Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition

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Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition
Studio album by Paul McCartney & Wings
Released	15 March 1999
Recorded	CD 1: September-October 1973 CD 2: sporadically between 1975 - 1998
Genre	Rock
Length	CD 1: 44:46 CD 2: 51:07
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	CD 1: Paul McCartney CD 2: Paul McCartney and Eddy Pumer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Music Box link
Paul McCartney & Wings chronology
Paul McCartney's Standing Stone (1997)	Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition (1999)	Run Devil Run (1999)

Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition is a special extended edition of Paul McCartney & Wings's 1973 landmark album Band on the Run that was released in 1999.

Released to coincide exactly twenty-five after the album began to take off in March 1974 after a slow start, the package includes an extra disc of live renditions of songs throughout the years, as well as brief new renditions by McCartney. Spoken testimonials are also included from such luminaries as McCartney himself, late wife Linda (to whom this restrospective release is dedicated), Denny Laine, Dustin Hoffman (the inspiration behind "Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)"), and some of the celebrity faces on the cover, namely, Christopher Lee and James Coburn.

For this one occasion, McCartney released the package according to the original US release, with "Helen Wheels" in the line-up. It was left out of most editions of Band on the Run.

Upon its release, Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition reached the summit of Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, while reaching #69 in the UK.

In 2002, the original Band On The Run was placed at #418 in the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

[edit] Disc 1: US edition of original album

1. "Band On The Run" - 5:11
2. "Jet" - 4:07
3. "Bluebird" - 3:21
4. "Mrs. Vanderbilt" - 4:39
5. "Let Me Roll It" - 4:47
6. "Mamunia" - 4:50
   • An Arabic word for "safe haven" which McCartney happened upon while on holiday in Marrakesh
7. "No Words" (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine) - 2:33
   • This song was begun by Denny Laine and finished by McCartney
8. "Helen Wheels" - 3:44
   • "Helen Wheels" was only included on the US edition of Band on the Run in 1973
9. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)" - 5:46
   • Inspired by actor Dustin Hoffman's suggestion to McCartney to compose a song on Pablo Picasso's recent passing
   • Features Ginger Baker on shakers
10. "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five" - 5:29

[edit] Disc 2: Bonus Materials

1. "PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Intro) /Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)" - 1:12
2. "Band On The Run (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 1) - 2:17
3. "Band On The Run (Barn Rehearsal - 21st July 1989)" - 4:59
4. "PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 2) /Mamunia (Original)/DENNY LAINE (Dialogue)/Mamunia (Original)/LINDA McCARTNEY (Dialogue)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 3)" - 4:23
5. "Bluebird (Live Version - Australia 1975)" - 0:55
6. "Bluebird (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 4)" - 0:23
7. "PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 5) /NO WORDS (Original)/GEOFF EMERICK (Dialogue)" (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine) - 1:24
8. "No Words (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 6) /TONY VISCONTI (Dialogue)/Band On The Run (Original)/TONY VISCONTI (Dialogue)" (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine) / (Paul and Linda McCartney) - 1:47
9. "Jet (Original from Picasso's Last Words) /PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 7) /Jet (Original from Picasso's Last Words) /AL COURY (Dialogue)" - 2:55
10. "Jet (Berlin Soundcheck - 3rd September 1993)" - 3:52
11. "PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 8) /CLIVE ARROWSMITH (Dialogue)" - 1:44
12. "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 9) /JAMES COBURN (Dialogue)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 10) /JOHN CONTEH (Dialogue)" - 3:24
13. "Mrs. Vandebilt (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 11) /KENNY LYNCH (Dialogue)" - 2:10
14. "Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal - 5th February 1993)"/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 12)" - 3:52
15. "PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 13) /Mrs. Vandebilt (Background)/MICHAEL PARKINSON (Dialogue)/LINDA McCARTNEY (Band On The Run Photo Shoot) (Dialogue)/MICHAEL PARKINSON (Dialogue)" - 2:25
16. "Helen Wheels (Crazed)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 14) /CHRISTOPHER LEE (Dialogue)" - 5:32
17. "Band On The Run (Strum Bit) /PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 15) /CLEMENT FREUD (Dialogue)" - 1:01
18. "Picasso's Last Words (Original)/PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 16) /DUSTIN HOFFMAN (Dialogue)" - 4:22
19. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version)" - 1:11
20. "Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) /PAUL McCARTNEY (Dialogue Link 17)" - 0:42
21. "Band On The Run (Northern Comic Version)" - 0:37

Paul McCartney
Studio Albums
McCartney | Ram | McCartney II | Tug of War | Pipes of Peace | Press to Play | Снова в СССР | Flowers in the Dirt | Off the Ground | Flaming Pie | Run Devil Run | Driving Rain | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
With Wings
Wild Life | Red Rose Speedway | Band on the Run | Venus and Mars | Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town | Back to the Egg | Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition
Live Albums
Wings Over America | Tripping the Live Fantastic | Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) | Paul Is Live | Back in the U.S. | Back in the World
Compilations
Wings Greatest | All the Best! | Wingspan: Hits and History
Soundtracks
The Family Way (soundtrack) | Give My Regards to Broad Street
Experimental Albums
Thrillington | Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest | Rushes | Liverpool Sound Collage | Twin Freaks
Classical Albums
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio | Paul McCartney's Standing Stone | Paul McCartney's Working Classical | Ecce Cor Meum
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Discography | The Beatles | The Fireman | Linda McCartney | Heather Mills McCartney | MPL Communications | Paul is dead | Wings tours
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