Album This song officially appears on the Paul Is Live Official live.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1993
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
July 1993
Officially appears on Tripping The Live Fantastic
Officially appears on Tripping The Live Fantastic
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Officially appears on Tripping The Live Fantastic
Officially appears on With the Beatles (Mono)
Officially appears on Paul Is Live
Spanish holidays for the McCartney family, and Wings
Mid-June to June 25, 1972
“Hotel In Benidorm” is an improvisation performed during a souncheck at Boulder on May 26, 1993 – during Paul McCartney’sNew World Tour. It has been released on Paul Is Live, the live album released in 1993.
“A Fine Day” was another of those soundcheck jams appearing on Paul Is Live; and both tracks were annotated with the tongue-in-cheek: “Tracks 22 and 24 were improvised at soundcheck and therefore may not be suitable for people of critical disposition“.
“Hotel In Benidorm” may have been a reminiscence of holidays Paul & band took in Benidorm in 1972 – here is what Denny Seiwell briefly said about those holidays:
Question: In june 1972, you were in Spain, near Benidorm to rehearse. Was it like holiday before the tour ? Was it fun ?
Denny Seiwell: right …dom…we went to a town near alicante i think…it was more vacation than anything, and yes it was fun…
Well, the traffic agent told me that everything was taken care of
But here am I, got the kids got the wife, nowhere to stay tonight
Yeah, the hotel in Benindorm, still be building it
Won't be finished soon, won't be finished soon
Yeah, the hotel in Benindorm, still buildin', buildin', buildin'
We go to the beach and we go for a swim
But sooner or later yeah
We're gonna need to lay our poor burden down
The hotel in Benindorm still isn't finished
I guess we gonna just have to hang around.
Official live • Released in 1993
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine Robbie McIntosh : Acoustic guitar Hamish Stuart : Bass Paul Wickens : Accordion Blair Cunningham : Drums Geoff Emerick : Engineering, Mixing engineer Julian Mendelsohn : Recording engineer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
Session Recording: July 1993 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Official live • Released in 2019
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1.2019 • 2019 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine Robbie McIntosh : Acoustic guitar Hamish Stuart : Bass Paul Wickens : Accordion Blair Cunningham : Drums Geoff Emerick : Engineering, Mixing engineer Julian Mendelsohn : Recording engineer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Paul Is Live - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial live • Released in 2015
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine Robbie McIntosh : Acoustic guitar Hamish Stuart : Bass Paul Wickens : Accordion Blair Cunningham : Drums Geoff Emerick : Engineering, Mixing engineer Julian Mendelsohn : Recording engineer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
“Hotel In Benidorm” has been played in 1 soundchecks.
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