Paul McCartney And The Band On The Run 50 Years Later
The year was 1973 and Beatle’s Paul McCartney was on his 5rd solo effort after the Fab Four. Paul McCartney had a spontaneous idea to record his next effort in…
Band On The Run 1973
Scott RandallThe year was 1973 and Beatle's Paul McCartney was on his 5rd solo effort after the Fab Four. Paul McCartney had a spontaneous idea to record his next effort in an exotic location. Paul picked the location and two of his band members backed out of the project.
The Band On The Run
The album was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria. McCartney with wife Linda and Denny Laine. McCartney played bass, drums, percussion, and most lead guitar parts. The studio was of poor quality and conditions in Nigeria were tense and difficult. Not a great neighborhood as they were robbed at knifepoint, losing a bag of song lyrics and demo tapes.
Scott RandallRecord Sleeve for the Band on the Run album 1973
Disagreement With The Locals
Some political activists in Nigeria accused Paul and the band of stealing African music and beats of the land. Paul invited the activists to the studio to prove that was not the case. Well-known drummer from the band Cream Ginger Baker invited Paul and the band to record somewhere else safer. Did for one day and recorded one song on the album with Ginger Baker, not the drums for which he is famous but listed on the credits playing a tin can filled with gravel.
Recording for the majority of the album's basic tracks, together with initial overdubbing, was completed after six weeks in Nigeria. Then off to London to finish dubs and mixing. Band on the Run was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and would go on to sell 6 million copies worldwide.
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The 50th Anniversary Re Release of Band On The Run
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, a new expanded edition out now of the album that highlights McCartney’s reputation after the Beatles. The 50th anniversary edition of Band on the Run will be available in a variety of formats. Half speed master vinyl pressing. The 2LP vinyl edition features the original album, remastered at half speed, and a second LP titled “Underdubbed” Mixes Edition. Available in cd format.
The Famous Band On The Run Album Cover Photo Shoot
The album cover is the McCartneys, Laine, and six other well-known people dressed as convicts and posed as though caught by a prison searchlight. The Photo shoot was made difficult by everyone allegedly being in a "fog" following a party held by Paul McCartney.
33 Albums that Turn 50 in 2023
A number of classic albums celebrate their golden anniversary in 2023. Among the artists with LPs turning 50 in New Year are Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band and more!
Scroll below to see 33 albums that turn 50 in 2023.
David Bowie - ‘Aladdin Sane’
Released on April 20, 1973.
Pink Floyd - ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
Released on March 1, 1973.
The Allman Brothers Band - ‘Brothers and Sisters’
Released in August 1973.
The Stooges - ‘Raw Power’
Released on February 7, 1973.
Aerosmith - ‘Aerosmith’
Released on January 5, 1973.
The Who - ‘Quadrophenia’
Released on October 26, 1973.
Stevie Wonder - ‘Innervisions’
Released on August 3, 1973.
Genesis - ‘Selling England by the Pound’
Released in September 1973.
Led Zeppelin - ‘Houses of the Holy’
Released on March 28, 1973.
Alice Cooper - ‘Billion Dollar Babies’
Released on February 25, 1973.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)’
Released on August 13, 1973.
Rolling Stones - ‘Goats Head Soup’
Released on August 31, 1973.
Elton John - ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
Released on October 5, 1973.
Steely Dan - ‘Countdown to Ecstasy’
Released in July 1973.
Paul McCartney and Wings - ‘Band on the Run’
Released on December 5, 1973.
Lou Reed - ‘Berlin’
Released on October 5, 1973.
Dr. John - ‘In the Right Place’
Released on February 25, 1973.
Marvin Gaye - ‘Let’s Get It On’
Released on August 28, 1973.
The Doobie Brothers - ‘The Captain and Me’
Released on March 2, 1973.
Paul McCartney and Wings - ‘Red Rose Speedway’
Released on April 30, 1973.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ‘Brain Salad Surgery’
Released on November 19, 1973.
Elton John - ‘Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player’
Released on January 26, 1973.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - ‘The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle’
Released on November 5, 1973.
Black Sabbath - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
Released in November 1973.
ZZ Top - ‘Tres Hombres’
Released on July 26, 1973.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.’
Released on January 5, 1973.
John Lennon - ‘Mind Games’
Released on October 29, 1973.
Todd Rundgren - ‘A Wizard, a True Star’
Released on March 2, 1973.
Paul Simon - ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’
Released on May 5, 1973.
Bob Marley and the Wailers - ‘Burnin’
Released on October 19, 1973.
Jackson Browne - ‘For Everyman’
Released in October 1973.
George Harrison - ‘Living in the Material World’
Released on May 30, 1973.
Yes - ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans’
Released on December 7, 1973.
