Wings - Band on the Run

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:23 pm

I'm parking this here for future use.

Wings' third album and the one that launched them to global superstardom after their somewhat modest beginnings. Wings' most commercially successful LP, Band on the Run was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and was EMI's top-selling album of the 1970s in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_on_the_Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjlvdcBAKdg&list=PLbUIPZJL6vw_7oCboL8dcH1r_VbBuJzQl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:31 pm

It's always a strange album for me because I grew up with the cassette version, which had a different track order from the vinyl release, meaning the vinyl version always sounds wrong to me.

This is the track listing for the vinyl release:

Side one

"Band on the Run"
"Jet"
"Bluebird"
"Mrs. Vandebilt"
"Let Me Roll It"

Side two

"Mamunia"
"No Words"
"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five"

And this was the track listing for the cassette release:

Side one

"Band on the Run"
"Mamunia"
"No Words"
"Jet"
"Bluebird"

Side two

"Mrs. Vandebilt"
"Let Me Roll It"
"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five"

I do feel the track listing for the cassette is better, as it feels more balanced in terms of the pacing and progression of the album.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:32 pm

And, of course, the American release had Helen Wheels on it. dontpanic

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:50 pm

So can we do this at 9pm? Excited

I'll be using the YouTube version, as my vinyls (sic) copy is a bit dodgy, I was too busy checking to see if it came with the poster to bother checking the actual wax. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:52 pm

Tonight? I can't do it at 9 because I have to go and get my sarnies. Half-past should be alright.

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:55 pm

Well, that'll give me time to get suitably ~~drunk~~ prepared for it. yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:29 pm

Two minutes to go. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:30 pm

It's started! Excited

Track 1 - Band on the Run.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:30 pm

Guitar intro.

And Mini Moog! Excited

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:30 pm

Oops!

I'm in!

Guitar. Keyboards

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:30 pm

Singing a bit flat. shifty

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:31 pm

This sounds a lot better than my LP.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:31 pm

All three band members harmonising.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:31 pm

It's all gone Rock. dontpanic

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:31 pm

Mini Moog takeover. Excited

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm

In Prison. eh?

Clement Freud referenced REDACTED

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm

Line stolen from George Harrison.

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm

Second bit!

Love this bit!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm

Big brass.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:32 pm

The song's arrived.

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