Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
1991 live album by Paul McCartney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is a live unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. Following the vastness of his world tour recently captured on Tripping the Live Fantastic, McCartney took the opportunity to strip back his songs and appear on the acoustic-only show MTV Unplugged, which had only been on air for over a year at that point. Subsequently, McCartney was the first in a long line of artists to release an album of their performance on the show.[5]
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Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 20 May 1991 (UK) 4 June 1991 (US) | |||
Recorded | 25 January 1991 | |||
Genre | Acoustic, folk, country, blues | |||
Length | 58:29 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Producer | Paul McCartney | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Essential Rock Discography | 6/10[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Unlike other artists who appeared on the show with acoustic instruments plugged into amplifiers, McCartney's instruments were entirely unplugged. Microphones were carefully placed close to guitars, pianos, etc. to pick up the sound (this can be seen on the album cover, where a large rectangular microphone is pictured in front of McCartney's acoustic guitar).
Using the same line-up that had recently backed him (save for Blair Cunningham who had replaced Chris Whitten), McCartney used the opportunity to bring out some of his rarer tracks, including three from his 1970 debut album McCartney, alongside several covers and amid a number of familiar Beatles hits.