With the release of One Hand Clapping on June 14, 2024, one of the most stolen live albums in music history was officially released.
In August 1974, when “Band on the Run” had been at number one in the UK album charts for seven consecutive weeks, Paul McCartney and the Wings went to Abbey Road Studios to record a video documentary and a possible live studio album – “One Hand Clapping”. Despite the overwhelming demand for newly recorded material from the biggest band in the world at the time, One Hand Clapping was never officially released.
Why is that? It can hardly have been down to the quality of the tracks and recording, many people describe this album as the best Wings album of all time with a Paul Mc Cartney in top form.
A change in the line-up made the release of the live album and accompanying documentation impossible.
In principle, I recommend the whole album and not especially the James Bond track “Live and let Die”, which is also the original by the Wings. The live recording here sounds fresher and not as soft as the movie version. The film score was nominated for an Oscar. The film is the eighth in the James Bond series and Roger Moore played the lead role.
