, Birmingham.
14 December. City Hall, Newcastle.
15 December. Odeon, Edinburgh.
16 December. Odeon, Edinburgh.
17 December. Apollo, Glasgow.
Wings then reappeared for another live appearance less than a
fortnight later in one of a series of charity concerts for the
United Nations emergency relief fund for the people of Kampuchea.
29 December. Odeon, Hammersmith.
Paul was not to tour again for another ten years, by which time
Wings had been disbanded.
The Paul McCartney World Tour, 1989/90.
Pre-tour rehearsals took place at the Playhouse Theatre, London on
26 and 27 July 1989 and in the Lyceum Theater, New York on 21 and 24
August. A press conference preceded the rehearsal on 24 August and a
further rehearsal was held at Elstree Borehamwood Studios in London
on 21 September.
Paul had discussed returning to touring: 'There's no doubt about it,
I'm a ham. As much as I try to retire, I keep thinking, "Well,
that's not me." I do like being at home. But I've realised that I
can't just do that. My character is now set to such an extent that I
do like getting a little bunch of musicians together and getting out
there for the crowds.'
The band line-up was: Paul McCartney, guitar, keyboards, bass
guitar, vocals, piano; Linda McCartney, keyboards, vocals; Chris
Whitten, drums; Hamish Stuart, bass guitar, guitar, vocals; Paul
'Wix' Wickens, keyboards; and Robbie Mclntosh, guitar, vocals.
The basic tour repertoire was as follows. First half: 'Figure Of
Eight', 'Jet', 'Rough Ride', 'Got To Get You Into My Life', 'Band On
The Run', 'Ebony And Ivory', 'We Got Married', 'Maybe I'm Amazed',
'The Long And Winding Road', 'Fool On the Hill' and 'Sgt Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Second half: 'Sgt Pepper' (reprise),
'Goodday Sunshine', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Put It There'/'Hello
Goodbye', 'Things We Said Today', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Back In The
USSR', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'This One', 'My Brave Face',
'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Coming Up', 'Let It Be', 'Ain't That a
Shame', 'Live And Let Die', 'Hey Jude\ 'Yesterday', 'Get Back' and
'Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That Weight'/'The End'.
This was the longest tour ever undertaken by an ex-member of the
Beatles, lasting from late September 1989 to the end of July 1990.
The American publication Amusement Business presented it with an
award for the highest grossing show of 1990. The two concerts at
Berkeley Memorial Stadium alone brought in $3,550,560.
The tour dates were: European Leg:
26 September 1989. Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway.
28 September. Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden.
29 September. Isstadium, Stockholm, Sweden.
30 September. Isstadium, Stockholm, Sweden.
3 October. Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
4 October. Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
6 October. Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
7 October. Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
9 October. Palais Omnisport de Bercy, Paris, France.
10 October, Palais Omnisport de Bercy, Paris, France.
11 October. Palais Omnisport de Bercy, Paris, France.
16 October. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
17 October. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
20 October. Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.
24 October. Palaeur, Rome, Italy.
26 October. Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy.
27 October. Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy.
29 October. Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.
30 October. Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.
2 November. Palacio des Sportes, Madrid, Spain.
3 November. Palacio des Sportes, Madrid, Spain.
5 November. La Halle Tony Gamier, Lyons, France.
7 November. Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
11 November. Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. First
American Leg:
23 November. Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, California.
3 December. Rosemont Horizon, Chicago. Illinois.
4 December. Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois.
5 December. Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois.
7 December. Skydome, Toronto, Ontario.
9 December. Forum, Montreal, Quebec.
11 December. Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
15 December. Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York. First
British Leg:
2 January 1990. NEC International Arena, Birmingham.
3 January. NEC International Arena, Birmingham.
8 January; NEC International Arena, Birmingham.
11 January. Wembley Arena, London.
Second American Leg:
1 February. Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan.
2 February. Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan.
4 February. Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5 February. Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
8 February. Worcester Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
9 February. Worcester Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
12 February. Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio.
14 February. Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana.
15 February. Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana.
18 February. The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia.
19 February. The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia. Japanese Leg:
3 March. Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.
Third American Leg:
29 March. Kingdome, Seattle, Washington.
31 March. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California.
I April. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California.
4 April. Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona.
9 April. Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky.
12 April. Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida.
14 April. Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida.
15 April. Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida.
20 April. Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
21 April. Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Second British
Leg:
23 June. Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow.
28 June. King's Dock, Liverpool.
30 June. Knebworth Park, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Fourth American
Leg:
4 July. Robert F Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC
6 July. Robert F Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC
9 July. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
I1 July. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
14 July. Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
15 July. Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
18 July. University of Ohio Stadium, Aimes, Iowa.
20 July. Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio.
22 July. Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina.
24 July. Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts.
26 July. Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts.
29 July. Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois.
The appearance at Knebworth was a concert in aid of Nordoff-Robbins,
which was broadcast live on BBC radio, filmed for TV and recorded
for a live album. The Scottish Exhibition Centre was an indoor arena
with a 9,300 capacity. The King's Dock event was an open-air
concert.
The Guinness Book of Records acknowledged that Paul's concert at the
Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on 21 April 1990 broke the
world attendance record for a rock concert, with 184,000 people in
the stadium. Free concerts had drawn more in the past, but this was
a paying audience.
The 9 March 1990 appearance at the Tokyo Dome, Japan was broadcast
live by closed-circuit TV to venues in ten other Japanese cities -
Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Niigata, Osaka,
Sapporo, Sendai and Takamatsu.
