June 14, 2024: 12pm ET: Feature LP: Paul McCartney & Wings – One Hand Clapping (2024)

One Hand Clapping is a live studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on June 14, 2024, nearly fifty years after it was recorded.

The album began as a rockumentary starring Paul McCartney and his then-band, Wings, and directed by David Litchfield. It was recorded over four days in August 1974 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film features the band performing live in the studio and recording a potential live album, as well as voice-over interviews with the band members. Songs featured include numerous McCartney, Wings and Beatles hits, as well as some covers. Although a TV sales brochure was made, both the film and album were never released at the time. In the decades since, they have been frequently bootlegged, and various tracks have been released on special editions of other McCartney and Wings albums. The film was finally released on November 2, 2010, as part of the box set reissue of Band on the Run, the first release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection.

1. “One Hand Clapping” 2:15
2. “Jet” 3:59
3. “Soily” 3:55
4. “C Moon” / “Little Woman Love” 3:19
5. “Maybe I’m Amazed” 4:52
6. “My Love” 4:15
7. “Bluebird” 3:27
8. “Let’s Love” 1:09
9. “All of You” 2:04
10. “I’ll Give You a Ring” 2:03
11. “Band on the Run” 5:20
12. “Live and Let Die” 3:26
13. “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” 5:50
14. “Baby Face” 1:56
15. “Let Me Roll It” 4:28
16. “Blue Moon of Kentucky” 3:05
17. “Power Cut” 1:33
18. “Love My Baby” 1:13
19. “Let It Be” 1:02
20. “The Long and Winding Road” / “Lady Madonna” 2:10
21. “Junior’s Farm” 4:17
22. “Sally G” 2:28
23. “Tomorrow” 2:12
24. “Go Now” 3:35
25. “Wild Life” 4:30
26. “Hi, Hi, Hi” 3:57

Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, celeste, harmonium, acoustic guitar
Linda McCartney – Moog, electric piano, Mellotron, tambourine, backing vocals
Denny Laine – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
⁠Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar, backing vocals
Geoff Britton – drums
Howie Casey – saxophone
Tuxedo Brass Band – brass
Del Newman – orchestra conductor, arranger

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7pm ET: Feature LP: Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run (1973)

Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December 1973. It was McCartney’s fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – “Jet” and “Band on the Run” – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia, in addition to revitalizing McCartney’s critical standing. It remains McCartney’s most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.

The majority of Band on the Run was recorded at EMI’s studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic locale. Shortly before departing for Lagos, however, drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough left the group. With no time to recruit replacements, McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine. In addition to playing bass, McCartney also played drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts himself. On arriving, it was discovered that the studio was below standard, and conditions in Nigeria were tense and difficult; the McCartneys were robbed at knifepoint, during which a bag containing unfinished song lyrics and demo tapes was taken. After the band’s return to England, final overdubs and further recording were carried out in London, mostly at AIR Studios.

In 2000, Q magazine placed it at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, Band on the Run was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s revised list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. A contemporary review by Jon Landau in Rolling Stone described the album as “with the possible exception of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band, the finest record yet released by any of the four musicians who were once called the Beatles”. It was McCartney’s last album issued on the Apple record label.

1. “Band on the Run” 5:12
2. “Jet” 4:09
3. “Bluebird” 3:23
4. “Mrs. Vandebilt” 4:40
5. “Let Me Roll It” 4:51
6. “Mamunia” 4:51
7. “No Words” 2:35
8. “Helen Wheels” 3:44
9. “Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)” 5:49
10. “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” 5:28

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 6pm ET: Feature LP: Wings – Back To The Egg (1979)

Back to the Egg is the seventh and final studio album by the British–American rock band Wings, released June 8, 1979 on Parlophone in the UK and Columbia Records in North America (their first for the label). Co-produced by Chris Thomas, the album reflects band leader Paul McCartney’s embracing of contemporary musical trends such as new wave and punk, and marked the arrival of new Wings members Laurence Juber and Steve Holley. Back to the Egg adopts a loose conceptual theme around the idea of a working band, and its creation coincided with a period of considerable activity for the group, which included making a return to touring and work on several television and film projects.

Recording for the album began in June 1978 and lasted for almost a year. The sessions took place at Spirit of Ranachan Studios in Campbeltown, Scotland; Lympne Castle in Kent, London’s Abbey Road Studios, and Replica Studio – the last of which McCartney built as an exact replica of Abbey Road’s Studio Two when the latter became unavailable. Wings returned to Abbey Road in March 1979 to complete the album, before filming a series of promotional videos in Lympne and elsewhere, for what became the Back to the Egg TV special.

