Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run (25th Anniv. 2LPs Gatefold 1999) NM/EX
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Description
I do not sell copies or bootlegs.
I post my LPs by Tracked Delivery. I use good quality reinforced cardboard cases and separate the Vinyl from the Sleeves to prevent splits in covers. I also enclose a plastic sleeve for storage if the shrink wrap on the sleeves is not intact.
Reviews:
The songs Jet and Band on the Run are all time classic tracks.. The rest of the album is a great listen from beginning to end. This record would have broken through for Wings even if the Beatles had never happened. This is without doubt one superbly produced and crafted album and the remaster is superb.
Band on the Run is generally considered to be Paul McCartney's strongest solo effort. The album was also his most commercially successful, selling well and spawning two hit singles, the multi-part pop suite of the title track and the roaring rocker "Jet." On these cuts and elsewhere, McCartney's penchant for sophisticated, nuanced arrangements and irrepressibly catchy melodic hooks is up to the caliber he displayed in the Beatles, far surpassing the first two Wings releases, Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway. The focus found in Band on the Run may have to do with the circumstances of its creation: two former members quit the band prior to recording, leaving McCartney, wife Linda, and guitarist Denny Laine to complete the album alone (with Paul writing, producing, and playing most of the instruments himself). The album has the majestic, orchestral sweep of McCartney's Abbey Road-era ambition, with a wide range of style-dabbling, from the swaying, acoustic jazz-pop of "Bluebird" and the appealing, straightforward rock of "Helen Wheels" to the wiry blues of "Let Me Roll It" and the swaying, one-off pub sing-along "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)." Though it lacks the emotional resonance of contemporaneous releases by John Lennon and George Harrison, McCartney's infallible instinct for popcraft overflows on this excellent release.
Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
Tracklist
A1 Band On The Run 5:13 A2 Jet 4:08 A3 Bluebird 3:23 A4 Mrs. Vandebild 4:41 A5 Let Me Roll It 12:21 B1 Mamunia 4:50 B2 No Words 2:34 B3 Helen Wheels 3:47 B4 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) 5:48 B5 Nineteen Hundred And EightyFive 5:28 Band On The Run Documentary Disc C1 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Intro) / Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) 1:13 C2 Band On The Run (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1) 2:17 C3 Band On The Run (Barn Rehearsal - 21st July 1989) 4:59 C4 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 3) 4:22 C5 Bluebird (Live-Version - Australia 1975) 0:55 C6 Bluebird (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4) 0:23 C7 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words (Original) (Background) / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue) 1:24 C8 No Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run (Original) (Illustration) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) 1:47 C9 Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7) / Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) (Background) / Al Coury (Dialogue) 2:55 C10 Jet (Berlin Soundcheck - 3rd September 1993) 3:51 D1 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue) 1:44 D2 Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 10) / John Conteh (Dialogue) 2:24 D3 Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Linch (Dialogue) 2:10 D4 Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal - 5th February 1993) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 12) 3:52 D5 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13) / Mrs Vandebilt (Background) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) / Linda McCartney (Band On The Run Photo Shoot) (Dialogue) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) 2:25 D6 Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue) Engineer [Helen Wheels (Crazed)] – Geoff Emerick Engineer [Helen Wheels (Crazed)] – Geoff Emerick 5:32 D7 Band On The Run (Strum Bit) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue) Engineer [Band On The Run (Strum Bit)] – Geoff Emerick Engineer [Band On The Run (Strum Bit)] – Geoff Emerick 1:01 D8 Picasso's Last Words (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue) 4:22 D9 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version) Engineer – Eddie Klein Engineer – Eddie Klein 1:11 D10 Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17) Engineer [Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)] – Geoff Emerick Engineer [Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)] – Geoff Emerick 0:42 D11 Band On The Run (Northern Comic Version) Engineer – Geoff Emerick Engineer – Geoff Emerick 0:36
Credits
- Written-By – Denny Laine (tracks: B2, C7), Paul & Linda McCartney (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to C6, C8 to D11), Paul McCartney (tracks: B2, C7)
Notes
Gatefold sleeve. Includes 3 posters.price rating