Band On The Run
(limited 25th Anniversary Edition)


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Release date and order numbers:
USA: 9 March 1999, Capitol CDP 7243 4 99176 2 0
Europe: 15 March 1999, Parlophone 7243 4 99176 2 0

 

"THIS ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF BAND ON THE RUN
IS DEDICATED TO MY BEAUTIFUL LINDA AND HER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT"

PAUL McCARTNEY

Disc One

1 Band on the Run (P.& L.McCartney) 5:13
2 Jet (P.& L.McCartney) 4:08
3 Bluebird (P.& L.McCartney) 3:23
4 Mrs. Vandebilt (P.& L.McCartney) 4:41
5 Let Me Roll It (P.& L.McCartney) 4:50
6 Mamunia (P.& L.McCartney) 4:50
7 No Words (McCartney/Laine) 2:34
8 Helen Wheels (P.& L.McCartney) 3:47
9 Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) (P.& L.McCartney) 5:49
10 Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (P.& L.McCartney) 5:28

Disc Two

1 PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Intro)

BAND ON THE RUN
(Nicely Toasted Mix)

1:11
2 BAND ON THE RUN (Original)
(Background)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 1)

2:16
3 BAND ON THE RUN
(Barn Rehearsal - 21st July 1989)
4:59
4 PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 2)

MAMUNIA (Original)
(Background)

DENNY LAINE
(Dialogue)

MAMUNIA (Original)
(Background)

LINDA McCARTNEY
(Dialogue)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 3)

4:22
5 BLUEBIRD
(Live - Australia 1975)
0:54
6 BLUEBIRD (Original)
(Background)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 4)

0:23
7 PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 5)

NO WORDS (Original)
(Background)

GEOFF EMERICK
(Dialogue)

1:24
8 NO WORDS (Original)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 7)

TONY VISCONTI
(Dialogue)

BAND ON THE RUN (Original)
(Illustration)

TONY VISCONTI
(Dialogue)

1:47
9 JET (Original from Picasso's Last Words)
(Background)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 7)

JET (Original from Picasso's Last Words)
(Background)

Al Coury
(Dialogue)

2:55
10 JET
(Berlin Soundcheck - 3rd September 1993)
3:51
11 PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 8)

CLIVE ARROWSMITH
(Dialogue)

1:44
12 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE (Original)
(Background)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 9)

JAMES COBURN
(Dialogue)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 10)

JOHN CONTEH
(Dialogue)

3:24
13 MRS VANDEBILT (Original)
(Background)

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)

3:51
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)

1:00
18 PICASSO'S LAST WORDS (Original)
(Background)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 16)

DUSTIN HOFFMAN
(Dialogue)

4:21
19 PICASSO'S LAST WORDS (Drink To Me)
(Acoustic Version)
1:10
20 BAND ON THE RUN
(Nicely Toasted Mix)

PAUL McCARTNEY
(Dialogue Link 17)

0:41
21 BAND ON THE RUN
(Northern Comic Version)
0:36

Credits

CD1

Original album produced by Paul McCartney

Engineer: Geoff Emerick

Sax Solos: Howie Casey

Special Thanx to EMI Studios (Lagos and London) and ARC Studio Lagos and Clive Arrowsmith, Tony Visconti, Ian and Trevor, Gordon House and Storm Thorgerson

Re-mastered by Greg Calbi and Geoff Emerick at Sterling Sound

All titles published by MPL Communications Ltd.

All tracks composed by Paul & Linda McCarmey except track 7 Paul McCartney & Denny Laine

 

CD2

Produced by Paul McCartney and Eddy Pumer

Music Produced by Paul McCartney; Sonic Solutions (Abbey Road Studios); Peter Mew Engineer, Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix), (Strum Bit), (Northern Comic Version) and Helen Wheels (Crazed) Geoff Emerick Engineer, Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version): Eddie Klein.

Special Thanks to lnterviewees: Clive Arrowsmith, James Coburn, John Conteh, Al Coury, Geoff Emerick, Clement Freud, Dustin Hoffman, Denny Laine, Christopher Lee, Kenny Lynch, Michael Parkinson, Tony Visconti.

Additional Thanks to Alan Crowder, Alistair Donald, John Hammel, Jamie Kirkham, Eddie Klein, Mark Lewisohn, Mary McCartney, Lou Mann, May Pang, Bill Porricelli, Mike Read, Steve Rosenblatt, Keith Smith.

Front Cover, Back Cover and Page 9: photographs by Clive Arrowsmith. All other photographs: Linda McCartney.

Mastered by Steve Rooke and Geoff Emerick at Abbey Road Studios

All tracks composed by Paul & Linda McCartney except 'No Words' by Paul McCartney & Denny Laine


see also:
Band On The Run
Band On The Run (remastered)
Jet / Let Me Roll It
Band On The Run / Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
Band On The Run - Zoo Gang
Helen Wheels - Country Dreamer
Mrs. Vandebilt - Bluebird

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