Paul McCartney/Norway 1989 & more

The Get Back Tour, which began in 1989, must be a very memorable tour for fans. Paul was arrested in Japan in January 1980 and Wings naturally disappeared. In the band’s 10-year history, they have rarely performed in Japan. Unfortunately, at the end of that year, John was shot and killed. After that, Paul feared that he too would be targeted, and stopped appearing on stage, saying, “Now that John was hit by a bullet, I have to stay away from the stage until the heat has subsided.” In the 1980s, he only appeared on live stages twice, at Prince’s Trust and Live Aid. Furthermore, considering the situation in Japan, Paul made the unbelievable mistake of being arrested for marijuana possession in Japan even though foreigners with criminal records were allowed to enter the country under special measures, so he will never again be able to visit Japan. It was thought that he would never step on it. Although it was not their first visit to Japan in 1990, it was their first “performance” in Japan, so it must be a very memorable tour for Japanese fans. It was just out of the blue that Paul announced his first tour in 10 years. Unlike today’s era where information is broadcast quickly through the internet, it is not known that he has announced his new work “Flowers In The Dirt” and is rehearsing carefully for the tour, which was the case in the 1980s. The announcement of the tour was received with surprise by those who knew Paul. The tour, which began in Oslo, Norway, in September 1989 after a 10-year hiatus, ended up playing over 100 performances, including a performance in Japan, giving the impression that Paul had truly returned to the stage. Initially, there was no particular tour title, but it spontaneously came to be called “GET BACK TOUR”, which is now the official name. The first thing that became a hot topic was the re-performance of Beatles songs. In the early days of Wings, they stubbornly refused to do this and played with “Long Tall Sally,” but Over America used several songs as entertainment, and “Got To Get You Into My Life” was selected as the opening theme for their 1979 tour. It was. Over time, he gradually became less comfortable singing Beatles songs, such as singing “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Get Back” at the Prince’s Trust, and “Let It Be” at Live Aid. No, I never imagined that it would be listed on the set list without hesitation. In 1989, the generation that actually saw the Beatles in action was in their 40s. The tour was a great success because people went to the venue looking for nostalgia, and Paul was there in real time, not for nostalgia. This work is a complete recording of Norway’s Oslo performance on September 26, 1989, the first day of the tour for the first time in 10 years. This day has been made into a CD once before with the title “NORWEGIAN NIGHT”, but unlike this previously released version, which had poor sound quality, this work is a low generation record that is clearly different from that, although it is the same source. Completely recorded. The pitch deviations that often occur on old tapes have been perfectly adjusted to zero, making this the definitive record of the memorable first day of the tour. Although everyone in the venue didn’t know the setlist, the audience’s reaction was full of surprise and joy as the new songs appeared one after another, and even Paul was a little nervous as he was returning to the tour after 10 years. The content unravels as the concert progresses, allowing you to relive every detail of the concert that attracted attention from all over the world. The concert report of this opening day Oslo performance was published in the Beatles Cine Club newsletter in real time, along with photos from the day, and I’m sure many fans were excited at the time. However, the information was inaccurate, and the setlist that was posted was in a messed up order, and was just a list of the songs that had been performed. Still, I would look at the names of the songs listed in the newsletter and wonder if they had ever played such a song, and how they might have played it. However, when I listen to the sound source from that day again, for example, the scene where he introduces “this is a new guitar that I just bought this morning” with a violin bass in hand to the intro of “Back In The U.S.S.R.” is exactly as reported in the newsletter. I feel very emotional. After 30 years since the performance, we can now enjoy the concert with the actual sound of the day. There is a fresh sense of fun that can only be experienced on the first day, but there are many minor differences. It was a surprising discovery that the two songs “This One” and “My Brave Face” and the two songs “Back In The U.S.S.R.” and “I Saw Her Standing There” were played interchangeably on the first day. ‘t That A Shame’ is not played on the first day. The final words “See You Next time!” must have been repeated many times during the long tour ahead. The bonus tracks include 5 takes of 4 songs, “Summertime,” “Twenty Flight Rock,” “Blue Suade Shoes,” and “Matchbox,” from a general rehearsal held in London two months prior to the first day of the main movie. I am doing it. Perhaps because it was immediately after “CHOBA B CCCP”, which was released only in the Soviet Union, “Summertime” from the same album was played. Perhaps it was originally planned to be included in the set on tour. It is a very bluesy arrangement, and the take on July 26th is over 6 minutes long, and the take on July 27th is over 8 minutes long. “Summertime” has never been played live before, and although it is a general production, it is a valuable live take. “Blue Suade Shoes” was also omitted from the tour set, but the arrangement has been completely changed and it is played with a new approach that makes it feel like an original song. This is also a passionate performance that lasts over 7 minutes. After all, this is their first tour in 10 years. This is Paul McCartney’s first solo tour. Moreover, since the 1980s, as I wrote at the beginning, he has hardly been on stage. According to the records, they rehearsed carefully and performed two general productions in a London studio just before the performance, with an audience of about a few hundred people. However, on September 26, 1989, the Oslo performance was the very first day of the tour. First day of tour in 10 years, Oslo performance on September 26, 1989 Pre-tour rehearsal: “Sommertime”, “Blue Suade Shoes”, “Matchbox”, etc. Drammenshallen, Drammen Oslo Norway September 26, 1989 DISC ONE 01. Opening 02. Figure Of Eight 03. Jet 04. Rough Ride 05. Got To Get You Into My Life 06. Band On The Run 07. Ebony And Ivory 08. We Got Married 09. Maybe I’m Amazed 10. The Long And Winding Road 11. The Fool On The Hill 12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 13. Good Day Sunshine 14. Can’t Buy Me Love 15. Put It There 16. Things We Said Today 17. Eleanor Rigby 18. Back In The U.S.S.R 19. I Saw Her Standing There DISC TWO 01. This One 02. My Brave Face 03. Twenty Flight Rock 04. Coming Up 05. Let It Be 06. Live And Let Die 07. Hey Jude 08. Yesterday 09. Get Back 10. Golden Slumbers – Carry That Weight – The End PLAYHOUSE THEATER 1989 11. Summertime July 26 12. Summertime July 27 13. Twenty Flight Rock July 27 LYCEUM THEATER August 24, 1989 14. Blue Suade Shoes 15. Matchbox