“Reception” 1:08
“Getting Closer” 3:22
“We’re Open Tonight” 1:28
“Spin It On” 2:12
“Again and Again and Again” 3:34
“Old Siam, Sir” 4:11
“Arrow Through Me” 3:37
“Rockestra Theme” 2:35
“To You” 3:12
“After the Ball / Million Miles” 4:00
“Winter Rose / Love Awake” 4:58
“The Broadcast” 1:30
“So Glad to See You Here” 3:20
“Baby’s Request” 2:49
“Daytime Nighttime Suffering” 3:23
“Wonderful Christmastime ” 3:49
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae” 1:48
“Goodnight Tonight” (Extended Version) 7:16

Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, concertina on “Million Miles”, piano and harpsichord on “Winter Rose”
Linda McCartney – keyboards, backing vocals
Denny Laine – lead vocal on “Again and Again and Again”, electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Laurence Juber – electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synthesizer, bass on “Love Awake”[148]
Steve Holley – drums, percussion
Black Dyke Mills Band – horns on “Love Awake”
Dierdre Margary, Harold Margary – book readings

Saturday, August 26, 2023 4pm ET: Feature LP: Wings – London Town (1978)

London Town is the sixth studio album by the British–American rock group Wings. It was released March 31, 1978, two years after its predecessor, Wings at the Speed of Sound. The album had a long and tumultuous gestation during which the band’s tour plans for 1977 were cancelled, due to Linda McCartney becoming pregnant with her and Paul McCartney’s third child and two members of Wings having departed, leaving the band as a trio comprising Paul, Linda and Denny Laine. Recording sessions were held intermittently over a period of a year, mainly at Abbey Road Studios in London and aboard a luxury yacht in the Virgin Islands.

London Town charted in the top five positions in the UK and the US. It failed to repeat the success of Wings’ three previous albums, however, and received mostly unfavorable reviews from music critics. The lead single, “With a Little Luck”, was a number 1 hit in the US, but the album’s subsequent singles achieved only minor chart success. Also recorded during the sessions was the 1977 non-album single “Mull of Kintyre”, which, until 1984, was the best-selling single in UK chart history.

London Town received generally unfavourable reviews from music critics. In the charts, it peaked at number 4 in the UK and number 2 in the US, where it sold over one million copies and went platinum. After a strong start initially, however, it lacked the staying power of Wings’ previous releases. The album’s follow-up singles, “I’ve Had Enough” and the title track, became relatively minor hits. The album marked the end of Wings’ commercial peak and the beginning of a minor commercial slump for McCartney.

Paul McCartney was reportedly displeased with Capitol Records in the US, where “Mull of Kintyre” was ignored by radio programmers; its B-side, “Girls School”, reached only number 33 on the US charts. He was further dismayed at what he viewed as Capitol’s lacklustre promotion for London Town. With his contract at an end, he signed up with Columbia Records for North America (remaining with EMI elsewhere in the world) and would stay there until 1984, before returning to Capitol in the US.

The album was certified platinum in Australia on the day of its release.

“London Town” 4:10
“Cafe on the Left Bank” 3:25
“I’m Carrying” 2:44
“Backwards Traveller” 1:07
“Cuff Link” 2:03
“Children Children” 2:20
“Girlfriend” 4:31
“I’ve Had Enough” 3:02
“With a Little Luck” 5:45
“Famous Groupies” 3:34
“Deliver Your Children” 4:17
“Name and Address” 3:07
“Don’t Let It Bring You Down” 4:34
“Morse Moose and the Grey Goose” 6:27
“Girls’ School” 4:38
“Mull of Kintyre” 4:42

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, violin, flageolet, recorder, Gizmotron
Denny Laine – vocal (lead vocals on “Children Children” and “Deliver Your Children”), guitars, bass, flageolet, recorder, percussion
Linda McCartney – vocal, keyboards, percussion
Jimmy McCulloch – guitars, bass, percussion
Joe English – vocal, drums, percussion, harmonica

Wednesday 7/13/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Paul McCartney & Wings, Jethro Tull, Bon Jovi, Al Stewart, John Fogerty, Foreigner, Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Rolling Stones, Mavis Staples, Journey, Robert Plant, Joe Cocker, Sly & The Family Stone, Nick Lowe, Nils Lofgren, Eagles, Def Leppard

Sunday 6/19/22 1pm ET: Feature LP: Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971)

Wild Life is the debut studio album by the British–American rock band Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles. The album was recorded in eight days, from July 25 to August 2, 1971, at Abbey Road Studios by McCartney, his wife Linda, session drummer Denny Seiwell, whom they had worked with on the McCartneys’ previous album Ram, and guitarist Denny Laine, formerly of the English rock band the Moody Blues. It was released by Apple Records on December 2 in the UK and US, to lukewarm critical and commercial reaction.

