Pure McCartney is a live DVD/CD and DVD/2-LP album by singer-songwriters Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, and Tracy Bonham, with the band The Damn Crystals, released in 2013.
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| Released | 12 February 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 18 June 2012 Vega, Copenhagen | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:25:58 | |||
| Label | Mermaid Records | |||
| Producer | Tim Christensen, Frank Birch Pontoppidan | |||
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Overview
editPure McCartney contains a recording of a one-off tribute concert at Vega in Copenhagen in celebration of Sir Paul McCartney's 70th birthday that day.[1]
Bassist Søren Koch once saw Viola play in New York, and thought that he had a strong musical match with Christensen, so he introduced the two.[2] Christensen and Viola found out that the 1971 McCartney album Ram is their mutual favorite album, and the idea arose to hold a concert in honor of McCartney's 70th birthday on 18 June 2012.[3] The set list consisted of songs from Ram alongside several other post-Beatles songs.[4] Vega's large concert hall, with a capacity of 1,500, was sold out.[5]
The concert was filmed and released eight months after the show on DVD/CD and DVD/2-LP, featuring artwork inspired by Ram by Paul "Yellow1" Wilson, who has previously done work on several other releases of Christensen and his band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy.
Noel Gallagher was planned to become a surprise guest.[2] Christensen and Gallagher appeared on Danish television, where they were competing in a small quiz about The Beatles. They got along well with each other backstage and also talked about the McCartney concert, but they never heard back from Gallagher's manager.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Paul & Linda McCartney, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Too Many People" | Paul McCartney | 4:34 |
| 2. | "3 Legs" | Paul McCartney | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Ram On" | Paul McCartney | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Dear Boy" | 2:37 | |
| 5. | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | 5:13 | |
| 6. | "Smile Away" | Paul McCartney | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Heart of the Country" | 2:38 | |
| 8. | "Monkberry Moon Delight" | 4:42 | |
| 9. | "Eat at Home" | 3:37 | |
| 10. | "Long Haired Lady" | 7:07 | |
| 11. | "The Back Seat of My Car" | Paul McCartney | 5:20 |
| 12. | "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" | 8:03 | |
| 13. | "Coming Up" | Paul McCartney | 4:14 |
| 14. | "Live and Let Die" | 3:21 | |
| 15. | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Paul McCartney | 4:44 |
| 16. | "Junk" | Paul McCartney | 3:41 |
| 17. | "Band on the Run" | 5:59 | |
| Total length: | 1:16:31 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Bonus featurette" | 9:27 |
Personnel
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Notes
edit- ^ Bertelsen, Mikkel Drejer (22 March 2012). "Tim C hylder Paul McCartney" (Tim C celebrates Paul McCartney). GAFFA. (in Danish)
- ^ a b c Andersen, Christian Voldborg (25 October 2014). "Tim Christensen: Jeg holder Dizzy-butikken åben nu" Archived 26 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Tim Christensen: I now consider the Dizzy-boutique opened). GAFFA. (in Danish)
- ^ Bonus featurette.
- ^ Christensen, Tim (22 January 2013). "DVD-release: The Pure McCartney-tribute show". The Official Tim Christensen Blog.
- ^ Viola, Mike (2012). Been quiet in the tour update front Archived 21 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Tumblr. Retrieved 16 February 2013.