Trafalgar Releasing and Mercury Studios have set a September 26 release for documentary One Hand Clapping, an opportunity for audiences to step back in time to 1974 with Paul McCartney and Wings.
The behind-the-scenes look delves into the making of the acclaimed One Hand Clapping album featuring rare footage, interviews with the band, insights from the creative team, and iconic Wings hits.
“It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did. We made a pretty good noise actually! It was a great time for the band, we started to have success with Wings, which had been a long time coming, said McCartney, whose exclusive filmed introduction will kick off the screenings along with previously unseen Polaroid photographs from the recording sessions.
The full documentary directed by David Litchfield will include previously unreleased Backyard Sessions, showcasing McCartney on acoustic guitar performing beloved tracks from his catalog.
The behind-the-scenes look delves into the making of the acclaimed One Hand Clapping album featuring rare footage, interviews with the band, insights from the creative team, and iconic Wings hits.
“It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did. We made a pretty good noise actually! It was a great time for the band, we started to have success with Wings, which had been a long time coming, said McCartney, whose exclusive filmed introduction will kick off the screenings along with previously unseen Polaroid photographs from the recording sessions.
The full documentary directed by David Litchfield will include previously unreleased Backyard Sessions, showcasing McCartney on acoustic guitar performing beloved tracks from his catalog.
- 8/8/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul McCartney & Wings are finally offering a physical release of one of their most bootlegged albums: One Hand Clapping, the live studio sessions conducted post-Band on the Run in 1974 for a seldom-seen documentary film, will arrive everywhere on June 14th.
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
While several songs from One Hand Clapping eventually landed on subsequent Paul McCartney releases, this will be the first time the album is available in full. It was also the first Wings album recorded with a new lineup — Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough departed after Band on the Run, and were replaced by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton for the One Hand Clapping sessions.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios over a span of four days while director David Litchfield filmed the documentary — which still hasn’t been released in an official capacity. Within the album’s 26 tracks are Paul McCartney & Wings favorites like “Live and Let Die...
- 4/23/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
He might’ve been a hippie, but he didn’t pull punches. George Harrison dismissed Paul McCartney’s band Wings as a Beatles redux. Meanwhile, Paul said the group was underrated.
George Harrison said fans who wanted to hear The Beatles in the 1970s listen to Wings
During a 1974 interview with Rolling Stone, George said he didn’t just want to repeat what The Beatles did. “I certainly am going to control my own concept of me,” he explained. “Gandhi says ‘Create and preserve the image of your choice.’ The image of my choice is not Beatle George. If they want to do that they can go and see Wings, then. Why live in the past? Be here now and now, whether you like me or not, this is what I am.”
George then discussed his expectations of life and the expectations people had of him. “I don’t have control over anything,...
George Harrison said fans who wanted to hear The Beatles in the 1970s listen to Wings
During a 1974 interview with Rolling Stone, George said he didn’t just want to repeat what The Beatles did. “I certainly am going to control my own concept of me,” he explained. “Gandhi says ‘Create and preserve the image of your choice.’ The image of my choice is not Beatle George. If they want to do that they can go and see Wings, then. Why live in the past? Be here now and now, whether you like me or not, this is what I am.”
George then discussed his expectations of life and the expectations people had of him. “I don’t have control over anything,...
- 11/5/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney was helpless as he watched The Beatles fall apart despite his best efforts to stop the breakup. The unofficial songwriting competition between Paul and John Lennon stressed the band to the breaking point. Yet Macca couldn’t keep himself from forming a new band, and it might have saved his life. McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough pulled a knife and drove away a person who said he wanted to kill Paul.
Paul McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough confronted Paul’s potential murderer with a knife
Once Linda McCartney helped rouse her husband from his post-Beatles stupor, Paul released two solo albums in a little over a year. He dropped McCartney in April 1970 and Ram in May 1971.
He had complete creative freedom as a solo artist, but McCartney felt the pull of assembling a new band. Guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell were the first to...
Paul McCartney’s Wings bandmate Henry McCullough confronted Paul’s potential murderer with a knife
Once Linda McCartney helped rouse her husband from his post-Beatles stupor, Paul released two solo albums in a little over a year. He dropped McCartney in April 1970 and Ram in May 1971.
He had complete creative freedom as a solo artist, but McCartney felt the pull of assembling a new band. Guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell were the first to...
- 7/29/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Browse through old photos of The Beatles, and you’ll find dozens, if not hundreds, where they’re smoking cigarettes. The band’s concerts always smelled like urine, but the Fab Four’s clothes probably stank of Marlboros and Dunhills. Paul McCartney’s addiction didn’t last, though, as a near-death experience in 1973 led him to quit smoking, at least for a while. Other musicians joined him in giving up cigarettes in the decades since.
Paul McCartney was ‘in hell’ and quit smoking cigarettes after 1 of ‘the most frightening periods’ of his life
The Fab Four had their limousines swarmed by fans, played a show in Montreal amid Ringo Starr death threats, and barely escaped their one trip to the Philippines in 1966. Yet Paul said making the Wings record Band on the Run in Lagos, Nigeria, trumped them all.
It wasn’t just that his five-piece band had been whittled to a trio — Macca,...
Paul McCartney was ‘in hell’ and quit smoking cigarettes after 1 of ‘the most frightening periods’ of his life
The Fab Four had their limousines swarmed by fans, played a show in Montreal amid Ringo Starr death threats, and barely escaped their one trip to the Philippines in 1966. Yet Paul said making the Wings record Band on the Run in Lagos, Nigeria, trumped them all.
