Paul McCartney announces “captivating” screenings for rare Wings documentary, ‘One Hand Clapping’

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Paul McCartney has announced “captivating” cinema screenings of Wings‘ rare documentary film One Hand Clapping. Find out more below.Announced today (August 8), the project offers fans an opportunity to step back into 1974, when the McCartney-led band were working on the live studio album ‘One Hand Clapping’.The album was recorded back in August of that year, while the band were enjoying their seventh week in a row at the top of the UK album charts with ‘Band On The Run’.

It was recorded when McCartney and Wings headed to Abbey Road Studios for the recording of a documentary and possible live studio album.Now, directed by David Litchfield, the captivating documentary will reveal insight into the look and the feel of the time, as it explores the band’s historic recording session at Abbey Road Studios.Set to premiere as an exclusive cinema event on September 26, the behind-the-scenes movie look delves into the making of the album, and contains rare footage, interviews with the band, and insights from the creative team.

Check out an exclusive clip below.It’ll also include previously unreleased Backyard Sessions – showcasing Paul McCartney on acoustic guitar performing beloved tracks from his discography – as well as the unreleased song ‘Blackpool’ and covers of personal favourites like ‘Twenty Flight Rock’, the song he played for Beatles bandmate John Lennon during their first meeting.“It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did.

We made a pretty good noise actually,” McCartney said of the project. “It was a great time for the band, we started to have success with Wings, which had been a long time coming.”The footage was originally shot on ‘70s videotape, and has been scanned and restored at.