From Paul McCartney – Music video collection 1970-2021 part 1 – The Daily Beatle:
Letting Go #1 (1975) LONG VERSION (5:08)
Letting Go #2 (1975) SHORT VERSION (4:43)
Video from: Liverpool, Sept 15, 1975; Newcastle, Sept 16, 1975 & Glasgow, Sept 21, 1975.
Audio from: (First part) Newcastle, Sept 16, 1975 & (Final part) Liverpool, Sept 15, 1975.Previously available information indicated that it was filmed at the concert in Glasgow on September 21, 1975, which is partially incorrect, as the real Glasgow recording gives a different performance and introduction. This video is edited from the three concerts filmed officially by Paul during the UK tour but mainly uses the show from Newcastle for both audio and video (the available audio from Newcastle matches perfectly, starting with Paul’s intro “Is our latest single .. it’s called Letting Go ..” and also when he pronounces” Ohh yeahh” shortly before starting to sing it, although there is a slight false start edited out in the official video); side scenes on the left side of Paul are interspersed and were filmed in Glasgow (which at times do not match up with what he is singing, being very noticeable a scene in which Paul moves his lips like “yeah, yeah, yeah … yeahh!“, but in the audio is only heard “Uuh Yeah”); and scenes on the right side that correspond to Liverpool towards the middle and end of the video.
In the Glasgow scenes, Jimmy McCulloch wears a black long-sleeved shirt and red vest during his first solo, however when the video reaches the second guitar solo, Jimmy is now seen wearing a red short-sleeved shirt and white vest, this final sequence corresponds to Liverpool. This video uses edited audio from two different concerts and an assembled video from three. The exact audio and video editing from Newcastle to Liverpool occurs at the start of the solo of the brass section, at 4:30 for the long version or at 3:08 for the short version. Another detail to notice the differences in the scenes, in Newcastle the public is practically at Paul’s feet and attached to the microphone stands and cables, however in the Liverpool and Glasgow scenes they and the stage are completely away from the public. Denny Laine can be seen in different clothes from sequence to sequence also in this video.
Additional scenes of Wings riding a bus are included. The short version removes the opening sequence of Paul and Linda boarding the bus in London.
The official documentary “Wings Over the World” also misidentifies mixed footage of Newcastle (front and right side scenes, Paul shaking hands with fans at their feet) and Glasgow (left side scenes of Wings in kilts) as “Glasgow, Scotland ”, so it was thought that these two official video clips (“Venus and Mars/Rock Show” & “Letting Go”) had been filmed in Scotland, however there are many differences in the clothes of the members at all times, something that no author had detected to date (Paul came out dressed the same in all three shows):
Newcastle: Denny Laine: long-sleeved white shirt and brown vest, Linda in a black dress, Jimmy: short-sleeved red shirt and white vest.
Glasgow: Denny Laine: red kimono and black shirt, Linda in a red dress, Jimmy: black long-sleeved shirt and red vest.(They were dressed the same as Newcastle at the Liverpool concert).
None of these official videos were included in the “Venus and Mars Archive Collection”, so Bootlegs are required.
Note: The Treffpunkte TV show, broadcast in Germany in November 1975, is rumoured to include some songs and backstage scenes filmed in Liverpool on September 15, 1975, but Denny and Jimmy’s outfits do not match, so it may be from another undocumented date.
A Remastered version was released on Youtube on March 14, 2025, as part of the promotion of the “Venus And Mars” 50th anniversary reissue.
