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In the rock-umentary, Paul's daughter Mary is the on-screen interviewer.

We see Paul at home relaxing in the kitchen, enjoying a horseback ride and in conversation all of the sequences interspaced with rare footage of Wings on stage.

There's never been-seen-before-film from Wings at the height of their performances with live versions of Jet, Maybe l'm Amazed and My Love.

Paul, in one poignant flashback, is also seen sporting a Merseybeat t-shirt.

He says the experience of putting the Wings story on film was as cathartic an experience as compiling The Beatles Anthology albums, videos and book.

He says that when The Beatles split he knew he had to make music that was his job - end of story.

Linda McCartney

Now he is content that Linda's rightful place in the band's legacy will be recognised and how Michael Jackson, Elton John and Neil Sedaka have gone on record praising Linda's harmonies.

Paul also reveals how one of the world's leading fashion designers was the inspiration for the name of the group.It was dreamed up, he recalls, while Linda was having baby Stella.

Says Paul: "I was staying in hospital with her, as is my wont. I got a little camp-bed in the same room as her to keep her company and to be there to help. That left me with a lot of free time to sit around thinking.

"One afternoon I was just musing on the whole having-a-baby experience feeling very thankful and in tune with the mysteries of it all and I was thinking of angels and the 'wings' came into my head. I thought, now that's a pretty good name for a group."

The birth of the band also had humble beginnings - just like The Beatles in the '60s, from playing in the Star Club in Hamburg to The Cavern and the Tower Ballroom.

Says Paul: "I decided we weren't going to do that 'supergroup' thing again or be a pale imitation of The Beatles.

"When The Beatles split John had already said he didn't want to carry on despite my suggestion that we should get back on the road again like any little band, just like we did in the early days.

"I had a choice: do I give up or carry on in music? I decided to carry on in music and do it like we used to do it.

 
 

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