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Paul McCartney September 1979

Title: The Music Lives On
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
Filming Date: September 14th 1979
Broadcast Date: September 8th 1984
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 12:09 Minutes
Quality: D+
Source: "Paul McCartney & Wings Chronology 1979 Vol 1" (Hog Town)
Other Source: "Paul McCartney & Wings Buddy Holly Tribute" (MCP044)

Notes: This is the unedited raw tape of the concert finale for the annual 1979 "Buddy Holly Week" celebrations.

MPL also put together a short documentary that, apart from various interviews, featured some highlights from the 1979 "Buddy Holly Week" concert.

Paul is performing live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London as part of the grand finale of the fourth annual Buddy Holly Week
celebration. The 8pm concert, which features amongst others Jerry Allison, Don Everly and Sonny Curtis, is captured on videotape
by Paul`s MPL Communications company and will form a major part of the short TV documentary, transmitted in America on MTV
under the title of The Music Lives On, on September 8,1984. Paul is seen performing "It`s So Easy" and "Bo Diddley", while
Denny is seen singing "Raining In My Heart" with Don Everly of The Everly Brothers. Guests in the audience include former
Monkee Micky Dolenz, Superman actor Christopher Reeve, DJ Alan Freeman, David Frost, former member of The Faces Ronnie Lane,
former 10cc drummer Kevin Godley plus Paul`s old friend, the actor Victor Spinetti.

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