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Hot Trax '74: See/Hear Songs by Paper Lace, Rick Derringer, the Crusaders and More
New songs on the charts 50 years ago this week.
Much-Bootlegged Paul McCartney and Wings Album 'One-Hand Clapping' Set for Official Release June 14
From the official news release:
The wait is over: With the June 14 release of One Hand Clapping, one of the most bootlegged live albums in musical history will finally receive a proper release. In August 1974, when Band on the Run was enjoying a seven-week consecutive #1 stint at the top of the UK album charts, Paul McCartney and Wings headed to Abbey Road Studios for the filming of a video documentary and possible live studio album – One Hand Clapping. Despite overwhelming demand for newly recorded material from the biggest band in the world at that time, One Hand Clapping was never officially released.
Filmed and recorded over four days and directed by David Litchfield, the release of One Hand Clapping is a historic moment for Paul McCartney fans. Over the years, various parts of One Hand Clapping have been bootlegged with varying degrees of success. Some of the material has also appeared on official McCartney releases. However, the June 14 release, which features the original artwork designed for the project, including a TV sales brochure for the unreleased film at the time, is the first time the audio for the film—plus several additional songs recorded off-camera--have been officially issued.
One Hand Clapping showcased Wings‘ new line-up, fresh off their return from Nashville, where they recorded the classic single Junior’s Farm. Following the sudden departure of Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough the previous year on the eve of recording the Wings masterpiece Band on the Run, Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine were now joined by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton. Additionally joining the band in the studio were orchestral arranger Del Newman and saxophonist Howie Casey, who had previously played with Paul in Hamburg and would go on to join the Wings touring band.
Opening with an instrumental jam that would become the One Hand Clapping theme song, the album features live-in-studio renditions of Wings mega-hits “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “Jet,” “My Love,” “Hi, Hi, Hi,” “Junior’s Farm,” Paul’s much loved solo song “Maybe I’m Amazed,” reworked extracts of Beatles’ classics “Let It Be,” “The Long and Winding Road” and “Lady Madonna,” the Moody Blues hit “Go Now” with Denny Laine singing, and a Paul solo piano version of the Harry Akst/Benny Davis Tin Pan Alley classic “Baby Face.”
One Hand Clapping will be released in multiple formats, including an online exclusive 2LP + 7” package featuring an exclusive vinyl single of previously unreleased solo performances recorded on the final day of the sessions in the backyard of Abbey Road studios. These include the unreleased track “Blackpool,” The Beatles’ iconic “Blackbird,” Wings B-side “Country Dreamer,” and cover versions of Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” (the first song Paul played to John Lennon when they met in 1957) and Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” and “I’m Gonna Love You Too.”
One Hand Clapping serves as a celebration of the enduring legacy of Paul McCartney and Wings. It captured a moment when Wings had found and defined their signature sound – just as Paul had shaped popular culture the decade before with The Beatles, he was doing it once again in the 70s with Wings. This recording gives an insight into the inner workings of the band as they work and play together in the studio. It also underscores Paul’s incredible talent as a live performer: Fifty years on, Paul is still performing many of these songs in packed stadiums across the world.
One Hand Clapping Online Exclusive 2LP + 7 - Available only at the official Paul McCartney site.