Paul's tour in North America accounted for six of the top box-office
takes of 1989/90. The American magazine Amusement Business published
the figures. The No. 1 grossing booking was $3,550,580 for two shows
at the Memorial Stadium, Berkeley on 31 March and 1
April. The No. 3 grossing booking was $3,415,165 for the Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford concerts on 9 and 11 July. The No. 6
grossing booking was £3,107,980 for the Veterans Stadium,
Philadelphia concerts on 14 and 15 July. The No. 10 grossing booking
was $2,862,300 for the Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami concerts on 14 and
15 April. The No. 11 grossing booking was $2,756,760 for the Robert
F Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington DC concerts on 4 and 6 July
and the No. 12 grossing booking was $2,578,110 for the Foxboro
Stadium, Foxboro concerts on 24 and 26 July.
The tour had lasted 45 weeks and had performed 102 concerts at 46
venues, with an audience of 2.8 million.
Incidentally, when on tour, Paul's backstage requests for food and
drink are for Johnny Walker Red Label, Coca-Cola, non-French mineral
water (in protest at their nuclear policy in the Pacific), selection
of cheeses, herbal tea, Earl Grey Tea, vegetarian curry, vegetarian
rice and pasta dishes, cheese and herb dips, strictly no meat.
During 1991 Paul and his band appeared in six surprise concerts.
These were inspired by Paul's appearance on MTV's Unplugged series,
which resulted in Paul releasing Unplugged - The Official Bootleg,
which the concerts promoted. The first half of the show comprised an
acoustic set, as in Unplugged; the second set, an electric one,
featured numerous numbers performed on the recent world tour.
The acoustic set numbers were: 'Mean Woman Blues', 'Be-Bop-A-Lula',
'We Can Work It Out', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Every Night',
'Here There and Everywhere', 'That Would Be Something', 'And I Love
Her', 'She's A Woman', 'I Lost My Little Girl', 'Ain't No Sunshine',
'Hi-Heel Sneakers', 'I've Just Seen a Face', 'The World Is Waiting
For The Sunrise' and 'Good Rockin' Tonight'.
For the last four gigs, beginning at St Austell, Paul introduced a
skiffle-type number called 'Down By The River', which followed 'That
Would Be Something'. During the number he played harmonica - and not
one with a harness, but a harmonica held up by one of the roadies!
Paul also played drums on 'Ain't No Sunshine'.
The second set featured 'My Brave Face', 'Band On The Run', 'Ebony
And Ivory', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Coming Up', 'Get Back', The
Long And Winding Road', 'Ain't That A Shame', 'Let It Be', 'Can't
Buy Me Love' and 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
The first of the six gigs took place at the Zeleste Club, Barcelona,
Spain on Wednesday 8 May. This was followed by: The Mean Fiddler,
London on Friday 10 May; Teatro Tendo, Naples, Italy on Wednesday 5
June; Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell, England on Friday 7 June;
Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex on Friday 19 July; and the
Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday 21 July 1991.
The New World Tour 1993 was seen by 1,700,000 fans. Rehearsals began
during January 1993 at Pinewood Studios.
Paul's repertoire for this tour was: 'Drive My Car', 'Coming Up',
'Get Out Of My Way', 'Another Day', 'All My Loving', 'Let Me Roll
It', 'Peace In The Neighbourhood', 'Off The Ground', 'I Wanna Be
Your Man', 'Robbie's Guitar Solo', 'Good Rockin' Tonight', 'We Can
Work It Out', 'And I Love Her', 'Every Night', 'Hope Of
Deliverance', 'Michelle', 'Biker Like An Icon', 'Here There And
Everywhere', 'Yesterday', 'My Love', 'Lady Madonna', 'Live And Let
Die', 'Let It Be', 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'The Long And Winding
Road', 'C'Mon People', 'Paperback Writer', 'Fixing A Hole', 'Penny
Lane' and 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. The encore numbers
were 'Band On The Run', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Hey Jude'.
Prior to the concerts a warm-up tape was played featuring the
following numbers and artists: 'Let 'Em In' by Shinehead; 'Wolf Is
Dead' by Daniel Lentz; 'Strawberries, Oceans, Ships, Forest' by the
Fireman; 'Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin' by Monteverdi; 'A Quiet
Moment' by Paul McCartney; 'Sexual Healing' by Paul McCartney;
'Liverpool Suite 2' by Paul McCartney; 'Jam 22' by Paul McCartney;
'Liverpool Suite 5' by Paul McCartney; 'Monkberry Moon Delight' by
Screaming Jay Hawkins; 'My Love' by Junior Walker; 'I Got A Feeling'
by Liebach; 'Live And Let Die' by Guns N' Roses; 'Deliverance' by
Paul McCartney (a Steve Anderson remix); and 'Luck Be A Lady
Tonight' by Marlon Brando.
The three September dates at the 18,000-seater Earls Court arena
were added to the tour, making it the first time Paul had appeared
at the venue. Normally he would have appeared at Wembley arena, but
that particular venue was booked up at the time.
The first leg of the tour was Europe, although there were only a
couple of dates in two countries.
Thursday 18 February. The Forum, Assage, near Milan, Italy.
Friday 19 February. The Forum, Assage, near Milan, Italy.
Monday 22 February. The Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
Tuesday 23 February. The Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
The second leg of the tour covered Australia and New Zealand between
the dates 5-27 March. They were:
Friday 5 March. Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia.
Tuesday 9 March. Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia.
Wednesday 10 March. Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia.
Saturday 13 March. The Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia.
Tuesday 16 March. The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Wednesday 17 March. The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Saturday 20 March. The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Monday 22 March. Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia.
Tuesday 23 March. Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia.
Saturday 27 March. Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand.
The third leg of the tour took place in North America. During this
leg of the tour there were minor changes in the repertoire. The
dates were:
Wednesday 14 April. Sam Boys Silver Bowl, Las Vegas.
Friday 16 April. The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California.
Saturday 17 April. Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California.
