MIKE McGEAR-McGEAR-BEATLES/Paul McCartney-C7-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: MIKE McGEAR
TITLE: McGEAR
COUNTRY PRINTED: USA
CAT No: WARNER BROS, BS 2825
COVER: (Grade at NEAR MINT) small diagonal top right cnr cut
LABELS: (Grade at MINT-)
VINYL: (Grade at NEAR MINT-)
TRACKS:
Sea Breezes 4:52
What Do We Really Know? 3:28
Norton 2:35
Leave It 3:44
Have You Got Problems 6:16
The Casket 4:19
Rainbow Lady 3:26
Simply Love You 2:47
Givin' Grease A Ride 5:35
The Man Who Found God On The Moon 6:26
ALBUM COMMENT: by Wikipedia
McGear is the second solo album by English singer Mike McGear, released in 1974.

The album was a collaboration between McGear and his older brother Paul McCartney, who produced the record. All tracks on the album are performed by McCartney's band Wings, although all lead vocals are sung by McGear (McCartney can be heard singing the ending of "What Do We Really Know?", on "Givin' Grease A Ride" and occasional yells and harmony vocals on other tracks). At the time, McGear had just left his group Grimms, and McCartney was waiting for his Apple Records contract to expire. Because of Apple contract issues, McCartney was originally not credited as a performer.

Although the original intent had just been to record a single ("Leave It"), the project mushroomed into an entire album before the single was released. The album was recorded at Strawberry Studios,[2] except for "Leave It", which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. "Leave It" reached #36 in the UK singles chart.

The front cover shows Mike captured like Gulliver, surrounded by little black and white people.[2] Included in the people are pictures of the band members, as well as a childhood picture of Paul and Mike.

When Warner Brothers signed McGear and Badfinger to quite a bit of fanfare, coinciding with McCartney's Apple contract nearing expiration, there was quite a bit of rumour at the time suggesting that Warners was trying to interest McCartney in signing with them.

COMMENT: by Richie Unterberger
Mike McGear is actually Paul McCartney's brother; he changed his name in the mid-'60s shortly after the Beatles become famous, not wishing to be perceived as riding Paul's coattails. He was a member of the Scaffold, who recorded some fairly successful comedy rock releases in the late '60s (their "Thank U Very Much" and "Lily Pink" singles were big British hits). In 1974, he recorded a solo album with plenty of help from Paul, who wrote or co-wrote almost all the songs and sang backup; fellow Wings Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, and Jimmy McCullough also play and sing.

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