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Paul McCartney November 1974

Title: Smiler
Type: TV Special (Unreleased)
Filming Location: Odeon Cinema, Lewisham, England
Filming Date: November 18th 1974
Broadcast Date: Unreleased
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 00:56 Seconds (Paul footage)
Quality: B-
Source: "Paul McCartney 1971-1979 Upgrades" (FFD Productions)
Other Source: "Paul McCartney - Macca Archives Rare & Found Vol 1 (FAB Productions)
Notes: This is from an unreleased 1974 Rod Stewart & The Faces documentary called Smiler that was directed by Mike Mansfield.
Rod`s manager at the time Billy Gaff owns the rights.It basically follows Rod around in late 1974 with live footage from his three nights at Lewisham Odeon in November 1974 which were all filmed.
Paul & Linda appreared on stage for the encore of Mine For Me on November 18th only & also mingled backstage(which was filmed).
The film was hosted & narrated by Russell Harty but has never been broadcast.
Extracts including Mine For Me with Paul & Linda along with some other live Rod & Faces performances were reportedly shown on NBC TV`s Midnight Special on April 25th 1975(see below.
A copy of the complete Smiler TV special was found in a film company vault & copies started doing the rounds in the early 90`s which is where this extract comes from.

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