Tuesday 20 April. Aggie Memorial, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Thursday 22 April. The Astrodome, Houston, Texas.
Saturday 24 April. Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans.
Tuesday 27 April. Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee.
Thursday 29 April. Busch Memorial Stadium, St Louis, Missouri.
Saturday 1 May. Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wednesday 5 May. Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Friday 7 May. Williams-Bryce Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina.
Sunday 9 May. Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida.
Friday 21 May. Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Sunday 23 May. HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wednesday 26 May. Folsom Field Stadium, Boulder, Colorado.
Saturday 29 May. Alamodrome, San Antonio, Texas.
Monday 31 May. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri.
Wednesday 2 June. County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Friday 4 June. Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Detroit, Michigan.
Sunday 6 June. CN Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Friday 11 June. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Saturday 12 June. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Sunday 13 June. Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday 15 June. Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, North Carolina.
America's Amusement Business magazine reported on some of the
grosses made by several of Paul's US concerts. Fulsom Field,
Boulder, Colorado on 25 May sold 37,245 of its 39,137 seats,
grossing $1,210,463. The Alamodrome, San Antonio, New Mexico concert
on 29 May sold out and grossed £1,513,200. The Arrowhead Stadium,
Kansas City gig on 31 May drew a capacity audience of 42,934,

grossing $1,132,576. The County Stadium, Milwaukee show drew a
capacity audience of 47,013 and grossed $1,527,923. The Exhibition
Stadium, Toronto, Canada show on 6 June sold 32,442 of its 40,000
seats and grossed $1,178,940 Canadian dollars. The Pontiac
Silverdome, Michigan concert on 4 June drew a capacity 49,378
audience and grossed $1,291,778. The Giants Stadium, New Jersey
concert drew a capacity audience of 53,013 and grossed $1,722,923.
The Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia on 13 June drew a capacity
audience and grossed $1,288,394.
The fourth leg of the tour saw a return to Europe. Dates were:
Friday 3 September, The Waldbuehne, Barling, Germany.
Sunday 5 September. The Stadhalle, Vienna.
Monday 6 September. The Stadhalle, Vienna.
Thursday 9 September. Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.
Saturday 11 September. Earl's Court, London.
Tuesday 14 September. Earl's Court, London.
Wednesday 15 September. Earl's Court, London.
Saturday 18 September. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
Sunday 19 September. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
Tuesday 21 September. Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
Thursday 23 September. HM Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany.
Saturday 25 September. Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Monday 27 September. Spektrum, Oslo, Norway.
Tuesday 28 September. Spektrum, Oslo, Norway.
Friday 1 October. Globen Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sunday 3 October. Maimarkthalle, Mannheim.
Tuesday 5 October. HM Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany.
Wednesday 6 October. Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany.
Saturday 9 October. Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Holland.
Sunday 10 October. Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Holland.
Wednesday 13 October. Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France.
Thursday 14 October. Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France.
Sunday 17 October. Flanders Expos, Ghent.
Wednesday 20 October. Zenith, Toulon, France.
Friday 22 October. Palasport, Florence, Italy.
Tuesday 26 October. Palau San Jordi, Barcelona, Spain.
Wednesday 27 October. Palau San Jordi, Barcelona, Spain.
The final leg of the tour took place in Tokyo, Mexico and Brazil and
lasted from 12 November until 16 December.
The numbers performed during this final part of the tour included
'Drive My Car', 'Coming Up', 'Looking For Change', 'Jet', 'All My
Loving', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Peace In The Neighbourhood', 'Off The
Ground', 'Good Rockin' Tonight', 'We Can Work It Out', 'I Lost My
Little Girl', 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'Hope Of Deliverance',
'Michelle', 'Biker Like An Icon', 'Here, There And Everywhere',
'Yesterday', 'My Love', 'Lady Madonna', 'C'mon People', 'Magical
Mystery Tour', 'Let It Be', 'Live And Let Die', 'Paperback Writer',
'Back In The USSR', 'Penny Lane', 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band', 'Band On the Run', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Hey Jude'.
The dates were:

Friday 12 November. Tokyo Dome, Japan.
Sunday 14 November. Tokyo Dome, Japan.
Monday 15 November. Tokyo Dome, Japan.
Thursday 18 November. Fukyoka Dome, Tokyo, Japan.
Friday 19 November. Fukyoka Dome, Tokyo, Japan.
Thursday 25 November. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, Mexico City,
Mexico.
Saturday 27 November. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, Mexico City,
Mexico.
Thursday 3 December. Pacaembu Stadium, Sao Paulo.
Saturday 5 December. Paulo Leminski Rock, Curitiba, Brazil.
Thursday 10 December. Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.
Friday 11 December. Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.
Saturday 12 December. Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.
Wednesday 16 December. Estadio Nacional, Santiago.
In 1994 he was to comment, 'One of the things about touring is when
you see people out there actually crying. It's a big choker. Now I
can accept the emotion that happens in concerts because I'm more
able to accept emotion. Having had kids, having gone through this
and that, you're more able to get in touch with your emotions. When
you get out in front of an audience and they like it, it's very
obvious. They just cheer and clap and smile and weep and it's the
payoff; you actually get the feedback that you wrote the song for.
It's an affirmation that what you're doing is OK.'
Paul's 'Driving USA' Tour in 2002 found him backed by Rusty Anderson
on guitar and Abe Laboriel on drums, both musicians who backed him
on the Driving Rain album. Paul 'Wix' Wickens was on keyboards and
Brian Ray on guitar and bass. Musical director was David Kahne.
There was some controversy about Paul postponing the European leg of
the tour to include extra dates in America. An EMI spokesman was to
comment, 'It has sparked anger here, and is sure to infuriate fans.'
Apparently Paul's financial advisers informed him that he could earn

more money in America where he could charge twice as much for
tickets as in Europe. The production costs would also be lower.
