To his horror, the experience was rife with problems.įor one, the studio was antiquated and ill-equipped. To make matters worse, McCartney booked an EMI recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria, with hopes that the exotic atmosphere would add a distinct flavor to the recording. Before recording a single note, lead guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell quit the short-lived band, leaving the McCartneys, along with guitarist Denny Laine, to fend for themselves. From the get-go, Wings were faced with one ordeal after another. Even Lennon had to admit it was a “great” album.įor all the accolades Band On The Run would receive, it’s amazing the record was made at all. McCartney’s chart topping Band On The Run more or less re-established the singer-songwriter’s reputation as an A-list recording artist. Ringo, featuring three Top 10 hits and a lot of help from his friends including three special Liverpudlian lads, put the drummer’s floundering status in perspective. Maybe the problem was that Macca and Ringo Starr were simply a couple of happy-go-lucky ex-Beatles without chips on their shoulders.īy 1973, the tensions gave way, and both McCartney and Starr released their brightest and biggest albums. While John Lennon and George Harrison utilized their early solo efforts to bare their souls, McCartney doodled with oodles of half-hearted ideas, perhaps attempting to wedge open his own spring of emotional wounds. With the shadow of the Beatles hanging precariously overhead, it must have dawned on Paul McCartney that if he was going stay in the limelight, he was going to have to do something monumental. Thirty-seven years after its initial release, Band On The Run remains a standout among the many solo releases that followed the Beatles’ 1970 break-up. Vinyl and MP3 versions are also for the taking.
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The 2010 reissue of Band On The Run includes three discs (two CDs and one DVD) and features nine bonus tracks plus footage of Paul and Linda McCartney in Lagos, a behind-the-scenes look at the famous album cover shoot, promotional video clips and the much coveted One Hand Clapping television special with studio performances filmed at Abbey Road in 1974, A four-disc deluxe edition adds a 120-page hard-bound book and the second disc from the 25th Anniversary edition. Best of all, it has even more unreleased material. Eleven years later, yet another remastered version of Band On The Run is making the rounds. The reissue also included a replica of a poster from the original album, along with a booklet filled with song listings, lyrics and an essay about the making of the album by leading Beatles authority Mark Lewisohn. Read on article on Paul’s son, James McCartney, stepping into his father’s shoes here.In 1999, a 25th anniversary edition of Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1973 Band On The Run hit the market with a second disc of outtakes, alternate takes and mixes and spoken word interludes from McCartney (with a couple asides from luminaries like James Coburn and Dustin Hoffman) about the making of the album and its songs. The Band On The Run cover featured McCartney and a few band mates posing as criminals with some British celebrities, including actors Christopher Lee and James Coburn, and boxer John Conteh.
The thieves made off with the demo tapes (among other valuables), forcing the band to record the entire album from memory. Recorded in August and September of 1973 (with further work done at AIR Studios in London in October 1973), they persevered through a tumultuous, yet creatively invigorating 2 month recording process battling difficult studio conditions, oppressive heat and a dangerous mugging at knife point. Days before departure, lead guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell quit the band leaving the entire project to the three core members, Paul, his wife Linda McCartney and band-member Denny Laine (along with recording engineer Geoff Emerick). Spotting one in the remote location of Lagos, Nigeria, he became enthralled with the idea of recording in Africa. Intrigued with recording abroad in the summer of 1973, McCartney searched for a list of studios around the world. The reissue’s press release tells the chaotic story of the album’s creation:
On November 2, Band On The Run will be re-released (in three separate versions) via Concord Music Group.The album, which went to #1 upon release in 1973 and would become the band’s highest-selling LP, has been remastered at Abbye Road Studios, under Paul McCartney’s supervision, using the same team that remastered the Beatles’ catalog.īand On The Run will come in a standard version, a special version featuring nine bonus tracks and a DVD with a documentary on the album’s creation and the vintage “One Hand Clapping” television special, and a deluxe version which includes at 120-page book. Paul McCartney and Wings’ Band On The Run is one of the most celebrated albums of their career.
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