Details
- Filming date: Jun 06, 1972 ?
- Release date: Jun 24, 1972
Location
Filming location: BBC Television Centre, London, UK
Timeline
Film Jun 06, 1972 ? • Shooting of "Mary Had A Little Lamb (Desert version)" promo film
Film Jun 06, 1972 ? • Shooting of "Mary Had A Little Lamb (Barn version)" promo film
Film Jun 06, 1972 ? • Shooting of "Mary Had A Little Lamb (Countryside version)" promo film
Film Jun 06, 1972 ? • Shooting of "Mary Had A Little Lamb (Psychedelic version)" promo film
Article Jun 10, 1972 • Paul McCartney signs co-publishing deal with ATV
Master album
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Officially appears on Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love (UK)
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Mary Had A Little Lamb (Barn version)
1972 • For Wings • Directed by Nicholas Ferguson
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Mary Had A Little Lamb (Desert version)
1972 • For Wings • Directed by Nicholas Ferguson
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Mary Had A Little Lamb (Psychedelic version)
1972 • For Wings • Directed by Nicholas Ferguson
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” was released in March 1972 as Wings’ second non-album single. Four promotional videos were made to support the release, all directed by Nicholas Ferguson (who had previously directed The Beatles’ Intertel promotional videos on November 23, 1965).
The four videos were supposedly filmed on June 6, 1972. However, from The Daily Beatle (webgrafikk.com):
it should be noted that Denny Laine wears a beard in two of them (VERSION 2 ‘Desert’ and VERSION 3 ‘Barn’) and only mustache in the rest; and Henry McCullough likewise shows a prominent beard and sideburns in the ‘Desert’ and ‘Barn’ versions and a shorter beard in the others; It is possible that the four were not filmed on the same day (as described in the book that accompanies the Archive Collection and other authors), but two to three days apart, from June 6 to 8, 1972 (although this is not documented). All videos were made at BBC Television Theater in Shepherds Bush, London.
| Version | Broadcast date |
| Version #1 – Countryside version | June 24, 1972 – On “The Basil Brush Show“, UK |
| Version #2 – Desert version | Not commercially used to promote the single |
| Version #3 – Barn version | June 29, 1972 – On “Top Of The Pops“, UK |
| Version #4 – Psychedelic version | October 12, 1972 – On “The Flip Wilson Show“, UK |
The four videos were included in the “Red Rose Speedway – Archive Collection“, released in 2018.
The “Countryside” version is a mix of video and animated sequences. Wings members are in a cartoonish decor, depicting a countryside scene. A white rabbit sits on top of the piano played by Paul McCartney. This version includes some additional live vocals by Paul.
