Paul McCartney,Wings/Europe Tour Collection 1972

The earliest Wings video is the 1973 “JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY” TV show, which saw the release of the best version, but another video that is on par with that is “THE BRUCE”, which was made as a TV movie. McMOUSE SHOW”. In contrast to “JPM”, this is a live video of the European tour in 1972, and Paul himself has already said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine immediately after the release of “BAND ON THE RUN”. It was reported that he was in the process of producing it, and even that he left his seat to watch the rush video of “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW” during the interview. How should a rock concert stage in the early 1970s be made into a movie? In this sense, it can be said that it is an era of trial and error, and the best example is the Led Zeppelin movie “Eternal Poetry”. The images and scenes of each member are included, and even the manager plays a mafia character, which shows that they were trying to incorporate themes other than the live scenes. Such trial and error is the same for “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW,” which also incorporates themes other than live footage. The theme is Paul, who is a family man, and interacts with rats that live in a nest under the stage where Wings is playing. As this film and “Eternal Poetry” demonstrate, in the early 1970s it was considered difficult to make a film that only showed concerts. However, in 1976, Paul also planned a pure concert movie “ROCKSHOW” without such production. Although the production of “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW” was reported in real time, it is said that it was finally completed in 1977. It is speculated that the reason why the completion of the film was so delayed and the film was not released was due to the fact that two members of the original Wings left the film six months after the film was recorded. In the previous interview, Paul also touched on the withdrawal of members, and I can’t help but feel that this has discouraged him from making a movie. What’s more, around the time it was completed, the new lineup of Wings was a huge success. In any case, the finished video will be shelved. As currently released footage has proven, the film not only alternated between live performances and animated mice, but also included an elaborate production in which original Wings members interacted with animated mice. . We finally got a glimpse of the images that took so much time and money in the nostalgic VHS “Paul McCartney Special (Portrait).” The performance scenes of “Wild Life” and “Hi, Hi, Hi” were used there, and enthusiasts wondered if this was the phantom “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW”. However, regarding the main body of “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW”, it was only briefly shown on “WINGSPAN” and there was no sign of the full story being revealed, and this video, which is the holy grail of Wings, was finally released in “RED ROSE SPEEDWAY” Super Deluxe Edition. What happened is still fresh in my memory. In addition to the fact that it was originally shot on movie film, the image quality released with today’s technology is stunning. When I looked at the video, which was finally available for viewing, I found that I was not satisfied with just mixing footage of multiple performances into the performance scene of one song (Paul’s stage costume changes all the time), and some of the songs are set in the following year. I was also surprised by the result in which additional shots were inserted. It is similar to “Eternal Poetry” in that the footage shot on stage was not enough, and additional stage shots were recorded at a later date. In “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW,” it was easy to tell that Paul’s hairstyle was different even though the clothes were the same in the real stage footage and the additional shooting. These points were also unique to the early days of rock live movies, but the value of capturing the early Wings stage with such clear images is immeasurable. If that’s the case, I don’t need a scene involving that mouse anime, I just want to see the Wings performance scene. Furthermore, I think there are many people who have not seen the video yet because they are too hesitant to buy Super Deluxe. Therefore, what will be released this time is a live video that removes the animation from “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW” and reconstructs it in the order of the songs from the 1972 European tour. It is still fresh in my memory that there was a “fan edition” of “Eien no Uta” with the songs in the correct order, and this time it is exactly the Wings version. However, it’s not a big deal if you just cut the anime and rearrange the songs. We worked meticulously to ensure that the content was sufficient for the release of a limited press DVD. The concept is to recreate the 1972 live performance, so of course the performance scene of “Big Barn Bed” that appears at the beginning of the performance scene was cut from the animation. The scene of the song was lip-synced and recorded using the pre-release album sound source during the additional filming (perhaps the intention was to include the latest song at the time of release), so it was excluded. Furthermore, the opening instrumental, which was completely treated as anime BGM in the original video, is a clever collage of performance scenes from other songs. As I mentioned earlier, the video is a collage of real live footage and additional shots (the length of Paul’s hair changes during the performance lol), so this doesn’t feel out of place at all. “Eat At Home” also includes performance scenes patched into some anime scenes. And from the opening to “Bip Bop”, by synchronizing the audio of the CD that was a bonus in that gorgeous “WINGS 1971-1973” box and essentially serving as the soundtrack for “THE BRUCE McMOUSE SHOW”, you can hear it while playing. The mouse’s lines that were included in the song have been removed, and the version has been updated to a state where you can listen to the performance purely. Finally, Linda’s “Seaside Woman” scene, which was recorded during additional filming similar to “Big Barn Bed”, was recorded using a live take from the CD, making the lip-synching footage of the studio take more realistic. and evolved. “JPM” was already in progress at the time of additional filming, and preparations were also being made for the UK tour to follow. It brought tears to my eyes that he went out of his way to take pictures wearing costumes from the previous year. The great appeal of this release is that through such careful work, you can now enjoy the already precious original Wings live footage in an atmosphere that is closer to the actual tour and stage. A valuable high-quality professional shot video of the early Wings that is on par with the classic “JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY” is born! Evenementenhal Martinihal, Groningen, Netherlands 19th August 1972 Nederlands Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands 21st August 1972 Cinema Roma, Antwerp, Belgium 22nd August 1972 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany 24th August 1972 1. Instrumental 2. Eat At Home 3. Bip Bop 4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky 5. The Mess 6. I Am Your Singer 7. Seaside Woman 8. Wild Life 9. My Love 10. Mary Had A Little Lamb 11. Maybe I’m Amazed 12. Hi, Hi, Hi 13. Long Tall Sally PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.42min.