The sound of Paul McCartney and Wings' “One Hand Clapping” used to only be heard on bootlegs, or in snippets available on archive releases over the years. The AP’s Scott Bauer says the official release deserves two-handed applause.
and Wings’ “One Hand Clapping” used to only be heard on bootlegs, or in snippets available on archival releases over the years.more than two dozen songs that were recorded 50 years ago for a video documentary and possibly a live album.
The record finds McCartney and the 1974 iteration of his band Wings in peak form as they set up shop in the familiar confines ofin London. The recordings were made while “Band on the Run” was enjoying a seven-week run at the top of the British album charts.was riding so high, but McCartney delivers spirited performances on “One Hand Clapping.” He revisits beloved Beatles songs like “Let it Be” and reaches even further back to Buddy Holly tracks from the 1950s.
“One Hand Clapping” serves as a fine snapshot of McCartney during this post-Beatles creative high, with a fair number of rarities. Sixteen of the 32 tracks have never been officially released before.Music Review: Bon Jovi takes a victory lap, assessing a 40-year career on new album ‘Forever’The only real miss with this project was the stupefying decision not to include the video, even if only as part of a higher-priced expanded edition.
That aside, the audio of “One Hand Clapping” succeeds by bringing all the songs together in one place for the first time. And that’s a major win for McCartney fans who never got the bootlegs or who haven’t shelled out big bucks over the years to pick up the songs that were included in dribs and drabs on other re-releases. ___Bauer is the AP’s Statehouse reporter covering politics and state government in Madison, Wisconsin. He also writes music reviews.
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