Paul Mccartney 1979 Back To The Egg (sunny Side Up)(japan, Pctc 257 [yex 987]) Paper Sleeve

Back to the Egg is Paul McCartney's attempt to get back to rock & roll after the soft rock of London Town. Assembling a new lineup of Wings, McCartney leads the group through a set of his most undistinguished songs, ranging from the forced arena rock of "Old Siam, Sir" to the formulaic adult contemporary pap of "Arrow Through Me" – and those are two of the more memorable cuts on the record…

This DVD contains the 1982 UK broadcast of Wings' 'Back To The Egg' TV special taken from a master VHS tape and remastered using audio from the 1993 CD release. As a result the dubbed-on crowd noise and effects between tracks are omitted…

Back To The Egg TV Special; Intro Getting Closer Baby's Request Old Siam, Sir Winter Rose/Love Awake Spin It On Again And Again And Again Arrow Through Me Goodnight Tonight Outtro Hammersmith Odeon 29th December 1979 (Concert For Kampuchea); Got To Get You Into My Life Every Night Coming Up Lucille Let It Be Rockestra Theme Promo Videos; Wonderful Christmastime Rockestra Theme Arrow Through Me (brass stab guide vocal mix) Goodnight Tonight (30s version).

Another album, another tour, another live album souvenir of the tour. Paul McCartney has essentially followed this pattern since his 1989 return to arenas for the supporting tour for Flowers in the Dirt, and each of the records is essentially the same: the big solo hits, some of the big Beatles songs, plus a few tunes from the latest solo album…

Paul McCartney's return to the stage in 1989 for the Flowers in the Dirt tour was heavily hyped, since it was not only his first extensive tour since the '70s, but also marked the first time he incorporated large portions of the Beatles' catalog into his set list. The double-disc, 37-track Tripping the Live Fantastic documents the tour, and it's a pleasant, if ultimately inconsequential, nostalgia trip that puts the weaknesses of Flowers in the Dirt in a little too sharp relief…