Red Rose Speedway

Red Rose Speedway
Paul McCartney & Wings studio album
Publication (s)	April 30, 1973 ( US ) , 0May 4, 1973 ( UK )
Label (s)	Apple / EMI
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD , download
Genre (s)	Rock music
Title (number)	9
running time	42 min 13 s
occupation	Paul McCartney : vocals , piano , bass , guitar Linda McCartney : vocals, keyboards Denny Laine : vocals, bass , guitar Henry McCullough : guitar, backing vocals Denny Seiwell: drums , backing vocals, bass Arrangers: Richard Hewson for My Love , George Martin for Little Lamb Dragonfly Sound engineers : Alan Parsons , Richard Lush, Dixon Van Winkle, Tim Geeland, Glyn Johns , David Hentschel, Phil Ault, Mark Vigars, Ted Brosnan, John Kurlander, John Leckie
production	Paul McCartney
Studio (s)	Morgan Studios, London Olympic Studios , London Trident Studios, London Island Studios, London Abbey Road Studios , London
chronology Wild Life (1971) Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run (1973)

Red Rose Speedway is the second studio album by the Wings group . At the same time, it is Paul McCartney's fourth album after the Beatles split up . It was released on April 30, 1973 in the US and on May 4, 1973 in the UK.

Emergence

Portland Building of the University of Nottingham

Single cover Hi Hi Hi

In 1972 the band embarked on two projects: touring and recording a second album. From February 9 to 23, 1972, the Wings gave eleven concerts in British universities, some in front of only a small audience, with 400 in Newcastle and 750 in Birmingham . The first concert took place in the Portland Building at the University of Nottingham .

In early 1972, guitarist Henry McCullough joined the group, who was previously a member of The Grease Band , which Joe Cocker accompanied musically. The European tour "Wings Over Europe" followed from July 9th to August 24th, 1972, which included 25 concerts. On August 10, 1972, Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Seiwell were arrested in Sweden for possession of marijuana .

In 1972 the Wings were in various recording studios between February and November.

Before the album was released, the Wings released three singles. Two of them were not played on the BBC 's programming . The first, recorded in February and released on February 25, 1972, single Give Ireland Back to the Irish / Give Ireland Back to the Irish (Version) , which thematized the Bloody Sunday , came because of the political content on the station's index .

The third single, Hi, Hi, Hi / C Moon , recorded in November and released on December 1, 1972, was boycotted by the BBC because of allusions to sex and drugs. Since the single was advertised as a double A-side single, radio stations played the song C Moon and so the single reached the top 10 of the charts in Great Britain and the USA.

The second single Mary Had a Little Lamb / Little Woman Love , released on May 12, 1972, was perceived in contrast to the other two as lyrically harmless and also reached the top ten in Great Britain. In Germany the single was released in a different mix that put the children's choir in the background.

The recordings used for the album took place from March 6 to 15 and from September 15 to October 3, 1972 in five different studios in London . On January 25 and 26, 1973 the song My Love was completed, the arrangement is by Richard Hewson. On March 6th, the recordings with the producer Glyn Johns began in the Olympic Studios, because the work with McCartney was disharmonious and the group behaved from the point of view of Johns undisciplined, he ended his activity on March 27, 1972, so that Paul McCartney sole The album was produced.

Originally the album was supposed to be released as a double LP with the following 17 songs, on December 13th 1972 an acetate press was made:

page 1

1. Big Barn Bed
2. my love
3. When the night
4. Single pigeon

Page 2

1. Tragedy (released 2018)
2. Mama's Little Girl (released February 1990 as single B-side of Put it There )
3. Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
4. I Would Only Smile (publication in December 1980 on the album Japanese Tears of Denny Laine )

Page 3

1. Country Dreamer (released October 1973 as single B-side by Helen Wheels )
2. Night Out (released 2018)
3. One more kiss
4. Jazz Street (released 2018)

page 4

1. I Lie Around (released June 1973 as the single b-side of Live and Let Die )
2. Little Lamb Dragonfly
3. Get on the right thing
4. 1882 (live) (published 2018)
5. The Mess I'm In (live) (released March 1973 as My Love single b-side under the title The Mess )

On January 30, 1973, another acetate pressing with a modified track list was pressed for a planned double album, which was only released in this form in December 2018.

