PAUL RETURNS TO THE CAVERN (Room 514)
PAUL RETURNS TO THE CAVERN (Room 514)
Paul recorded a new album ‘Run Devil Run’ in March 1999, which was released in October. He called up friends Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green (The Pirates), and Pete Wingfield, amongst others, and asked them to record with him for a week in Abbey Road Studios. He was very secretive and would not send them any prior information. They just had to turn up. When they arrived Paul explained that he wanted to record an album of rock n roll standards that he had listened to as a kid. He wanted the recordings to be very live and fresh. As such they would run through songs two or three times and if by then they couldn’t get it in the can, they would discard it and move on to another number. He explained he wanted spontaneity and was not troubled by the odd mistake. It had to be real! Another idea was to go back to Paul’s roots and record a promo film for the album that was in keeping with the theme. Paul’s publicist, Geoff Baker, took the theme to its logical conclusion and decided what better place to go back to your roots and play Rock n Roll than The Cavern Club. Directors of The Cavern were sworn to secrecy (otherwise the gig would be cancelled) until Paul himself announced the gig on the Michael Parkinson show on Thursday December 2nd. With the cat out of the bag, the media frenzy that followed took everybody by surprise except Geoff Baker! Paul returning to play The Cavern was world-wide news. Furthermore, the lead in to the gig was less than two weeks, with the show scheduled for Tuesday 14th December. Paul cancelled a proposed appearance at the Millennium Dome, London, on New Years Eve stating that he wanted his last show of the millennium to be at The Cavern Club! Ian Paice on drums and Chris Hall on accordion joined Dave Gilmour, Pete Wingfield, Mick Green and Paul. Because the original session had only allocated two or three attempts at each song recorded, the band were totally unrehearsed. Paul arrived at The Cavern at 2pm and promptly spent a couple of hours with the band going through each of the numbers for their set that evening. The atmosphere was electric and only 300 lucky people were fortunate to get tickets, which had been distributed via an HMV lottery. Over a million people applied for the few tickets. The gig was filmed and beamed live to Japan and also free to 15,000 freezing fans that were watching in Chavasse Park in Liverpool, a mere 300 yards away from the Cavern Club. This was Paul’s idea, which he paid for, in order to let his Liverpool fans see this historic gig. It was also beamed via the Internet and broke all records for the transmission, ensuring an entry in The Guinness Book of Records. The following day Paul was on the front cover of every national newspaper, a feat he had not achieved since announcing his break up from The Beatles in 1970.
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PAUL RETURNS TO THE CAVERN (Room 514)
Paul recorded a new album ‘Run Devil Run’ in March 1999, which was released in October. He called up friends Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green (The Pirates), and Pete Wingfield, amongst others, and asked them to record with him for a week in Abbey Road Studios. He was very secretive and would not send them any prior information. They just had to turn up. When they arrived Paul explained that he wanted to record an album of rock n roll standards that he had listened to as a kid. He wanted the recordings to be very live and fresh. As such they would run through songs two or three times and if by then they couldn’t get it in the can, they would discard it and move on to another number. He explained he wanted spontaneity and was not troubled by the odd mistake. It had to be real! Another idea was to go back to Paul’s roots and record a promo film for the album that was in keeping with the theme. Paul’s publicist, Geoff Baker, took the theme to its logical conclusion and decided what better place to go back to your roots and play Rock n Roll than The Cavern Club. Directors of The Cavern were sworn to secrecy (otherwise the gig would be cancelled) until Paul himself announced the gig on the Michael Parkinson show on Thursday December 2nd. With the cat out of the bag, the media frenzy that followed took everybody by surprise except Geoff Baker! Paul returning to play The Cavern was world-wide news. Furthermore, the lead in to the gig was less than two weeks, with the show scheduled for Tuesday 14th December. Paul cancelled a proposed appearance at the Millennium Dome, London, on New Years Eve stating that he wanted his last show of the millennium to be at The Cavern Club! Ian Paice on drums and Chris Hall on accordion joined Dave Gilmour, Pete Wingfield, Mick Green and Paul. Because the original session had only allocated two or three attempts at each song recorded, the band were totally unrehearsed. Paul arrived at The Cavern at 2pm and promptly spent a couple of hours with the band going through each of the numbers for their set that evening. The atmosphere was electric and only 300 lucky people were fortunate to get tickets, which had been distributed via an HMV lottery. Over a million people applied for the few tickets. The gig was filmed and beamed live to Japan and also free to 15,000 freezing fans that were watching in Chavasse Park in Liverpool, a mere 300 yards away from the Cavern Club. This was Paul’s idea, which he paid for, in order to let his Liverpool fans see this historic gig. It was also beamed via the Internet and broke all records for the transmission, ensuring an entry in The Guinness Book of Records. The following day Paul was on the front cover of every national newspaper, a feat he had not achieved since announcing his break up from The Beatles in 1970.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
PAUL RETURNS TO THE CAVERN (Room 514)
Paul recorded a new album ‘Run Devil Run’ in March 1999, which was released in October. He called up friends Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mick Green (The Pirates), and Pete Wingfield, amongst others, and asked them to record with him for a week in Abbey Road Studios. He was very secretive and would not send them any prior information. They just had to turn up. When they arrived Paul explained that he wanted to record an album of rock n roll standards that he had listened to as a kid. He wanted the recordings to be very live and fresh. As such they would run through songs two or three times and if by then they couldn’t get it in the can, they would discard it and move on to another number. He explained he wanted spontaneity and was not troubled by the odd mistake. It had to be real! Another idea was to go back to Paul’s roots and record a promo film for the album that was in keeping with the theme. Paul’s publicist, Geoff Baker, took the theme to its logical conclusion and decided what better place to go back to your roots and play Rock n Roll than The Cavern Club. Directors of The Cavern were sworn to secrecy (otherwise the gig would be cancelled) until Paul himself announced the gig on the Michael Parkinson show on Thursday December 2nd. With the cat out of the bag, the media frenzy that followed took everybody by surprise except Geoff Baker! Paul returning to play The Cavern was world-wide news. Furthermore, the lead in to the gig was less than two weeks, with the show scheduled for Tuesday 14th December. Paul cancelled a proposed appearance at the Millennium Dome, London, on New Years Eve stating that he wanted his last show of the millennium to be at The Cavern Club! Ian Paice on drums and Chris Hall on accordion joined Dave Gilmour, Pete Wingfield, Mick Green and Paul. Because the original session had only allocated two or three attempts at each song recorded, the band were totally unrehearsed. Paul arrived at The Cavern at 2pm and promptly spent a couple of hours with the band going through each of the numbers for their set that evening. The atmosphere was electric and only 300 lucky people were fortunate to get tickets, which had been distributed via an HMV lottery. Over a million people applied for the few tickets. The gig was filmed and beamed live to Japan and also free to 15,000 freezing fans that were watching in Chavasse Park in Liverpool, a mere 300 yards away from the Cavern Club. This was Paul’s idea, which he paid for, in order to let his Liverpool fans see this historic gig. It was also beamed via the Internet and broke all records for the transmission, ensuring an entry in The Guinness Book of Records. The following day Paul was on the front cover of every national newspaper, a feat he had not achieved since announcing his break up from The Beatles in 1970.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON