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Paul McCartney August 1974

Title: The Backyard
Type: Documentary
Filming Location: Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Filming Date: August 24th 1974
Broadcast Date: 1986; 2007
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 24:00 Minutes (unreleased); 2:37 (extract 1986); 1:06 (extract 2007)
Quality: B+
Source: UNBOOTLEGGED; Excerpts: "The Paul McCartney Special" (1986); "The McCartney Years" (2007)
Other Source: "Paul McCartney - Maccaspan Vol 2 1973-1974" (FAB Productions)
Notes: This is a film project that Paul made one afternoon in the "backyard" of Abbey Road Studios while shooting the "One Hand Clapping" TV special.
The full film, which is just Paul busking through some covers and a couple of original songs including the unreleased "Blackpool",
remains unreleased and unbootlegged but extracts were broadcast in the 1986 "Paul McCartney Special" and in "The McCartney Years" in 2007.
So far we have the following excerpts:
"Blackpool" (1:25);
"Peggy Sue" (1:10);
"I`m Gonna Love You Too" (1:08)

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