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Daniel's Collection

Paul McCartney & Wings   06/23/1976

The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Source Mike Millard Master Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 61
24/96 Edition

Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder

Transfer: Mike Millard Master Cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth adjustment; Dolby On) > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 capture > iZotope RX8 > iZotope Ozone 8 > Audacity > TLH > FLAC
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Media
Notes Paul McCartney, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, June 23, 1976

Our Mike the Mike December kicks off with another of the master's most famous works, Paul McCartney and Wings at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, June 23, 1976, the final night of a three-show run.

McCartney's first solo appearance in Los Angeles was a MAJOR event, as was the whole of the Wings Over America tour. Not only was it Macca, it was Macca performing Beatles songs and a whole lot more. Ticket demand was huge as was interest in recordings of the tour. Soon after the LA show, a triple, colored-vinyl bootleg box set of the show appeared titled Wings From The Wings. It is said this high-quality, audience-recorded bootleg was one of the factors that motivated the release of the official Wings Over America triple live album in December 1976.

The Wings From the Wings bootleg, released on the Idle Mind Productions label, used Mike Millard's audience tape which explains the quality. His recording has circulated in a limited fashion ever since, though most know it from the vinyl pressing.

This marks the first time Mike's original master cassettes have been properly transferred and digitized and should represent a material upgrade to prior versions. It is another astonishingly good audience recording, recorded from the third row at The Forum, and offering wide fidelity and clarity. Samples provided.

The setlist blends Wings hits, some relatively obscure material, a couple of covers and five Beatles songs: "Lady Madonna," "The Long and Winding Road," "I've Just Seen a Face," "Blackbird" and "Yesterday." The band line-up was McCartney, joined by his wife Linda on keyboards, guitarist Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch on bass and Joe English on drums, plus a four-piece horn section: Howie Casey, Steve Howard, Thaddeus Richard and Tony Dorsey.

There's also a fine soundboard recording of this same show, the Rockshow film and various, lengthy pro-shot segments from the Forum shows on YouTube. But I found listening to Mike's high-quality audience recording of McCartney '76 more enjoyable. The audience sound adds an integral organic element and makes for a vivid document of what the show was like.

Here's what Jim R recalled about Paul McCartney's final night at the Forum in 1976:

I attended the Wings concert with Mike at The Forum on June 23, 1976. Our equipment got smuggled via the wheelchair. As usual, Mike drove the two of us.

We had primo seats on the floor, Section B, Row 3. Third row center--the favorite within our chosen sweet spot to record. We camped out in front of the box office to get these tickets. McCartney's Forum run was a big event with equally massive demand for tickets. Scalper prices were $$$. This show was the last of three at The Forum and it was also the last night of Wings' North American tour.

Mike and I were blown away at the idea of seeing a Beatle. I’m old enough to remember buying their records on the day they came out. As we had done with Led Zeppelin the prior year, Mike and I drove to San Diego a few days earlier to scout the show and figure out when he would be making his tape flips.

This was a history-making event. A couple times during the show, Mike and I would knowingly look at each other, then down to the dancing Nak 550 level meters, and with a sly smirk acknowledge to each other that we were in the middle of capturing an awesome tape. It should be noted that out of the hundreds of shows we went to together, this recognition only happened a handful of times. Otherwise we were all business.

After the concert, when we got back to Mike’s Peugeot, we listened to the recording with headphones. A couple of people walking by asked what we were doing and Mike handed them the headphones and gave them a listen.

Paul was engaging with the audience and almost seemed like a normal guy. There was an underlying theme throughout the show that this was a Wings concert and not just a Paul McCartney concert. Paul humbly shared the spotlight with other members of Wings, with some performing their own tunes.

About the Wings From The Wings bootleg. Mike was pissed when he found out. One more reason to watermark the copies he gave out of his recordings. In 1976, bootleg pressings were pretty rough so they were inferior, but to Mike it was the principle.

I have been looking forward to this concert being posted. I hope you enjoy the show as much as Mike and I did.
Microphones AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules)
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Daniel · Last Updated Feb 10, 2026