“Mumbo” – 3:54
“Bip Bop” – 4:14
“Love Is Strange” – 4:50
“Wild Life” – 6:48
“Some People Never Know” – 6:35
“I Am Your Singer” – 2:15
“Bip Bop Link” – 0:52
“Tomorrow” – 3:28
“Dear Friend” – 5:53
“Mumbo Link” – 0:45
“Give Ireland Back to the Irish” – 3:46

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards, recorder, percussion
Linda McCartney – co-lead vocals (“Love Is Strange”, “Some People Never Know”, “I Am Your Singer”), keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
Denny Laine – guitars, bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
Denny Seiwell – drums, percussion

Friday 6/17/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight we feature:

Paul McCartney & Wings, Alicia Keys, Joe Bonamassa, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jason Aldean, John Denver, George Michael, Ike & Tina Turner, Eagles, Otis Redding, Pink Floyd and more . . .

Monday 1/17/22 1pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 15

This RadioMax extended special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We complete letter S and begin our travels into T.

1pm to 4pm ET

Friday 1/14/22 1pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 14

This RadioMax extended special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with the letter S.

1pm to 4pm ET

Thursday 1/13/22 2pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 13

This RadioMax extended special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with the completion of letter R and start with S into T.

2pm to 6pm ET

Wednesday 1/12/22 12pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 12

This RadioMax extended special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with the completion of letter N and start with O into R and feature music from: Hurricane Smith, Shocking Blue, Rod Stewart, Spinners, America, Three Dog Night, Eagles, Jackson Browne, Led Zeppelin, Ringo Starr, Jim Croce, Lighthouse, Clarence Carter, Allman Brothers Band and many more.

12pm to 6pm ET

Tuesday 1/11/22 2pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 11

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with the completion of letter M and start with N and feature music from: Paul McCartney & Wings, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Steeleye Span, America, Pink Floyd, Tufano & Giammarese, Queen, Michael Jackson, Sweet, Doobie Brothers and many more.

2pm to 6pm ET

Wednesday 1/5/22 2pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 7

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with the completion of letter H and start letter I and feature music from: Al Green, Abba, Who, Ripple, John Lennon, Donovan, Gary Glitter, Tommy Cash, Five Man Electrical Band, Barry White, Merle Haggard, Don Covay, Clarence Carter, Brinsley Schwarz, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and many more.

2pm to 6pm ET

Tuesday 1/4/22 2pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 6

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z.

We continue with land complete letter G into H and feature music from: Dells, Main Ingredient, Elton John, BW Stevenson, Stealers Wheel, Chicago, Jackson 5, Montrose, Cher, War, Bobby Darin, Ringo Starr, Sonny James, Cliff Richard, Paul McCartney & Wings, Bobby Womack and many more.

2pm to 6pm ET

Friday 4/23/21 1am ET: Feature LP: Wings – Wings At The Speed of Sound (1976)

Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings, released on March 25, 1976. Issued at the height of the band’s popularity, it reached the top spot on the US album chart—the band’s fourth consecutive album to do so—and peaked at number 2 on the UK album chart. Both singles from the album also reached the top 5 of the UK and US singles charts, with “Silly Love Songs” reaching number 1 in the US.

The album was recorded and released in the midst of Wings’ highly successful Wings Over the World tour, with songs from the album performed on the tour after its release. Subsequently, performances of “Let ‘Em In”, “Time to Hide”, ‘Silly Love Songs’ and “Beware My Love” were included on the live album Wings over America, released in December 1976. The album, after the 2010 CD version, was again remastered in 2014 with further improved audio quality.

As a reaction to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song, and two songs from the album are written or co-written by band members other than the McCartneys.

1. “Let ‘Em In” 5:10
2. “The Note You Never Wrote” 4:21
3. “She’s My Baby” 3:08
4. “Beware My Love” 6:28
5. “Wino Junko” 5:21
6. “Silly Love Songs” 5:54
7. “Cook of the House” 2:39
8. “Time to Hide” 4:32
9. “Must Do Something About It” 3:43
10. “San Ferry Anne” 2:07
11. “Warm and Beautiful” 3:13
12. “Walking in the Park with Eloise” 3:07
13. “Bridge on the River Suite” 3:12
14. “Sally G” 3:37

Paul McCartney – vocals, bass/acoustic/electric guitars, keyboards, double bass
Linda McCartney – vocals, keyboards
Denny Laine – vocals, acoustic/electric/bass guitars, piano, harmonica
Jimmy McCulloch – vocals, acoustic/electric/bass guitars
Joe English – vocals, drums, percussion
Tony Dorsey – trombone
Thaddeus Richard – saxophone, clarinet, flute
Steve Howard – trumpet, flugelhorn
Howie Casey – saxophone
George Tidwell – trumpet