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Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway (1973) LP - €10,00

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Red Rose Speedway is the second studio album by the English-American rock band Wings, although credited to "Paul McCartney and Wings". 
It was released through Apple Records on 4 May 1973, preceded by its lead single, the ballad "My Love". 
By including McCartney's name in the artist credit, the single and album broke with the tradition of Wings' previous records. 
The change was made in the belief that the public's unfamiliarity with the band had been responsible for the weak commercial performance of the group's 1971 debut album Wild Life.

Two of their first three singles had been banned by the BBC and their cover of ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ was critically trashed. With the mounting pressure to deliver a good product, Paul and the group decided the best way forward was to get another guitarist in, this time Henry McCullough and to deliver a double album full of hard rock, sappy ballads and some experiments. 
At the last minute, the album was cut down to a single record and what we got was Red Rose Speedway. 
Red Rose Speedway feels like a collection of odds and sods despite it all being new material (except the two tracks ‘Get On The Right Thing’ and ‘Little Lamb Dragonfly’ which were taped during the RAM sessions). 
The opener ‘Big Barn Bed’ is a stomping, chugging track with a snappy and thick bass line from Paul. 
The overblown, but ultimately touching snappiness of lead single ‘My Love’ is graced with a lovely solo by McCullough and a simple but affective singalong chorus. ‘Get On The Right Thing’ is a catchy and pleasant pop rock tune and ‘One More Kiss’ is a painfully sugary ballad. 
Side 1 ends with the grandiose folk rock ballad ‘Little Lamb Dragonfly’ is silly but actually quite heart wrenching.

Side 2 gives us the brief but nice ‘Single Pigeon’ and the flamenco flavoured ‘When The Night’, both unassuming but enjoyable tracks before finally things start to turn around. 
The last two tracks are ‘Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)’ and ‘Medley’ respectively. Loup itself is pretty indescribable in the words and is so un-McCartney it’s bizarre. 
A near 5 minute space rock bass dirge with numerous segments and a set of wordless moans from the group backing the unsettling sounds. It feels like an acid trip in space which is likely how Wings intended it to sound. 
The medley (Full title: ‘Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut’) is near 12 minutes and features four song segments, all from discarded and unfinished songs the group had lying here, taped together into a single song. 
Lyrically, McCartney has never been the wordsmith his peers were. The medley makes this especially obvious, with the Hold Me Tight and Lazy Dynamite sections being so painfully simple and repetitive it’s laughable.


Side A
A1.  Big Barn Bed - 3:48
A2.  My Love - 4:07
A3.  Get on the Right Thing - 4:17
A4.  One More Kiss - 2:28
A5.  Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:20

Side B
B1.  Single Pigeon - 1:52
B2.  When the Night - 3:38
B3.  Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) - 4:23
B4.  Medley: - 11:14
        - Hold Me Tight - 2:22
        - Lazy Dynamite - 2:50
        - Hands of Love - 2:14
        - Power Cut - 3:46

All songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney.


Wings

Addiotional personnel
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar on "Little Lamb Dragonfly"
  • David Spinozza – guitar on "Get on the Right Thing"
  • Alan Parsons – engineer
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer on "Get on the Right Thing", "Little Lamb Dragonfly"
  • Richard Hewson – orchestral arrangement, conducting
  • Unnamed session players – strings, brass

Companies, etc.

Credits

Notes
Release: 1973
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Apple
Catalog#  1C 062-05311

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)  Gatefold

Prijs: €10,00

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