2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 189: Luca Perasi (7” Inch Singles/New Book)

Christmas Time Is Here Again for all of us in Macca World.
Between the Legacy Book, the Singles Box Set, it just does not stop. We are thankful for so much to celebrate this holiday season. Continuing on in the good news department, for this week's show Italian Author/Journalist Luca Perasi ("The Paul McCartney Recording Sessions 1969-2013), as well as Italian transcription for "The Lyrics" book joined us to discuss his involvement with the 7" Singles Box Set, working with MPL on the project. Also, here on our show Luca announced that he has a new book coming out in January 2023: Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind The Songs (Vol.1 ) 1970-1989). Luca last joined us in December 2020 when McCartney III hit and we were very happy to have him back on the show.
Luca's Site
 
 

Episode 188: ”The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1 1969-73 (Kozinn & Sinclair)

Finally!
The moment (or one of them) that we Macca diehards have been waiting for.
The imminent release of The McCartney Legacy Volume 1 1969-73 (Dey Street Books) will be published on 13 December 2022. Over 700 pages of text dedicated to the first 4 years of Paul's solo career.
Notable Authors Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair joined Tom and Andy for a discussion on how the book project came about, detailed areas of research and research methods, interviewees, and how they ultimately came to write the most dedicated volume ever on Paul McCartney's Solo Career. Beginning with the end of the Beatles the pair have painstakingly written (and have backed up with facts) all of McCartney's recorded activity in this 4 year interval. Recording sessions, vacations, songwriting sessions, you name it - it's in here.
This is a piece of work that has been long overdue, (decades in fact). Allan and Adrian have dedicated the past 8 years of their lives working on this book. This is the McCartney Book to end all books.
Run, Click whatever your preferred buying method is - to go and get this book - Now! You will not be disappointed.
McCartney Legacy Website
Amazon

Bonus Episode: 7” Singles Unboxing

While we realize this is mostly a visual episode we thought our audio audience might be interested in the specs and initial impressions of the newly released 7" Singles Box set of which only 3000 were manufactured.  Check out our YouTube channel if you are interested in seeing what the singles look like!
Thanks
Tom and Andy 

Ranking The Tracks Volume 26! (Non Album Tracks 2000-19)

We're getting down to the wire with the Ranking The Tracks series here on the audio portion of our Podcast.  This installment we ranked all the non album tracks (and there are many) between the years 2000 and 2019.   Originally streamed on YouTube 2nd June 2021. 
Here's the 30 we ranked:
Vanilla Sky - 2001
Tropic Island Hum - 2004
I've Only Got Two Hands -2005
Growing Up, Falling Down - 2005
Comfort of Love - 2005
Summer of '59 - 2005
She Is So Beautiful - 2005
I Want You To Fly - 2005
This Loving Game - 2005
Whole Life - 2005
In Private - 2007
Why So Blue - 2007
222 - 2007
Meat Free Mondays - 2009
(I Want To) Come Home - 2009
Scared - 2013
Turned Out - 2013
Get Me Out Of Here - 2013
Struggle - 2013
Hell To Pay - 2013
Demons Dance - 2013
Hope For The Future - 2014
In The Blink of an Eye - 2017
Get Started - 2018
Nothing For Free - 2018
Get Enough - 2019
Frank Sinatra's Party - 2019
Sixty Second Street - 2019
Home Tonight - 2019
In A Hurry - 2019
Exciting times for Macca Fans. McCartney Legacy book, 7" Singles Box set all in December 2022.  Stay Tuned to our social media pages for updates and info on all things Paul!
 

Episode 187: ”Year In Review”: 1980 (w/Madinger & Easter)

A special episode & a very significant year for Paul. 1980. This week on 2 Legs we invited Chip Madinger (Lennonology) and Mark Easter who co-authored "Eight Arms To Hold You" back on the show for another "Year In Review" episode. 1980 starts and obviously ends terribly for Paul.
But throughout the year he collected a Grammy, had a US #1 Single, and #1 UK album, and planned on forging ahead with Wings even after Japan in January. We added some vintage news clips and a music video in between our discussions this week. We hope you enjoy them.
Please visit Lennonology if you're interested in picking up a PDF revision of "Eight Arms" and Chips epic work on Lennon's solo career he worked on with Scott Raile. We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate) and we're 'Getting Closer' to the 7" Inch Box release!
Andy & Tom

Episode 186: ”Put It There” (Documentary) A Look Back

Hey Gang, We're back with a brand new episode. This week we went back to the Documentary/Film/Concert review series that we've done in the past. (Red Square, Broad Street, Space Within Us) but this time we opted to view and discuss the 1989 Doc Put It There.
The film chronicles Paul's then newly assembled band of Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Robbie McIntosh (Pretenders), Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Chris Witten (Dire Straits) and of course Linda preparing for the upcoming World Tour that took place between September 1989 to July 1990. Paul mostly discusses about rehearsing the band with the new material from Flowers In The Dirt. Paul also occasionally dives into the tracks on the album. The documentary was directed by longtime McCartney film collaborator Geoff Wonfor and Paul was interviewed by Tracy McLeod.
One of the better documentaries in Paul's career we both felt. You? Be Well, Tom & Andy

Special Episode: ”The 7” Singles Box Set”

The 4th Quarter is here and we have McCartney Product.   After a quiet year (1-2-3 box aside) Paul has hit us with a new box set containing 80 singles from his career from 1970 to 2022.  We went live on our YouTube channel with friends Joe Mayo and Beatley Tone to discuss.  This is the audio version.  Traditional episodes will resume next week.
Carry That Weight... we mean Crate!
Andy & Tom
 

Ranking The Tracks Volume 25! (Egypt Station, 2018)

From our weekly YouTube live series "Ranking The Tracks", we rank the tracks on the 2018 classic Egypt Station. Originally streamed 26th May 2021.  

Episode 185:”Top 5 Moments”

Hi all!
This week on 2Legs we welcome Tony from "Beatley Tone's Beatles Channel", a fellow YouTuber who joined the community a year ago or so. Tony has been an ardent supporter of 2Legs, and has created some excellent videos on his channel, specifically the deep dives into the McCartney Archive Series which launched in 2010.
For this show, Tony, Andy and Tom chose 5 moments from Paul's career that we felt he "got right." That could be an album, a relationship, a song, anything really related to his career.
We kicked around some good topics and we hope you agree with some of our choice. What are some others? Let us know! 

Episode 184: ”The Live Albums” (Part 2)

Hi 2Legs Faithful!
We tackled the live albums back in 2016 when David Gargalino was a co-host but not since Andy joined 2Legs. This week we discuss the main canon live albums, Wings Over America, Tripping The Live Fantastic, Paul Is Live, Back In The US/World, and Good Evening New York City. We discuss the other alternative live albums and almost live albums that were and should be. We put them into context for where Macca was at the time as well and what their legacy if any has as time marches on.
Be Well, Tom and Andy