The record company did not agree with the idea of ​​releasing a double album, so the release date was postponed by four and a half months. Nine tracks from the planned double album were discarded; Also excluded were the recorded songs: Thank You Darling (released in 2018), 1882 (Studio Version, released in 2018), The Mess (Studio Version, released in 2018) and Bridge on the River Suite (released in October 1974 as a single B-side from Walking in the Park with Eloise under the pseudonym Country Hams ). Instead, the medley: Hold Me Tight / Lazy Dynamite / Hands of Love / Power Cut was added to the album . The song Get on the Right Thing and Little Lamb Dragonfly came from the recordings for the album Ram , the latter being revised again during the recordings for Red Rose Speedway . The arrangement of Little Lamb Dragonfly is by George Martin .

Two songs recorded during this period were planned to be used for the revised double album of January 30, 1973. Best Friend was recorded at a concert in Antwerp ( Belgium ) on August 22, 1972 and released in 2018. The song was part of the set list of European tour "Wings Over Europe", as well as Seaside Woman , a composition by Linda McCartney , who in November 1972 in the AIR Studios was recorded in London. The song was released in the US in May 1977 (UK August 1979) under the pseudonym Suzy and the Red Stripes. In October 1972, also in the AIR Studios, with George Martin the song as a producer, Live and Let Die added that the theme song for the James Bond film Live and Let Die was. The single Live and Let Die / I Lie Around was   released on June 1, 1973 and became a commercial success.

The album was mixed in January 1973, the song One More Kiss was mixed in December 1972. On April 30, 1973 the album Red Rose Speedway was released , which, in contrast to the previous album , now named Paul McCartney & Wings as the interpreter. The record company hoped for better sales numbers by naming McCartney. The previous album Wild Life did not know many potential buyers that it was an album by Paul McCartney. Red Rose Speedway became the second number-one album for Paul McCartney in the United States.

After the release of the album Red Rose Speedway , two tours followed in Great Britain; the first from May 11 to 27, 1973 with 15 concerts, the second from July 4 to 10, 1973 with four concerts.

Cover design

The album, which was released in a pop-up cover , contained a twelve-page booklet of photographs by Linda McCartney taken during the 1972 tour. The message “We love you” to Stevie Wonder was embossed in Braille on the back of the album . The front of the cover only shows the face of Paul McCartney, the other music group members of the Wings were also not shown on the back cover.

Gordon House was responsible for the cover design.

Track list

All songs were written by Paul and Linda McCartney.

page 1

1. Big Barn Bed - 3:48
2. My Love - 4:11
3. Get on the Right Thing - 4:17
4. One More Kiss - 2:28
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:20

Page 2

6. Single Pigeon - 1:52
7. When the Night - 3:38
8. Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) - 4:23
9. Medley: Hold Me Tight / Lazy Dynamite / Hands of Love / Power Cut - 11:14

Re-releases

• It was first published in CD format in October 1987. The CD is accompanied by an illustrated sheet that can be folded out twice. The album has the following three bonus tracks:

10. I Lie Around - 5:01
11. Country Dreamer - 3:09
12. The Mess - 4:56

• In April 1993 the CD was released in a version remastered by Peter Mew . The CD comes with a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The CD contains the following four bonus tracks:

10. I lie around - 5:01
11. The Mess - 4:56
12. Hi Hi Hi - 3:07
13. C Moon - 4:33

• The album was released in June 1996 remastered by Steve Hoffman in the DCC Compact Classics Edition as a 24-carat gold-plated CD. The CD comes with an illustrated 20-page booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The CD plastic sleeve is in turn in a cardboard sleeve. The CD contains the same four bonus tracks as the 1993 version.
• In May 2007 the album was released in download format.
• On December 7th, 2018, Red Rose Speedway , remastered for the second time, was released by the music label Capitol Records as part of The Paul McCartney Archive Collection . The remastering was done by Alex Wharton and Steve Orchard at Abbey Road Studios . The CD album has a cardboard cover that can be opened and which is accompanied by an 18-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The design comes from the company YES. The album was released in different formats:
• Special Edition
  The original 9-track album with a bonus CD containing the following songs:

