Paul McCartney will release a career-spanning solo box set next month. In this exclusive excerpt, the musician talks about his journey discovering Jamaica's music and cratedigging in Montego Bay.
Something we noted on those 7-inch singles in Jamaica is that they did the same thing as the early 1960s vocal groups: The B side would be the A side’s instrumental, titled something like “sing-along” –they would just take the vocal off. On these Jamaican records, they would call it “version.” I remember being in a club and some guy who was a little bit of a hustler was showing us around. This song came on and I said, “Oh, I love this.
I still respect the B side – where else can you find songs like “You Know My Name ” or “Ode to a Koala Bear”? So, when my team suggested we put out this box of 45s, one of my hopes was that both sides of the record will be of interest to you. It includes my first solo single, “Another Day” b/w “Oh Woman, Oh Why.” And it includes my latest single, “Women and Wives” b/w St. Vincent’s greatBetween those two singles are 78 others.
“Women and Wives” was inspired by Lead Belly, one of the blues singers we discovered as scruffs back in Liverpool. I’m now lucky enough to have a jukebox at home and in the office and, as you can see from the “Mrs. Vandebilt” single, we even released some of these 45s with the jukebox in mind adding the title strips on the sleeve artwork for fans to cut out.. I liked it a lot, so I talked to the guy who had brought it along and I ended up buying it off him.
I hope the songs in this box bring back fun and fond memories for you too. They do for me and there will be more to come….
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