(Considering Paul was worth more than £711,000,000, a sum he
could
never possibly spend, why would he wish to compromise his European
fans just to earn some extra money?) Paul denied that a European
tour had been cancelled, saying, 'We are looking at European dates
now. And it's not like this is my last tour.'
The Sun newspaper ran a report saying that the American tour was
being extended at the expense of a European tour in May as
originally announced and quoted 'a senior EMI source' as saying,
'The phrase money-grabber is being used. He would still have made a
profit in Europe, though nowhere near what he will make in the US.'
The American promoters said, 'There has been such overwhelming
excitement from all over the States to see Paul play, we felt it was
fairer to the fans to ask him to extend the schedule to enable even
more of America to get the chance to see what is set to be one of
the rock-'n*-roll events of all time.'
There were also criticisms from fans about the high ticket prices,
the lack of a free programme which had been given out with previous
tours and a ban on fans taking photographs, which resulted in
cameras being confiscated.
Commenting on the high prices, Paul said, 'I just let the promoters
do that. I say "what do things cost?" and they tell me, and I'm
always shocked. Is the suggestion that I do it for free? I suppose I
do already have a lot of money. But these promoters have a living to
make. And you know what, I really don't mind earning money. I never
have and never will. It's our capitalistic ethic.'
The repertoire was: 'Hello Goodbye', 'Jet', 'All My Loving',
'Getting Better', 'Coming Up', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Lonely Road',
'Driving Rain', 'Your Loving Flame', 'Blackbird', 'Every Night', 'We
Can Work It Out', 'Mother Nature's Son', 'Vanilla Sky', 'You Never
Give Me Your Money', 'Fool On The Hill', 'Here Today', 'Eleanor
Rigby', 'Here There And Everywhere', 'Band On The Run', 'Back In The
USSR', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'C Moon', 'My Love', 'Can't Buy Me Love',
'Freedom', 'Live And Let Die' and 'Hey Jude'. Encore numbers
included 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Lady Madonna', 'I Saw Her
Standing There', 'Yesterday', 'Sgt Pepper (Reprise)' and 'The End'.
The dates were:
1 April. The Oakland Arena, Oakland.
3 April. The San Jose Arena, San Jose.
6 April. MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
10 April. The United Center, Chicago.
13 April. Air Canada Center, Toronto.
16 April. First Union Center, Philadelphia.
17 April. Continental Arena, Rutherford.
19 April. Fleet Center, Boston.
23 April. MCI Center, Washington.
26 April. Madison Square Garden, New York.
29 April. Guna Arena, Cleveland.
1 May. Palace At Auburn Hills, Detroit.
4 May. The Staples Center, Los Angeles.
5 May. The Pond, Anaheim.
7 May. Pepsi Arena, Denver.
9 May. Reunion Arena, Dallas.
12 May. Phillips Arena, Atlanta.
15 May. Ice Palace, Tampa.
18 May. National Center, Fort Lauderdale.
Paul opened the second leg of his 2002 American tour on 21 September
at the Bardley Center, Milwaukee. It covered 23 shows and ended on
29 October.
The band for the tour remained the same: Abe Laboriel Jr on drums,
Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray on guitars and Paul 'Wix' Wickens on
keyboards. Paul McCartney was to comment: 'This band is too good to
just be put up on a shelf; we're having too much fun to want to stop
playing now.
The itinerary was:
21 September: The Bradley Center, Milwaukee.
23 September: The Xcel Energy Center, Minneapolis.
24 September: The United Center, Chicago.
27 September: The Hartford Civic Center, Hartford.
28 September: The Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1 October: The Fleet Center, Boston.
4 October: The Gund Arena, Cleveland.
5 October: The Conseco Field House, Indianapolis.
7 October: The Sports Center, Raleigh.
9 October: The Savvis Center, St Louis.
10 October: The Schottenstein Center, Columbus.
12 October: The New Orleans Arena, New Orleans.
13 October: The Compaq Center, Houston.
15 October: The Ford Center, Oklahoma City.
18 October: The Rose Garden, Portland.
19 October: The Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.
21 October: The Arco Arena, Sacramento.
22 October: The Compaq Arena, San Jose.
25 October: The Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim.
26 October: The MGM Garden Grand Arena, Las Vegas.
28 October: The Staples Center, Los Angeles, � A.
29 October: The America West Arena, Phoenix.
Ticket prices varied but usually ranged from $50 to $250. Las Vegas
tickets were $125, $225 and $300 and in Atlantic City $100, $150 and
$250.
It was said that Paul would then appear at three concerts at the
Auditorio Nacional in Mexico, followed by three appearances at the
Tokyo Dome.
Tripping The Live Fantastic
Paul listened to the tape of the 1990 tour in his home studios. For
the previous tour triple album, Wings Over America, he'd overdubbed
and remixed the tracks to an extent that fans believed he'd lost
much of the live atmosphere of the concerts. This time Paul had
learned to leave a lot of the roughness of the live performances as
they stood, producing a warts-and-all souvenir of the major concert
tour.
The live album from Paul's world tour was issued in Britain and
America on Monday 5 November 1990. The 37-track compilation was
produced by Paul with Peter Henderson and mixed by Bob
Clearmountain.
The vinyl triple album was released on Parlophone PCST 7346, the
double cassette on TC-PCST 7346 and the double CD on CD-PCST 7346.
