[Heeplist] McCartney & Wings

[Thaddeus Komorowski]

Great story of a great show. You're fortunate to have seen that tour. In my
opinion, it was the best McCartney tour ever.


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Jay Pearson <deepheep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi y'all!
>
> My first live album that I bought was Wings Over America. Absolutely love
> that album (as much as I love any Heep live album). I thought for years it
> was from the Seattle Kingdome show, which I attended. Thenthe  Rockshow DVD
> was rereleased recently and I learned that the album was mostly from the
> Los Angeles show while the movie was the Kingdome show. It was my 3rd
> concert after seeing Chicago and Kiss during the school year. This was on
> my parents' anniversary right before school got out. Great excuse to get me
> out of the house so they could have fun! ;-)
>
> I just got Rockshow yesterday and it was fabulous! Memories of the show
> (one of the best I've ever seen) came flooding back. I had remembered Paul
> & Linda coming out onto one of the concourses above us while waiting in
> line to wave to the fans and had completely forgotten that the other band
> members had come out as well until I saw the picture in the booklet that
> captured that moment!
>
> I know the album extremely well (I've played it more than any other live
> album), and so was quite surprised to hear how different each song was
> (same setlists). It's mostly little things, but added together, it's
> substantial. Plus, I had thought my memory foggy because the album has
> almost no between-song patter. I was glad to see that the movie has all the
> patter in it, maybe my memory's not so bad!! ;-)
>
> Best moment was Live and Let Die. My first flashpot experience at a show
> had been Kiss a few months earlier, but I remember how impressed I was by
> the massive flashpots and the strobe lights on that song, very fun to
> relive!!
>
> Those of you who were at one of the Heep shows that are on DVD know how I
> feel. Having one of the best experiences in your life captured so well on
> video...way better than having to suffer through another high school
> reunion!!!!
>
>
> Jay
> np - Judas Priest - Epitaph
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