Release year : 1977
By Various Artists • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • For Promotional Use Only”
Last updated on October 25, 2023
From tracks.co.uk :
Widely considered as the rarest of all Paul McCartney related press kits the ‘what’s happened to us?….’ press kit was limited a run to only 1000 copies. It sent in 1977 to people is the music industry and that dealt with MPL to let them know that McCartney Productions Limited had moved from 12 – 13 Greek Street, London to 1 Soho Square, London. The press kit consists of a blue glossy folder with a one page insert that was attached to the folder (this has now become detached) and a rare MPL ‘We’ve moved’ promotional 7 inch single that is housed in a white paper sleeve. The MPL ‘We’ve moved’ promotional 7 inch sampler single was produced in extremely limited quantities and it carries the catalogue number ‘MPL 1’, it has 1-G stampers. Artists represented on the single are Wings, Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Julius LaRosa, Nancy Wilson, The Hi Los, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, McGuire Sisters, Buddy Holly, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Gene Vincent, Nat King Cole, Harry James, Art Tatum, Buddy Clark, Guy Lambardo, Bobby Darin, Les Brown, Bing Crosby, Ivory Joe Hunter, Kate Robbins, Louis Armstrong, Frankie Laine, Linda Ronstadt and Peggy Lee. The Paul McCartney & Wings related songs on the sampler are Let Em In, Silly Love Songs, My Love, Live and Let Die, Tragedy, Jet, Band On The Run and Uncle Albert. […] The folder measures 21cm x 29.5cm (8.25 inches x 11.7 inches).
The snippet from “Tragedy” by Wings seems to be the very first official release of this cover, which would then be officially released in its entirety only in 2018, as part of the re-issue of “Red Rose Speedway“.
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