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Recorded at EMI Studios in Lagos (Nigeria) and ARC Studios in Ikeja (Nigeria) between 1 and 22 September 1973 and at Trident Studios and AIR Studios in London in October 1973. UK Chartography: This album by Paul McCartney and Wings first charted in the UK’s official music charts in December 1973 (15/12/1973) debuting at the No.45 position. This particular release appeared in the ‘Top 100’ for 103 weeks on its first chart run (15/12/1973 – 29/11/1975). The album had eight further separate chart runs amounting to a grand total of 124 weeks when it has appeared in the UK Top 100 Chart. The LP became the UK’s official No.1 on 27/07/1974, some 33 weeks after first entering the charts. It remained at the No.1 slot for 7 weeks in all and to date has been Wings’ only No.1 album. This release of the album has appeared in the UK ‘Top 10’ for 49 weeks and 70 weeks in the ‘Top 40’. After the album’s initial success, its other chart runs were all in the less significant placings within the UK Charts. However, the ‘Band on the Run’ album was to appear again in the UK Music Charts some years later but as releases under different labels to its original ‘Apple’ and catalogue numbers. Firstly, it was released under the ‘Parlaphone’ label with the catalogue number 4991762 but only appearing for one week in the UK ‘Top 100’ in March 1999 (No.69). This release ‘Band On The Run’ was the ‘25th Anniversary Edition’ on 2xCD. Its next version, a release on the ‘Concord’ label (cat no. 7232148), had a little more success appearing in the Top 100 for 5 weeks during November – December 2010. On this chart run, the LP’s highest position within the UK Music Charts was No. 17 when it first entered the music charts. This version is found on Discogs here ‘Band On The Run’ and is also in the CD format. (Source: Official Charts Company (UK) (April 2020)).
Is Band on the Run about the Beatles?It served mostly as a tribute to the Beatles, featuring montages of still pictures from their career. Wings were not shown. The video ends with a collage of Beatles pictures much like the album cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Who is on the cover of Wings Band on the Run?Cover artwork
It depicts McCartney, Linda and Laine plus six other well-known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight. They are Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee and John Conteh.
What did John Lennon think of Band on the Run?John Lennon praised Paul McCartney's Band on the Run album. He said that “Band on the Run is a great album” on the Rolling Stones interview. Actually, John Lennon throughout his brief withdrawal from musical world would often listened to Paul McCartney's solo works while taking care of Sean, his second son.
Who sang Band on the Run with paul McCartney at Glastonbury?Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl joined him for “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Band on the Run.” McCartney introduced another surprise “from the east coast of America”: Bruce Springsteen. The two played “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man.”
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