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Pure McCartney
Live album by
Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, with The Damn Crystals
Released12 February 2013
Recorded18 June 2012
Vega, Copenhagen
GenreRock
Length1:25:58
LabelMermaid Records
ProducerTim Christensen,
Frank Birch Pontoppidan
Tim Christensen chronology
The EP Series, Volume 1: Acoustic Covers
(2012) 		Pure McCartney
(2013) 		Side Effects
(2014)
Mike Viola chronology
Acousto De Perfecto
(2012) 		Pure McCartney
(2013) 		GHOUL
(2013)
Tracy Bonham chronology
Masts of Manhatta
(2010) 		Pure McCartney
(2013) 		Wax & Gold
(2015)

Pure McCartney is a live DVD/CD and DVD/2-LP album by singer-songwriters Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, and Tracy Bonham, with the band The Damn Crystals, released in 2013.

Overview

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Pure McCartney contains a recording of a one-off tribute concert at Vega in Copenhagen in celebration of Sir Paul McCartney's 70th birthday that day.[1]

Bassist Søren Koch once saw Viola play in New York, and thought that he had a strong musical match with Christensen, so he introduced the two.[2] Christensen and Viola found out that the 1971 McCartney album Ram is their mutual favorite album, and the idea arose to hold a concert in honor of McCartney's 70th birthday on 18 June 2012.[3] The set list consisted of songs from Ram alongside several other post-Beatles songs.[4] Vega's large concert hall, with a capacity of 1,500, was sold out.[5]

The concert was filmed and released eight months after the show on DVD/CD and DVD/2-LP, featuring artwork inspired by Ram by Paul "Yellow1" Wilson, who has previously done work on several other releases of Christensen and his band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy.

Noel Gallagher was planned to become a surprise guest.[2] Christensen and Gallagher appeared on Danish television, where they were competing in a small quiz about The Beatles. They got along well with each other backstage and also talked about the McCartney concert, but they never heard back from Gallagher's manager.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Paul & Linda McCartney, except where noted

Pure McCartney
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Many People"Paul McCartney4:34
2."3 Legs"Paul McCartney3:03
3."Ram On"Paul McCartney2:48
4."Dear Boy" 2:37
5."Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" 5:13
6."Smile Away"Paul McCartney4:09
7."Heart of the Country" 2:38
8."Monkberry Moon Delight" 4:42
9."Eat at Home" 3:37
10."Long Haired Lady" 7:07
11."The Back Seat of My Car"Paul McCartney5:20
12."Venus & Mars/Rock Show" 8:03
13."Coming Up"Paul McCartney4:14
14."Live and Let Die" 3:21
15."Maybe I'm Amazed"Paul McCartney4:44
16."Junk"Paul McCartney3:41
17."Band on the Run" 5:59
Total length:1:16:31
DVD bonus featurette
No.TitleLength
1."Bonus featurette"9:27

Personnel

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bertelsen, Mikkel Drejer (22 March 2012). "Tim C hylder Paul McCartney" (Tim C celebrates Paul McCartney). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  2. ^ a b c Andersen, Christian Voldborg (25 October 2014). "Tim Christensen: Jeg holder Dizzy-butikken åben nu" Archived 26 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Tim Christensen: I now consider the Dizzy-boutique opened). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  3. ^ Bonus featurette.
  4. ^ Christensen, Tim (22 January 2013). "DVD-release: The Pure McCartney-tribute show". The Official Tim Christensen Blog.
  5. ^ Viola, Mike (2012). Been quiet in the tour update front Archived 21 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Tumblr. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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