Paul McCartney unreleased Tokyo backstage interview 1993

[@FlyingPringleJJ]

Paul very carefully choosing his words here and stating it’s not the Beatles without John, while not revealing that it would indeed be a full Beatles project with John’s presence in the form of his demo recordings! Fascinating to hear that this was in the works over a year before they’d even started working on ‘Free as a Bird’, and two years before its release.

[@gailg2327]

Thank you so much, love this humble, beautiful human being. Thank you, enjoyable video.

[@MarioRodriguez-fs1kk]

I always enjoy listening to Paul's interviews. He's enjoyable to listen to. His great stories.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

Yeah. His spider story is a favorite. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooCofn9ugK6BnMU

[@ClarkKent768]

WOW this is fantastic stuff - thanks so much for sharing!

[@78zappaf]

In 1993 I've always heard the rumor about the TV documentary and the music bed for the series, but I never heard the audio - and video of the source! I really didn't think much of it, thinking it was not real until 1995 when the special was finally released. Thank you for sharing this footage!

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

You're welcome! More to come.

[@daveidmarx8296]

Interesting to hear Paul mention the Anthology series by name over two years before it would even come out.

[@whatspadethinks]

The idea of a self produced biographical documentary was around since the early 1970's. There's interviews with John where he openly talks about it, saying it was going to be called "The Long And Winding Road" and that Neil Aspinall was gathering films & footage that the Beatles themselves had. Rumours of the project popped up occasionally but nothing was ever concrete. Remember, Paul and Yoko, George & Ringo were still involved in business squabbles and lawsuits long after John passed away. When they were inducted into the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame in '88 McCartney wouldn't attend because of the disharmony over the Apple business. They all finally arrived at an agreement everyone was satisfied with in the early 90's so with tensions eased the documentary idea came up again and they all agreed it was time. This interview where McCartney acknowledges the project was in 1993, "Free As A Bird" sessions were in 1994 & "Real Love" was done in early 1995. The "new" song that McCartney announced last week is "Now And Then", a song they attempted to finish so the third Anthology album would have a new song like the first two sets did. Unfortunately too much hum & distortion was present on the years old cassette demo and Harrison reportedly said "This is shit.", meaning the song wasn't up to Lennon's or their standards. McCartney has always wanted it finished and released. AI is being used to clean up the audio NOT to add instrumentation or vocals created by the AI technology.

[@daveidmarx8296]

@@whatspadethinks Just saying this is the first time the Anthology was mentioned by name.

[@mazasan]

Thank you again! ❤

[@daveidmarx8296]

@@mazasan For what?

[@mazasan]

@@daveidmarx8296 sorry. I was trying to thank the channel 🙃

[@R_Jackson]

Thank you! ✨

[@PogieJoe]

Brilliant!

[@standestael7706]

Thanks !!

[@beatleOed138]

Nice one!

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

Thanks

[@beatleOed138]

@@ExtremeBeatlesArchive i forgot to mention, are you going to re up Yesterday from the Japan rehearsal?

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

@@beatleOed138 You saw it? It was up for 2 minutes.

[@KitsuBeatles]

@@ExtremeBeatlesArchiveI saw it, but didn’t grab it

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

@@KitsuBeatles Thank you for that!! I will upload it again soon, but I thought it was too good to release this early on.

[@josipradic8698]

Actually, Paul, the song In Spite of all the Danger is credited to you and George! ;)

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

True! Not to mention Flying and Dig It.

[@mayag224]

Yes but when he wrote that they didn’t really know how credits worked, so George got credit just for the solo!

[@justiceforjamespaulmccartney]

James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

[@yellyman5483]

4:27 Haha. He`s so funny:)

[@jontheroadagain]

He talked to Conan a bit last week about how John had a nail biting problem, but it looks like Paul has a bit of that himself.

[@yellyman5483]

@@jontheroadagain Very true:) But this is so funny. Every member of the Beatles were comedians. Their press conferances just to be extremely funny, and they all contributed.

[@mayag224]

Awesome channel, thanks! What was touring with McCartney like?

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

He was exactly as we picture him from afar: kind, engaging, witty. Very nice man.

[@franciscoarzaga4384]

Worlds apart

[@kevindoran9389]

How did he get back into Japan so soon after the whole 1980 incedent?

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

Well, it was 13 years later. He also was there in 1990. I'll tell you one thing... Japanese customs searched our bags VERY thoroughly coming in.

[@cmeflywva]

There was a lot of back and forth with McCartney's attorneys and assistants. It took a long to convince the authorities in Japan to let him back into their country. Due to his multiple drug arrests Japan was reluctant to let enter in January of 1980 and he had to sign a document stating he promised to not bring in any substances. Of course we all knew what happened there. He betrayed their trust and he paid dearly for it. He was facing the possibility of being sent to prison for years due to the amount of marijuana he tried to smuggle into their country. He had excellent legal representation with the Eastmans and their ability to find top-notch legal representation in Japan.

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Which one with John?