Tracklist
Disc 1
A1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
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A1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
A2. Jet 03:59
A3. Soily 03:55
A4. C Moon/Little Woman Love 03:19
A5. Maybe I’m Amazed 04:52
A6. My Love 04:15
B1. Bluebird 03:27
B2. Let’s Love 01:09
B3. All of You 02:04
B4. I’ll Give You a Ring 02:03
B5. Band on the Run 05:20
B6. Live and Let Die 03:26
B7. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five 05:50
B8. Baby Face 01:56
Disc 2
C1. Let Me Roll It 04:28
C2. Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:05
C3. Power Cut 01:33
C4. Love My Baby 01:13
C5. Let It Be 01:02
C6. The Long and Winding Road/Lady Madonna 02:10
D1. Junior’s Farm 04:17
D2. Sally G 03:28
D3. Tomorrow 02:12
D4. Go Now 03:35
D5. Wild Life 04:30
D6. Hi, Hi, Hi 03:57
Disc 3 7"
E1. Blackpool 01:43
E2. Blackbird 02:27
E3. Country Dreamer 02:17
F1. Twenty Flight Rock 02:08
F2. Peggy Sue 01:24
F3. I’m Gonna Love You Too 01:10
Tracklist
Disc 1
A1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
One Hand Clapping 2CD - Order from Amazon
Disc 1
A1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
A2. Jet 03:59
A3. Soily 03:55
A4. C Moon/Little Woman Love 03:19
A5. Maybe I’m Amazed 04:52
A6. My Love 04:15
B1. Bluebird 03:27
B2. Let’s Love 01:09
B3. All of You 02:04
B4. I’ll Give You a Ring 02:03
B5. Band on the Run 05:20
B6. Live and Let Die 03:26
B7. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five 05:50
B8. Baby Face 01:56
Disc 2
C1. Let Me Roll It 04:28
C2. Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:05
C3. Power Cut 01:33
C4. Love My Baby 01:13
C5. Let It Be 01:02
C6. The Long and Winding Road/Lady Madonna 02:10
D1. Junior’s Farm 04:17
D2. Sally G 03:28
D3. Tomorrow 02:12
D4. Go Now 03:35
D5. Wild Life 04:30
D6. Hi, Hi, Hi 03:57
One Hand Clapping 2CD - Order from Amazon
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
2. Jet 03:59
3. Soily 03:55
4. C Moon/Little Woman Love 03:19
5. Maybe I’m Amazed 04:52
6. My Love 04:15
7. Bluebird 03:27
8. Let’s Love 01:09
9. All of You 02:04
10. I’ll Give You a Ring 02:03
11. Band on the Run 05:20
12. Live and Let Die 03:26
13. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five 05:50
14. Baby Face 01:56
Disc 2
1. Let Me Roll It 04:28
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:05
3. Power Cut 01:33
4. Love My Baby 01:13
5. Let It Be 01:02
6. The Long and Winding Road/Lady Madonna 02:10
7. Junior’s Farm 04:17
8. Sally G 03:28
9. Tomorrow 02:12
10. Go Now 03:35
11. Wild Life 04:30
12. Hi, Hi, Hi 03:57
1. One Hand Clapping 02:15
2. Jet 03:59
3. Soily 03:55
4. C Moon/Little Woman Love 03:19
5. Maybe I’m Amazed 04:52
6. My Love 04:15
7. Bluebird 03:27
8. Let’s Love 01:09
9. All of You 02:04
10. I’ll Give You a Ring 02:03
11. Band on the Run 05:20
12. Live and Let Die 03:26
13. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five 05:50
14. Baby Face 01:56
Disc 2
1. Let Me Roll It 04:28
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:05
3. Power Cut 01:33
4. Love My Baby 01:13
5. Let It Be 01:02
6. The Long and Winding Road/Lady Madonna 02:10
7. Junior’s Farm 04:17
8. Sally G 03:28
9. Tomorrow 02:12
10. Go Now 03:35
11. Wild Life 04:30
12. Hi, Hi, Hi 03:57
Coming Up: 'Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 1'
Out June 11. Pre-order now from Amazon.
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Fan-favorite writer David Michelinie teams with an artistic legend-in-the-making for an amazing run! Following in the huge footsteps of Todd McFarlane and Erik Larsen, Mark Bagley came out swinging - and established himself as one of the finest pencilers to ever draw Spider-Man's adventures!
From the wall-crawler's daunting rematch with the Tri-Sentinel - this time without Captain Universe powers - to the savage debut of the psychopathic symbiote Carnage and the Invasion of the Spider-Slayers, these are some of the most spectacular Spidey tales of all…and they culminate with the shocking return of Peter Parker's parents, and a status-quo shattering Spider-Man vs. Venom fight as only Bagley can draw it!
Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #351-375 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #25-26 - plus material from SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #11-12, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #7-8 and NEW WARRIORS ANNUAL #2.
Coming Up: Robyn Hitchock's Memoir '1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left'
Out Order now from Amazon.
