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Release year : 1994

Good Times Comin'

By Paul McCartneyUnofficial album

Last updated on March 23, 2014


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  • Publisher: Vigotone
  • Reference: VT-121

Related sessions

This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Track list

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Disc 1

  1. Rock Show

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    1:05 • Studio version

  2. Sucide

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:48 • Studio version

  3. Improvisation

    3:46 • Studio version

  4. Improvisation

    2:17 • Studio version

  5. The Backyard (1974)

    1. Blackpool

      Written by Paul McCartney

      2:09 • Studio version

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Vocals

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    2. Twenty Flight Rock

      Written by Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild

      1:58 • Studio version

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Vocals

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    3. Peggy Sue

      Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty

      1:19 • Studio rehearsal

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    4. I'm Gonna Love You To

      Written by Norman Petty, Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan

      1:04 • Studio version

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    5. Sweet Little Sixteen

      Written by Chuck Berry

      2:56 • Studio rehearsalA

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    6. Loving You

      Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

      1:52 • Studio rehearsalA

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    7. We're Gonna Move

      Written by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson

      1:30 • Studio rehearsalA

      Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer

      Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

  6. Matchbox

    Written by Carl Perkins

    0:58 • Studio version

    Concert From "Rockline" in Los Angeles, USA on Oct 26, 1990

  7. Cut Across Shorty

    Written by Marijohn Wilkin, Wayne P. Walker

    2:21 • Studio versionL1

    Session Recording: Oct 30, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

  8. Blue Moon Of Kentucky

    Written by Bill Monroe

    2:55 • Studio version

  9. Sally G

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    3:41 • Studio version

  10. Country Dreamer

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    2:16 • Studio version

  11. On The Wings

    Written by Paul McCartney

    2:27 • Studio version

  12. Heart Of The Country - Hangglide

    5:40 • Studio version

  13. Press

    Written by Paul McCartney

    4:17 • Studio version

  14. Yvonne's The One

    Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

    4:20 • Studio version

  15. Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun

    Written by Paul McCartney

    7:01 • Rough mixA1

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar (?), Vocals Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar (?)

    Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

  16. Rock Show

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    3:21 • Studio version


From the liner notes:

This collection gathers together a couple of dozen Macca titles which are either uncirculated, currently unavailable, or are simply of better quality than those you might have in your library.

The programme starts off with the only known complete performance of “Suicide,” reputedly a demo for Tony Bennett.

After an interlude of some pleasant reggae jams from his 1980 tour rehearsals, Paul kicks into rock and roll mode. “Blackpool” was announced as a b-side in the early ’80’s. Too bad it never showed. It’s certainly better than, say, “Soggy Noodle”. Following this is a series of cover performances of Eddie, Buddy, Chuck, Elvis and Carl songs. Most of these are taken from an acetate of the “One Hand Clapping” sessions (which, unfortunately, mistracks during “We’re Gonna Move”). Even considering the impromptu nature of many of these covers, these performances make Lennon’s attempts on his “Rock and Roll” LP sound pathetic by comparison.

“Blue Moon of Kentucky” leads us back to Bill Monroe (via Elvis), and country music. In honor of this, we’ve followed up the rock and roll segment with a trio of outtakes or demos of Paul’s best country compositions (and don’t claim”Nightingale” – written for the Everlys is anything but country. We know better.)

In the final act, we turn our attentions to Paul’s 1986 “Press To Play” sessions. As usual, he ruined the album with overproduction, and the raw tracks are far superior. Here are three of the best, plus “Hanglide”, an excellent instrumental that hasn’t deserved the oblivion that it’s been cast in.

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Ron • 4 years ago

Track 22 is not the studio version of Rock Show. The first part of the track seems to be Tiny Tim singing about John Lennon, followed by Tiptoe Through The Tulips (probably Paul doing his Tiny Tim impression) followed by an outtake of Rock Show.


The PaulMcCartney Project • 4 years ago

Thanks @ron for noticing. Clearly the whole tracklist for this album needs some tidy-up ! Adding to my to-do list :)


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