''Good Evening New York City'' is a CD/DVD

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live album by

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

consisting of material performed over three nights as the inaugural concerts at New York City's

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, 17, 18 and 21 July 2009, part of his

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concert tour. Over 180,000 tickets were sold within hours of the shows being announced. The album is McCartney's third release for

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, following 2007 album '' Memory Almost Full'' and the live EP ''

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''. Previous McCartney live albums such as ''

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'' proved to be huge sellers based on his record-breaking live shows from the 2000s. At the

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, the recording of " Helter Skelter" from the album won in the category of

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Description

The concert footage featured on the standard edition of the set was directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for over 200 performances. The performances were shot using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand. The audio mix, in both stereo and

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, was handled by longtime Beatles engineer

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, and also longtime McCartney engineer Paul Hicks, whose credits include the recent Beatles remasters, ''

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'' and '' Let It Be... Naked'', and two Grammy awards for his mixing work on the Beatles' ''

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'' album. The documented concerts held special significance for McCartney and his fans. Citi Field sits adjacent to the site of the former

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, where his former band,

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, set record attendance figures in 1965. In 2008, McCartney joined

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onstage for the final rock show at Shea Stadium before its demolition. Joel returned the favour for the first of McCartney's July performances, the first concerts to be held at Citi Field. Of the 20 Beatles songs performed on the album, 17 of these were released after the original Beatles performance, with "I'm Down" the only common song. The performances of " Sing the Changes", " Jet", and "

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" included in this set were released as a downloadable three-track pack for the ''

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'' video game on 5 January 2010.

Formats

The package is available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney's 15 July performance on the

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marquee for his appearance on the ''

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''. The deluxe edition is available from an album specific store set up through McCartney's website and through

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stores.

Track listing

Standard and Deluxe Edition CDs/DVD

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD

*''Good Evening People'' (audience documentary film) *"

I'm Down "I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt ...

" (full performance)

Personnel

*Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, ukulele, mandolin * Rusty Anderson – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "I've Got a Feeling" *

Brian Ray Brian Thomas Ray (born January 4, 1955) is an American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter, and musical director. He is best known for his work as a bass, rhythm, and lead guitarist with Paul McCartney's touring band, tho ...

– bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals *

Paul Wickens Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon J ...

– keyboards, electric guitar, accordion, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals *

Abe Laboriel Jr. Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session drummer. He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel, nephew of Mexican rocker Johnny Laboriel, and brother of record producer, songwriter, and film composer Mateo ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals *

- co-lead vocals and piano on "I Saw Her Standing There" This is the same band which performed on McCartney's previous live album '' Back in the U.S.''. Wickens had been with McCartney since his first live album '' Tripping the Live Fantastic'' in 1990.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

External links

PaulMcCartney.com
– official website
Set list from Citi Field shows
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