Hear Music and Concord Records sent me a review copy of Paul McCartney’s Good Evening New York City now available wherever CDs and DVDs are sold. This multi disk CD/DVD set features Paul McCartney’s July ‘09 performance at Citi Field, formerly Shea Stadium, the historic site of The Beatles’ landmark ’65 concert. The set comes in a standard (2 CD + 1 DVD) or 4 disc deluxe (2 CD + 2 DVD) edition to immortalize the momentous musical experience.

The disc set is filled with classics“Drive My Car,” “Got To Get You Into My Life,” “The Long And Winding Road,” “Blackbird,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Back In The USSR,” “Paperback Writer,” “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “Helter Skelter” and more, plus “Something” rendered on ukulele gifted to Paul by George Harrison, and a tribute to John Lennon in the form of a medley of “A Day In The Life” and “Give Peace A Chance.” Wings era chestnuts include “Band On The Run,” ”My Love,” ”Let Me Roll It” and the pyrotechnic tour de force of “Live And Let Die,” while timeless McCartney solo material ranges from “Here Today” to the upbeat “Flaming Pie” and “Dance Tonight” to a pair of numbers from Electric Arguments, the 2008 album released under the alias of The Fireman. 

The concert footage featured on Good Evening New York City standard edition features concert footage directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for some 200 performances and counting. The 33-song 2 hour 40 minute performances were shot in High Definition using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 Flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand. 

I strongly recommend anyone and everyone purchase this CD/DVD set; it is pure McCartney and as pure to The Beatles as any performer can be.  I listen this album on my iPod almost everyday – it’s cherished! My favorites are his tributes to George and John, brilliant!

In a very recent article in USA Today, Paul McCartney talks about contributing an original song to Robert De Niro’s movie Everybody’s Fine.  McCartney also shines light on Good Evening New York City. Its production and what it was like performing at Citi Field.