On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
- Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
- Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
- Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
- Howie Casey – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – percussion
- Remi Kabaka – percussion
- Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
- 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
- Tony Visconti – orchestrations
- Geoff Emerick – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.
- Band on the Run
- Jet
- Bluebird
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Let Me Roll It
- Mamunia
- No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
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