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BAND ON THE RUN

​PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
Nearly 46 years ago I purchased 'Band on the Run' on the day of release from my local record shop.
The album was Paul's fifth in just over three and a half years since leaving the Beatles following on from McCartney, Ram, Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway.

'Band on the Run' was preceded in October '73 by the single Helen Wheels/Country Dreamer.
The song was recorded during the sessions for the album in Lagos, but while it was included on the US version of the album it was strangely omitted from the UK version.
This meant Band on the Run didn't have a single release to help with the promotion of the album until Jet was released on the 15th February 1974.
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While Band on the Run wasn't an instant hit with the buying public it all changed after the release of 'Jet' and the title track four months later to become album of the year in 1975!

THE SINGLES

​​28th June 2010 - 7" vinyl​ - (Record Store Day Release​)
Band On The Run  / Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five - Paul McCartney & Wings - Hear Music 
28th June 1974 - 
7" vinyl
Band On The Run  / Zoo Gang - Paul McCartney & Wings - Apple Records
28th January 1974 - 
7" vinyl
Mrs Vandebilt / Bluebird - Paul McCartney & Wings - Apple Records
​15th January 1974 - ​7" vinyl
​​Jet / 
Let Me Roll It - ​Paul McCartney & Wings - Apple Records​

THE ALBUMS

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Title: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney Archive Collection​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Hear Music
Format: CD
​Release Date: 2nd November 2010​
Track Listing
​​​​Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
Comments 
The original 9 track album remastered for 2010.
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Title: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney Archive Collection​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Hear Music
Format: 2CD/DVD
​Release Date: 2nd November 2010​
Track Listing
​​CD1
​
Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

​CD2
Helen Wheels-Country Dreamer-Bluebird [From One Hand Clapping] 3:26-Jet [From One Hand Clapping]-Let Me Roll It [From One Hand Clapping]-Band On The Run [From One Hand Clapping] Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five [From One Hand Clapping]-Country Dreamer [From One Hand Clapping]-Zoo Gang

DVD
Band On The Run Music Video 5:10
Mamunia Music Video 4:52
Album Promo 7:42
Helen Wheels Music Video 3:39
Wings In Lagos 3:01
Osterley Park 15:20

FILM
One Hand Clapping 51:49
One Hand Clapping Theme 0:51/Jet 4:18/Soily 6:02/Little Woman Love 3:36/Maybe I'm Amazed 5:49
My Love 3:09/Bluebird 2:49/Let's Love 1:23/All Of You 2:09/I'll Give You A Ring 3:30/Band On The Run 5:55/Live And Let Die 3:10/Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five 4:47/Baby Face
Comments 
The same track listing as the 2CD set plus an excellent DVD containing promo's, short location films and the gem that's One Hand Clapping...
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Title: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney Archive Collection​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Hear Music/Concord Music Group​
Format: 3CD/DVD
​Release Date: 2nd November 2010​
TRACK LISTING
​CD1
​
Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

​CD2
Helen Wheels-Country Dreamer-Bluebird [From One Hand Clapping] 3:26-Jet [From One Hand Clapping]-Let Me Roll It [From One Hand Clapping]-Band On The Run [From One Hand Clapping] Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five [From One Hand Clapping]-Country Dreamer [From One Hand Clapping]-Zoo Gang

CD3 - Audio Documentary
1.  Paul McCartney (Intro) / Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)
2. Band On The Run (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1)
3. Band On The Run (Barn Rehearsal) - Performer – Chris Whitten
4. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 3)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Denny Laine
5. Bluebird (Live Version - Australia 1975) - Performer – Joe English
6. Bluebird (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4)
7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words (Original) (Background) / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue)
8. No Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run (Original) (Illustration) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue)
9. Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7) / Jet (Original From Picassos Last Words) (Background) / Al Coury (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Al Coury
10. Jet (Berlin Soundcheck 3rd September 1993) - Performer – Blair Cunningham
11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Clive Arrowsmith
12. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 10) / John Conteh (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – James Coburn, John Conteh
13. Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Kenny Lynch
14 Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal) -Performer – Blair Cunningham
15 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13) / Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) / Linda McCartney (Band On The Run Photoshoot) (Dialogue) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Michael Parkinson (2)
16. Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Christopher Lee
17. Band On The Run (Strum Bit) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue)
Engineer [Assistant] – Keith Smith (2) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Clement Freud
18. Picasso's Last Words (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue)  - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Dustin Hoffman
19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version)
20. Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
21. Band On The Run (Northern Comic Version)

