Paul Is Live

Paul Is Live is a live album by Paul McCartney, released in 1993 during his New World Tour in support of the album Off the Ground. The album cover is based on that of Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road and contains multiple references to the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory.

Title and cover

The album's title is a response to the "Paul is dead" rumours after the 1969 release of the Beatles' last studio album, Abbey Road, and the cover of Paul Is Live is a digitally altered version of the 1969 album's sleeve. Intentional differences between the two covers are:^[1]^[2]

The infamous "LMW-281F" on the Volkswagen Beetle's license plate was mis-read as "LMW-28IF", purportedly meaning that Linda McCartney Weeps and that McCartney would have been 28 if he had lived – is edited to read "51IS", indicating that he is alive and his age at the time was 51.
McCartney is wearing shoes; on Abbey Road he had appeared with bare feet, while the other Beatles had shoes. This mismatch was viewed as an eyecatch to the hoax.
His left foot is forward. In the original cover, McCartney's right foot was forward, out of step with the other Beatles.
He holds the dog's leash in his left hand; since he is left-handed, many thought that another clue of the "dead Paul" from Abbey Road was the cigarette he held in his right hand.
The police car - said to symbolise the policemen who had been bribed by the other three Beatles to keep quiet about Paul's death - has been removed.

The dog appearing on the cover is Arrow, one of the offspring of Martha, the sheepdog that was the inspiration for the title of the song "Martha My Dear". The cover photo is from the Abbey Road cover photoshoot by photographer Iain Macmillan. There are differences between this and the photograph used for the Abbey Road cover; most notably, the taxi present in the Abbey Road cover photograph does not feature here. The retouching was done by CGI artist Erwin Keustermans, who erased the Beatles and put in McCartney and the dog, taken from 35 mm pictures by Linda McCartney.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly (album)	B+^[5]
Entertainment Weekly (video)	B^[6]
The Essential Rock Discography	4/10^[7]
MusicHound	^[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[9]

Excerpted from his shows in Australia, as well as from various cities in the United States, Paul Is Live followed the 1989–90 Paul McCartney World Tour/Tripping the Live Fantastic extravaganza by only three years, confounding critics and fans as to its appearance, and some its necessity (although the only song it has in common with Tripping The Live Fantastic is "Live And Let Die"). As a result, Paul Is Live became McCartney's lowest-selling live set of his career, peaking at number 34 in the UK and a lowly number 78 in the US.

A concert film subtitled The New World Tour was subsequently released on VHS, and later on DVD. It was directed by Aubrey Powell. The video release includes the controversial pre-concert film, which features vintage footage of the Beatles, solo-era live footage of "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Bluebird" from the Rockshow film, then switches tone by including graphic animal test footage (all of which is underscored by "Live And Let Die" and "Helter Skelter"), and, finally, warmup footage of the band. The program starts with the warm-up footage, and is played in full at the conclusion of the concert. The packaging included a disclaimer warning regarding the graphic nature of the animal footage.

Afterwards, McCartney took a sizeable break from his solo career to begin the enormous Beatles Anthology project in early 1994 with George Harrison, Ringo Starr and George Martin. This took up much of his time for the next two years, before Flaming Pie in 1997.

Track listing

All songs composed by Paul McCartney, except where noted

Album

"Drive My Car" (John Lennon, McCartney) – 2:34
"Let Me Roll It" (McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:10
"Looking for Changes" – 2:43
"Peace in the Neighbourhood" – 4:50
"All My Loving" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:16
"Robbie's Bit (Thanks Chet)" (Robbie McIntosh) – 2:00
- the track is a solo performance by guitarist Robbie McIntosh, "inspired by Chet Atkins"
"Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 2:48
"We Can Work It Out" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:42
"Hope of Deliverance" – 3:29
"Michelle" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:56
"Biker Like an Icon" – 3:40
"Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:29
"My Love" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney) – 4:06
"Magical Mystery Tour" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:15
"C'Mon People" – 5:38
"Lady Madonna" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:33
"Paperback Writer" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:39
"Penny Lane" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:58
"Live and Let Die" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney) – 3:51
"Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Richard Penniman) – 3:54
"Welcome to Soundcheck" – 0:41
"Hotel in Benidorm" – 2:00
"I Wanna Be Your Man" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:36
"A Fine Day" – 6:18

Video release

"Drive My Car" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Let Me Roll It" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney)
"Looking for Changes"
"Peace in the Neighbourhood"
"All My Loving" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Good Rocking Tonight" (Brown)
"We Can Work It Out" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Hope of Deliverance"
"Michelle" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Biker Like an Icon"
"Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Magical Mystery Tour" (Lennon–McCartney)
"C'Mon People"
"Lady Madonna" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Paperback Writer" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Penny Lane" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Live and Let Die" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney)
"Kansas City" (Leiber, Stoller, Penniman)
"Let It Be" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney)
"Hey Jude" (Lennon–McCartney)

Band line-up

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards, percussion, autoharp
Hamish Stuart – acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric bass guitars, backing vocals
Robbie McIntosh – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Paul 'Wix' Wickens – keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Blair Cunningham – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Album release

