Cold Cuts

Cold Cuts (also known as Hot Hitz/Kold Kutz) is an unreleased album of outtakes by Paul McCartney. The album was originally planned to be released in 1975 and McCartney revisited the project several times over the years until it was abandoned permanently in the late 1980s. The songs on the album were recorded during his solo career and with Wings in the 1970s and 1980s. History The album was originally conceived as a budget release in 1974, composed of non-album singles and previously unreleased tracks. McCartney began work on the album during Wings' recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee in July 1974, recording several new songs and overdubbing some previously unused tracks. The album, variously referred to as Cold Cuts or Hot Hitz and Kold Kutz, was slated for release in March 1975 but never materialized. However, this was abandoned when McCartney's label commented “Why have cold cuts on a hot hits album?” The Hot Hitz/Greatest Hits disc idea was later revisited in 1978 as Wings Greatest. In January 1981, McCartney and Wings recorded additional overdubs for the unreleased tracks with the album slated for release in early 1981. However, Columbia Records was not interested in releasing an album of outtakes and the album was shelved. It was also believed that its release soon after the murder of John Lennon would seem inappropriate.