MIKE MCGEAR

McGear (1974)

Macca’s little brother already had a number of albums under his belt as a member of comic-poetry-musical group Scaffold, a onealbum Bonzo Dog/Liverpool poets collaboration (as Grimms), and a debut solo LP, Woman. On McGear he wrote and produced with Paul, who also played and sang (and appeared in Lilliputian form on the cover, alongside Linda). The Wings-enhanced results are playful and eclectic – and widely referred to as Ram II. JK