Bill Harry. "The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia"The Beatles 1963-1970 BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA Tadpoles A single by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, produced by Paul and issued in Britain on Friday 1 August 1969 on Liberty LBS 83257, with 'I'm The Urban Spaceman' on the flip. Take It Away (promotional film) The filming of the promotional video for 'Take It Away' took place at EMI's Elstree Studios in Boreham Wood and was directed by John MacKenzie. Six hundred members of the Wings Fun Club were invited along as a live audience to the filming, which took place on Wednesday 23 June 1982. The band comprised Paul on bass, Eric Stewart on lead, George Martin on electric piano, Ringo and Steve Gadd on drums, Linda on tambourine and the horn section from the Q Tips. In between the various takes of 'Take It Away' Paul and his band played several numbers to entertain the audience, including 'Lucille', 'Bo Diddley', 'Peggy Sue', 'Send Me Some Lovin", 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Cut Across Shorty', 'Reeling And Rocking', 'Searching' and 'Hallelujah I Love Her So'. The promotional film made its debut on Top Of The Pops on Thursday 15 July 1982. Take It Away (single) A single by Paul which was issued in Britain on Parlophone 6056 on Monday 21 June 1982 where it reached No. 14 in the charts and in America on Columbia 18-02018 on Saturday 3 July 1982 where it reached No. 10 in the charts. 'I'll Give You A Ring' was on the flip. It was released in Germany on Odeon 1C006-64845T. The number was originally written with Ringo Starr in mind. Paul recalled, 'I was writing some songs for Ringo and "Take It Away" was in amongst those songs. I thought it would suit me better. The way it went into the chorus and stuff, I didn't think it was very Ringo.' Talk More Talk A track on the Press To Play album lasting 5 minutes and 17 seconds that Paul describes as 'surrealist'. Tarrant County Convention Center Venue in Fort Worth, Texas where Wings opened the American leg of their 1975/76 World Tour, called Wings Over America. The 14,000-seater venue was sold out and before Wings could begin their set, the audience gave them a 15-minute standing ovation. The group had been rehearsing in Fort Worth and the tour had been delayed for almost a month due to Jimmy McCulloch's fractured finger. The line-up of the band comprised Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, McCulloch and Joe English, together with a horn section comprising Howie Casey on saxophone, Tony Dorsey on trombone, Steve Howard on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Thaddeus Richard on saxophone, clarinet and flute. Their repertoire comprised: 'Venus And Mars', 'Rock Show', 'Jet', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Medicine Jar', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'Call Me Back Again', 'Lady Madonna', 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Live And Let Die', 'Picasso's Last Words', 'Richard Cory', 'Bluebird', 'I've Just Seen A Face', 'Blackbird', 'Yesterday', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Magneto And Titanium Man', 'My Love', 'Listen To What The Man Said', 'Let 'Em In', 'Time To Hide', 'Silly Love Songs', 'Beware My Love', 'Letting Go' and 'Band On The Run.' The encores were 'Hi, Hi, Hi' and 'Soily'. Jimmy McCulloch sang lead vocal on 'Medicine Jar' and Denny Laine sang lead vocal on 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt', 'Richard Cory' and 'Time To Hide'. Taste Of Honey, A A song which Paul sang lead vocal on during their Cavern days and which was included on their concert performances in 1962 and 1963. Ric Marlow and Bobby Scott had penned it and Lenny Welch had recorded a version in America. The Beatles recorded the number at Abbey Road on Monday 11 February 1963 and it was included on their Please Please Me album. Herb Alpert &c the Tijuana Brass was to have an instrumental hit with the number in America in 1965. During some performances, John changed the chorus to 'A Waste Of Money'. ����- Tavener, Sir John A British classical composer, born in 1944, who Ringo Starr had introduced to Apple. Ringo had been having building work on his property carried out by Roger Tavener, who told Ringo about his brother. Ringo heard a tape of the BBC recording of Tavener's first long work ��� Whale which had been performed at the Royal Albert Hall, and immediately got in touch. Tavener was signed to Apple Records and they issued his The Whale and Celtic Requiem. On 4 May 2000 Paul travelled to New York by Concorde specially to appear at a concert at the church of St