1. Mary Had a Little Lamb - 3:32
2. Little Woman Love - 2:07
3. Hi, Hi, Hi - 3:08
4. C Moon - 4:34
5. The Mess (Live At The Hague) - 4:34
6. Live And Let Die - 3:12
7. I Lie Around - 5:01
8. Night Out - 2:16
9. Country Dreamer - 3:10
10. Seaside Woman (Linda McCartney) - 3:57
11. Best Friend (Live In Antwerp) - 3:59
12. Mama's Little Girl - 3:45
13. I Would Only Smile (Denny Laine) - 3:23
14. Tragedy (Gerald H. Nelson, Fred B. Burch) - 3:21
15. Thank You Darling - 3:18
16. 1882 (Live In Berlin) - 6:31
17. Jazz Street - 5:08
18. Live And Let Die (Group Only, Take 10) - 3:33

• The album Red Rose Speedway was also released as a vinyl version as a double LP (newly remastered) including the following 11 bonus tracks, it contains a reprint of the 16-page illustrated booklet of the original album and a download code. The album cover and the booklet were printed on glossy paper or cardboard.

page 1 Big Barn Bed - 3:48 My Love - 4:11 Get on the Right Thing - 4:17 One More Kiss - 2:28 Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:20

Page 2 Single Pigeon - 1:52 When the Night - 3:38 Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) - 4:23 Medley: Hold Me Tight / Lazy Dynamite / Hands of Love / Power Cut - 11:14

Page 3 Mary Had a Little Lamb - 3:32 Little Woman Love - 2:07 Hi, Hi, Hi - 3:08 C Moon - 4:34 Live And Let Die - 3:12 I Lie Around - 5:01

page 4 Thank You Darling - 3:18 1882 (Live In Berlin) - 6:31 The Mess (Live At The Hague) - 4:34 Jazz Street - 5:08 Live And Let Die (Group Only, Take 10) - 3:33

• Deluxe Edition
  This edition contains a 128-page illustrated book documenting the creation of the album and a yellow fold-out folder entitled The Bruce McMouse Show . The folder contains a DVD and a Blu-ray , each of which contains the previously unpublished, partially animated concert film of the same name, plus the folder contains 14 sketch sheets as a facsimile and the Dialogue Sheets as a booklet. A 64-page photo book entitled Wings over Morocco is also enclosed, which shows photos of the wings when the group was in Marrakech , Morocco , planning the TV special James Paul McCartney . The three CDs and the DVD are placed in a double-folding cardboard sleeve. The book, the folder, the photo book and the cardboard cover for the CDs / DVD are in a high-gloss cardboard box, which shows photos from the series of photos that were used for the cover of the album on the front and back. The Deluxe Edition contains the original 9-track album with two bonus CDs with the following songs:

CD 2 - Remastered Double Album

1. Night Out - 2:16
   • Previously unreleased studio recording, the recording was made on September 28, 1972
2. Get On The Right Thing - 4:17
3. Country Dreamer - 3:10
   • Released October 1973 as the single B-side by Helen Wheels
4. Big Barn Bed - 3:50
5. My Love - 4:08
6. Single Pigeon - 1:53
7. The Night - 3:38
8. Seaside Woman (Linda McCartney) - 3:57
   • Released in May 1977 as single A-side under the pseudonym Suzy and the Red Stripes , recording took place on March 20, 1972
9. I Lie Around - 5:01
   • Wings' fifth B-side single, originally recorded on October 19, 1970 during the Ram sessions
10. The Mess (Live At The Hague) - 4:34
    • Released March 1973 as the single b-side of My Love
11. Best Friend (Live In Antwerp) - 3:59
    • Previously unpublished live recording, recorded on August 22, 1972
12. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) - 4:23
13. Medley: Hold Me Tight / Lazy Dynamite / Hands Of Love / Power Cut - 11:19
14. Mama's Little Girl - 3:45
    • Released in February 1990 as the B-side single by Put it There , recorded on March 14, 1972
15. I Would Only Smile (Denny Laine) - 3:23
    • Released in December 1980 on Denny Laine's Japanese Tears album , which was recorded on March 22, 1972
16. One More Kiss - 2:29
17. Tragedy (Gerald H. Nelson, Fred B. Burch) - 3:21
    • Previously unpublished studio recording, recorded on March 13, 1972
18. Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:23

