Extraordinary Geoff Emerick WINGS unreleased studio tapes at Omega Auctions * Band On the Run Lagos Tapes Lot 284 - PAUL MCCARTNEY / WINGS INTEREST - BAND ON TAPE 1 LAGOS, 30 mn pristine studio sound quality. A complete Geoff Emerick tape of the recordings made in September 1973 ( From the 3rd to the 14th at EMI studio, Lagos Nigeria), with count in and talks before tracks but without overdubs done in October at AIR studios, London. MAMOONIA 4.56 mn : Basic track with guide vocal and without overdubs BAND ON THE RUN PART 1 & PART 2 , 5.20 mn,Not yet linked together, no overdubs, great introduction, guide vocals with mistakes, wonderful HELEN WHEELS 3.59 mn, basic track without overdubs, full of energy MRS VANDERBILT 4.38mn, basic track with no overdub, no sax solo yet NO WORDS 4.29mn, longer version, still instrumental, the best moment of the tape LET ME ROLL IT 5.12 mn, instrumental without overdub, rough basic track TAPE 2 DRINK TO ME ( PICASSO LAST WORDS ) 6,24, longer version without overdubs, great introduction, all the pieces are stuck together, recorded at Ginger Baker ARC Batakota Lagos Studio on the 17th of September 1973 MARC BOLAN VOCAL AND GUITAR track overdubs SESSION, 20 mn * LONDON TOWN & SPEED OF SOUND TAPES 1976 1977 Lot 283 - THE BEATLES / PAUL MCCARTNEY / WINGS - Geoff Emerick, Paul McCartney & WINGS 5 Studio Tapes in pristine studio quality from 76 and 77 at Abbey Road Studios Girl's School Take 1 , 3,57 mn, beautiful take full of energy, with wonderful Paul's vocal, Feb 1977 Girl's School, Take 2, 4.53 mn, basic track of the final version without overdubs, slower version, Feb 1977 London Town, 4.21 mn, extraordinary version without overdubs, great Paul's guide vocal and a totally different bridge, Feb 1977 Silly Love Songs, 6.01 mn, great version without strings and horns, in perfect sound quality, January 1976 Wino Junko, 5.25 mn, without overdubs, wonderful sound quality, January 1976 * LONDON TOWN Tapes 1977 Lot 282 - THE BEATLES / WINGS INTEREST - PAUL 4 Geoff Emerick tapes in astonishing studio sound quality, recorded at Abbey Road Live and Let Die August 1974 with orchestra, 3.24 mn, different version than the single release from 73 I've Had Enough and Don't Let It Bring You Down slightly different mixes in astonishing sound qualities ( 3.04 mn and 4.35 mn ) , November 1977 Girlfriend cassette recording of the very rough version in November 1977, 4.46 mn, longer version, without a lot of overdubs, and a rough Paul's guide vocal. Great version
Ooooh!! Lots of unheard goodies on those tapes. While I don't think they'll fetch the prices anticipated on the auction site, they would be fascinating to hear. Pity we probably never will (beyond a few Speed Of Sound era rough mixes that were also on the Trevor Jones tapes). Also, it's too bad that MPL doesn't view this type of material as being worthy of inclusion on Paul's Archive sets.
What's the "MARC BOLAN VOCAL AND GUITAR track overdubs SESSION" all about? Another Geoff Emerick project that just happened to use the same tape?
Unless it’s some sort of secret session like Marc did on ELO’s On The Third Day around the same time. But I doubt it. I want to hear all these tracks!
They're listed with expected prices of around $8-10k. That seems pretty reasonable if these contain unique material not otherwise available. Actually, that seems low in that case. If this stuff is unique, I imagine MPL will buy it. If this is just dubs of stuff somewhere in the vaults, then they won't bother.
If this stuff is unique, I imagine MPL will hit them with a writ...although the tapes do appear to be copies, at least one of which was posted to Geoff Emerick. As such, it doesn't look as if they're stolen goods.
40-50 years old and unlikely to have been stolen. So they're probably beyond statute of limitations and are either considered abandoned property or they legally belong to someone else. Certainly, you can't publicly disseminate the contents. But you can own and play these for yourself.
These tapes just contain rough mixes of released solo songs. Solo material usually fetches prices far lower than Beatles-era material (due to much lower interest), and not having any actual unreleased tracks will lessen interest even further. I think expecting top bids approaching $25k for 35 minutes of rough mixes from Band On The Run (Lot 284, with estimate bid price at £10,000 - £20,000) is definitely pushing it. I can definitely see it going for a few thousand dollars, but not over ten grand.
