Paul McCartney has confirmed an album spanning the entire Wings discography will be released later this year.
The album, WINGS, will be released in several formats, including a 1LP and 2CD set on November 7. McCartney personally curated the song selection, which features classics from Band on the Run and deep cut hits like Arrow Through Me from Back to the Egg. A 3LP set will also be released, which features a hardback slipcase designed by McCartney and Aubrey Powell. The three-LP set features thirty-two songs from Wings’ back catalogue, including deep cuts like Helen Wheels and Deliver Your Children. The announcement comes as a book on the band is set for release later this year.
A product description for the 3LP Wings collection reads: “WINGS is the ultimate anthology of the band that defined the sound of the 1970s. A lovingly curated time capsule of imagery and music personally overseen by Paul McCartney, WINGS includes thirty-two timeless international hits, including Band on the Run, Live and Let Die, Jet and Let ‘Em In – songs that still feature in his live shows to this day.
“Presented in a hardback slipcase, the 3LP 180g vinyl collection was designed by Paul and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell of Hipgnosis. The expanded booklet also includes an introduction by Paul plus extensive album-by-album notes on the iconic artwork written by Po, with additional editorial by Pete Paphides and showcases original portraits of the band by Humphrey Ocean.
“In addition to the booklet, the 3LP set includes a poster.” A full tracklist for the 3LP can be found below.
- Band on the Run
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Silly Love Songs
- Letting Go
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
- Live and Let Die
- Mamunia
- Junior’s Farm
- Helen Wheels
- Some People Never Know
- Let ‘Em In
- Get on the Right Thing
- Jet
- My Love
- Call Me Back Again
- Getting Closer
- Listen to What the Man Said
- I’ve Had Enough
- Love is Strange
- London Town
- Arrow Through Me
- Venus and Mars/Rock Show
- She’s My Baby
- Bluebird
- Deliver Your Children
- Let Me Roll It
- Mull of Kintyre
- Wild Life
- C Moon
- With a Little Luck
- Soily
- Goodnight Tonight
The WINGS announcement comes as Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is set for release on November 4. A description for the book reads: “A landmark account of Paul McCartney’s triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the rise of one of the decade’s most iconic bands
“As the Sixties came to a close, Paul McCartney was faced with the daunting prospect of being a solo artist for the first time. Wings’ ascension to the top of the charts with classic albums including Band on the Run, Venus and Mars and At the Speed of Sound, along with the band’s stadium-filling live shows, would prove to critics and fans that not all great acts are impossible to follow.
“Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is a rousing, stereophonic celebration of the songs, collaborations and performances that would shape the soundtrack of the late 20th century.
“Drawn from over 500,000 words, based on dozens of hours of interviews with McCartney and numerous key players in the band’s orbit, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run weaves together the improbable trajectory of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band (featuring co-founding members Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) across the technicolor 1970s until their dissolution in 1981.”
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