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Bill Harry. "The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia"The Beatles
1963-1970
BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIAZappa, FrankFounder
of the Mothers of Invention, Zappa arrived in London inSeptember
1967 to appear at the Royal Albert Hall and to promote hisnew album
Absolutely Free. During his stay in London he used theIndica
bookshop as his unofficial office, with the co-operation of
Paul's friend Barry Miles.Zappa told Miles that for his next
album he would like the cover tobe a parody of the Sgt Pepper cover
and wanted to contact Paul forhis permission. Miles arranged it.
Zappa phoned Paul and asked himif he had any objection to the
proposal and Paul told him that hedidn't mind, but he didn't know
if there were any copyright problemsand it was EMI who should
actually be approached. Paul then gave himhis blessing.The album
We're Only In It For The Money satirising the Pepper coverwas
issued on MGM Verve and no permission was sought. As a
satiricalpiece it did not need permission to be given.Paul was
puzzled when, some years later, Zappa claimed that Paulsaid he
wouldn't allow him to do it, yet he'd given Zappa his
blessing.When Apple launched their experimental and spoken-word
label Zapple,Zappa mistakenly believed it had been named for him.
It hadn't. Itwas a name John Lennon came up with.Zappa died in
December 1993.Zeleste ClubAn 1800-seat venue in Barcelona, Spain
and one of the six venuesPaul decided to appear at during his
'Surprise Gigs' tour betweenMay and July 1991 with himself, Linda,
Robbie Mclntosh, HamishStuart, Paul 'Wix' Wickens and Blair
Cunningham playing a 45-minuteacoustic set followed by a 45-minute
electric set.The tours were basically intended to enhance the
promotion for hisalbum Unplugged - The Official Bootleg.
Paul and the band flew into Barcelona on Wednesday 8 May 1991
andreturned to the UK immediately following the concert.The
acoustic set comprised: 'Mean Woman Blues', 4Be-Bop-A-Lula', 'WeCan
Work It Out', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Every Night', 'Here,There
And Everywhere', 'That Would Be Something', 'And I Love Her','She's
A Woman', 'I Lost My Little Girl', 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'I'veJust
Seen A Face', 'Hi-Heel Sneakers' and 'Good Rockin' Tonight'.The
electric set comprised: 'My Brave Face', 'Twenty Flight Rock','Band
On The Run', 'Ebony And Ivory', 'I Saw Her Standing There','Get
Back', 'Coming Up', 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Ain't That
AShame' and 'Let It Be'. The two encores were 'Can't Buy Me Love'
and'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.Zenith
The first guitar Paul owned and one that he still possesses.
He'dbeen presented with a trumpet by his father, but wasn't too
keen onthe instrument because he couldn't play it and sing at the
sametime, so he swapped the trumpet for a Zenith guitar. Initially,
hehad difficulty playing it, until he realised that a
left-handedplayer had to reverse the strings, which he did.Zoo
Gang, TheA British ITV television series starring Lili Palmer,
Brian Keithand John Mills, which was first screened in 1974. Paul
penned thetitle song for the series and recorded it with Wings. It
was on theflipside of the 'Band On The Run' single, issued on 28
June 1974 on
