During late 1973 and through to 1975 Paul McCartney and the band recorded a number of songs destined for one-off singles, b-sides, or projects that were later shelved, and the best of them are gather here. 'Proud Mum' was recorded during the 'Venus And Mars' sessions, and was originally intended to be used in a Mother's Pride bread advert, but I think it nicely book-ends this album. 'Junior's Farm' was one of their best singles, and yet it's never appeared on any album other than Greatest Hits collections, while the b-side 'Sally G' was McCartney's attempt at a credible country song. This led to a challenge for Denny Laine to write a country song as well, and with a little help from McCartney he came up with 'Send Me The Heart'. In late 1973 the band recorded a number of songs which were to be the basis of a Linda McCartney solo album, under the name of Suzy And The Red Stripes. 'Seaside Woman' was completed and released as a single, and was also intended for inclusion on the double album version of 'Red Rose Speedway', before if was removed when that album was slimmed down to a single record. Also recorded at those sessions were 'Luxy' (a tribute to Radio Luxembourg?), 'Oriental Nightfish', 'I Got Up', and an eleven minute take of 'Wide Prairie'. All of these songs eventually appeared on the posthumous Linda McCartney album 'Wide Prairie' in 1998, while 'Oriental Nightfish' was also used as the soundtrack to an animated film of the same name in 1978. 'Soily' was often performed during their concerts, usually as an encore, but the version here is a rare studio take, and 'Zoo Gang' was written as the theme tune to a UK crime drama TV series, and also turned up as the b-side of the 'Band On The Run' single. All in all this is a great collection of rare and hard to find songs from the peak period of the band's popularity.
Track listing
01 Proud Mum (previously unrleased 1975)
02 Junior's Farm (single 1974)
03 Oriental Nightfish (Suzy & The Red Stripes sessions 1973)
04 Luxy (Suzy & The Red Stripes sessions 1973)
05 Wide Prairie (Suzy & The Red Stripes sessions 1973)
06 Sally G (b-side of 'Junior's Farm')
07 One Hand Clapping (previously unrleased 1974)
08 I Got Up (Suzy & The Red Stripes sessions 1973)
09 Soily (previously unrleased 1974)
10 Zoo Gang (b-side of 'Band On The Run' 1973)
11 Send Me The Heart (previously unreleased 1974)
12 Going To New Orleans (My Carnival) (previously unreleased 1975)
13 Proud Mum (Reprise) (previously unreleased 1975)
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