Wings met Ransome-Kuti through former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, who owned ARC Studios in Ikeja. Baker was keen for Wings to record the whole album at ARC, but only one Band On The Run session took place there, for the song ‘Picasso’s Last Words (Drink To Me)’.. Around two weeks into their Nigerian visit, Paul and Linda McCartney were mugged at knifepoint, and demo tapes of the songs.

Mccartney Paul - Band On The Run: Tracklist (Vinyl) A: Band On The Run: B: Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five * Items below may differ depending on the release. Price Guide Recently Listed Email Alerts Refine Search Results. Artist: Title: Label: Cat Num: Barcode: Genre.

Nov 03,  · 01 - Band On The Run 02 - Jet 03 - Bluebird 04 - Mrs. Vandebilt 05 - Let Me Roll It 06 - Mamunia 07 - No Words 09 - Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five 10 - Helen Wheels 11 - Zoo Gang 12 - Band .

Band On The Run ( Remaster) Studio - Paul McCartney / MPL Communications Ltd / Hear Music / Concord Music Group Album Release Date: Nov

Limited gm vinyl LP repressing. Band on the Run is the third studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December It marked the fifth album by Paul McCartney since his departure from the Beatles in April /5(2).

Jun 03,  · (laughing) Yes, by this stage even Paul, the cute Beatle had become a desperado of sorts himself. In reality the song “Band on the Run” revolved around the theft at knifepoint on the streets of Nigeria of the band’s demo tapes for the album Band On The Run/5().

Paul McCartney’s critically acclaimed and multiple Grammy Award-winning Archive Collection will offer fans another chance to complete their collections with the reissues of the first eight Archive Collection titles on gram black vinyl. All vinyl LPs in the Archive Collection will feature a download card and fully restored artwork.

Paul McCartney initially wanted no singles to be taken from Band On The Run, but later relented. Jet was the first, followed by the title track. Band On The Run had its single release in the United States on 8 April , with ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’ as its b-side. It topped the charts and was certified gold by the RIAA.