''Live in Los Angeles'' is a promotional

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by Paul McCartney recorded during a secret performance on 27 June 2007 at Amoeba Music in

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

, California. The album was released only in the United Kingdom and Ireland through a special promotion run by '' The Mail on Sunday'' and the '' Irish Sunday Mail.'' Four of the album's twelve tracks (2, 4, 5, and 12) were previously released on McCartney's 2007 EP, '' Amoeba's Secret'', while track 3 was previously released as b-side to "

Ever Present Past "Ever Present Past" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 2007 album ''Memory Almost Full''. The song was also released as the first single from that album in the United States on 15 May 2007. The video for the song was premie ...

" single. On 16 November 2012, the Paul McCartney website released an extended version of the Amoeba show titled ''Live in Los Angeles – The Extended Set'' free to "premium" members of the website, adding the songs "

Nod Your Head "Nod Your Head" is a song by Paul McCartney and the closing track to his 2007 album ''Memory Almost Full''. The song was released as a free download single from that album on 28 August 2007 via the iTunes Store. It was packaged with a music vide ...

" and "House of Wax" to the tracklisting, the latter also being a b-side to "Ever Present Past" single. All the tracks from the album later appeared on the 2019 live album ''

Amoeba Gig ''Amoeba Gig'' is a live album by Paul McCartney taken from the recordings of a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007, and released in July 2019. Tracks from the recordings were previously released in 200 ...

'' in a remixed form.

Track listing

''Live in Los Angeles'' standard edition

#" Drive My Car" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:33 #" Only Mama Knows" (McCartney) – 3:54 #"

Dance Tonight "Dance Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney, the opening track to his 2007 album ''Memory Almost Full''. The song was released as a download single in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2007, McCartney's 65th birthday. A week later, the song debuted ...

" (McCartney) – 3:09 #" C Moon" (McCartney,

Linda McCartney Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, vegetarian cookbook author and advocate, and entrepreneur. She was the keyboardist in th ...

) – 3:22 #"That Was Me" (McCartney) – 3:02 #" Blackbird" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:37 #" Here Today" (McCartney) – 2:38 #"

Back in the U.S.S.R. "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the first track of the 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as the "White Album"). Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, ...

" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:59 #" Get Back" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:53 #"

Hey Jude "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release o ...

" (Lennon, McCartney) – 7:08 #" Lady Madonna" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:12 #" I Saw Her Standing There" (McCartney, Lennon) – 3:25

''Live in Los Angeles – The Extended Set'' edition

Personnel

* Paul McCartney –

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, bass guitar,

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, keyboards * Rusty Anderson – lead guitar *

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 A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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, t ...

–

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, bass guitar *

David Arch David Arch, better known as Dave Arch, is a British pianist, conductor, arranger and composer with a career covering albums, films and commercials, television and live performances. He is Musical Director and arranger for BBC Television's ''Strict ...

– keyboards

Notes

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