Chart	Position
Austrian Albums Chart^[10]	38
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[11]	60
German Media Control Albums Chart^[12]	44
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart ^[13]	16
Spanish Albums Chart^[14]	13
Swedish Albums Chart ^[15]	23
UK Albums Chart ^[16]	34
US Billboard 200 ^[17]	78

Certifications

Album release


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[18]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Video release


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[19]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "Paul Is Dead – Conspiracy Theories – TIME". time.com. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ "Beatles CD's – Paul Is Live withdrawn issue". rarebeatles.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ Paul Is Live at AllMusic
↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th edn). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 1257. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.
↑ Sinclair, Tom (19 November 1993). "Music Review: Paul McCartney: Paul Is Live". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
↑ Givens, Ron (8 April 1994). "Video Review: Paul McCartney: Paul is Live: In Concert on the New World Tour". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
↑ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 696. ISBN 978-184195-827-9.
↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 730. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
↑ "Paul McCartney: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
↑ "Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live – austriancharts.at". Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "dutchcharts.nl Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Album Search: Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live" (ASP) (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "ポール・マッカートニーポール・イズ・ライブ～ニュー・ワールド・ツアー・ライブ！！／ポール・マッカートニー-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of Paul Is Live by Paul McCartney] (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
↑ "swedishcharts.com Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Paul McCartney > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ Allmusic – Paul Is Live > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
↑ "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1991–1995". Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano. ISBN 8480486392.
↑ "American video certifications – Paul McCartney – Paul Is Live". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

Paul McCartney

Studio albums

McCartney Ram (with Linda McCartney) McCartney II Tug of War Pipes of Peace Give My Regards to Broad Street Press to Play Ϲнова В ϹϹϹР Flowers in the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Driving Rain Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full Kisses on the Bottom New

with Wings	Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run Venus and Mars Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg

Classical	The Family Way Thrillington Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Standing Stone Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum Ocean's Kingdom

Electronica	Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (The Fireman) Rushes (The Fireman) Liverpool Sound Collage Twin Freaks Electric Arguments (The Fireman)

Live albums

Compilations

Tours

Filmography

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Help! (1965)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Let It Be (1970)
James Paul McCartney (1973)
Wings Over the World (1979)
Rockestra (unreleased) (1979)
Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
Rockshow (1980)
Back to the Egg (1981)
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Put It There (1990)
Get Back (1991)
Paul Is Live (1993)
In the World Tonight (1997)
Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
Wingspan (2001)
Back in the U.S. (2002)
Paul McCartney in Red Square (2005)
Between Chaos and Creation (2005)
Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road (2005)
The Space Within US (2006)
The McCartney Years (2007)
Good Evening New York City (2009)
The Love We Make (2011)

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Albums	Wide Prairie A Garland for Linda Paul McCartney's Glastonbury Groove Let Us in Americana: The Music of Paul McCartney The Art of McCartney

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Paul McCartney singles discography

1970s

1971	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney)

1979	"Wonderful Christmastime"

1980s

1980	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary"

1982	"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson)

1983	"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"

1984	"No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together"

1985	"Spies Like Us"

1986	"Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains"

1987	"Once Upon a Long Ago"

1989	"Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Où est le Soleil?" "Figure of Eight" "Distractions" (promo)

1990s

1990	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) / "C Moon" (live) "We Got Married" (promo)

1991	"The World You're Coming Into" / "Tres Conejos" "Save the Child" / "The Drinking Song"

1993	"Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "Transpiritual Stomp" (The Fireman)

1995	"A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters)

1997	"Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night"

1998	Rushes (The Fireman)

1999	Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes) (The Fireman) "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Vo!ce" (with Heather Mills) "Run Devil Run" (promo)

2000s

2000	"Free Now" (promo)

2001	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra" (promo)

2002	"Your Loving Flame" (promo) "Lonely Road" (promo) "Hello Goodbye" (promo)

2004	"Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together"

2005	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks)

2006	"This Never Happened Before" (promo)

2007	"Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past"

2008	"Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Sing the Changes" (The Fireman)

2009	"Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr) "Meat Free Monday" "Dance Til We're High" (The Fireman)

2010s

2010	"(I Want to) Come Home"

2011	"My Valentine"

2012	"Only Our Hearts" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "Get Yourself Another Fool" (promo)

2013	"Out of Sight" (The Bloody Beetroots feat. McCartney & Youth) "New" "Queenie Eye"

2014	"Save Us" "Appreciate" "Early Days" "Hope for the Future" "Only One" (with Kanye West)

2015	"FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West)

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Paul McCartney family

Parents	Jim McCartney (1902–76) Mary McCartney (1909–56)

Siblings	Mike McCartney (born 1944) Ruth McCartney (born 1960)

Children	Heather McCartney (born 1962) Mary McCartney (born 1969) Stella McCartney (born 1971) James McCartney (born 1977) Beatrice McCartney (born 2003)

Wives	Linda McCartney (1941–98; married 1969–98) Heather Mills (born 1968; married 2002–08) Nancy Shevell (born 1961; married 2011–present)

Relationships	Jane Asher (born 1946; 1963–68) Francie Schwartz (born 1944; in 1968)

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