Label: HRM-31857-00 2 CD's and 1 DVD Recorded over three nights on the 17th, 18th and 21st July 2009. CD 1: 1. Drive My Car 2. Jet 3. Only Mama Knows 4. Flaming Pie 5. Got To Get You Into My Life 6. Let Me Roll It 7. Highway 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. My Love 10. Blackbird 11. Here Today 12. Dance Tonight 13. Calico Skies 14. Mrs Vandebilt 15. Eleanor Rigby 16. Sing The Changes 17. Band On The Run CD 2: 1. Back In The USSR 2. I'm Down 3. Something 4. I've Got A Feeling 5. Paperback Writer 6. A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance 7. Let It Be 8. Live And Let Die 9. Hey Jude 10. Day Tripper 11. Lady Madonna 12. I Saw Her Standing There 13. Yesterday 14. Helter Skelter 15. Get Back 16. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/The End DVD: 1. Drive My Car 2. Jet 3. Only Mama Knows 4. Flaming Pie 5. Got To Get You Into My Life 6. Let Me Roll It 7. Highway 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. My Love 10. Blackbird 11. Here Today 12. Dance Tonight 13. Calico Skies 14. Mrs Vandebilt 15. Eleanor Rigby 16. Sing The Changes 17. Band On The Run 18. Back In The USSR 19. I'm Down 20. Something 21. I've Got A Feeling 22. Paperback Writer 23. A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance 24. Let It Be 25. Live And Let Die 26. Hey Jude 27. Day Tripper 28. Lady Madonna 29. I Saw Her Standing There 30. Yesterday 31. Helter Skelter 32. Get Back 33. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/The End Comments This is an amazingly good album and its lovely to see Paul not only giving an excellent performance but enjoying doing so as well. This set features dazzling performances of Beatles, Wings and solo classics from Citi Field, formerly Shea Stadium, historic site of The Beatles’ landmark 1965 Concert. As documented on Good Evening New York City, "I'm Down" from The Beatles 1965 set list was revived for the Citi Field shows. Other highlights include faithful takes on Beatles classics "Drive My Car", "Got To Get You Into My Life", "The Long And Winding Road", "Blackbird", "Eleanor Rigby", "Back In The USSR", "Paperback Writer", "Let It Be", "Hey Jude", "Helter Skelter" and more, plus "Something" rendered on a ukulele given to Paul by George Harrison, and a tribute to John Lennon in the form of a medley of "A Day In The Life" and "Give Peace A Chance". Wings-era tracks include "Band On The Run", "My Love", "Let Me Roll It" and "Live And Let Die". The McCartney solo material ranges from "Here Today" to the upbeat "Flaming Pie" and "Dance Tonight", to a pair of numbers from Electric Arguments, the 2008 album released under the alias of The Firemen. "I'm Down" is interspersed with segments of The Beatles doing the same song recorded at Shea Stadium on 15th August 1965 which is lovely to see. Will EMI ever release a DVD and CD of the complete Beatles at Shea Stadium concert...? In my opinion its such a shame that Paul has always liked and sought to be 'up front', when he should just rely on his talent. So much so that he has even changed the order of the song writing credits from what they were since 1963, Lennon-McCartney, to putting his own name first making them McCartney-Lennon. Although the first Beatles single 'Love Me Do' in 1962 was credited to McCartney-Lennon after this all the self written songs were credited to Lennon-McCartney. The only person he is trying to fool by putting his own name first is himself, because regardless what he thinks I don't think there will ever be songs written to the same level as those that were originally written by him and John and credited to Lennon-McCartney. Even though he has done this for Beatles songs released on his solo discs, the writing of the original and re-issued Beatles material is still credited to Lennon-McCartney.
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