- UK release date:
- Feb 15, 1974
- US release date:
- Feb 18, 1974
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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
Late October / Early November 1973
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Track list
Side 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:09 • Studio version • A
- 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
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:50 • Studio version • A
- 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
About
In the seventies there was this guy called Al Coury at Capitol who was their hot salesman. He rang me just after Band on the Run had come out, and it was starting to go back down the charts after its first week or so. He said, ‘You can’t let this happen. You’ve got to get it back up to the top, and “Jet” has got to be the single!’ I hadn’t particularly spotted it but when he said it, I thought, ‘yeah that could work’. Soon everyone knew ‘Jet’, and it sold the album. In that case it was Al’s choice, and he just persuaded me it was a good idea.
Paul McCartney – From paulmccartney.com, December 1, 2022
What with the energy crisis, vinyl squeeze and shortage of radio air space, we sent a top executive to Strawberry Studios, Stockport, to ask Paul and Wings to prepare a specially edited version of their new single JET (lifted from BAND ON THE RUN), losing about one minute’s playing time.
Their reply was:
“We’d love to cut it, but we don’t know how.”
We now agree with them.
Last updated on February 26, 2023
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