Temporary Secretary    b/w    Secret Friend

Paul McCartney
 
Temporary Secretary - Front Detail
Temporary Secretary - Front Detail
Temporary Secretary - Rear Detail
Temporary Secretary - Rear Detail
Label Parlophone
Catalogue No. R 6039
Country of Origin England
Release Date 15th September 1980
U.K. Chart Detail : Did NOT chart (see below for reason)
Detail : Paul's twenty-eigth solo single.
Credited to "Paul McCartney"

The third single to be released to promote the "McCartney II" album, although the B-side was another one of the unreleased recordings from the solo sessions.
This was Paul's ONLY single to be released on 12" ONLY ... and even then at a limited amount of just 25,000, not surpringly it failed to chart ... but it's scarcity makes it his most valuable "normal" release at £25 a copy.

The B-side is the longest song Paul has ever officially released at 10 and a half minutes long !

The single was released in a picture sleeve, with a drawing of Paul by Hipgnosis artist, Jeff Cummins, on the front (with additional "artwork"(?) by Paul, and the B-side photograph (an excellent shot of Paul) was NOT taken by Linda, but was taken by David Thorpe.

There is also a rare promo of "Temporary Secretary", which is a ONE-SIDED 7" and no picture sleeve ... but is worth about £40.

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