The Mess

Album This song officially appears on the My Love / The Mess 7" Single.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1973

Song facts

From The Beatles Rarity:

By March [1972] the tour was finished and the band went to Los Angeles to begin sessions for the follow-up album to the Wings debut LP Wild Life. Paul intended for this to be a double album with the title Red Rose Speedway. The material would include some new songs they had recently tried out live such as “My Love,” “Henry’s Blues” and “The Mess,” along with a few leftovers from the ‘pre-Wings’ Ram album such as “Big Barn Bed,” “Get On The Right Thing” and “Little Lamb Dragonfly.” After a long string of sessions throughout the spring and early summer of 1972 however, the album was not ready, and they decided to hit the road again for a tour of Europe through July and August before finishing it up. The final sessions for the record took place after this tour, at Olympic Studios, London. Between the end of the sessions and the actual April 1973 release, Paul decided to cut it down to a single album omitting many of the tracks originally slated for the set. [The Mess was one of those out-takes]

The original working title of “The Mess” was “The Mess I’m In” and it was to appear as the last song on side 4 of the double Red Rose Speedway album.

The live at the Hague version of “The Mess” is released as a bonus track on the Red Rose Speedway CD but was not included on the original LP.

Last updated on May 29, 2020

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