Paul McCartney - Trevor Jones Tapes 1976-1987 (3 CD/FLAC)


The legendary Trevor Jones Tapes. Five volumes, seven CD's.  Paul McCartney & Wings.  Trevor Jones was a roadie for Wings, and had quite a collection from his time with the band.






Soily
This is from the August 1974 One Hand Clapping sessions with Geoff Britton on drums.

Beware My Love (Instrumental, complete acetate version)
Beware My Love (uncomplete version)
Must Do Something About It (Paul on vocal)
She's My Baby (Take 1)
She's My Baby (version 2)
Silly Love Songs (without strings or horns)
The Note You Never Wrote (without strings)
Time To Hide (instrumental)
Wino Junko (rough mix)
These tracks date from the January-February 1976 Wings At The Speed Of Sound sessions.

Richard Cory
This is a live in-studio rehearsal from September 1975

Mull Of Kintyre (count-in)
Not very different from the released version, recorded in August 1977.

Daytime Nighttime Suffering (early version)
Dates from January-February 1979.

Take It Away (monitor mix)
What's That You're Doing (rough take)
Newt Rack (instrumental)
These tracks are taken from the Tug Of War sessions at Air Studios in London and Montserrat in March 1981. Newt Rack was recorded on March 11, 1981 and is a slightly aimless instrumental with an appropriately whimsical throwaway title.

Choba Medley (Part 1)
Choba Medley (Part 2)
These two tracks contain excerpts from all the tracks recorded in the July 1987 Снова в СССР sessions. This includes interesting but frustratingly incomplete snippets from the unreleased versions of "Cut Across Shorty," "No Other Baby," "Poor Boy," "Lend Me Your Comb" and "Take This Hammer."


Another Day
Hi Hi Hi
Both of these are taken from acetates, and don't sound notably different from the released versions.
Little Woman Love / C Moon
You Gave Me The Answer
Live And Let Die (Part 2 working Session)
These tracks date from the early September 1975 Elstree Film Studio rehearsals for the Wings UK tour later that month. Madinger and Easter mention three cassettes in the Trevor Jones collection from this era, named "1975 Tour Setlist," "Tour Rehearsal 1975," and "Day 2 Elstree, 1975." It's hard to tell which tracks are sourced from which, but it does seem (through the track labeling as well as the sonic quality) that there are 3 different sources for these tracks. This seems to be musically looser, so I am (very!) tentatively going to name this one "Tour Rehearsal 1975."

Junior's Farm (Version 1)
Junior's Farm (Version 2)
Let Em In (Take 1)
Little Woman Love / C Moon
Old Man River
Soily
Stealin
Suicide
More Elstree rehearsals. 

Soily
Picasso Last Words / Richard Cory
Bluebird
I ve Just Seen A Face
Yesterday
You Gave Me The Answer
Magneto And Titanium Man
Medicine Jar
Go Now
Letting Go
Live And Let Die
Call Me Back Again (Incomplete)
Listen To What The Man Said
Hi Hi Hi
From the track names, it's probably fair to assume two things: this is the "1975 Tour Setlist" tape and the rest of the tracks are probably out there somewhere.

Did We Meet Somewhere Before
From early 1978, not too different from what's been bootlegged before, although it might be a little cleaner than what's previously circulated.

Reception (Long Version)
Cage (Instrumental Backing Track)
Getting Closer (Instrumental Backing Track)
Rockestra Theme So Glad To See You Here (Instrumentals)
These Back To The Egg outtakes could be sourced from the early 1979 rough assembly cassette Madinger and Easter mention. The track numbers given also hint that there may be more from this cassette yet to come.

Fabulous / Teddy Bear
Madinger & Easter report three cassettes labeled "Wings Rehearsal 1980" as part of the Trevor Jones collection, and that they may contain Fabulous and Teddy Bear, in addition to In The Midnight Hour, Tears Of A Clown, Ain't That A Shame, Oh Boy, I'm In Love Again, Your True Love, and Lend Me Your Comb. If this track is any indication, the rest of those covers are very rough jams.

Momma's Little Girl (Intro)
Momma's Little Girl
Take It Away
No Values
Denny's Song
These are also likely from a "Wings Rehearsal 1980" cassette. These all seem to be from Pugins Hall in Kent (the site of the aforementioned When It Rains It Pours boot), and seem to be rehearsals in earnest for a Wings album that never came to fruition. Take It Away has been dated as October 1980, while No Values is from November 7, 1980. Denny's Song was later attempted in Montserrat in February 1981 with Paul, Denny & Dave Mattacks, but this version is a rough run-through with the rest of Wings. 

Venus And Mars / Rock Show / Jet
Let Me Roll It
Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
Blackbird
Lady Madonna
The Long And Winding Road
My Love
Band On The Run
These tracks belong to the previous set of September 1975 Wings rehearsals.

A Love For You
Waterspout
These two tracks probably are taken from the "Cold Cuts, 1980" cassette Madinger & Easter mention.