Stars: Paul McCartney

Summary: Recorded on the 14th December 1999 at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. The tracklist includes 'Honey Hush', 'Blue Jean Bop', 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man', 'Fabulous', 'What It Is', 'Lonesome Town', 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'No Other Baby', 'Try Not To Cry', 'Shake A Hand' 'All Shook Up', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Party'.

The sensitive Beatle with the big brown eyes, Paul McCartney was arguably the biggest heartthrob in one of the most important pop bands of all time. Since the Beatles broke up, he has continued to compose and perform with bands like Wings in solo capacity. On LIVE AT THE CAVERN CLUB, Paul is filmed at the Cavern Club in his hometown -- Liverpool, England -- for the first time since 1963, when the Beatles played there. Filmed on December 14, 1999, this spectacular concert features performances of Beatles classics as well as McCartney's solo work. In addition, special guest appearances by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Deep Purple's Ian Paice add significance to the live event.

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Paul McCartney's Live at the Cavern is essentially the video counterpart to his album Run Devil Run and is equally addictive. The legendary Liverpool club--where the Beatles and a great many other Mersey bands cut their musical teeth--has relocated to new premises in the same street, but it's still the most intimate of venues (it holds all of 300 punters) and is of course the obvious place for Macca to stage this wonderful rock & roll retro extravaganza. Oh yes, there was also a secondary audience of several million who watched the show as a Webcast, but at least this meant they weren't queuing at the bar.

The music, however, isn't obvious at all. Rather than go down the tried and tested route of rehashing all the rock & roll classics everyone knows, McCartney decided instead to create a show focusing on his own personal favourites from his formative years. This means that we get stuff like "Fabulous", "Blue Jean Bop" and "Honey Hush" rather than the usual over-revived material. This combination of an instantly recognisable style with rather less recognisable songs is as refreshing as an ice-cold Tizer. The all-star band includes Dave "Floyd" Gilmour, Ian "Purple" Paice (looking alarmingly like Mel Smith) and even Pete "Eighteen with a Bullet" Wingfield. The performance is preceded by an interview with His Macship conducted by Jools Holland. --Roger Thomas

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	2 Music Videos, 22 Minute Video Interview, Band Biography, Cavern Club Biography
Subtitles:	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Year:	1999
Release Date:	July 28, 2003
Runtime:	63 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	74321 85517 9
Label:	Image Entertainment
Keywords:	Music, Live, Paul, Rock, Club, Cavern, Pop, Wide, Screen, Mccartney, Performing, Arts, Popular
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts