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PAUL McCARTNEY Unplugged — The Official Bootleg (Parlophone) Just before he died John Lennon said Paul McCartney was good at dinky-poo acoustic guitar numbers — “so is John Denver.” But he was being a bitch. Here, the world'’s richest musician stands naked, performing his hits and old standards with his band in an all-acoustic setting. At last. Both songs and singer benefit from the exposure, stripped down to their essentials. Recorded for an MTV special, Unpluggedis at its best when ; McCariney springs a surprise: his very first song, the Holly-esque ‘I Lost My Little Girl’ (written at 14) or the perennial ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’ and ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky'. Little is added to the predictable Beatles selections, which were virtually
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Rip It Up, Issue 167, 1 June 1991, Page 27
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120albums Rip It Up, Issue 167, 1 June 1991, Page 27
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