We all have the bootlegfor decades. All of them? The die-hard fans of dear Paulie, that’s who. Project designed for the new Wings gang, in the bamba of the post-Band On The Run, One Hand Clapping was intended to be a documentary of a beginning, four years after the Let It Be unfortunately associated with the end of the Beatles. A good idea, whose good result was nevertheless put aside: Wings was already in full flight towards Venus and Mars, the next album. Half a century later, a full box set testifies to the ambient state of effervescence: in rehearsal for a future tour, the versions of Jet, Live And Let Die and others Maybe I’m amazed are all vigorous, all sung by a very, very vocal Paul. Some rarities are revived (Power Cut, Tomorrow, C Moon), so many wonders. Not stingy, our man will even settle in the garden of the EMI studios ofAbbey Roadthe time of acoustic grinds of early rock’n’roll. Nothing but good. Let’s enjoy it. It sounds a thousand times better than the bootleg.
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One Hand Clapping — Live Studio Sessions from 1974
★★★★★
Paul McCartney & Wings, MPL / Universal
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