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- Release date:
- Feb 02, 2024
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
"Band On The Run" sessions in Lagos
September 1-23, 1973
October 1973
Oct 02, 1973
Late October / Early November 1973
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:13 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Producer, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Moog
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:09 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Moog (?), Piano (?), Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Keyboards, Moog (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Piano (?)
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Howie Casey :
- Sax
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Strings
- Session Recording:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:24 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Chimes (?), Guiro (?), Maracas (?), Percussion (?), Producer, Triangle (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Chimes (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals
- Howie Casey :
- Sax
- Remi Kabaka :
- Drums, Percussion
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
4.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:41 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Percussion (?), Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Keyboards
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Percussion (?)
- Howie Casey :
- Sax
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
5.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:50 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Organ
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Disc 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:50 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar (?), Percussion, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Moog
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Percussion
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
2:35 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Shaker (?), Synthesizer (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Keyboards, Shaker (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Vocals
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Trevor Jones :
- Backing vocals
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Strings
- Ian Horne :
- Backing vocals
- Session Recording:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:47 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Moog
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 02, 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
4.
Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:49 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Producer, Shaker, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Shaker
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Shaker, Vocals
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Ginger Baker :
- Shaker
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Horns, Strings
- Pierre Denis Le Seve :
- French narration
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- ARC Studios, Ikeja, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
5.
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:31 • Studio version • A2024 • 2024 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Shaker (?), Synthesizers, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Organ, Shaker (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
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From Band on the Run 50th Anniversary Edition (Half-Speed Master) LP – Paul McCartney Official Store:
Ships on February 2, 2024
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Band on the Run, this special vinyl edition was cut at half speed using a high-resolution transfer of the original master tapes from 1973 at Abbey Road Studios, London. This tracklist mirrors the US release which includes the song “Helen Wheels”. Includes reproduction of Linda McCartney Polaroid poster.
Limited to 4 per customer.
Tracklist
A1. Band on the Run
A2. Jet
A3. Bluebird
A4. Mrs. Vandebilt
A5. Let Me Roll It
B1. Mamunia
B2. No Words
B3. Helen Wheels
B4. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
B5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty FiveThis product is expected to ship on or about 2/2/24.
EARLY ACCESS Limited numbered edition screen print, only 200 available. Wings Fun Club members get exclusive access until April 2nd
Last updated on March 31, 2024
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