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	\| released = 13 November 2007		\| released = 13 November 2007
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	\| length = 13:32		\| length = 13:32
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	\| prev_title = ~~iTunes~~ ~~Festival:~~ ~~London~~		\| prev_title = ]
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	'''''Amoeba's Secret''''' is an EP by ] recorded during a secret performance at ] in ], California, on 27 June 2007.<ref name="Calkin">{{cite web\|title=Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret\|author=Calkin, Graham\|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/hmlp30607.html\|~~accessdate~~=16 October 2009}}</ref>		'''''Amoeba's Secret''''' is an EP by ] recorded during a secret performance at ] in ], California, on 27 June 2007.<ref name="Calkin">{{cite web\|title=Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret\|author=Calkin, Graham\|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/hmlp30607.html\|access-date=16 October 2009}}</ref>

	The EP reached 119 on the ] albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a ]. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete ] whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.		The EP reached 119 on the ] albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a ]. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete ] whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.

			All four songs on this EP were later included on the 2010 12-track promotional CD '']''. Both of these were subsequently replaced by the remixed and expanded 21-track 2019 release of the entire performance called '']''.
	The concert was released in its entirety on an album titled '''Amoeba Gig''', released 12 July 2019.

	==Release==		==Release==
	The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on ] and ] formats.<ref name="Hear Music">{{cite web\|title=Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney\|publisher=]\|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/\|~~accessdate~~=16 October 2009\| ~~archiveurl~~= https://web.archive.org/web/20091124224557/http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/\| ~~archivedate~~= 24 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> ~~The songs "]" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "]" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album '']''.~~		The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on ] and ] formats.<ref name="Hear Music">{{cite web\|title=Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney\|publisher=]\|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/\|access-date=16 October 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091124224557/http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/\| archive-date= 24 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

	The ~~complete~~ ~~''Amoeba~~ ~~Gig~~'' ~~show,~~ 21 ~~songs~~ in ~~length~~ ~~and~~ ~~newly~~ ~~remixed~~ by ~~McCartney’s~~ ~~engineer~~ ~~Steve~~ ~~Orchard,~~ was released on 12 July 2019 on ~~CD,~~ ~~vinyl,~~ ~~and~~ ~~download~~.<ref name="Second Disc">{{cite web\|title=Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres ~~“Amoeba~~ Gig,” Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP\|url=https://theseconddisc.com/2019/05/paul-is-live-mccartney-premieres-amoeba-gig-reissues-classic-live-sets-on-cd-and-lp/\|~~accessdate~~=12 July 2019}}</ref>		The songs "Only Mama Knows" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "]" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album '']''. The concert in its entirety was released 12 July 2019 on an album titled '']''.<ref name="Second Disc">{{cite web\|title=Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP\|date=24 May 2019 \|url=https://theseconddisc.com/2019/05/paul-is-live-mccartney-premieres-amoeba-gig-reissues-classic-live-sets-on-cd-and-lp/\|access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
	In the United Kingdom, a cut down version of the full set was given away free with the ] newspaper under the title ] on the ] label, with the catalogue number UPMCMOS01.

	== Track listing ==		== Track listing ==
		⚫	#"Only Mama Knows" (]) – 3:47
	===''Amoeba's Secret'' original EP===
	#"]" (]) – 3:47
	#"]" (P. McCartney, ]) – 3:17		#"]" (P. McCartney, ]) – 3:17
	#"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03		#"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
	#"]" (]) – 3:25		#"]" (]) – 3:25

	===''Amoeba Gig'' album (2019) ===
	#"]" (]) – 2:41
⚫	#"Only Mama Knows" (]) – 3:47
	#"]" (P. McCartney) – 3:25
	#"]" (P. McCartney, ]) – 3:13
	#"]" (]) – 3:34
	#"]" (]) – 2:56
	#"]" (P. McCartney) – 2:57
	#"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
	#"]" (]) – 3:44
	#"]" (P. McCartney) – 3:13
	#"]" (]) – 4:08
	#"]" (P. McCartney) – 2:00
	#"House of Wax" (P. McCartney) – 6:02
	#"]" (]) – 5:56
	#"]" (]) – 3:31
	#"]" (]) – 4:21
	#"]" (Harry Axt, Benny Davis) – 0:54
	#"]" (]) – 8:01
	#"]" (]) – 3:54
	#"]" (]) – 3:34
	#"]" (]) – 3:25
	22."]" (]) Soundcheck Vinyl only - 4:25

	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
	*Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, ~~keyboard~~		*Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboards
	*] – guitar, vocals		*] – guitar, vocals
	*] – drums, vocals		*] – drums, vocals
	*] – guitar, bass, vocals		*] – guitar, bass, vocals
	*] – keyboards		*] – keyboards
	*Steve Orchard – 2019 remix sound engineer

	== Nominations ==		== Nominations ==
	Two tracks from this EP were nominated for ]s in 2008 for the ] on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "]" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to ] tracks ("]" and "]" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with ] on drums during the ceremony.		Two tracks from this EP were nominated for ]s in 2008 for the ] on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "]" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to ] tracks ("]" and "]" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with ] on drums during the ceremony.

