Pure McCartney

Pure McCartney
Live album by Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, with The Damn Crystals
Released 12 February 2013
Recorded 18 June 2012
Vega, Copenhagen
Genre Rock
Length 1:25:58
Label Mermaid Records
Producer Tim 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)
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

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] The set list includes the 1971 McCartney album Ram, which is the favorite album of Christensen and Viola,[2] as well as several post-Beatles songs.[3] Vega's large concert hall, with a capacity of 1500, was sold out.[4] The artwork was inspired by Ram.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Lead musicians
The Damn Crystals
  • Lars Skjærbæk – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Smile Away"
  • Søren Koch – bass, backing vocals, additional lead vocal on "Rock Show" and "Coming Up"
  • Christoffer Møller – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, tenor horn
  • Jesper Lind – drums
Live crew
  • Paul Hammann – FOH engineer
  • Daniel Devantier – monitor engineer
  • Arild Nordgaard – guitar technician
  • Vagn Olsen – drums and bass technician
  • Jacob Bækmand – lighting engineer
  • Mif Damgaard – head of production, tour manager
Recording, production and post-production
  • Frank Birch Pontoppidan – producer, executive producer, mixer (at STC Studios)
  • Max Christensen - producer, director
  • Morten Fuks – editor
  • Mark Balstrup – color grade
  • Paul Wilson – artwork, titles
  • Nikolaj Vinten – mastering (at Supersonic Mastering)
  • Mads Mølgaard Helbæk – audio engineer
  • Sigurd Høyen – photographer
  • Jørgen Bo Behrensdorff – photographer
  • Mikkel Rise – photographer
  • Mads Mølgaard Helbæk – photographer
  • Frederik Trampe – photographer
  • Morten Fuks – photographer
  • Cecilie Bach Pedersen – photographer
  • Benni Christiansen – photographer

Notes

  1. ↑ Bertelsen, Mikkel Drejer (22 March 2012). "Tim C hylder Paul McCartney" (Tim C celebrates Paul McCartney). GAFFA. (Danish)
  2. ↑ Bonus featurette.
  3. ↑ Christensen, Tim (22 January 2013). "DVD-release: The Pure McCartney-tribute show". The Official Tim Christensen Blog.
  4. ↑ Viola, Mike (2012). Been quiet in the tour update front. Tumblr. Retrieved 16 February 2013.