Paul McCartney & Wings "One Hand Clapping" 2x Vinyl LPs + bonus 7" EP New/Sealed

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Paul McCartney & Wings "One Hand Clapping" MPL 602465081633 New/Sealed 2 x Remastered Vinyl LPs,released with a Remastered Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP. This is a paulmccartney.com shop 'Exclusive' edition, released on June 14th 2024.  Both discs are newly mixed with 12 tracks that didn’t appear in the original film. “The Backyard” bonus 7″ features 5 previously unreleased solo acoustic tracks recorded in the backyard of Abbey Road. The package includes original artwork, plus a TV sales brochure created for the film. The bonus 7" plays at 45rpm (Speed indicator neither on the cover or on the labels).
"One Hand Clapping" is a live-in-studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings, released on 14 June 2024, nearly fifty years after it was recorded.

The album began as a rockumentary starring Paul McCartney and his then-band, Wings, and directed by David Litchfield. It was recorded over four days in August 1974 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film features the band performing live in the studio and recording a potential live album, as well as voice-over interviews with the band members. Songs featured include numerous McCartney, Wings and Beatles hits, as well as some covers. Although a TV sales brochure was made, the film and album went unreleased at the time. In the decades since, they have been frequently bootlegged, and various tracks have been released on special editions of other McCartney and Wings albums. The film was finally released on 2 November 2010 as part of the box set reissue of Band on the Run, the first release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. It was announced in August 2024 that the film had been remastered in 4K, and would be released in cinemas on 26 September 2024.
The performance was recorded in Abbey Road Studios (known at the time as EMI Studios) over four days in August 1974, during Band on the Run's seventh week in a row at the top of the UK album charts. Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine were joined by new members guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, who were recruited after previous members Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell had left just prior to recording Band on the Run. The band had just returned from Nashville, where they recorded their then-upcoming single "Junior's Farm". The band were also joined in the studio by orchestra conductor Del Newman and saxophonist Howie Casey, both of whom had previously played with McCartney and would go on to join the Wings touring band.

The album was released on 14 June 2024, on CD, LP and digital platforms. This special edition 2-LP containing an additional 7" record features six additional songs performed solo by McCartney in the backyard of the Abbey Road Studios on the final day of recording.
The album was mixed by Giles Martin and Steve Orchard.
In the 2013 McCartney biography Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s, author Tom Doyle calls the performances "tight and strong" and quotes drummer Geoff Britton as "being surprised to discover that, 'seeing us play, we were a good band'". However, Doyle believes the film is less favourable in how it depicts the personality clashes within the band.
AP critic Scott Bauer praised the "spirited performances" on the album, calling it "a fine snapshot" of McCartney's "post-Beatles creative high". Andrew Korpan of ClutchPoints similarly commented that "all of the songs are performed well and with plenty of energy".