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
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	Writing for ], ] commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web\|title = Amoeba's Secret > Overview \|author=]\|publisher=]\|~~accessdate~~=16 October 2009\|url={{~~Allmusic~~\|class=album\|id=r1474577\|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref>		Writing for ], ] commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web\|title = Amoeba's Secret > Overview \|author=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=16 October 2009\|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r1474577\|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref>

	== Charts ==		== Charts ==
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	! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position		! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position
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			! scope="row"\| US ]<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-mccartney/chart-history/tlp/\|title=Chart History Paul McCartney\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref>
	{{album chart\|Flanders\|169\|artist=Paul McCartney\|album=Amoeba Gig\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=3 August 2019}}
			\| 119
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	{{album chart\|Oricon\|24\|date=2019-07-22\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=17 July 2019}}
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	{{album chart\|Scotland\|19\|date=20190719\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=20 July 2019}}
	\|-
	! scope="row"\| Spanish Albums (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2019/29\|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 29: del 12.7.2019 al 18.7.2019\|publisher=]\|language=Spanish\|accessdate=24 July 2019}}</ref>
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	{{album chart\|UK2\|82\|date=20190719\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=20 July 2019}}
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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{~~reflist~~}}		{{Reflist}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 3 December 2024

It has been suggested that this article be merged with Live in Los Angeles (Paul McCartney album). (Discuss) Proposed since November 2024.

2007 EP by Paul McCartney

Amoeba's Secret

EP by Paul McCartney

Released

13 November 2007

Recorded

27 June 2007

Venue

Amoeba Music

Genre

Rock

Length

13:32

Label

Hear Music

Producer

Darrell Thorp

Paul McCartney chronology

Memory Almost Full
(2007)

Amoeba's Secret
(2007)

Electric Arguments
(2008)

Amoeba's Secret is an EP by Paul McCartney recorded during a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007.

The EP reached 119 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a bootleg recording. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete word search whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.

All four songs on this EP were later included on the 2010 12-track promotional CD Live in Los Angeles. Both of these were subsequently replaced by the remixed and expanded 21-track 2019 release of the entire performance called Amoeba Gig.

Release

The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on CD and download formats.

The songs "Only Mama Knows" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "Ever Present Past" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album Live in Los Angeles. The concert in its entirety was released 12 July 2019 on an album titled Amoeba Gig.

Track listing

"Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) – 3:47
"C Moon" (P. McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:17
"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:25

Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboards
Rusty Anderson – guitar, vocals
Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, vocals
Brian Ray – guitar, bass, vocals
David Arch – keyboards

Nominations

Two tracks from this EP were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2008 for the 51st Grammy Awards on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "I Saw Her Standing There" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to John Mayer tracks ("Say" and "Gravity" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with Dave Grohl on drums during the ceremony.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	119

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
United States	13 November 2007	Hear Music	12" EP	HMLP-30607 (8 88072 30607 3)
	27 January 2009		CD	HRM-31306-02 (8 88072 31306 4)
	27 January 2009		download	HRM-31306-25

References

^ Calkin, Graham. "Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret". Retrieved 16 October 2009.
^ "Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney". Concord Music Group. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
"Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP". 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Amoeba's Secret > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
"Chart History Paul McCartney". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

External links

Paul McCartney Rocked Amoeba at Amoeba Music official website
Paul McCartney's - Amoeba's Secret at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages

Paul McCartney

Studio albums

McCartney Ram Thrillington McCartney II Tug of War Pipes of Peace Give My Regards to Broad Street Press to Play Снова в СССР Flowers in the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Driving Rain Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full Kisses on the Bottom New Egypt Station McCartney III
with Wings	Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run Venus and Mars Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg
The Fireman	Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest Rushes Electric Arguments
Classical	Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Standing Stone Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum Ocean's Kingdom

Live albums

Remix albums

Compilations

Books

Filmography

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Help! (1965)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Let It Be (1970)
James Paul McCartney (1973)
Wings Over the World (1979)
Back to the Egg (1979)
Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
Rockshow (1980)
Rupert and the Frog Song (1984)
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Put It There (1989)
MTV Unplugged (1991)
Get Back (1991)
Liverpool Oratorio (1991)
Paul Is Live (1993)
In the World Tonight (1997)
Standing Stone (1997)
Tropic Island Hum (1997)
Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
Working Classical (2000)
Wingspan (2001)
The Concert for New York City (2001)
Back in the U.S. (2002)
Paul McCartney in Red Square (2003)
The Music and Animation Collection (2004)
Between Chaos and Creation (2005)
The Space Within US (2006)
Memory Almost Full – Deluxe Edition (2007)
The McCartney Years (2007)
Ecce Cor Meum (2008)
Good Evening New York City (2009)
The Love We Make (2011)
A Rendez-Vous with Paul McCartney (2013)
New – Collector's Edition (2014)
A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney (2015)
Pure McCartney (2016)
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool (2018)

Bootlegs

Tours

Tributes

Lists

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