50th anniversary edition of McCartney’s ‘Red Rose Speedway’ set for release
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UMe announced 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 U.S. album chart, “Red Rose Speedway” kicked off a run of No. 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 No. 1 single in the U.S., as well as a staple of Wings and Paul shows for decades to come.
“Red Rose Speedway” has steadily grown in stature among fans, critics and fellow musicians since its 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.”
The anniversary edition of the album includes:
Side One
1. Big Barn Bed
2. My Love
3. Get On The Right Thing
4. One More Kiss
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly
Side Two
1. Single Pigeon
2. When The Night
3. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
4. Medley:
a. Hold Me Tight
b. Lazy Dynamite
c. Hands Of Love
d. Power Cut
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