One Hand Clapping (Paul McCartney and Wings album)

The performance was recorded in Abbey Road Studios (known at the time as EMI Studios) over four days in August 1974, during Band on the Run's seventh week in a row at the top of the UK album charts. Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine were joined by new members guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, who were recruited after previous members Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell had left just prior to recording Band on the Run.{{Cite book |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |title=The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73 |date=2022 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-063-00072-8}} The band had just returned from Nashville, where they recorded their then-upcoming single "Junior's Farm". The band were also joined in the studio by orchestra conductor Del Newman and saxophonist Howie Casey, both of whom had previously played with McCartney and would go on to join the Wings touring band.

The film was abandoned until it was released in 2010 in the box set reissue of Band on the Run as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.

Some songs from the One Hand Clapping sessions were previously released, mostly as bonus tracks on the Paul McCartney Archive Collection reissues:

• "Live and Let Die" appears on the soundtrack album to the film The In-Laws from 2003.{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/paul-mccartney-wings-one-hand-clapping/|title=Paul McCartney & Wings / One Hand Clapping|first=Paul|last=Sinclair|date=23 April 2024|website=superdeluxeedition.com|accessdate=2024-06-18}}

• "Bluebird", "Jet", "Let Me Roll It", "Band on the Run", "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" and "Country Dreamer" appear in the special and deluxe editions of Band on the Run from 2010.

• "Maybe I'm Amazed" appears in the special and deluxe editions of McCartney from 2011.

• "Soily", "Baby Face" and "Love My Baby" (digital download) appear in the special and deluxe editions of Venus and Mars from 2014.

The album was released on 14 June 2024, on CD, LP and digital platforms. A special edition 2-LP containing an additional 7" record features six additional songs performed solo by McCartney in the backyard of the Abbey Road Studios on the final day of recording.

The album was mixed by Giles Martin and Steve Orchard.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 84/100{{cite web |title=One Hand Clapping by Paul McCartney & Wings |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/one-hand-clapping/paul-mccartney-wings |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=16 June 2024 |language=en}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=One Hand Clapping - Paul McCartney / Paul McCartney & Wings |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/one-hand-clapping-mw0004281873 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 June 2024 |language=en}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 8.4/10{{cite web |last1=Berman |first1=Stuart |title=Paul McCartney / Wings: One Hand Clapping |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/paul-mccartney-and-wings-one-hand-clapping/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=15 June 2024}}

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In the 2013 McCartney biography Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s, author Tom Doyle calls the performances "tight and strong" and quotes drummer Geoff Britton as "being surprised to discover that, 'seeing us play, we were a good band{{'"}}. However, Doyle believes the film is less favourable in how it depicts the personality clashes within the band.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6u8BQAAQBAJ&dq=%22One%20Hand%20Clapping%22%20mccartney%20-wikipedia&pg=PT175|last=Doyle|first=Tom|title=Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s|date=2013|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Polygon|isbn=978-0-85790-626-7 |access-date=27 April 2024}}

AP critic Scott Bauer praised the "spirited performances" on the album, calling it "a fine snapshot" of McCartney's "post-Beatles creative high".{{cite web |title=Music Review: Paul McCartney and Wings' oft bootlegged 1974 'One Hand Clapping' deserves applause |url=https://apnews.com/article/paul-mccartney-one-hand-clapping-review-d359f8bb8e3b24a80b8301499da6d73b |accessdate=14 June 2024 |publisher=Associated Press}} Andrew Korpan of ClutchPoints similarly commented that "all of the songs are performed well and with plenty of energy", but noted "an overwhelming amount of synthesizers" throughout the album.{{cite web |title=Paul McCartney and Wings’ One Hand Clapping captures pivotal moment for band |url=https://clutchpoints.com/paul-mccartney-wings-one-hand-clapping-2024-album-review |accessdate=14 June 2024 |publisher=ClutchPoints}}

All songs written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, except where noted

{{Track listing

| headline = Side 1

| title1 = One Hand Clapping

| length1 = 2:15

| writer1 = Paul McCartney

| title2 = Jet

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Soily

| length3 = 3:55

| title4 = C Moon" / "Little Woman Love

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = Maybe I'm Amazed

| length5 = 4:52

| writer5 = Paul McCartney

| title6 = My Love

| length6 = 4:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side 2

| title7 = Bluebird

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = Let's Love

| length8 = 1:09

| title9 = All of You

| length9 = 2:04

| writer9 = Paul McCartney

| title10 = I'll Give You a Ring

| length10 = 2:03

| writer10 = Paul McCartney

| title11 = Band on the Run

| length11 = 5:20

| title12 = Live and Let Die

| length12 = 3:26

| title13 = Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

| length13 = 5:50

| title14 = Baby Face

| length14 = 1:56

| writer14 = Benny Davis, Harry Akst

| total_length = 47:50

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side 1

| title1 = Let Me Roll It

| length1 = 4:28

| title2 = Blue Moon of Kentucky

| length2 = 3:05

| writer2 = Bill Monroe

| title3 = Power Cut

| length3 = 1:33

| title4 = Love My Baby

| length4 = 1:13

| writer4 = Paul McCartney

| title5 = Let It Be

| length5 = 1:02

| writer5 = Paul McCartney–John Lennon

| title6 = The Long and Winding Road" / "Lady Madonna

| length6 = 2:10

| writer6 = Paul McCartney–John Lennon

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side 2

| title7 = Junior's Farm

| length7 = 4:17

| title8 = Sally G

| length8 = 2:28

| title9 = Tomorrow

| length9 = 2:12

| title10 = Go Now

| length10 = 3:35

| writer10 = Larry Banks, Milton Bennett

| title11 = Wild Life

| length11 = 4:30

| title12 = Hi, Hi, Hi

| length12 = 3:57

| total_length = 35:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Blackpool

| length1 = 1:43

| writer1 = Paul McCartney

| title2 = Blackbird

| length2 = 2:27

| writer2 = Paul McCartney–John Lennon

| title3 = Country Dreamer

| length3 = 2:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| title1 = Twenty Flight Rock

| length1 = 2:08

| writer1 = Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild

| title2 = Peggy Sue

| length2 = 1:24

| writer2 = Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison

| title3 = I'm Gonna Love You Too

| length3 = 1:10

| writer3 = Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty

| total_length = 11:09

}}

Paul McCartney and Wings

• Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, celeste, harmonium, acoustic guitar
• Linda McCartney – Moog, electric piano, Mellotron, tambourine, backing vocals
• Denny Laine – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
• ⁠Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Geoff Britton – drums

Additional personnel

• Howie Casey – saxophone
• Tuxedo Brass Band – brass
• Del Newman – orchestra conductor, arranger
• Geoff Emerick – sound engineer

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