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“A bright, nostalgic look at the exhilaration of 1967, this book―illustrated throughout with Hitchcock’s surreal sketches―will appeal to not only the author’s many fans but also anyone interested in the music and culture from the golden age of psychedelia. Wistfully reflective reading.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Memoirists rarely begin their work with a stroke of genuine inspiration, and Robyn Hitchcock’s ingenious idea to limit his account of his life to the titular year gives this sharp, funny, finely written book an unusually keen, wistful intensity without sacrificing its sense of the breathtaking sweep of time. I absolutely adored every line of 1967 and every moment I spent reading it.” ―Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue
1967: HOW I GOT THERE AND WHY I NEVER LEFT explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive-compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of thirteen―just as Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited starts to bite, and the Beatles’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band explodes.
When he arrives in January 1966, Robyn Hitchcock is still a boy pining for the comforts of home and his family’s loving au pair, Teresa. By December 1967, he’s mutated into a 6’2? tall rabid Bob Dylan fan, whose two ambitions in life are to get really high and fly to Nashville.
In between―as the hippie revolution blossoms in the world outside―Hitchcock adjusts to the hierarchical, homoerotic world of Winchester, threading a path through teachers with arrested development, some oafish peers, and a sullen old maid―a very English freak show. On the way he befriends a cadre of bat-winged teenage prodigies and meets their local guru, the young Brian Eno.
At the end of 1967, all the ingredients are in place that will make Robyn Hitchcock a songwriter for life. But then again, does 1967 ever really end?
New Music Releases: St. Vincent, George Harrison, Neil Young, Parliament, More
Our picks this week. Click the links to order from Amazon.
Pop Culture Roundup: Lollapalooza, Doctor Who, Lord of the Rings
ITEM! A documentary about the long-running Lollapalooza music festival debuts May 21 on Paramount+.
ITEM! David Tennant has been "guiding therapist father figure" to new Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa.
ITEM! The "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy returns to select movie screens this June.
ITEM! A look at Hellboy creator Mike Mignola's new comic book universe.
Coming Up: 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two'
Out May 25. Pre-order now from Amazon.
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Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold.
In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends a protest in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka’s recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka's heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris’s exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them earlier. Visually, the story is told in Ferris's inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography.
Watch a Trailer for 'Jim Henson: Idea Man' - Coming to Disney+ May 31
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Directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard, "Jim Henson Idea Man" chronicles the story of extraordinary artist and visionary Jim Henson.
In his 36-year career, Henson created some of the world's most cherished characters, including classic Muppets like Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy and all of Sesame Street's iconic residents, including Big Bird, Grover, Cookie Monster, and Bert and Ernie. Henson also directed beloved fantasy films like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
Produced with the full participation and cooperation of the Henson family, "Jim Henson Idea Man" is an unprecedented, intimate look at Henson's illustrious, revolutionary career and complex personal life. Using never-before-seen personal archival home movies, photographs, sketches, and Henson's personal diaries, as well as interviews with those who knew him best, the film is the definitive portrait of one of the world's most inspiring and iconoclastic creators.
The Original documentary will premiere May 31 on Disney+.
Coming Up: 'Serenity' Soundtrack Out on Vinyl June 28
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Browncoats, rejoice. We’re excited to announce the first-ever vinyl release for David Newman’s expanded Deluxe Edition score for the cult-classic space-western Serenity. Serenity (2005) was the feature film sequel of the short-lived TV series Firefly (2002–2003). When fans lamented the loss of the canceled show, Universal rescued the titular spaceship and its charismatic crew (including Nathan Fillion, Morena Baccarin, Gina Torres and Alan Tudyk) for a big-screen adventure.
The expanded Deluxe Edition version of composer David Newman’s score comes as a 2-LP vinyl set, packaged in a jacket featuring new artwork by acclaimed illustrator Matt Sheean, a fold-out poster, and new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger. Set for release on June 28th, and available for pre-order now, the 2-LP set will be available in a Varèse Sarabande Vinyl Club “Browncoat” variant (limited to 500 copies) exclusively at VareseSarabande.com, and a Translucent Blue variant (limited to 1,500 copies).