DVD
Band On The Run Music Video 5:10
Mamunia Music Video 4:52
Album Promo 7:42
Helen Wheels Music Video 3:39
Wings In Lagos 3:01
Osterley Park 15:20

FILM
One Hand Clapping 51:49
One Hand Clapping Theme 0:51/Jet 4:18/Soily 6:02/Little Woman Love 3:36/Maybe I'm Amazed 5:49
My Love 3:09/Bluebird 2:49/Let's Love 1:23/All Of You 2:09/I'll Give You A Ring 3:30/Band On The Run 5:55/Live And Let Die 3:10/Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five 4:47/Baby Face
​The Hear Music/Concord Music Group​ dropped a bit of a clanger when releasing the first Paul McCartney ​Archive Collection​ package. The only extra content available in the expensive archive collection compared to the cheaper 2CD/DVD edition of Band on the Run was the previously released 'disc 2' in the Band on the Run 25th Anniversary 2CD set released in 1999.
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Title: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney Archive Collection​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Hear Music
Format: 2CD/2DVD Best Buy Exclusive
​Release Date: 2nd November 2010​
​TRACK LISTING
​​CD1
​
Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

​CD2
Helen Wheels-Country Dreamer-Bluebird [From One Hand Clapping] 3:26-Jet [From One Hand Clapping]-Let Me Roll It [From One Hand Clapping]-Band On The Run [From One Hand Clapping] Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five [From One Hand Clapping]-Country Dreamer [From One Hand Clapping]-Zoo Gang

DVD
Band On The Run Music Video 5:10
Mamunia Music Video 4:52
Album Promo 7:42
Helen Wheels Music Video 3:39
Wings In Lagos 3:01
Osterley Park 15:20
​
FILM
One Hand Clapping 51:49
One Hand Clapping Theme 0:51/Jet 4:18/Soily 6:02/Little Woman Love 3:36/Maybe I'm Amazed 5:49
My Love 3:09/Bluebird 2:49/Let's Love 1:23/All Of You 2:09/I'll Give You A Ring 3:30/Band On The Run 5:55/Live And Let Die 3:10/Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five 4:47/Baby Face

BONUS DVD (Best Buy Exclusive)
Band On The Run 2010 EPK 8:31
2 Jet (Live) 5:36
3 Mrs. Vandebilt (Live) 5:13
4 Band On The Run (Live)
​The same track listing as the 2CD/DVD with the addition of a Best Buy exclusive DVD containing three live songs and the Band on the Run EPK.
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Title: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney Archive Collection​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Hear Music/Concord Music Group​
Format: 2LP
​Release Date: 2nd November 2010​
​​​TRACK LISTING
​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​
Side Three: Helen Wheels-Country Dreamer-Bluebird [From One Hand Clapping] 3:26-Jet [From One Hand Clapping]-Let Me Roll It [From One Hand Clapping]​
Side Four: ​Band On The Run [From One Hand Clapping] Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five [From One Hand Clapping]-Country Dreamer [From One Hand Clapping]-Zoo Gang​
​Band on the Run was the first release in Paul McCartney's acclaimed Archive Collection'
Sides 1&2 of the double vinyl release contained the UK version of the album.
Sides 3&4 contained the single Helen Wheels, two b-sides Country Dreamer & Zoo Gang plus a 6 songs from the soundtrack of 1974 film 'One Hand Clapping'. ​
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Title: Band on the Run - 25th Anniversary Edition​
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: 2CD
​Release Date: 22nd March 1999
​​​TRACK LISTING
CD1
​Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Helen Wheels-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

