Paul McCartney - Live in London (July 26th, 1989)

PAUL MCCARTNEY

Venue: Live at the Playhouse Theatre
City: London, England, UK
Date: July 26th, 1989
Attendance: 786

Sources:
-Audience Recording (B+)
Lineage: Audience Recording - Maxell XLII-90 acquired in trade - NAK BX-125 M-Audio - 24/96 Adobe Audition - WAV - Flac Frontend - Flac 6 - YOU

This is the first of two dates at the Playhouse Theatre in London played in front of a small audience (mainly consisting of EMI and MPL employees, plus some few lucky fan club members) with the purpose of doing a public rehearsal of Paul McCartney's 1989-1990 world tour, which would kick off two months later. After not having toured for a decade, Paul decided it was time to get "back on track", and with the idea of promoting his new album, Flowers In The Dirt, he was joined (again) by his wife Linda, guitarists Hamish Stuart and Robbie Macintosh, keyboardist Paul "Wix" Wickens and drummer Chris Whitten.

According to a review on the Beatles Monthly Magazine (September '89 edition), tonight's show, while it had some small technical errors, specially with the lights, the show's a great one, with lots of smiles and great chemistry between the band members, and this review also writes about the semi-informal vibe, with Paul remarking "so if you see any mistakes, don't!". He also apparently kicked over his drink while singing Figure of Eight, so an assistant had to mop up while Paul carried on singing. This is definitely one of the best performances of the year as Paul gives a pretty strong performance, he's not at 100% but he definitely sounds better than he did on the upcoming world tour, due to him not over forcing his voice, it's clear the rehearsals paid off as the band sounds quite tight and don't make many mistakes. Highlights include: Figure Of Eight, Summertime, Twenty Flight Rock and Coming Up.

Huge thanks to Atlasstar for supplying this recording.

PRE-SHOW
00:00:00 - Interview + Soundcheck Clips (Midlands Today)

SHOW
00:02:57 - 00. Intro
00:03:42 - 01. Figure of Eight (live debut)
00:08:54 - 02. Jet (first live performance since 1976)
00:12:55 - 03. Rough Ride (live debut)
00:17:46 - 04. Got To Get You Into My Life
00:20:52 - 05. Band On The Run
00:26:21 - 06. We Got Married (live debut)
00:32:58 - 07. Put It There (live debut)
00:35:00 - 08. Hello Goodbye (Coda) (live debut)
00:35:57 - 09. Things We Said Today (first live performance since 1964)
00:40:03 - 10. Can't Buy Me Love (first live performance since 1965)
00:42:32 - 11. Summertime (live debut) (cut)
00:49:34 - 12. I Saw Her Standing There (first live performance since 1964)
00:52:38 - 13. This One (live debut)
00:57:22 - 14. My Brave Face (live debut)
01:02:00 - 15. Twenty Flight Rock
01:05:29 - 16. The Long And Winding Road (first live performance since 1976)
01:09:50 - 17. Ain't That A Shame (live debut)
01:13:19 - 18. Let It Be
01:18:26 - 19. Coming Up

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