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I was at this show. It was my first concert. It set a high bar for anything to follow, few if any have lived up to the moments of this show. I consider myself very fortunate to have made the choice to go. I will never forget it.

@cloverfieldaudio Must have been magic as a first concert !!! Thanks for sharing your memory !

Why is Linda McCartney's name on all those songs? I have the original albums and 45's, and the only one she has a co-writing credit on is Hi, Hi, Hi.

Hi Ron, Linda shared a co-writing credits on almost all songs of Band On The Run, Venus And Mars. But true that some 45s only credit "McCartney" , which is ambiguous. The latest Archive Collection have made the credits explicit.

I have an original pressing of Venus and Mars. On side one, it says "all songs written by Paul McCartney"; side two says "all songs written by Paul McCartney except" with references to Medicine Jar and Crossroads Theme. Band on the Run just says "all songs written by McCartney" except No Words, credited to McCartney-Laine. No mention of Linda co-writing songs on those albums; ditto for Red Rose Speedway. The only ones that list her as co-writer are on Ram and Wildlife.

Hi Ron, you've got me confused, and I have done a bit more research. I think the truth lies with ASCAP.

See the registration for Band On The Run here: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/320183584

See the registration for Silly Love Songs here: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/490351563

In both cases, the credits go to Paul & Linda.

Hope that helps.

this was the first concert i went to and i will never forget my sister laughing at me because some one handed me a joint i though it was a cigarette and said to the guy no thanks i only smoke filtered lmfao

Thanks for sharing your memories, Sharon - what a souvenir this might be !!

I attended this concert with three others. From the age of nine - when the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show - to this very date I have been a huge Beatles and Paul McCartney fan. We were on the floor in front of the stage during the first part of the concert, but we weren't very close. We walked around a bit to find a better spot and discovered no one in the seats behind the stage. So we sat back there. We could still see the band fairly well, and were much closer to them. It was then that Paul sat down at the piano, situated toward the rear of the stage, and performed "The Long and Winding Road". At the conclusion of the number I stood and cheered madly, while my three companions just sat there clapping politely. It was at that moment that Paul turned in our direction and gave a bit of a wave. To this day I swear it was aimed at me, for I was the only one in my group giving a suitable reaction to the performance. Yes, Paul McCartney waved to me.

By the way, it was during the following intermission that an usher came over and chased us out of the section. It was apparently supposed to be closed...

hi Rich, thanks for sharing those awesome memories !!

I found a discrepancy in the Wings Over America Deluxe Boxset. if you look at the book inside and the gigs calendar, there’s no mention of this date 10.06.1976. so strange. there’s the picture of the arena inside but no notes about this event. if you even look to the detailed scheduled, it is even indicated no engagement on 10.06.1976. so funny. any possible explanation ? thank you 🙂

Hi Alex thanks for your comment. I will look at this when I'm back from holidays. Cheers

Myself and three friends (all 16yo) drove down from Vancouver, BC to see this awesome concert...at one point there was a gigantic white balloon Paul was tossing back and forth to the audience with. Suddenly, it started whizzing around (must have popped) and came straight to me. I still have its wizened rubbery carcass and my ticket stub, great memories!

Thanks Wendy, what awesome memories !

Great concert, my hair caught fire when someone beside me lit up a joint (my hair was long). At the time they said the crowd was 78,000 afterwards, not sure how you can figure that one out now. It was however certainly not the only rock concert in that building, as stated above. Many other big acts were there...

thanks Al sharing those memories - hoping you didn't have to cut your hair in the end !

..The moment after "say live and let die" when the explosion happens and there is an actual shockwave from whatever kind of pyrotechnic device that was used was quite a thrill. And the laser show during the song was also a great addition making it all the more exciting.