Rockshow

Rockshow

Infobox_Film
name = Rockshow


caption = Poster of "Rockshow"
director =
producer = Bob Mercer
writer =
starring = Wings
music = Wings
cinematography = Jack Priestley
editing = Robin Clarke
distributor = Miramax
released = November, 1980
runtime = 102 min. (edited version) 125 min. (unedited version)
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0079814|

"Rockshow" is a 1980 concert film by Paul McCartney & Wings, filmed during his 1976 North American tour. It features thirty songs from 4 concerts of the tour, New York, May 25 (4 songs), Seattle, Washington June 10 ((5 Songs)), Los Angeles, California June 22 (15 songs) andLos Angeles, California June 23 (6 songs), although the cover of the home video release only acknowledges the Seattle concert as the source for the film. This was part of their epic Wings Over the World Tour that also spawned the triple live album "Wings over America". Despite widespread consensus among McCartney-fans that "Rockshow" ranks among his best work as a solo-artist, McCartney himself remains reluctant to make the film available to the general public on DVD. Only seven songs have been released as part of the "McCartney Years" DVD. One of which, a cover-version of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna", was originally left out of the "Rockshow" home video release.

Song listing

#"Venus and Mars"
#"Rock Show"
#"Jet"
#"Let Me Roll It"
#"Spirits of Ancient Egypt"
#"Medicine Jar"
#"Maybe I'm Amazed"
#"Call Me Back Again"*
#"Lady Madonna"*
#"The Long and Winding Road"*
#"Live and Let Die"
#"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"*
#"Richard Cory"*
#"Bluebird"
#"I've Just Seen a Face"
#"Blackbird"*
#"Yesterday"
#"You Gave Me the Answer"
#"Magneto & Titanium Man"
#"Go Now"
#"My Love"*
#"Listen to What the Man Said"
#"Let 'Em In"
#"Time to Hide"
#"Silly Love Songs"
#"Beware My Love"
#"Letting Go"
#"Band on the Run"
#"Hi Hi Hi"
#"Soily"

* *Songs edited out of home video versions of the film.

The music for what was to become Rockshow (and Wings Over The World) was produced by Chris Thomas and engineered by Phil McDonald during 1979. However, the processing of the Rockshow overdubs was obviously completed by the airdate of Wings Over The World, as these same performances were featured in both productions. Not all of the songs made it to the film in their entirety ('Medicine Jar' and 'Letting Go' have been edited), and the song introductions did not always match the performance which followed. For example, several of the introductions came from the Seattle performance while the actual song was taken from a Los Angeles show: 'Magneto And Titanium Man', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Lady Madonna', 'Let 'Em In', and 'Soily'. The introduction of the horn section was a composite as well with portions coming from Seattle and the final Los Angeles show.The film would not premiere until November 26, 1980 at the Ziegfield Theatre in New York; Paul did not attend, as he was in the studio at the time. They did attend the London Premiere at the Dominion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus on April 8th, 1981. The film was released on video in October of 1981, with a laserdisc and CED release in 1982.


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