The tracks were: Side One: 'Showtime', 'Figure Of Eight', 'Jet',
'Rough Ride', 'Got To Get You Into My Life', 'Band On The Run',
'Birthday'. Side Two: 'Ebony And Ivory', 'We Got Married', 'Inner
City Madness', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'The Long And Winding Road',
'Crackin' Up'. Side Three: 'The Fool On The Hill', 'Sgt Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Matchbox', 'Put It
There', 'Together'. Side Four: 'Things We Said Today', 'Eleanor
Rigby', 'This One', 'My Brave Face', 'Back In The USSR', 'I Saw Her
Standing There'. Side Five: 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Coming Up',
'Sally', 'Let It Be', 'Ain't That A Shame', 'Live And Let Die', 'If
I Were Not Upon The Stage', 'Hey Jude'. Side Six: 'Yesterday', 'Get
Back', 'Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That Weight'/'The End', 'Don't Let
The Sun Catch You Crying'.
The highest position it reached in the American charts was No. 26.
Tripping The Live Fantastic - Highlights!
An edited 17-track CD version of Paul's triple album of the 1990
tour, which was released simultaneously in Britain and America on
Monday 19 November 1990.
The tracks on the American release were: 'Got To Get You Into My
Life', 'Birthday', 'We Got Married', 'The Long And Winding Road',
'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Put It
There', 'Things We Said Today', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'My Brave Face',
'Back In The USSR', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Coming Up', 'Let It
Be', 'Hey Jude', 'Get Back', 'Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That
Weight'/'The End'.
It reached No. 141 in the American charts.
Tropic Island Hum
The title tune of a projected 15-minute animated short, which Paul
eventually hoped to turn into a feature-length animated film. It
centred on two characters, a squirrel and a one-legged frog, with
Paul providing the voices for both of them. He recorded the tune at
AIR Studios on Tuesday 1 December 1987, with George Martin
producing.
Trumpet
The first musical instrument Paul owned, which his father bought for
him. Paul was to say, 'I was never keen about learning to play the
trumpet, but I liked the guitar because I could play a proper tune
on it after learning a few basic chords. Unlike the trumpet, I could
sing at the same time as I played and I could do my impersonations.'
In an interview with Tony Webster in the September 1964 issue of

Beat Instrumental, Paul commented, 'The very first musical
instrument I played was a trumpet, a rather battered old thing which
was given to me when I was fourteen years old. My father says he
gave it to me because I'd always seemed interested in music from the
time I was a 'tiddler', and he thought it would be a suitable
instrument for me to learn to play. 'Course, I immediately fancied
myself as Louis Armstrong, but I only got as far as learning "The
Saints Go Marching In" before I got fed up with it. It used to hurt
my lip and I didn't fancy the thought of walking around like a
beat-up boxer, so I decided to buy myself a guitar.'
In 1996, when Paul made a spoken introduction about the classical
music composer Rodrigo on a CD given away with the 'BBC Proms '96'
programme, he said, 'When I was a teenager, my father gave me a
trumpet for my birthday. I tried to master it because he himself had
played trumpet at an early age, and he taught me a little. I
realised that it was going to be difficult for me to sing with this
thing stuck in my mouth, so I asked if he minded if I traded it in
for a guitar. Which I did. I think that first guitar, a Zenith,
started my love of the instrument.'
Paul exchanged his trumpet at Rushworth &c Dreaper's music store for
a £15 acoustic Zenith guitar.
Try Not To Cry
Another original song by Paul, which he included on his Run Devil
Run album. It was produced by Paul and Chris Thomas at Abbey Road
Studios, was 2 minutes and 40 seconds in length and was engineered
by Geoff Emerick and Paul Hicks. It was recorded on Friday 5 May
1999. The musicians were Paul on lead vocal, bass guitar and
percussion, Dave Gilmour on electric guitar, Mick Green on electric
guitar, Dave Mattacks on drums and percussion, and Geraint Watkins
on piano.
A promotional CD was issued in America in September 1999 on Capitol
DPRO 7087 6 13852 29.
T-Shirt
A record by the Crickets which was produced by Paul, who also played
piano and contributed backing vocals to the track, which was
released by CBS Records on Monday 5 September 1988 to tie in with
Paul's annual Buddy Holly Week. The 7" version was issued on CBS TSH
1 and the 12" on CBS TSH Tl. The number was also included on the
Crickets' new album, also called T-Shirt and issued on 3 October
1988 by CBS on CBS 462876.
The song had been penned by Jim Imray, winner of the competition
organised by MPL for the previous year's Buddy Holly Week, which
held a competition to find a Buddy Holly-type song. The flipside was
a Jerry Allison number, 'Holly Would', which the Crickets produced
themselves.
Tube, The
A Channel 4 TV show produced by Tyne-Tees Television. On Friday 16
December 1983 actress Leslie Ash interviewed Paul for the programme.
Leslie met Paul outside the Oxford Street studios of AIR and the two
took a cab and were taken to Regent's Park where Ash continued the
interview while Paul walked with her around the Regent's Park Zoo.
A pre-recorded interview with Paul was also shown on the Friday 7
December 1984 edition of the programme.
On Thursday 11 December 1986 Paul and Linda's car burst into flames
when they were on their way to the Tyne-Tees television studios in
Newcastle, although both were unharmed.
Before transmission Paul performed one mimed and one live version of
'Only Love Remains'. Then went on to sing 'Whole Lotta Shakin" and
'Baby Face'. He asked the audience what he should sing next, but
there were so many requests he sang another verse of 'Whole Lotta
Shakin".
An embarrassing episode occurred when Paul was interviewed by
thirteen-year-old Felix Howard. During the interview Howard
completely 'dried up' and was unable to ask Paul another question,
so Paul had to virtually continue the interview himself, turning the
tables by asking Howard a question. Paul's segment lasted
approximately fourteen minutes and was transmitted the next day,
Friday 12 December 1986. It was repeated on Sunday 14 December 1986.
