Band on the Run
Occupation
- Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, keyboard, drums, percussion, synthesizers
- Linda McCartney: Keyboard, Vocals
- Denny Laine: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, percussion
- Howie Casey: saxophone
- Ginger Baker: Percussion
- Remi Kabaka: percussion
- Tony Visconti: orchestration
- Ian and Trevor: Backing Vocals
- Geoff Emerick: recording engineer
Studios
- EMI Studios Nigeria Apapa, Nigeria
- ARC Studios, Ikeja, Nigeria
- A.I.R. Studios, London
- Kingsway Studios, London
Band on the Run is the third studio album by the group Wings. At the same time, it is the fifth album Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles. It was published (USA) and on 7 December 1973 ( UK ) on 5 December 1973.
- 5.1 Helen Wheels
- 5.2 Mrs Vanderbilt
- 5.3 Jet
- 5.4 Band on the Run
- 5.5 Further single releases
Formation
In May 1973, Paul McCartney had brought out with the Wings album Red Rose Speedway. It was measured by the sales successfully, but could not convince the critics. Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell - - Between the two tours in the UK from 11 to 27 May and a few performances from the 4th to the 10th of July, the members of the Wings moved to Scotland back to where they were preparing new title for the next album. Increasingly, however, there were tensions within the band, mainly because McCartney had the band members promised a financial contribution to the revenue of albums and tours, but this never followed it. Seiwell deserved for example, in 1971 constant U.S. $ 70 a week. Artistically be Seiwell and McCullough could not bring to the extent that they wanted to.
McCartney was planning to record the new album outside the United Kingdom and had chosen an EMI recording studio in Lagos ( Nigeria). About a week before flying to Lagos escalated the bad mood in the recording studio and McCullough got out of the band. Seiwell announced his departure from the band on the day of the scheduled departure to Lagos early August 1973 known as McCartney made clear that he would not set a replacement guitarist. Paul and Linda McCartney Denny Laine flew to Lagos, where they recorded parts of the album Band on the Run within seven weeks. During the recording, they had to cope with a wide variety of adversity: The EMI studio in Lagos was spartan and had outdated technology, so McCartney, sound engineer Geoff Emerick and others went even a partition to accommodate different instruments at all on separate tracks can. An incident occurred shortly after the arrival of the band in Lagos: Paul and Linda McCartney were the evening attacked and robbed, whereby all demo tapes and lyrics were stolen, so that the title had to be recapitulated from memory. Paul McCartney in turn suffered a breakdown during the recording, the doctors traced to increased cigarette consumption.
The recordings were eventually in the EMI studios in Lagos instead; in the ARC Studios by Ginger Baker in Ikeja the title Picasso 's Last Words ( Drink to Me) is formed, while Blue Bird was first recorded in London later. As the only Nigerian musicians Remi Kabaka was involved in the plate, who played on Bluebird percussion. Although McCartney had originally planned to record the album with African musicians, but decided against it when he was accused of, among other musician Fela Ransome Kuti - african heritage to "steal " and want to exploit African music. Although Kabaka himself came from Lagos, lived and worked in London, however, where he also worked at Bluebird. In the London A.I.R. Studios followed in October, among other things, the orchestration of the songs under the direction of Tony Visconti, but also the songs Jet, Let Me Roll It, No Words and Nineteen Hundred and Eighty -Five were recorded. The final mix took place in early November in the Kingsway Studios in London.
While the original recordings of Band on the Run was still the composed and sung by Linda McCartney song Oriental Night Fish in the AIR Added Studios, this song was only officially released in October 1998 on the Prairie Linda McCartney album Wide.
In November 1973, the Wings are two more songs (Wide Prairie and I Got Up) by Linda McCartney took to the studio Pathé - Marconi in Boulogne- Billancourt in France, which were also published on Wide Prairie. Furthermore, the song was recorded Zoo Gang, which was the theme tune of a British television series of the same name and was released as the B- side of the British edition of the Single Band on the Run.
Band on the Run was released on December 5 in the U.S. and on 7 December 1973 in the UK. Already on 26 October 1973, the song recorded in Lagos Helen Wheels was released as a single on the U.S. edition of Band on the Run is included. In the U.S., a quadraphonic mix on 8-track tapes as well as the published in May 1996, DTS - CD in the 5.1 mix was additionally expelled, this mix has significant sonic differences.
Band on the Run was the third number one album for Paul McCartney in the United States and the second in the UK. The album was extremely well received both in public as well as critics and is regarded as McCartney's breakthrough with the Wings.
The cover
The cover shows a group of dark-clad " Fugitive " in front of a wall, which are illuminated by a spotlight. You can see next to Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Laine and the actor Christopher Lee, James Coburn, comedian Kenny Lynch, boxer John Conteh and TV presenters Michael Parkinson and Clement Freud. The idea, in addition to band members to take more public figures into the picture came from Linda McCartney. The scene was photographed by Clive Arrowsmith. The backs of the cover of the U.S. and European editions of the album differ in the arrangement of the most photographed things, such as the passport photos.
Title list
All songs were written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, except No Words, which was composed by Denny Laine and Paul McCartney.
Page 1
Page 2
The U.S. LP ( CD ) was also Helen Wheels on page 2, the third song (CD Title 8).
1993 Remaster Bonus Tracks
Information about individual songs
The lyrics of the song of Band on the Run is based on a remark by George Harrison that he had made during a business meeting of the Beatles in 1969: " ... if I ever get out of here ... ".
