Paul McCartney & Wings – James Paul McCartney TV Special – 50th Anniversary Edition:

Paul McCartney agreed to star in a television special for the British ATV network in order to settle his two year legal dispute with Sir Lew Grade.

James Paul McCartney was McCartney’s first such special since the Beatles’ 1967 television film “Magical Mystery Tour” and was intended to showcase his versatility as an artist and entertainer.  Many of the portions featured his and Linda’s band Wings; in others he would perform alone.  ATV hired Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion as producer and director, respectively, although McCartney was assured full creative control over the program’s content.  Having recently completed their second album “Red Rose Speedway”, Wings travelled to Marrakesh in early February, 1973 to plan and rehearse for the show.

THE PROGRAM
1.  Introduction
2.  Big Barn Red
3.  Blackbird / MIchelle / Heart Of The Country
4.  Mary Had A Little Lamb
5.  Little Woman Love / C-Moon
6.  My Love
7.  Uncle Albert (stereo)
8.  Liverpool – The Pub Scene
9.  Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
10.  Live And Let Die
11.  Beatles Medley
12.  The Mess
13.  Maybe I’m Amazed
14.  Long Tall Sally
15.  Hi, Hi, Hi
16.  Yesterday

BONUS MATERIAL
17.  Acoustic Medley Outtake:  Blackbird / Bluebird / Michelle / Heart Of The Country
18.  Hi, Hi, Hi (Disco 73, German TV, March-3-1973)
19.  My Love (Version 1, France TV, March-6-1973)
20.  My Love (Version 2, Promo Video)
21.  My Love (Version 3, Promo Video)
22.  My Love (Version 4, Promo Video from McCartney Years)
23.  My Love (Version 5, 2023 Promo Video and Teaser)
24.  Paul Gets Busted Interview (BBC News)
25.  Interview (Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, BBC News, May-11-1973)
26.  Empire Theatre, Liverpool (8mm B&W Film, May-18-1973)
27.  Interview (City Hall, Sheffield, Look North, July-4-1973)
28.  Interview (Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, Look North, July-10-1973)
29.  Interview (Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, Tyne Tees)
30.  Paul And Linda Unknown Location (1973)

Audio & Video Quality:  We are very astounded with the overall quality of this title.  We have seen and had various previous versions of the “James Paul McCartney” TV special which were not nearly as good in quality as this 50th anniversary version.  The main TV special is super astounding quality, about a 9.0-9.5 using our website Quality Rating Table.  The majority of the bonus material is very good to excellent quality as well.  The quality of the news footage was also a pleasant surprise.  Usually, news footage from the 1960’s-1980’s is not that great, whereas here it is quite good.

Total Running Time:  103 minutes.

Disc Format:  1 PAL DVD-R disc.