The Hot Hitz and Cold Cuts project was compiled after McCartney's decision to leave EMI's American label, Capitol, for a six-year stay with Columbia (United States and Canada only), though he remained with EMI worldwide during his US sabbatical from Capitol. A new 2lp with songs recorded between October 1970 to Jannuary 1978.
In 2019 Paul said: The original idea was based around a title I came up with and quite liked whichwas "Hot Hitz and Cold Cuts".I thought it would be great, you just put all your top hitson it and then some "cold cuts". But actually when I mentionedit to my record label at the time , they didn´tlike the idea of coldcuts, they wanted everything to be hits,hits,hits!. Sothey didn´t particularly go for that idea. But what has happened over the yearsin many of those cold cuts - which are B-sides and unknown tracks - have been released in our remastered Archive Collection series.bit.ly/39pMkC Instead released "Wings Greatest" coation a collection of hits singles without anyof the "leftover" B-sides and unreleased material.
McCartney didn't want to shelve the project and continued to improve it over the years. In January 1980, Paul and Wings recorded additional overdubs for the unreleased tracks with the album slated for release in early 1981.It was also believed that its release soon after the death of John Lennon would seem inappropriate. In 1986 the producer/arranger Richard Niles did further work on the tracks.In August 1987, McCartney mixed and edited another version of the album with producer Chris Thomas and engineer Bill Price. That album also went unreleased and after bootleg versions appeared on the market, McCartney abandoned the project permanently and instead the double "All the best" was published on November 2, 1987.
Here´s the original version from “cold cuts part” 1978.
SIDE A:
1 – "Another Day" – Recorded in 1970 during the Ram sessions. released as the A-side of a non-album single in February 1971. It was his debut single as a solo artist following the Beatles break-up in 1970.
2 – "Live At Let Die" – Recorded during Red Rose Speedway sessions in October 1972 at AIR Studios. It was also the first rock song to open a Bond film. Released June 1.1973.
3 - "Jet" – Recorded September 1973. Abbey Road Studios, From Band On The Run LP.
4 – "My Love" – Lead single from Red Rose Speedway Released on 23 March 1973,
5 – "Silly Love Songs" – Appeared in March 1976 on Wings at the Speed of Sound, It was released as a single backed with "Cook of the House" on 1 April (US), and 30 April (UK)
SIDE B:
1 – "HI,HI,HI" – It was released as a double A-side single with "C Moon" in December 1972. Both recorded in November 1972
2 – “Let´Em In” - Appeared in March 1976 on Wings at the Speed of Sound, It was released as a single 22 july 1976 with Beware my love on b side.
3 – "Junior´s Farm" – Recorded July 1974. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974 with Sally G on B-side.
4 – "Mull Of Kintyre" – Recorded August 9 1977 and released on single November 11.1977 with Girl´s school on B side. It was Wings' biggest hit in Britain and is one of the best selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom, where it became the 1977 Christmas number one and was the first single to sell over two million copies nationwide.
5 - "With A Little Luck” – Recorded on May 1977 during London Town sessions. This is a single version released on March 20,1978 with Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link on B side.
SIDE C:
1 - "Mama's Little Girl" – Recorded during the Red Rose Speedway sessions in 1972. Released as the B-side of "Put It There" in 1990.This is an early mix was later released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway.
2 - "I Would Only Smile" – Written by Denny Laine and recorded in 1972 for Red Rose Speedway. Released on Denny Laine's album Japanese Tears in 1980.This is an early mix was later released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway.
3 - "Tragedy" – This remake of Thomas Wayne's 1959 ballad dates from Red Rose Speedway sessions. The song was considered for inclusion on the album, which was originally planned to be a double. It was officially released in 2018 as part of the Red Rose Speedway deluxe reissue.
4 - "Night Out" – This Red Rose Speedway-era outtake was overdubbed multiple times by different incarnations of Wings.. A primarily instrumental version dating from 1972 was released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway. Alternate edit version.
5 - "Oriental Nightfish" – Written by Linda McCartney and recorded with Wings in 1973. Released on Linda McCartney's album Wide Prairie in 1998.
6 - "Lunchbox/Odd Sox" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in New Orleans in 1975. Released as the B-side of "Coming Up" in 1980. Alternate edit version,
7 - "My Carnival" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in New Orleans in 1975. Released as the B-side of "Spies Like Us" in 1985.
SIDE D:
1 - Send Me The Heart - Written by McCartney and Laine. Recorded during The Nashville sessions in 1974. Released on Laine´s album Japanese Tears in 1980.
2 - "Hey Diddle" – Recorded in 1970 during the Ram sessions as a Paul and Linda duet. Later, the track received further overdubs when Wings were in Nashville in the summer of 1974. The original 1971 version was released in 2012 on the Special Edition re-issue of Ram.The Nashville version was released on the 2014 re-issue of Venus and Mars.
3 - "Wide Prairie" – Written by Linda McCartney and recorded in November 1973 at EMI Paris with overdubs done in Nashville in 1974. An edited version, omitting two sections with lead vocals by Paul, was released on Linda McCartney's album Wide Prairie in 1998. Alterenate edit version.
4 - "Tomorrow" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in 1975. Alternate edit version.
5 - "Proud Mum" – from the Venus and Mars sessions in 1975. The song was originally recorded for use in a commercial for Mother's Pride bread. Alternate edit version.
6 - "Same Time Next Year" – Recorded in 1978 for the film Same Time, Next Year but not used. Released as the B-side of "Put It There" in 1990.
7 - "Did We Meet Somewhere Before?" – Rejected as the main theme for Warren Beatty´s film Heaven Can Wait, the song remained on Paul's shelf until he decided to include it on the outtakes project. A snippet of the track was used in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School although it did not appear on the soundtrack album.
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