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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

#NewYorkNotes @PaulMcCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl Album Earns Our Highest Recommendation: To Be Released Record Store Day April 22, 2023

A must for your music collection: Paul McCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl Album!
It earns our Highest Recommendation.
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UMe proudly announces the release of Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl LP and Whom You Know could not be more honored to give it our Highest Recommendation. The 50th Anniversary pressing will be available from April 22 for Record Store Day 2023, days before the actual anniversary of the album's original April 30, 1973 release date.

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Paul recording 'Red Rose Speedway' at Abbey Road Studios, 1972. Photo by Linda McCartney 
Marking 50 years of the iconic Wings album, 'Red Rose Speedway' will be released on limited edition vinyl on 22nd April for

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UMe proudly announces the release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ Red Rose Speedway as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl LP. The 50th Anniversary pressing will be available from April 22 for Record Store Day 2023, days before the actual anniversary of the album’s original April 30, 1973 release date.

The first Paul McCartney and Wings album to top the US album chart, Red Rose Speedway kicked off a run of #1 albums that included Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, At The Speed Of Sound and Wings Over America. The album's sole single, "My Love," was received with similar warmth, becoming Wings' first #1 single in the US, as well as a staple of Wings and Paul shows for decades to come.

Red Rose Speedway has steadily grown in stature amongst fans, critics and fellow musicians since its April 1973 release. Album opener "Big Barn Bed" has been cited as one of Paul's greatest underrated tracks by the likes of Guitar World and Ultimate Classic Rock, while "My Love" has spawned a staggering array of cover versions by artists including Tony Bennett, Brenda Lee, Nancy Wilson, Cass Elliot, Johnny Gill, Cher and many more. More recently, "Little Lamb Dragonfly" was singled out in 2022 by USA Today as "enchanting," and by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott in Stereogum's 80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Paul McCartney Song… roundup: "You know a song has made an impression if you can rewind to a place and a smell and the weather and you get these phantom images of where you think he played the song. For an acoustic type of song, it has everything."

Side One

Big Barn Bed
My Love
Get On The Right Thing
One More Kiss
Little Lamb Dragonfly

Side Two

Single Pigeon
When The Night
Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
Medley: Hold Me Tight
Lazy Dynamite
Hands Of Love
Power Cut

It doesn't get any bigger and better than Paul McCartney and in addition to his obvious talent, classy style, longevity and sparkling personality, we are equally impressed by his humility in continuing to earn our highest accolades and we thank him and his marketing team for working with us! 

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