[ Capitol / 2 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Tuesday 9 March 1999
Band on the Run is generally considered Paul McCartney's strongest solo effort. The album was also his most commercially successful, selling well and spawning two hit singles, the multi-part pop suite of the title track and the roaring rocker "Jet." On these cuts and elsewhere, McCartney's penchant for sophisticated, nuanced arrangements and irrepressibly catchy melodic hooks is up to the caliber he displayed in the Beatles, far surpassing the first two Wings releases Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway.
1. Band on the Run
2, Jet
3, Bluebird
4, Mrs Vandebilt
5, Let Me Roll It
6, Mamunia
7, No Words
8. Helen Wheels
9, Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
10, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
Paul McCartney (Dialogue Intro) / Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) 1:13
Band On The Run (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1) 2:17
2-03 Band On The Run (Barn Rehearsal - 21st July 1989) 4:59
2-04 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Mamunia (Original) (Background) / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 3) 4:22
2-05 Bluebird (Live-Version - Australia 1975) 0:55
2-06 Bluebird (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4) 0:23
2-07 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words (Original) (Background) / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue) 1:24
2-08 No Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run (Original) (Illustration) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) 1:47
2-09 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
2-10 Jet (Berlin Soundcheck - 3rd September 1993) 3:51
2-11 Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue) 1:44
2-12 Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 10) / John Conteh (Dialogue) 2:24
2-13 Mrs Vandebilt (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue) 2:10
2-14 Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal - 5th February 1993) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 12) 3:52
2-15 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
2-16 Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
Engineer [Helen Wheels (Crazed)] - Geoff Emerick
5:32
2-17 Band On The Run (Strum Bit) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue)
Engineer [Band On The Run (Strum Bit)] - Geoff Emerick
1:01
2-18 Picasso's Last Words (Original) (Background) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue) 4:22
2-19 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version)
Engineer - Eddie Klein
1:11
2-20 Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
Engineer [Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)] - Geoff Emerick
0:42
2-21 Band On The Run (Northern Comic Version)
Engineer - Geoff Emerick
0:36