2 Paul McCartney And Wings Band On The Run

APPLE 1973, £9.99

You say: “Solidifies Paul as a great solo artist… it still sounds brand-new.” Billy Edwards, Twitter

The slickness of Band On The Run belied its troubled creation – drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough quit ahead of the sessions; misadventures in Lagos in a dilapidated EMI studio; Paul and Linda getting mugged at knifepoint and having the only cassettes of their demos stolen. Working from memory, the McCartneys and Denny Laine were forced to record the songs on the hoof in Nigeria. The title track was a multi-movement classic and the sunny climes soaked into Bluebird. Jet propelled his pop nous into the heart of the 1970s, and Let Me Roll It successfully copped the fuzzy moves of the Plastic Ono Band.