Tuesday (film)
A thirteen-minute animation film produced by Paul and directed by
Geoff Dunbar that made its debut at the 58th Venice Festival where
140 films were screened between 29 August and 8 September 2001. Paul
and Heather attended the Tuesday premiere, appropriately screened on
Tuesday 4 September 2001. It was then shown at film festivals in
Toronto and New York.
The film was based on a children's book by American writer David
Weisner.
Paul said, 'I was given the book as a present and was really taken
by it. Mostly it's a kids story, but it translates to adults because
of its surreal quality.'
In the story, one Tuesday thousands of frogs take off on their lily
pads and fly through the night over a town in Middle America on
their way to reach the Late Night With David Letterman show.
Dustin Hoffman's voice tells viewers that the events are real and
that they should remember there is always another Tuesday. Paul is
also heard as the voice of a frog and apart from producing, he
composed the musical score.
Paul added, 'The whole premise is that you should believe in the
impossible and you shouldn't give up believing. It's like a metaphor
for life. I think sometimes people grow up and they start to think,
"Oh, it couldn't happen to me!" Whereas I've always thought it
definitely could happen to me.
'Anything might happen. You just have to remember that.'
The number 'Tuesday', which Paul wrote for the film, was reworked
for inclusion on the Working Classical album.
Tug Of War (album)
This follow-up to McCartney II was released simultaneously in
Britain and America on Monday 26 April 1982, in Britain on
Parlophone PCTC 259, and in the States on Columbia TC 37462.
Part of the album was recorded on the island of Montserrat, where
George Martin had a studio. George ��-produced part of the album
with the aid of engineer Geoff Emerick. Paul invited a number of
guest: musicians to play on Tug Of War.
The artists performing on each track are as follows:
'Take It Away': Paul on piano, bass, acoustic guitar, vocals; Steve
Gadd and Ringo Starr on drums; George Martin on electric piano; and
Paul, Linda and Eric Stewart on backing vocals.
'Somebody Who Cares': Paul on acoustic and Spanish guitars and
vocals; Stanley Clarke on bass; Steve Gadd on drums and percussion;
Denny Laine on guitar and synthesiser; Adrian Brett on pan pipes;
and Paul, Linda and Eric Stewart on backing vocals.
'What's That You're Doing?': Paul on bass, drums, electric guitar
and vocals; Stevie Wonder on synthesisers and vocals; and Paul,
Linda and Eric Stewart on backing vocals.
'Here Today': Paul on guitar and vocals; Jack Rothstein and Bernard
Partridge on violins; Ian Jewel on viola; and Keith Harvey on cello.
The number was Paul's tribute to John Lennon.
'Ballroom Dancing': Paul on piano, drums, bass, electric guitar,
percussion and vocals; Denny Laine on electric guitar; Jack Brymer
on clarinet gliss; and Paul, Linda and Eric Stewart on backing
vocals.
'The Pound Is Sinking': Paul on acoustic guitar, electric guitar,
synthesisers and vocals; Stanley Clarke on bass; Denny Laine on
acoustic guitar; and Paul, Linda and Eric Stewart on backing vocals.
'Wanderlust': Paul on piano, bass, acoustic guitars and vocals;

Adrian Sheppard on drums and percussion; Denny Laine on bass; and
Paul, Linda and Eric Stewart on backing vocals. There was further
music from the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
'Get It': Paul on acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, synthesisers
and bass; and Carl Perkins on electric guitar and vocals.
'Be What You See': Paul on guitar and vocoder.
'Dress Me Up As A Robber': Paul on vocals, guitar and bass; Dave
Mattacks on drums and percussion; Denny Laine on synthesiser and
electric guitar; George Martin on electric piano; and backing vocals
by Paul and Linda.
'Ebony And Ivory': Paul on bass, guitar, synthesisers, vocals,
vocoder, percussion; with backing vocals by Paul and Stevie Wonder.
See also 'Wonder, Stevie'.
Paul considered 'Wanderlust' his favourite track on the album.
Tug Of War (single)
The single, credited to Paul McCartney, was issued in Britain on
Parlophone R6057 on Monday 20 September 1982 and in America on
Columbia 38-03235 on Sunday 26 September 1982. It reached No. 55 in
the American charts, but made no impression on the British charts.
'Get It' was on the flip.
It was released in Germany on Odeon 1C006-64935 and in France on
Pathe Marconi/EMI 2C008-64935.
Musicians backing Paul on the track included Denny Laine and Eric
Stewart on electric guitars and Campbell Maloney on military snares.
Turpentine
When Paul made his decision to form a band of his own in 1971, the
name he originally came up with was Turpentine. An elderly fan was
horrified and talked him out of it. Paul thought again and came up
with Wings.
Twentieth Century Blues
A tribute album in memory of Noel Coward, who died in 1973.
Coward was a major figure of twentieth-century entertainment
history, winning fame as a playwright, songwriter and actor. In
1998, on the 25th anniversary of his death, Neil Tennant of the Pet
Shop Boys organised the album Twentieth Century Blues to raise money
for the Red Hot AIDS Charitable Trust, Among the artists
contributing to the album were Robbie Williams, Marianne Faithfull,
the Divine Comedy and Elton John.
There is also a track by Paul, his rendition of Coward's 'Mad About
The Boy'.
It was issued in the UK on 1 April 1998.
Twenty Flight Rock
A number popularised by the late Eddie Cochran and the first song to
unite Paul and John.
When they first met at Woolton parish church, following an
introduction by a mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan, Paul impressed John
by his ability to not only play the piece, but to write down all the
lyrics from memory.
Recollecting the incident to Hunter Davies for The Authorised
Biography, Paul commented, 'I showed them (the Quarry Men) how to
play "Twenty Flight Rock" and told them all the words. They didn't
know it. Then I did "Be-Bop-A-Lula", which they didn't know properly
either. Then I did my Little Richard bit, went through the whole
repertoire in fact.