CD 3 - Bonus Audio

1. Mary Had a Little Lamb - 3:32
   • Wings' third A-side single, recorded on March 27, 1972
2. Little Woman Love - 2:07
   • Wings' third B-side single, recorded on November 13, 1970 during the Ram sessions
3. Hi, Hi, Hi - 3:08
   • Wings' second A-side single, recorded on September 20, 1972
4. C Moon - 4:34
   • Wings' second B-side single, recorded on September 2, 1972
5. Live and Let Die - 3:12
   • Wings' fifth single A-side, recorded in October 1972
6. Get On The Right Thing (Early Mix) - 4:41
7. Little Lamb Dragonfly (Early Mix) - 6:08
8. Little Woman Love (Early Mix) - 2:08
9. 1882 (Home Recording) - 3:26
10. Big Barn Bed (Rough Mix) - 3:48
11. The Mess - 4:53
    • Previously unpublished studio recording, the recording took place on March 8, 1972
12. Thank You Darling - 3:18
    • Previously unpublished studio recording, the recording was made on March 23, 1972
13. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Rough Mix) - 5:22
14. 1882 (Live In Berlin) - 6:31
15. 1882 - 6:51
    • Previously unpublished studio recording, the recording was made on November 13, 1972
16. Jazz Street - 5:08
    • Previously unpublished studio recording, the recording was made on November 27, 1972
17. Live And Let Die (Group Only, Take 10) - 3:33

as well as a DVD with the following content:

1. Music videos

• Hi, hi, hi
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Countryside)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Desert)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Barn)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Psychedelic)
• my love

2. James Paul McCartney TV Special
3. Live And Let Die (Live in Liverpool)
4. Newcastle interview

A folder contains a DVD and a Blu-ray , each of which contains the previously unpublished, partially animated concert film The Bruce McMouse Show . The mixing was done by Steve Orchard in stereo and 5.1 .

• Planned double vinyl LP: The first known version of a Red Rose Speedway double album comes from an acetate pressing from December 13, 1972 and is described in the main part, another version is from January 30, 1973, the reconstructed on the deluxe version and as Vinyl double album with new cover design was released. A 12-page illustrated booklet is enclosed with the album, which contains information about the album. The design comes from the company YES. The album contains a download code. Paul McCartney said in the context of the re-release of the planned double album: “You know, this is actually how I recollect that double album. I don't remember exactly why we changed it. Possibly because of the label? But, to be honest, it's more likely that I would have just said it's so much easier to deal with a single album. "

page 1 Night out Get on the right thing Country dreamer Big Barn Bed my love

Page 2 Single pigeon When the night Seaside Woman (Linda McCartney) I lie around The Mess (Live at The Hague)

Page 3 Best Friend (Live in Antwerp) Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) Medley: Hold Me Tight / Lazy Dynamite / Hands of Love / Power Cut

page 4 Mama's Little Girl I Would Only Smile (Denny Laine) One more kiss Tragedy (Gerald H. Nelson, Fred B. Burch) Little Lamb Dragonfly

• In December 2018, the following free downloads were made available on the official Paul McCartney homepage, which were previously not officially available:

Hands of Love (Take 2) - 2:22

• In December 2018, a limited Superdeluxe box was released which, in addition to the deluxe versions of Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway , a 96-page photo book entitled Wings Over Europe , a reprint of the 1972 tour program and a CD, the following live recordings from 1972 and 1973. The entire content is in a colored cardboard slipcase:

1. Big Barn Bed (Live In Newcastle, 1973) - 4:29
2. Eat At Home (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 3:49
3. Smile Away (Live In Berlin, 1972) - 4:07
4. Bip Bop (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 2:25
5. Mumbo (Live In Antwerp, 1972) - 3:33
6. Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 3:13
7. 1882 (Live In Berlin, 1972) - 6:28
8. I Would Only Smile (Live In Antwerp, 1972) - 3:35
9. Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Live In Groningen, 1972) - 4:28
10. The Mess (Live In Berlin, 1972) - 4:14
11. Best Friend (Live In Antwerp, 1972) - 4:05
12. Soily (Live In Berlin, 1972) - 4:51
13. I Am Your Singer (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 2:47
14. Seaside Woman (Live In Groningen, 1972) - 3:54
15. Wild Life (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 5:19
16. My Love (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 4:15
17. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 2:49
18. Maybe I'm Amazed (Live In Groningen, 1972) - 3:22
19. Hi, Hi, Hi (Live At The Hague, 1972) - 4:55
20. Long Tall Sally (Live In Groningen, 1972) - 1:58

