Back in November 2007, Paul McCartney released his video compilation, The McCartney Years, on three DVDs, and what a great collection it is! Two of the DVDs are dedicated solely to music videos while the third disc includes concert footage. Despite a full two-disc allocation to videos, there are still many good ones by Paul McCartney that were not included, and that is the reason for this particular post. Maybe one day there will be a ‘McCartney Years II’ DVD set to gather up some more goodies from this man who has been such a phenomenally productive musician over the years.

“Arrow Through Me” was released as the second U.S. single from the last album by Paul McCartney & Wings – 1979′s Back To The Egg. During this late 1970′s period, Paul was apparently experimenting with keyboard sounds a lot more. He had already had a big keyboard-oriented hit the year before called “With A Little Luck” from Wings’ London Town LP. In fact, “Arrow Through Me” was recorded completely without guitars. The backing is exclusively Moog synthesizer, drums and brass (the brass is portrayed as being played by Linda McCartney on a keyboard in the video).

The title of the Back To The Egg album was a term Paul used to mean “back to basics.” The previous London Town sessions were mainly recorded by the three staple members of Wings—Denny Laine, Paul’s wife Linda McCartney, and Paul himself. For “Egg” Paul wanted a more basic type of rock band line up and recruited guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holly. This ended up being the final line up for Wings, before disbanding on friendly terms in early 1981. Although “Arrow Through Me” is sans guitar, the rest of the album, true to its title, is more conventional rock ‘n’ roll fare. Many fans I have heard from consider it sort of a mystery that it is one of the lesser noticed Wings albums, yet it is a very enjoyable listen. But then again, to coin an overused phrase, hindsight is 20/20.

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Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, some music related to this post:

1) Back to the Egg
– 1993 CD remaster of original 1979 album plus 3 bonus tracks. Includes Arrow Through Me. Note: This CD is out of print but can be purchased used from sellers linked here (a little pricey, though). A reissue is certainly in order.

2) The McCartney Years
– 2007 3-DVD set mentioned in post by Paul McCartney, featuring 2 DVDs of music videos plus a 3rd DVD with concert footage (does not include Arrow Through Me).

3) London Town
1993 remaster CD of original 1978 album containing With A Little Luck and 2 bonus tracks

4) More Amazon links for any of your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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