Cold Cuts (Paul McCartney album)
Paul McCartney album
Cold Cuts (also known as part of Hot Hitz/Kold Kutz) is an unreleased album of outtakes by Paul McCartney and Wings.
The first iteration of the album was planned to be released in 1975 and the project was revisited several times over the years, changing the tracklist and adding overdubs to the tracks, until it was abandoned permanently in the late 1980s. Most of the songs considered for the album were recorded with Wings, but a few of McCartney's solo tracks were also considered.
History
Early concept
The album was originally conceived as a budget release in 1975, composed of non-album singles and previously unreleased tracks. During Wings' recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee in July 1974 several new songs were recorded and some previously unused tracks were overdubbed for a potential compilation album, variously referred to as Cold Cuts or Hot Hitz and Kold Kutz. The album was slated for release in March 1975 but never materialized. There is no information about the track selection for the album during this period. Songs recorded or overdubbed during the Nashville sessions in July 1974 but eventually shelved include: "Send Me The Heart", "Hey Diddle" and "Wide Prairie".
Hot Hitz/Kold Kutz double LP
McCartney returned to the project in 1978 and presented it to EMI/Capitol in October 1978 as a hits and rarities compilation to be titled Hot Hitz/Kold Kutz. The label was not convinced and the compilation was repackaged as Wings Greatest and released in November 1978.
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