'I remember this beery old man getting nearer and breathing down me
neck as I was playing. "What's this old drunk doing?" I thought.
Then he said "Twenty Flight Rock" was one of his favourites. So I
knew he was a connoisseur.'
John also talked to Davies about the number and said, 'I was very
impressed by Paul playing "Twenty Flight Rock". He could obviously
play the guitar. I half thought to myself - he's as good as me. I'd
been kingpin up to then. Now, I thought, if I take him on, what will
happen?
It went through my head that I'd have to keep him in line, if I let
him join. But he was good, so he was worth having.'
The number was composed by Fairchild/Cochran and a version by Paul
lasting 3 minutes and 9 seconds was included on the Tripping The
Live Fantastic. It was recorded live at Wembley Stadium, London on
13 January 1990 during the 1989/90 World Tour.
24 Hours
A CBS News networked show which filmed a documentary surrounding
Paul's December 1989 concerts in Chicago.
Producer Nancy Duffy originally went to Milan, Italy during the
European arm of Paul's tour and on Thursday 26 October 1989 met Paul
and his current manager Richard Ogden to discuss the proposal. She
returned to New York, then travelled to Rotterdam on Tuesday 7
November to finalise the arrangement.
The basic idea was to interview Paul and to present footage of his
concerts at Chicago's Rosemont Horizon on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, 3-5 December 1989. In the final broadcast only fifteen
minutes of music was used, on Paul's insistence, including new
material from Flowers In The Dirt and Beatles songs.
Duffy was to say: 'Paul was ordinary, friendly and unaffected for a
star of his stature. He and Linda couldn't have been nicer. They
were just like someone you'd meet at a party.'
Bernard Goldberg, a 23-year-old, was assigned to interview Paul for
the programme, which was expanded from its normal hour to a length
of 90 minutes.
An aspect of the programme, which Paul hadn't known was taking
place, was the filming of a fan as she tried to meet Paul. The crew
followed the fan, Joy Waugh, as she travelled round Chicago in her
attempt to meet her idol. Then, when it looked as if she was going
to be successful, being present as Paul's limo pulled out of the
underground car park of the hotel, with his window rolled down, the
cameraman rushed forward to film Joy seeing Paul - and tripped over
a kerb and fell down onto the street!
The programme was initially aired on Thursday 25 January 1990. When
Paul's PRs saw the footage of Joy they contacted her and arranged
for her to meet him, flying Joy and her husband Bob to see his
concert at the Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts on Thursday 9
February 1990.
Twice In A Lifetime
Paul wrote and performed the title song for the 1985 film, starring
Gene Hackman, Ann Margret and Ellen Burstyn. Four songs written by
producer David Foster and Paul were scrapped.
The story concerned a married man having an affair with a younger
woman, which leaves his family in chaos. It was based on a British
TV drama penned by Colin Welland and starring Bill Maynard.
Paul had originally penned 'Theme From Twice In A Lifetime' in 1978
and re-recorded it in April 1983. It is heard at the end of the Ann
Margret movie.
Twice The Price
A BBC Radio Merseyside show hosted by disc jockey Peter Price, which
transmitted a pre-recorded interview Price had conducted with Paul
on Thursday 25 January 1973.
Twiggy
A model, recording artist and actress, who was born Lesley Hornby in
September 1949.
Twiggy was to become one of the leading models of the Swinging
Sixties. In her first autobiography Twiggy, she mentions that the
first record she ever bought was 'Please Please Me' and that she
went to see the Beatles at Finsbury Park Astoria in 1963. She said,
'I screamed my head off for Paul.'
It was film producer Ken Russell who was responsible for introducing
Twiggy, the young model, to Paul. Russell had found a William
Faulkner story, 'The Wishing Tree', the tale of a musician and a
young girl, and he wanted Paul to do the music for it. He also
wanted to star the 17-year-old Twiggy in the movie and arranged a
lunch date for them to all to meet. This was then followed by a
dinner at the White Tower, a Greek restaurant. Paul started to think
up songs for the film while they were sitting there. Nothing came of
that particular film project, although Russell later directed The
Boyfriend, with Twiggy as the star.
Granada Television then decided to make a documentary 'Twiggy In
Russia'. Twiggy's manager Justin de Villeneuve had asked Paul to
write a song for the documentary. In early May 1968 visas were
refused due to the invasion of Czechoslovakia. One evening at Mr
Chows restaurant in London, when Paul was having dinner with Twiggy
and de Villeneuve, he reminded them of it and said he'd written a
number. He then belted out 'Back In The USSR'.
Soon after their original meeting, Twiggy had gone up to stay with
Paul's father and stepmother at their home in Heswall, Cheshire.
Over dinner Paul told them he was looking for new singers for Apple
Records. Twiggy asked if he'd watched Opportunity Knocks the
previous evening. It was a television talent show hosted by Hughie
Green. Paul hadn't seen it. Twiggy mentioned that a talented young
singer called Mary Hopkin had impressed her. They then all sat
around the dinner table and began writing cards voting for her, they
must have written about a hundred, which were then posted off. Mary
won it, Paul watched the programme, then phoned her up and sent a
car down to Wales to fetch her. The result was 'Those Were the
Days', which topped the charts.
At one time Twiggy was going to make a musical set on a cruise liner
in the 1930s. It was called Gotta Dance. Paul wrote a number
especially for her to sing in the film called 'Gotta Sing, Gotta
Dance'. The film was never made and the song was never recorded.
However, Paul was to use the number for a spectacular sequence in
his television special 'James Paul McCartney'.