Single releases

my love

• On March 23, 1973 (USA: April 9, 1973) the single My Love was released - with the song The Mess as B-side. The Mess was recorded during the European tour on August 21, 1972 at a concert in The Hague ( Netherlands ). My Love became the second number one hit for Paul McCartney in the United States.
• In December 1980 the following single was re-released in the USA on Columbia Records : My Love / Maybe I'm Amazed.

Music videos

Music videos were made of the songs My Love , Mary Had a Little Lamb , Hi Hi Hi and C Moon , but not the single A-side Give Ireland Back to the Irish.

Chart placements

year	album						annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	Red Rose Speedway	-	-	-	5	1	The album reached first place in the Australian charts, as well as the top ten in the Dutch, Norwegian and French charts.
2018	Red Rose Speedway (re-release)	56	-	89	82	149
year	Single release						annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	Give Ireland Back to the Irish separate single	-	-	-	16	21st	The single reached number one in Ireland and Spain
1972	Mary Had a Little Lamb separate single	-	-	-	9	28
1972	Hi, Hi, Hi / C Moon separate single	16	-	-	5	10	The single peaked at number 5 in Canada.
1973	My Love Red Rose Speedway	43	-	-	9	1	The single peaked at number 2 in Canada.
1973	Live and Let The separate single	31	-	-	9	2	The single peaked at number 2 in Canada.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	700,000

TV Special James Paul McCartney

Sir Lew Grade convinced Paul McCartney to make a TV special about himself. Director Dwight Hemion directed the filming in February and March 1973. It was broadcast on April 16, 1973 in the US and on May 10 in the UK. The recorded songs were performed by Paul McCartney alone and the Wings.

The following songs were sent:

Big Barn Bed ; Medley: Blackbird / Bluebird / Michelle / Heart of the Country / Mary Had a Little Lamb ; Medley: Little Woman Love / C Moon / My Love / Uncle Albert (without the second part Admiral Halsey ) / Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (previously unreleased) / Live and Let Die / The Mess / Maybe I'm Amazed / Long Tall Sally (broadcast in the US only) / Hi Hi Hi (broadcast on the UK broadcast only) and Yesterday .

The Bruce McMouse Show

The The Bruce McMouse show is a partially animated concert film of Wings. In addition to concert recordings, animated film sequences are shown about a mouse named Bruce who lives with his family below the concert stage on which the Wings play. During the film, the group members interact with the animation characters. Paul McCartney did not release the film because he was not happy with the end result. His goal was to produce a film that the quality of an animated film from Disney equivalent, and this was not achieved in his opinion. The animation parts were directed by Eric Wylam and the concert recordings by Barry Cattington. The music recordings were made by Alan Parsons , the following songs are shown in the film: Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey , Big Barn Bed , Bip Bop , The Mess , Wild Life , Mary had a Little Lamb , I am Your Singer , My Love , Eat at Home , Seaside Woman , Maybe I'm amazed , Blue Moon of Kentucky, and Long Tall Sally . The film had its cinema premiere on January 21, 2019.

literature

• Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 . (Pp. 175–185)
• Red Rose Speedway - Deluxe Edition Book

Web links

• History of origin
• More information about the album
• Pictures and additional information about the 2018 re-release
• Official Homepage: Red Rose Speedway
• Red Rose Speedway Sessions
• 1972 university tour
• 1972 Wings over Europe tour
• 1973 UK tour
• Paul McCartney singles from 1970 to 1973

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Single: Give Ireland Back to the Irish
2. ↑ Single: Hi Hi Hi / C Moon
3. ↑ Single: Mary Had a Little Lamb
4. ^ Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-UP 1970–2001 , ISBN 0-7119-8307-0 , pp. 69 and 71
5. ↑ Single: Live and Let Die
6. ↑ Double album Red Rose Speedway
7. ↑ Superdeluxe box
8. ↑ Single: My Love
9. ↑ Single: My Love
10. ↑ cinema premiere of The Bruce McMouse Show