​CD2 - Audio Documentary
1.  Paul McCartney (Intro) / Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)
2. Band On The Run (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1)
3. Band On The Run (Barn Rehearsal) - Performer – Chris Whitten
4. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 3)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Denny Laine
5. Bluebird (Live Version - Australia 1975) - Performer – Joe English
6. Bluebird (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4)
7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words (Original) (Background) / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue)
8. No Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run (Original) (Illustration) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue)
9. Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7) / Jet (Original From Picassos Last Words) (Background) / Al Coury (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Al Coury
10. Jet (Berlin Soundcheck 3rd September 1993) - Performer – Blair Cunningham
11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Clive Arrowsmith
12. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 10) / John Conteh (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – James Coburn, John Conteh
13. Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Kenny Lynch
14 Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal) -Performer – Blair Cunningham
15 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13) / Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) / Linda McCartney (Band On The Run Photoshoot) (Dialogue) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Michael Parkinson (2)
16. Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
Interviewee [Dialogue] – Christopher Lee
17. Band On The Run (Strum Bit) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue)
Engineer [Assistant] – Keith Smith (2) - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Clement Freud
18. Picasso's Last Words (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue)  - Interviewee [Dialogue] – Dustin Hoffman
19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version)
20. Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
21. Band On The Run (Northern Comic Version)​
​Band on the Run was the first release in Paul McCartney's acclaimed Archive Collection'
Sides 1&2 of the double vinyl release contained the UK version of the album.
Sides 3&4 contained the single Helen Wheels, two b-sides Country Dreamer & Zoo Gang plus a 6 songs from the soundtrack of 1974 film 'One Hand Clapping'. ​
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Title: Band on the Run - The Paul McCartney Collection
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: CD
​Release Date: 7th June 1993
​​​TRACK LISTING
​Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five-Helen Wheels-​Country Dreamer
The Paul McCartney Collection in 1993 saw the release of 16 remastered Paul McCartney albums most but not all including bonus tracks. 
At last, nearly 20 years after its inclusion on the US version of the Band on the Run album Helen Wheels was released on the album in the UK along with it's B-side 'Country Dreamer'.
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Title: Band on the Run 
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: CD
​Release Date: 4th February 1985
​​​TRACK LISTING
​​Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five-Country Dreamer
​First release of ​Band on the Run on CD but still no 'Helen Wheels'.
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Title: Band on the Run 
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: Picture Disc LP
​Release Date: 5th December 1978
​​​TRACK LISTING
Band On The Run-Jet-Bluebird-Mrs Vandebilt-Let Me Roll It-Mamunia-No Words-Helen Wheels
Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)-Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five​
1978 Picture disc release of Band on the Run.​
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Title: Band on the Run 
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: LP
​Release Date: 7th December 1973 (UK)
​​​TRACK LISTING
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
The debut UK release of Band on the Run arrived on the 7th December containing 9 songs.
Helen Wheels had been a Top 10 hit in October '73 in the UK and Paul had carried on the Beatles tradition of not always including singles on albums.
​
He'd already released, Another Day '71, Give Ireland Back To The Irish '72, Mary Had A Little Lamb '72, Hi Hi Hi '72, Live And Let Die '73, Helen Wheels '73 and their respective b-side as non-album tracks.
It was all to change as Parlophone​​ realised as good as the album was Band on the Run had begun to slip down the charts and needed to be promoted through the singles market.

Mid February '74 saw the release of Jet coupled with Let Me Roll It as the first single, followed by the title track Band on the Run with an instrumental, the signature tune of a TV show called Zoo Gang....
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Title: Band on the Run 
Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Label:
Parlophone​​
Format: LP
​Release Date: 5th December 1973 (USA)
​​​TRACK LISTING
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
The original release of 'Band on the Run' appeared on Parlophone in the USA two days before its UK counterpart and with an extra track 'Helen Wheels' excluded from the UK release. 

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