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Tuesday, February 6, 1973

Moroccan week for Wings

Last updated on December 14, 2022

Mamunia“, released on the 1973 album “Band On The Run“, was written during this stay in Marrakech.

It always tends to be a rather hectic business, getting the family away on holiday. It’s all carrier bags, babies and bustle, whether one is driving to Devon or, like Paul McCartney yesterday, jetting to Gibraltar.

Thirty-year-old Paul, the former Beatle, seemed to take it all in his stride at London Heathrow Airport. With him were his wife Linda, their daughters Mary, four, and Stella, 18 months – and Linda’s daughter by her previous marriage, nine-year-old Heather.

They flew to Gibraltar on their way to Marrakesh for a holiday. Which, presumably, is one way of turning the family into a Rock group.

From Daily Mirror – Wednesday 07 February 1973
From Daily Mirror – Wednesday 07 February 1973
Linda McCartney, Paul with Rose, Marrakesh, 1972Photo: © 1972 Paul McCartney / Photographer: Linda McCartney; Courtesy Gagosian Gallery – From Family Matters in Linda and Mary McCartney’s Photographs at Gagosian | Vogue
From Paul McCartney on Twitter – On this day in 1971 Wings’ debut album ‘Wild Life’ was released. On this day in 2018 Paul has reissued ‘Wild Life’, ‘Red Rose Speedway’ plus ‘Wings 1971-73’ as the latest instalments of his Archive Collection.
From Paul McCartney on Twitter: Paul will reissue ‘Wild Life’ and ‘Red Rose Speedway’ + ‘Wings 1971-73’ on 7th December as part of his GRAMMY-winning Archive Collection.
From Paul McCartney and Wings photos – exclusive images from the 1970s | British GQ | British GQ (gq-magazine.co.uk)


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