Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)

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Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
Live album by Paul McCartney

Publication
(s)

May 20, 1991 ( UK ) ,
0June 4, 1991 ( US )

Label (s)
  • Hispa Vox (LP-worldwide)

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD , download

Genre (s)

Rock music

Title (number)

17th

running time

58 min 29 s

occupation
  • Hamish Stuart - acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals
  • Paul "Wix" Wickens - piano, accordion, percussion, acoustic bass guitar and backing vocals
  • Blair Cunningham - drums and percussion

production

Joel Gallen for MTV, sound recording: Geoff Emerick

Studio (s)

Limehouse Television Studios, London

chronology
Tripping the Live Fantastic
(1990) 		Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) Снова в СССР
(1991)

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is the third live album by Paul McCartney . At the same time, including the Wings albums, live albums and compilation albums, it is Paul McCartney's 21st album after the Beatles split up . It was released on May 20, 1991 in the UK and June 4, 1991 in the US.

Emergence

On January 25, 1991 Paul McCartney gave a concert in front of around 200 guests at Limehouse Television Studios in Wembley (Great Britain). The concert was recorded for MTV television, directed by Bruce Gowers, and broadcast in a series of unplugged concerts. During these concerts, the artists used mainly acoustic instruments.

The total recording length of Paul McCartney's appearance was nearly 100 minutes, which was cut to 48 minutes for the television broadcast, which took place on April 3, 1991 in the USA and on August 26, 1991 in the UK. In total, the following 24 songs were performed in this order:

  1. Mean Woman Blues (not included on LP / CD, the song was released on Biker Like an Icon's UK promotional CD single)
  2. Matchbox (not included on the LP / CD, not yet legally published)
  3. Midnight Special (not included on the LP / CD, the song was released on the CD Off the Ground - The Complete Works )
  4. I lost my little girl
  5. Here, There and Everywhere
  6. San Francisco Bay Blues
  7. We Can Work It Out
  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky
  9. I've just seen a face
  10. Every night
  11. Be-Bop-A-Lula
  12. She's a woman
  13. And I Love Her
  14. The Fool (not included on the LP / CD, not yet legally released)
  15. Things We Said Today (not included on the LP / CD, the song was released on the CD Off the Ground - The Complete Works )
  16. That would be something
  17. Blackbird
  18. Hi-heel sneakers
  19. Good rockin 'tonight
  20. Junk
  21. Ain't no sunshine
  22. Ain't No Sunshine (2)
  23. We Can Work It Out (2)
  24. Singing the blues

The television broadcast contained only 14 songs instead of the 17 on the CD, the titles San Francisco Bay Blues , Hi-Heel Sneakers and Ain't No Sunshine were not used.

On this album, the drummer Chris Whitten, who switched to the music group Dire Straits , was replaced by Blair Cunningham.

Test recordings for the concert, available on bootlegs , were made at Paul McCartney's studio in Sussex , where other songs were rehearsed that were not performed: Cut Across Shorty , Froggie Went-a-Courtin ' , Love Me Tender , Mother Nature's Son , Rock Island Line and Tequila .

After the concert, Paul McCartney decided to release the gig as his third live album, which then became the first unplugged album. Other artists such as Eric Clapton and Mariah Carey released other unplugged albums in the following years. The album included Paul McCartney's first composition, I Lost My Little Girl , which was first legally released.

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) was sold as a vinyl long-playing record in a limited edition of 250,000 copies. The production took place in Spain on the Hispavox label. The production of the CD was discontinued after the release date, except in Japan .

After the album was released, Paul McCartney went on a European tour from May 8th to July 24th that included six concerts. The concerts had an acoustic and an "electrical" part and took place in smaller concert halls that could hold between 1,000 and 3,326 visitors. The songs of the acoustic part varied at the concerts.

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is the first album since Tug of War to make it into the top twenty on the US Billboard 200 .

Cover design

The cover was designed by Mike Ross. The photographs are from Eugene Adebari. The CD is accompanied by a twelve-page illustrated booklet that contains information about the album, the concert and the songs.

Track list

page 1

  1. Be-Bop-A-Lula ( Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) - 4:04
  2. I Lost My Little Girl (Paul McCartney) - 1:45
  3. Here, There and Everywhere ( Lennon / McCartney ) - 3:16
  4. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) - 4:21
  5. We Can Work It Out (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:48
  6. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller) - 3:29
  7. I've Just Seen a Face (Lennon / McCartney) - 3:01
  8. Every Night (Paul McCartney) - 3:24
  9. She's a Woman (Lennon / McCartney) - 3:39

Page 2

  1. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker) - 4:08
  2. And I Love Her (Lennon / McCartney) - 4:17
  3. That Would Be Something (Paul McCartney) - 4:02
  4. Blackbird (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:09
  5. Ain't No Sunshine ( Bill Withers ) - 4:05
  6. Good Rockin 'Tonight (Roy Brown) - 3:42
  7. Singing the Blues (Melvin Endsley) - 3:46
  8. Junk (Paul McCartney) - 2:26

Re-releases

  • The album has not yet been remastered .
  • In July 2010 the album was released in download format.

Single releases

No single was released from the album.

Chart placements

year album Chart placements annotation
DE AT CH UK US
1991 Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) - - 39 7th 14th The album also reached number 13 in the Norwegian charts and number 24 in the Japanese charts.

Video publishing

Paul McCartney's Unplugged concert has not yet been published legally. The songs I Lost My Little Girl , Every Night , And I Love Her and That Would Be Something appeared as part of the DVD release The McCartney Years in November 2007.

literature

  • Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You. The Solo Compendium. 44.1 Productions, Chesterfield MO 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 339-334).

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