Coming Up: David Gilmour's First LP in Nine Years - 'Luck and Strange'
Out Sept. 6. Pre-order now from Amazon.
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David Gilmour today announced his new album ‘Luck and Strange’, to be released on 6th September on Sony Music. The first track from the album, ‘The Piper’s Call’, will be released this Thursday, 25th April, following a world exclusive first play on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
‘Luck and Strange’ was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman. Of this new working relationship, David says, “We invited Charlie to the house, so he came and listened to some demos, and said things like, “Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?” and “Do they all fade out? Can’t some of them just end?”. He has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine. He’s very direct and not in any way overawed, and I love that. That is just so good for me because the last thing you want is people just deferring to you.”
The majority of the album’s lyrics have been composed by Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer and collaborator for the past thirty years. Samson says of the lyrical themes covered on ‘Luck and Strange’, “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” Gilmour elaborates, “We spent a load of time during and after lockdown talking about and thinking about those kind of things.” Polly has also found the experience of working with Charlie Andrew liberating, “He wants to know what the songs are about, he wants everyone who’s playing on them to have the ideas that are in the lyric informing their playing. I have particularly loved it for that reason.”
The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ ‘Between Two Points’ and has artwork and photography by the renowned artist Anton Corbijn.
Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & Roger Eno on keyboards with string and choral arrangements by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 at a jam in a barn at David’s house.
Some contributions emerged from the live streams that Gilmour and family performed to a global audience during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021; Romany Gilmour sings, plays the harp and appears on lead vocals on ‘Between Two Points’. Gabriel Gilmour also sings backing vocals.
The album’s cover image, photographed and designed by Anton Corbijn, is inspired by a lyric written by Charlie Gilmour for the album’s final song ‘Scattered’. Of working with his family on ‘Luck and Strange’, David says, “Polly and I have been writing together for over thirty years and the Von Trapped live streams showed the great blend of Romany’s voice and harp-playing and that led us into a feeling of discarding some of the past that I’d felt bound to and that I could throw those rules out and do whatever I felt like doing, and that has been such a joy."
‘Luck and Strange’ will be released on 6th September on Sony Music.
DAVID GILMOUR
LUCK AND STRANGE
VINYL
Gatefold sleeve and booklet with photography and design by Anton Corbijn
SIDE ONE
Black Cat*
Luck and Strange
The Piper’s Call
A Single Spark
Vita Brevis*
Between Two Points** - with Romany Gilmour
SIDE TWO
Dark and Velvet Nights
Sings
Scattered***
CD
Album plus two bonus tracks.
Digipak and booklet with photography and design by Anton Corbijn
Coming Up: 'Everyone’s Getting Involved A tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense' with Paramore, Miley Cyrus, Lorde, the Linda Lindas and More
A tribute to the classic soundtrack LP, out in July from A24.
Contributors include: Miley Cyrus, the National, Blondshell, the Linda Lindas, El Mato, Paramore, DJ Tunez, Teezo Touchdown, Jean Dawson, the Cavemen., BADBADNOTGOOD, Kevin Abstract, Toro y Moi, girl in red, Lorde and Chicano Batman.
Track listing:
SIDE A
01. Psycho Killer - Miley Cyrus
02. Heaven - The National
03. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - Blondshell
04. Found a Job - The Linda Lindas
SIDE B
05. Slippery People - El Mato a un Policia Motorizado
06. Burning Down the House - Paramore
07. Life During Wartime - Dj Tunez
SIDE C
08. Making Flippy Floppy - Teezo Touchdown
09. Swamp - Jean Dawson
10. What a Day That Was - The Cavemen.
11. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - BADBADNOTGOOD (Feat. Norah Jones)
12. Once in a Lifetime - Kevin Abstract
SIDE D
13. Genius of Love - Toro y Moi (feat Brijean)
14. Girlfriend is Better - girl in red
15. Take Me to the River - Lorde
16. Crosseyed and Painless - Chicano Batman (Feat. Money Mark)
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