It wasn’t just that his five-piece band had been whittled to a trio — Macca,...
- 6/18/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most legendary rock albums from the 1970s. It’s achieved an almost mystifying status as its otherworldly music transfixed audiences. The album doesn’t include collaborations with other artists. There was nearly a voice cameo from former Beatle Paul McCartney, but Pink Floyd left it off the record.
Paul McCartney recorded an interview for Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Paul McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images
Pink Floyd recorded The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios, the recording studio made famous by The Beatles. During the final week of recording, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters went around the studio and interviewed several staff members and musicians. These questions started with basic questions, like “What’s your favorite color?” and “What’s your favorite food?” After that, it moved into more...
Paul McCartney recorded an interview for Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Paul McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images
Pink Floyd recorded The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios, the recording studio made famous by The Beatles. During the final week of recording, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters went around the studio and interviewed several staff members and musicians. These questions started with basic questions, like “What’s your favorite color?” and “What’s your favorite food?” After that, it moved into more...
- 6/5/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and Wings did have two successful albums in Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway. However, the band needed an album that cemented them as one of the great bands of the 1970s. That album manifested itself in Band on the Run, a highly successful record many consider a highlight of Paul McCartney’s, even with his albums from The Beatles. Wings did take several risks making the record, and guitarist Denny Laine said it was like “being a gambler.”
Paul McCartney and Wings gambled by recording ‘Band on the Run’ in Nigeria Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, and Paul McCartney | Gems/Redferns
Wings were riding a series of success with their first two albums. However, for their third album, McCartney wanted to try something different by recording it in a foreign location. In an interview with Billboard, Laine said he understood why the former Beatle wanted to switch things up.
Paul McCartney and Wings gambled by recording ‘Band on the Run’ in Nigeria Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, and Paul McCartney | Gems/Redferns
Wings were riding a series of success with their first two albums. However, for their third album, McCartney wanted to try something different by recording it in a foreign location. In an interview with Billboard, Laine said he understood why the former Beatle wanted to switch things up.
- 5/7/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney has written many love songs about the woman in his life, and several are about his first wife, Linda. The two were married for almost 30 years before her death in 1998. During their time together, McCartney expressed his love in various ways, including writing songs about her.
Here are 5 songs Paul McCartney wrote about Linda ‘The Lovely Linda’ Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney | Don Smith/Radio Times via Getty Images
“The Lovely Linda” is the opening track on McCartney’s first solo album, McCartney. He wrote the song in the early days of their relationship, and it features sounds of the pair hanging around the house. In an interview with Billboard, McCartney called the song a “direct diary.”
“That was when Linda and I first got together,” he said. “The record is me playing around the house. You hear her walking through the living room doorway out to the garden,...
Here are 5 songs Paul McCartney wrote about Linda ‘The Lovely Linda’ Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney | Don Smith/Radio Times via Getty Images
“The Lovely Linda” is the opening track on McCartney’s first solo album, McCartney. He wrote the song in the early days of their relationship, and it features sounds of the pair hanging around the house. In an interview with Billboard, McCartney called the song a “direct diary.”
“That was when Linda and I first got together,” he said. “The record is me playing around the house. You hear her walking through the living room doorway out to the garden,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney has written many love songs in his career, often dedicated to the women in his life, including his first wife, Linda. The two were married for over 30 years and were inseparable. He wrote several songs about Linda, and he wrote one around the time they first got together.
Paul McCartney didn’t care that people called him ‘soppy’ for writing love songs Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images
Many of McCartney’s best love songs include “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Eight Days a Week,” and “Michelle.” In an interview with Billboard, the former Beatle said he is aware of the criticism he’s received for the number of love songs he writes. However, he doesn’t care what they think and considers himself lucky to have plenty of love in his life.
“Over the years, people have said, ‘Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs,...
Paul McCartney didn’t care that people called him ‘soppy’ for writing love songs Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images
Many of McCartney’s best love songs include “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Eight Days a Week,” and “Michelle.” In an interview with Billboard, the former Beatle said he is aware of the criticism he’s received for the number of love songs he writes. However, he doesn’t care what they think and considers himself lucky to have plenty of love in his life.
“Over the years, people have said, ‘Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The BBC banned a Paul McCartney song, but that didn’t stop it from becoming a hit in Ireland. The former Beatle’s record company tried to warn him that the BBC would ban “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” but he felt morally obligated to release it.
Paul McCartney and his wife Linda | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Paul McCartney can trace his roots back to Ireland, so Bloody Sunday struck a chord
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that both his maternal and paternal grandfathers came from Ireland. His mother’s father, Owen Mohan, was from Tullynamalra in County Monaghan. Eventually, he moved to Liverpool and started work as a coalman. The family was Catholic.
Paul isn’t sure where his paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, but he does know that that side of his family was Protestant.
When Paul and his brother Michael were born,...
Paul McCartney and his wife Linda | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Paul McCartney can trace his roots back to Ireland, so Bloody Sunday struck a chord
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that both his maternal and paternal grandfathers came from Ireland. His mother’s father, Owen Mohan, was from Tullynamalra in County Monaghan. Eventually, he moved to Liverpool and started work as a coalman. The family was Catholic.
Paul isn’t sure where his paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, but he does know that that side of his family was Protestant.
When Paul and his brother Michael were born,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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