As a recording artist in her own right, Twiggy has issued over a
dozen singles and half a dozen albums although, strangely enough,
considering Paul wrote 'Back In The USSR' and 'Gotta Sing, Gotta
Dance' for her, she never recorded the numbers.
She is married to actor Leigh Lawson.
Two Of Us (song)
A number penned by Paul that was originally called 'On Our Way
Home'. It was under this title that he produced the New York trio
Mortimer performing the number in April 1969. It was scheduled to be
released by Apple Records, but was never issued. The number was
later to re-emerge under the new title 'Two Of Us' in the film Let
It Be and was recorded by the Beatles for the album on 31 January
1969.
Linda provided some insight into the song when she said, 'As a kid,
I loved getting lost. I would say to my father, "Let's get lost."
But you could never seem to be able to get really lost. All signs
would eventually lead back to New York or wherever we were staying.
When I moved to England to be with Paul, we would put Martha, Paul's
sheepdog, in the back of the car and drive out of London. And as
soon as we were on the open road, I'd say, "Let's get lost," and
we'd keep driving without looking at any signs. Hence the line in
the song, "Two of us going nowhere." Paul wrote that on one of those
days out.'
Two Of Us, The (TV movie)
A VHI movie, filmed in Toronto, Canada, that was first screened in
America on 1 February 2000 at 9 p.m. It was directed by Michael
Lindsay-Hogg and was a fictional tale speculating on a fictional
event in 1976 where Paul drops into the New York Dakota building
(where John and Yoko lived) on an unexpected visit and spends the
evening chatting with John, six years after the Beatles' break-up.
It starred Aidan Quinn as Paul and Jared Harris as John, When
describing it, Quinn said, 'In the movie they fight, argue, laugh,
reminisce and fight again. It focuses on that period when they were
coming out of that estrangement.'
Quinn was also a little apprehensive that both he and Harris might
not come across as an authentic John and Paul. He said, 'I'm just
scared that I really shouldn't have done it, that I'm not really
right for it. Jared looks and sounds nothing like John Lennon, and I
look and sound nothing like Paul.'
Mark Stanfield, a 40-year-old Beatles fan, conceived the idea for
the film, which became the first script he ever wrote.
The title was obviously inspired by Paul's song 'Two Of Us'.
Incidentally, Harris is the son of actor Richard Harris.
Two Of Us, The (parody)
In 2000, Saturday Night Live did a parody of VHI's 'The Two Of Us'.
It was set many years after the Beatles had disbanded, when John and
Paul team up again to open a fried-chicken restaurant. Yoko then
intervenes to say they should sell Tariyaki Fried Chicken. Paul
objects to Yoko's interference and leaves, complaining about her
'bloody avant-garde chicken recipes. I'm going vegetarian.' There's
a happy ending as the two resolve the problem, team up and the skit
ends with a customer shouting, 'Hey McCartney, you tard, where's my
coleslaw?'
Tynan, Kenneth
A major figure in the British theatrical world during the 1960s.
Paul went to one or two parties hosted by Tynan in which a cross
section of 'Swinging London' celebrities would be in attendance.
Tynan was also one of the signatories to the cannabis advert in The
Times in which the Beatles were involved.
On the invitation of Laurence Olivier, Tynan became the artistic
director of the National Theatre in 1962.
A few years later he invited Paul to compose music for an all-male
National Theatre production of As You Like It. Paul declined.
Tynan wrote to him on 18 September 1964:
Dear Mr McCartney,
Playing 'Eleanor Rigby' last night for about the 500th time, I
decided to write and tell you how terribly sad I was to hear that
you had decided not to do As You Like It for us.
There were four or five tracks on Revolver that are as memorable as
any English songs of this century - and the maddening thing is that
they are all in exactly the right mood for As You Like It. Apart
from E Rigby I am thinking particularly of 'For No One' and 'Here,
There And Everywhere'. (Incidentally, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is the
best musical evocation of LSD I have ever heard.)
To come to the point: won't you reconsider?
We don't need you as a gimmick because we don't need publicity; we
need you simply because you are the best composer of that kind of
song in England. If Purcell were alive, we would probably ask him,
but it would be a close thing. Anyway, forgive me for being a pest,
but do please think it over.
Paul replied that the reason he could not do the music was because,
'I don't really like words by Shakespeare.' He ended his letter,
'Maybe I could write the National Theatre Stomp sometime, or the
Ballad of Larry O.'
Tynan seemed keen on interviewing Paul. With some suggestions of
possible subjects for him to write about, he proposed in a letter
dated 7 November 1966: 'Interview with Paul McCartney - to me, by
far the most interesting of the Beatles and certainly the musical
genius of the group.'
But on 5 January 1970, he wrote: 'I'm saddened to have to tell you
that Paul McCartney doesn't want to be written about at the moment -
at least, not by me. I gather that for some time now the Beatles
have been moving more and more in separate directions. Paul went to
a recording session for a new single last Sunday, which was
apparently the first Beatles activity in which he'd engaged for
nearly nine months. He doesn't quite know where his future lies, and
above all he doesn't want to be under observation while he decides.
I quite understand how he feels, but coming on top of the Pinter
turndown, it's a bit of a blow.'
Tynan also wrote to John Lennon on 16 April 1968:
'Dear John L.
'You know that idea of yours for my erotic review - the masturbation
contest? Could you possibly be bothered to jot it down on paper? I
am trying to get the whole script in written form as soon as
possible.'
John replied: 'You know the idea, four fellows wanking - giving each
other images - descriptions - it should be ad-libbed anyway - they
should even really wank which would be great...'
Lennon did indeed end up writing a sequence included in Tynan's
review, which came to be known as Oh, Calcutta!
Incidentally, it was Tynan who described the Sgt Pepper album as 'a
decisive moment in the history of Western civilisation'.

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