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Artist:Mike McGear
Title:McGear
Label:  Warner Bros.
Country:USA
Catalogue:BS 2825
Date:14 Oct 1974
Format:LP
Genre:Rock, Pop
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 16 Own
Price Guide:$20
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Mike McGearSea BreezesBryan FerryRate
A2Mike McGearWhat Do We Really Know?McCartneyRate
A3Mike McGearNortonMcCartney, McGear9.0  Rate
A4Mike McGearLeave ItMcCartneyRate
A5Mike McGearHave You Got Problems?McCartney, McGearRate
B1Mike McGearThe CasketMcCartney, McGoughRate
B2Mike McGearRainbow LadyMcCartney, McGearRate
B3Mike McGearSimply Love YouMcCartney, McGearRate
B4Mike McGearGivin' Grease A RideMcCartney, McGearRate
B5Mike McGearThe Man Who Found God On The MoonMcCartney, McGearRate


Notes

Paul McCartney : Producer.
Linda McCartney : Moog and vocal harmonies.
Denny Laine : Leci guitar and vocal harmonies.
Jimmy McCullough : Leci guitar.
Gerry Conway : Drums.
Brain Jones : Sax.
Paddy “Pipes” Moloney (Chieftans) : Aeolian pipes.
Peter Tattershall : Engineer.
Martin Lawrence : Assistant engineer.

Originally Paul McCartney and Wings were scheduled to start making an LP with Paul’s brother, Mike McGear, in December 1973, but the sessions were delayed until the following month. In January 1974, at the suggestion of George Harrison, the crew assembled at 10cc’s Strawberry Studios to record a batch of songs that were nothing if not Paul McCartney compositions, regardless of whose name was on the credits. In addition to writing the vast majority of tunes and playing most of the instruments, Paul also sang extremely audible background vocals; therefore, for all intents and purposes, McGear was the 1974 Paul McCartney and Wings LP. Unfortunately, when the album was issued in the UK in September 1974, prefaced by the Leave It single in August, it was anything but a Wings LP when it came to its commercial performance; it didn’t even dent the charts. Perhaps playing up the McCartney angle a bit more in the promotion would have helped its fate, but Mike to his credit wanted it to stand on its own merits.

Source: Chip Madinger and Mark Easter’s wonderful book Eight Arms To Hold You – The Solo Beatles Compendium (2000, 44.1 Productions, LP), with acknowledgement, and used for educational purposes.

Given the foregoing, some consider this a “lost” Wings album.

Notes by JPGR&B, 19 December 2018.

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frankheussner
30th Dec 2022
 Uploaded promo labels
 

 
JPGR&B SUBS
19th Dec 2018
 Cherry Red Records and Esoteric Recordings are going to be re-releasing McGear in February 2019 according to Mike McGear - hear more about this in an interview with Richard Oliff from Tuesday 11 December 2018, where Mike talks about the invention, creation and animation of The Weirdos, and about the forthcoming re-release of the 1974 album McGear.

It will be a Super Deluxe vinyl release with DVD, as well as on CD.
 

 
edlongus SUBS
17th Dec 2017
 Side I label variant scan added (Track 5 "Have You Got Problems?" has publishing variant).
 


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