Paul McCartney July 1972

Title: The Bruce McMouse Show
Type: Concert Documentary Color
Filming Location: European Concert Tour
Filming Date: July 9th-August 24th 1972
Broadcast Date: 2018
Country Of Broadcast: UK/USA
Duration: 52 Minutes
Quality: A
Source: "Paul McCartney - Archives Collection Red Rose Speedway" (DVD 2018)
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Notes: Towards the end of Wings 1972 European tour Paul decided to film some of the concerts for a potential TV special.
It seems that all the filming was done during the day at the venue of the actual concert that would take place that night
and a "fake" audience was specially filmed for later inclusion to give the impression it was an actual live concert.
The locations that were filmed were:
Aug 19: Groningen, The Netherlands
Aug 20: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aug 21: The Hague, The Netherlands
Aug 24: Berlin, Germany
Now at some point Paul decided to incorporate some animated footage of a family of mice who live under the stage.
The storyboard called for some interaction between the band and the mice so further footage had to be filmed around June/July 1973 at Twickenham Studios in London.
The 1973 live parts are very obvious as Paul has much longer hair compared to the 1972 footage even though they tried to use the same stage clothing, the different length of hair gives it away.
They also filmed a special introduction and ending while at Twickenham in 1973. See "1973" for this footage.
Production on the special took forever and was finally completed in 1977.
The special was eventually remastered in beautiful colour in 2018 and released on the DVD/Bluray portion of Paul`s archive release of "Red Rose Speedway".
Previous to its official release only two songs from the special were ever commercially released. Both performances came from The Hague filming.
The songs were: "Wild Life" & "Hi, Hi, Hi". Both were shown in 1986 TV Special "The Paul McCartney Special" that was also issued on home video in 1987.
August 19 1972, Groningen
- For the first half of the set Paul wears a white suit with a red shirt sticking out from underneath.
Linda is wearing a yellow and black shirt, Denny Laine is wearing a purple/blue striped shirt,
Henry is wearing a purple shirt with red plaid pants, and Denny S. is wearing a white shirt.
- For the second set they are all wearing black suits with colored patterns near the chest.
- Linda is wearing a blue hairclip and is wearing a black dress.
August 20 1972, Amsterdam
- The band keeps on their normal clothes for the entire show.
Paul is wearing a black-patterned shirt with blue suspenders, Denny Laine is wearing a solid blue shirt,
Henry is still wearing a purple shirt with red plaid pants, Linda is wearing a white jacket with an orange shirt, and Denny S. is wearing a blue Wings shirt.
August 21 1972, The Hague
- This show by far has the most footage available.
For the first set, Paul wears a blue Wings shirt, Denny Laine wears a solid red shirt,
Henry wears a brown/white shirt, Linda wears a blue shirt, and Denny S. wears black-patterned shirt.
- The microphones looks noticeably different from every other show, with heavy amounts of tape put over them t keep them attached.
- During the second set, they all wear their colored black suits again, but Paul has a rose in his pocket, making it very easy to distinguish.
- Linda has a red hairclip and wears a white dress during the second half of the show.
August 24, Berlin
- For the first half, Paul wears a white suit with nothing underneath.
Linda wears a white shirt, Henry wears a purple shirt with a black suit, Denny S. wears his Wings shirt, and Denny Laine wears a black/red shirt.
- During the second half, the whole band wears very sparkly suits as opposed to the solid black shirts. The colors of the shirt near the chest are only grey.
- Linda wears a black dress.
- During Hi Hi Hi the film crew seems to mostly focus on the lights.
- During Long Tall Sally, balloons and confetti drop down onto the stage and Henry falls over!