Saturday, October 2, 1971
Paul McCartney’s new band name, Wings, is revealed
Last updated on August 12, 2022
Saturday, October 2, 1971
Last updated on August 12, 2022
Session Sep 30, 1971 • Mixing "Penny Lane"
Article Oct 01, 1971 • Shooting of "Wild Life" cover photograph
Article Oct 02, 1971 • Paul McCartney's new band name, Wings, is revealed
Session Oct 02, 1971 • Wild Life session #5
Session Oct 03, 1971 • "Love Is Strange" session
Next article Oct 05, 1971 • The London High Court appoints a receiver for Maclen (Music) Ltd
McCartney’s Wings
It was announced this week that Paul McCartney’s new band – comprising himself, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine and U.S. drummer Denny Seiwell – will be known as WINGS. As previously reported, the group will release a debut album of Paul and Linda’s songs in November.
From New Musical Express, October 2, 1971
McCartney gets his Wings
Paul McCartney’s new band is to be known as Wings. The band consists of Paul and his wife Linda, ex-Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine and American drummer Denny Seiwell. Wings has recorded an album of Paul and Linda’s songs which will be released in November. At present they are working on recording, writing new material and rehearsing for live appearances later this year.
From Melody Maker, October 9, 1971
We originally were going to call ourselves Turpentine. I thought that was quite good, actually, but a bit weird. Then an old fellow from Scotland, this old bloke’s seventy-nine, wrote a letter to me and he said, ‘I hear you have been looking for a name for your new group and I would like to suggest the Dazzlers. I think that’d be great.’ So I wrote back to him and said, ‘Well, I think we chose a better one – Turpentine’. So he wrote back to me and he said, ‘No, I still think the Dazzlers is good because Turpentine is something to take paint off with. I don’t think you’ll be using that name.’ So it turns out he was right – we finally decided on Wings.
Paul McCartney – From VIVA magazine, January 1974
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73
In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interviews, extensive ground up research, and thousands of never-before-seen documents THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1 is an in depth, revealing exploration of McCartney’s creative and personal lives beyond the Beatles.
The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001
An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship.
Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline
This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).
Maccazine - Volume 47, Issue 1 - The birth of Wings
Maccazine is a hard copy magazine (a bound paperback) about Paul McCartney. It is published twice a year. Due to the fact that the Internet has taken over the world and the fact that the latest Paul McCartney news is to be found on hundreds of websites, we have decided to focus on creating an informative paper magazine about Paul McCartney.""In this issue we take you back to the early days of Paul McCartney’s solo career when he decided to form a new group. With Wings he proved there was life after The Beatles. This Maccazine features a detailed timeline of ‘the birth’ of the band with interesting entries including many new facts and unpublished photos. Follow-up timelines will be published in the upcoming years."
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