Jet was also the name of Labrador Retrievers of McCartney.
Let Me Roll It is generally considered friendly response to the John Lennon song How Do You Sleep from the Imagine album.
Picasso 's Last Words ( Drink to Me) goes back to an idea of the actor Dustin Hoffman.
Helen Wheels is about the Land Rover of the McCartney's and a car journey from Scotland to London is.
Single releases
Helen Wheels
On 26 October 1973 ( USA: November 12, 1973) appeared in advance the Single Helen Wheels / Country Dreamer. The U.S. version of the album contains the song Helen Wheels, not the European version. Country Dreamer was recorded during the sessions for Red Rose Speedway.
Mrs. Vanderbilt
In Germany and other continental European countries (not in the UK and the U.S.) the single Mrs. Vanderbilt / Bluebird was coupled out in January 1974.
Jet
In the U.S., appeared on 28 January 1974, the Single Jet / Mamunia, the B-side was on February 18, 1974 replaced by the song Let Me Roll It ( On February 15, 1974 in the UK and Germany also the Single Jet / Let me roll It published).
Band on the Run
On April 8, 1974, the Single Band on the Run / Nineteen Hundred and Eighty -Five was in the U.S., and on June 1 in Germany, published in the UK and Spain appeared June 28, 1974, the Single Band on the Run / Zoo Gang, with Zoo Gang hitherto been unpublished. Band on the Run became the third number -one hit for Paul McCartney in the United States.
Other single releases
In December 1980, following two singles were re-released on Columbia Records in the United States, included the songs of the album: Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey / Jet and Band on the Run / Helen Wheels.
In January 2011, Maybe I'm Amazed / Band on the Run was released in orange vinyl, with a spoken introduction by McCartney as a jukebox single.
Music videos were shot from the songs of Helen Wheels, Band on the Run and Mamunia, but not of the single A-side jet and Mrs Vandebilt.
Chart positions
The re- release of the CD in 1999 reached 69th place in the UK
The re- release of the CD from the year 2010 reached number 17 in the UK and in the U.S. in 29th place in the charts.
Reissues
- In 1978, Band on the Run as a picture disc (USA ), was published in pink vinyl ( Netherlands) and yellow vinyl (France).
- On February 4, 1985, the album was first released on CD (in the U.S. in February 1984, in the sound recording company Columbia Records).
- The CD was released in January 1993 by Steve Hoffman remastered DCC Compact Classics in the edition.
- In April 1993, the CD was released in a remastered version again.
- In May 1996, the CD was released in a DTS 5.1 mix version in the USA.
- In March 1999, the CD was remastered again, under the title of Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition released as a double CD and vinyl double LP. The first CD contained contains the U.S. version, including Helen Wheels as track 8 The second CD contains the following titles:
- In November 2010, Band on the Run was remastered for the third time, published by the music label Hear Music / Concord Music Group as part of the The Paul McCartney Archive Collection. The album was released in various formats: The original British Standard Edition 9- track album
- Deluxe version two CD's: The original 9- track album with a bonus CD, the following, some previously unpublished, contains songs:
- Furthermore, the Special Edition also contained a DVD with the following content:
- Super - Deluxe version has the same content as the Deluxe version with an additional CD that already with the Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition was released, as well as a 120 -page bound book, still the output includes a code to download the album with bonus tracks
- Deluxe version of Best Buy The original 9- track album with the listed bonus CD, the DVD set plus an additional bonus DVD. The content is as follows: Band on the Run 2010 EPK as well as three live video from the DVD Good Evening New York City: Jet, Mrs. Vandebilt and Band on the Run. The product was distributed exclusively through Best Buy in the United States.
- The album was also a vinyl version as a double LP (new remastered ) published including nine bonus tracks.
Criticism
Band on the Run was hailed as a breakthrough at the appearance McCartney as a solo artist and final cutting away the Beatles. "... With this album shot Paul McCartney the bird from: Band on the Run ' also made him the critics acceptable again, the nachsagten the plate Beatles qualities ." According to the Journal Pop 1974 Jon Landau called the album 1974 " the has been best album of the ex - Beatles released ". Critics described the album in retrospect as the " geschlosstenste and musically daring album" McCartney since the end of the Beatles. Band on the Run was a " flawless victory " was, which even John Lennon paid tribute. Both the album of the same single also had great ( "great" ), as Lennon in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1975.
In the list of 500 greatest albums of all time, the Rolling Stone 2012 published, finished Band on the Run Place 418
Awards
Band on the Run was established in 1975 with a Grammy in the category " Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus " (Paul McCartney and Wings ) and a Grammy in the category " Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical " ( Geoff Emerick ) excellent. In England, the panel had reached platinum status in May 1975, received in the United States first gold status ( December 1973) and in 1991 awarded with triple platinum.
Promotion Publications
In December 1973, the album Band on the Run was for advertising purposes - Interview album distributed to radio stations in the United States.
The single Helen Wheels / Country Dreamer appeared in the U.S. as a promotional single as two separate singles: Helen Wheels ( mono ) / Helen Wheels ( stereo ) and Country Dreamer (mono ) / Country Dreamer ( stereo).
The single jet was also released in the U.S. as abridged promotional single in mono; on the other side is the unabridged stereo version.
The Single Band on the Run was released in the U.S. as a promotional single in two different versions, the first contained an abbreviated version in mono and stereo; however, the second single contains the condensed mono version and the full-length stereo version of the song Band on the Run.