Recorded on January 16, 1976, 'Silly love songs' was a song written as a rebuttal to music critics who criticized Paul McCartney for writing lightweight love songs. According to McCartney, "The song was, in a way, to answer people who just accuse me of being
soppy. The nice payoff now is that a lot of the people I meet who are at
the age where they've just got a couple of kids and have grown up a
bit, settling down, they'll say to me, "I thought you were really soppy
for years, but I get it now! I see what you were doing!""
The single was released in April and reached number 2 in the UK and number 1 in the USA. The label of this single mentions 'Wings at the speed of sound', which is of course the album from which it was taken.
My collection: 7" single no. 5872
Found: Record exchange, Greenwich, London, October 27, 2017
Cost: 25p
Tracks: 'Silly love songs' / 'Cook of the house'
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Friday, 10 November 2017
Friday, 25 November 2011
Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
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Reviewers have reported that the subject of the song is McCartney's Labrador Retriever dog named 'Jet'. However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the program Wings: Band on the Run (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney explained that 'Jet' was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject.
My collection: 7" single no. 5251
Found: Record fair, Utrecht, November 19, 2011
Cost: 0,8 euro
Tracks: 'Jet' / 'Let me roll it'
Monday, 5 April 2010
Goodnight tonight - Wings
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The single reached number 5 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK singles chart and number 21 in the Dutch Top 40. McCartney's former songwriting partner John Lennon later commented that he didn't care for the song, but enjoyed McCartney's bass guitar on the single.
My collection: 7" single no. 4746
Found: Record fair, Rijswijk, April 5, 2010
Cost: 0,5 euro
Tracks: 'Goodnight tonight' / 'Daytime nighttime suffering'
Saturday, 1 August 2009
Mull of Kintyre - Wings
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Released shortly before Christmas 1977, it became that year's Christmas number 1 in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine weeks. The single eventually sold over two million copies. The single also reached the top position in the Dutch Top 40.
I originally bought a copy of the single back in 1985, with the sleeve so torn up that I eventually cut out the photographs and made a new sleeve for it using standard white paper. This new copy is actually made in England, and in the condition it's in (i.e. very good) I bet a collector would pay dearly for this one.
My collection: 7" single no. 300
Found: Plaatboef, Rotterdam, July 31, 2009
Cost: 0,25 euro
Tracks: 'Mull of Kintyre' / 'Girls school'
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Listen to what the man said - Wings
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The single peaked at number 6 in the UK singles chart and number 14 in the Netherlands.
My collection: 7" single no. 3778
Found: Record fair, Den Haag, June 20, 2009
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Listen to what the man said' / 'Love in song'
Friday, 6 March 2009
With a little luck - Wings
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My collection: 7" single no. 843
Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, May 27, 1989
Cost: 1 guilder
Tracks: 'With a little luck' / 'Backwards traveller', 'Cuff link'
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