Mike McGear

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Mike McCartney (born Peter Michael McCartney, 7 January 1944, at Walton General Hospital, Liverpool), known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer, and the younger brother of Paul McCartney. At the time the Beatles became successful, Mike McCartney was still working as an apprentice hairdresser. However, he was also a member of the Liverpool comedy-poetry-music group The Scaffold, which included Roger McGough and John Gorman and had formed in 1962 (the year of The Beatles' first hit). McCartney decided to use a stage name, so as not to capitalize on his family connections to the Fab Four. After first dubbing himself "Mike Blank", he settled on "Mike McGear", using the Liverpudlian equivalent of "Fab". The band was subsequently signed to Parlophone, the same EMI label which recorded The Beatles. The Scaffold recorded a number of UK hit singles between 1966 and 1974, the most successful being the 1968 Christmas number one single, "Lily the Pink". McCartney composed the band's next biggest hit, 1967's "Thank U Very Much". In 1968, he and McGough released a "duo" album (McGough & McGear) that included the usual Scaffold mix of lyrics, poems, and comedy. The Scaffold ended up hosting a TV program, which limited the musical portion of their career, and they were dropped by Parlophone. McCartney then signed to Island Records and released a solo musical album entitled Woman in 1972, which again included many tracks co-written with McG

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Woman

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McGear (bonus track)

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McGear [Reissue 1992]

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Three Day Week: When the Lights Went Out 1972-1975

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Three Day Week: When The Lights Went Out 1972-1975

The Complete Songs The Beatles Gave Away Vol 2 Disc 2

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Steal This [Disc 3]

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Steal This Disc 3

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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Three Day Week (When The Lights Went Out 1972 - 1975)

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The Rest of the Year - Jul

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