Ignatius Loyola. Interviewed by WNYC radio, Paul mentioned that he was initially reluctant to appear when invited by Sir John Tavener, but said, 'He was keen for me to do it, and I trust him.' Accompanied by Heather Mills, Paul chatted to Mia Farrow, who sat close to him and Tavener. Paul then read parts of a short poem 'In the Month of Athyr', which Taverner had set to music, with a chorus singing the rest. Tavener was to say he was 'touched that Paul McCartney is also journeying across the sea on Concorde to read a Greek poem'. The concert was broadcast live on the WNYC New Sounds Live programme. Taylor, Alistair Originally a personal assistant to Brian Epstein at his NEMS branch in Whitechapel, Liverpool. When Bill Harry arranged for Brian Epstein to visit the Cavern club to see the Beatles on 13 December 1961, Alistair accompanied him. It was Alistair's signature that witnessed the first Beatles management contract, and he also turned down Epstein's offer of 2 1/2 per cent of the Beatles contract. Later, owing to asthma problems suffered by his wife, Lesley, Alistair decided to move to healthier climes down South and left Epstein's employ to join Pye Records. A casual meeting with Epstein at Pye resulted in Alistair's rejoining NEMS. He recalls that the member of the Beatles he was closest to was Paul and it was Paul who coined the term 'Mr Jobworthy' for him because he was responsible for arranging so many things for them. He was also known as 'Mr Fixit'. Following Epstein's death, Alistair remained in the Beatles' employ and, when Apple was launched, John Lennon suggested he become general manager of the company. Paul arranged for Alistair to pose for the photograph used in the initial advertisements, designed by Paul, who featured Taylor as a one-man band, dressed in bowler hat and suit. Paul also wrote the copy for the ad, which read: This man has talent. One day he sang his songs to a tape recorder (borrowed from the man next door). In his neatest handwriting he wrote an explanatory note (giving his name and address) and, remembering to enclose a picture of himself, sent the tape, letter and photograph to Apple Music, 94 Baker Street, London Wl. If you were thinking of doing the same thing yourself - do it now! This man now owns a Bentley! Alistair has written no fewer than three biographies describing his experiences with the Beatles. The first Yesterday: The Beatles Remembered, was a positive memoir with no rancour, despite the fact that he was unceremoniously sacked from Apple when Allen Klein took over the reins. Alistair attempted to contact members of the group by phone, but none of them would talk to him. Paul was to comment on the sacking in the Daily Mail when he said: 'It isn't possible to be nice about giving someone the sack.' He worked for Dick James Publishing as a press officer for a while, and then became project manager at Morgan Grampian Publications. He later took on a number of labouring jobs and said: 'I've shovelled lead, made machine knives, washed pots in pubs. I'm not proud or very well qualified.' His second book, A Secret History, published in 2001, saw him take a more bitter tone concerning his relationship with the Beatles, possibly because he was not even mentioned in The Beatles Anthology. His co-writer Stafford Hildred, wrote: 'He arranged flights, deflected paternity suits, lent money and often a shoulder to cry on. He bought islands, cars and houses for the Fab Four ... he was a grief counsellor for Paul McCartney when Jane Asher dumped him because she came home early and found him in their bed with another woman ... and he had been effectively airbrushed out of official Beatles history.' In his book Alistair claims that he helped Paul to co-write 'Hello Goodbye' at Cavendish Avenue and says: 'Those were the seeds of a Beatles number one, written, I will always believe, by Taylor and McCartney.' He admits that he never got on with Linda and has a number of negative things to say about her in his book. He published his third biography a year later in 2002. Teatro Tendo A venue in Naples, Italy, the name meaning 'tent theatre' in English. Paul and his band (Paul, Linda, Mclntosh, Stuart, Wickens, Cunningham) made several 'surprise' appearances between May and July 1991 and this was one of them. They flew into the city, appeared in concert and then flew back to England following the show. Paul had recently filmed the MTV Unplugged show and decided on two 45-minute sets, the first acoustic, followed by an electric set. The brief tour of venues in Britain and Europe was referred to as the 'Surprise Gigs' Tour. They appeared at the theatre on Wednesday 5 June 1991.