Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition

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Band on the Run:
25th Anniversary Edition
Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition cover
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 CD 1: Paul McCartney
CD 2: Paul McCartney and Eddy Pumer
Professional reviews
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.

Contents

[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. Vandebilt" - 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
  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 - 21 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 - 3 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 - 5 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

[edit] External links

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James Paul McCartney (film) (1973) · One Hand Clapping (unreleased) (1974) · Wings Over the World (1979) · Concert for Kampuchea (1980) · Rockshow (1980) · Back To The Egg (1981) · Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) · Get Back (1991) · Paul Is Live - The New World Tour (1993) · In The World Tonight (1997) · Live at the Cavern Club (1999) · Wingspan (2001) · Back in the U.S. (2002) · Paul McCartney in Red Square (2003) · Between Chaos and Creation (2005) · Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road (2005) · The Space Within US (2006) · The McCartney Years (2007)
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