Paul McCartney: Wingspan - UK Parlophone 4LP Set - New MINT

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 Paul McCartney

2001 UK Parlophone 4LP Set
with Lenticular Collector Card

WINGSPAN

Parlophone    532 8501   7243 5 32850 1 2

Records: NEW MINT
(Never Played!)
Sleeve: MINT

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Wingspan: Hits and History is a greatest hits compilation album by Paul McCartney featuring material spanning his first solo album McCartney in 1970 to the 1984 Give My Regards To Broad Street movie soundtrack. This set is officially credited to Paul McCartney, although the bulk of the music included was performed by McCartney's former band Wings.

American and British editions of the album vary slightly, as the UK edition contains the studio version of "Coming Up," while the US edition contains "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)," which had reached number one on the Billboard singles chart. The Japanese version of the album also includes "Eat at Home," which had been issued as a 1971 single in the non-English-speaking world, as a bonus cut on the "Hits" disc.

History

McCartney was involved in 15 albums during this period: five solo albums; one album with his wife Linda; and nine albums with Wings (including a greatest hits compilation). Wingspan features songs from each of those albums, as well as a few singles that had not been included on Wings Greatest.

Wings was active from 1971 to 1980, but this set also includes material from McCartney's albums from earlier (1970–71) and later (1980–84) years. It does not, however, include any of McCartney's well-known collaborations with Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson, which took place during the latter period.

The album is separated into two distinct sets: a "Hits" component which highlights commercially successful material, while "History" showcases less generally known McCartney fan favourites from the same period. On the US release, 14 of the 18 songs on "Hits" were performed by Wings, but only 9 of the 22 songs on "History" are by Wings.

Released in 2001 in conjunction with a prime time TV documentary simply called Wingspan, the associated soundtrack was a commercial success. In the United States, it went straight to #2 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 221,000 copies in the first week of its release. The album entered the U.S. chart for 14 weeks, selling approximately 970,000 units as of 2005. The album has been certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and also reached Gold status in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. DVD release of the documentary, which dealt with McCartney's relationship with Linda Eastman and their eventual marriage, the traumatic final year of the Beatles' career and his own role in their break-up, and the story of Wings' formation and career through the 1970s toward their final dissolution in 1980, was produced by Mary McCartney, who also interviewed her father in the film.

Track listing

Side 1:
1. "Listen to What the Man Said" (taken from the album Venus and Mars)
2. "Band on the Run" (taken from the album Band on the Run)
3. "Another Day"
4. "Live and Let Die"
5. "Jet" (taken from the album Band on the Run)

Side 2:
1. "My Love" (taken from the album Red Rose Speedway)
2. "Silly Love Songs" (taken from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound)
3. "Pipes of Peace" (taken from the album Pipes of Peace)
4. "C Moon"

Side 3:
1. "Hi, Hi, Hi"
2. "Let 'Em In" (taken from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound)
3. "Goodnight Tonight"
4. "Junior's Farm" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album Wings Greatest)
5. "Mull of Kintyre"

Side 4:
1. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (taken from the album Ram)
2. "With a Little Luck" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album London Town)
3. "Coming Up" (taken from the album McCartney II)
4. "No More Lonely Nights" (taken from the album Give My Regards to Broad Street)

Side 5:
1. "Let Me Roll It" (taken from the album Band on the Run)
2. "The Lovely Linda" (taken from the album McCartney)
3. "Daytime Nighttime Suffering"
4. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (taken from the album McCartney)
5. "Helen Wheels" (taken from the album Band on the Run (international edition))
6. "Bluebird" (taken from the album Band on the Run)

Side 6:
1. "Heart of the Country" (taken from the album Ram)
2. "Every Night" (taken from the album McCartney)
3. "Take It Away" (Single edit, original version appeared on the album Tug of War)
4. "Junk" (taken from the album McCartney)
5. "Man We Was Lonely" (taken from the album McCartney)
6. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" (Single edit, original version appeared on the album Venus and Mars)

Side 7:
1. "The Back Seat of My Car" (taken from the album Ram)
2. "Rockestra Theme" (taken from the album Back to the Egg)
3. "Girlfriend" (taken from the album London Town)
4. "Waterfalls" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album McCartney II)
5. "Tomorrow" (taken from the album Wild Life)

Side 8:
1. "Too Many People" (taken from the album Ram)
2. "Call Me Back Again" (taken from the album Venus and Mars)
3. "Tug of War" (Single edit, original version appeared on the album Tug of War)
4. "Bip Bop/Hey Diddle" (Previously unreleased; recorded in 1971)
5. "No More Lonely Nights (Playout version)" (Edit, original version appeared on the album Give My Regards to Broad Street)

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