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Band (Still) on the Run: McCartney Reissue Set for November, Tracks Revealed

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Fans of Paul McCartney are going to have to wait just a little bit longer for Concord to kick off its catalogue reissue campaign, as the remastered editions of Band on the Run have been pushed back from September 28 to November 2, a little less than a month after EMI’s massive batch of John Lennon reissues drop.

Concord has been keeping all information pertaining to this release close to the vest, but details have finally emerged. The 1973 classic by McCartney and Wings (his fifth solo release and the band's third album) will be available in three configurations: a standard remaster (dropping "Helen Wheels" to retain the original UK track lineup) with a list price of $14.98, a 2-CD/1-DVD special edition retailing for $29.98, and (as seems to be the record labels’ wont these days) a super-deluxe 3-CD/1-DVD box set containing a lavish book and other goodies, with a price tag of $99.98. The DVD has some exciting content, including the full 1974 documentary One Hand Clapping filmed at Abbey Road in August of that year, directed by David Litchfield and featuring live studio performances. Some fans will be relieved to know that the only additional musical content in the 3-CD/1-DVD box is a CD containing the exact contents of the 25th Anniversary Edition's "audio documentary" second disc, albeit in remastered form.  Finally, a vinyl pressing will also be available.

Watch this space for future updates on Concord’s plans for the rest of the extensive McCartney catalogue, and hit the jump for the track listings of the various Band on the Run versions!

CD 1: Band on the Run (EMI/Apple LP PAS-10007, 1973 - reissued Concord, 2010 - available in all editions)

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words
  8. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

CD 2 (available in 2-CD/1-DVD edition and 3-CD/1-DVD box set)

  1. Helen Wheels
  2. Country Dreamer
  3. Bluebird
  4. Jet
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Band on the Run
  7. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
  8. Country Dreamer
  9. Zoo Gang

CD 3 (available in 3-CD/1-DVD box set)

  1. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Intro)/Band on the Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)
  2. Band on the Run (Original) (Background)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1)
  3. Band on the Run (Barn Rehearsal - 21 July 1989)
  4. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2)/Mamunia (Original) (Background)/Denny Laine (Dialogue)/Mamunia (Original) (Background)/Linda McCartney (Dialogue)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 2)
  5. Bluebird (Live - Australia 1975)
  6. Bluebird (Original) (Background)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4)
  7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5)/No Words (Original) (Background)/Geoff Emerick (Dialogue)
  8. No Words (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6)/Tony Visconti (Dialogue)/Band on the Run (Original) (Illustration)/Tony Visconti (Dialogue)
  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)
  10. Jet (Berlin Soundcheck - 3 September 1993)
  11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8)/Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue)
  12. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (Original) (Background)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9)/James Coburn (Dialogue)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 1o)/John Conteh (Dialogue)
  13. Mrs. Vandebilt (Original) (Background)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11)/Kenny Lynch (Dialogue)
  14. Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal - 5 February 1993)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 12)
  15. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13)/Mrs Vandebilt (Background)/Michael Parkinson (Dialogue)/Linda McCartney (Band on the Run Photo Shoot) (Dialogue)/Michael Parkinson (Dialogue)
  16. Helen Wheels (Crazed)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 14)/Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
  17. Band on the Run (Strum Bit)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15)/Clement Freud (Dialogue)
  18. Picasso's Last Words (Original) (Background)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16)/Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue)
  19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) (Acoustic Version)
  20. Band on the Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
  21. Band on the Run (Northern Comic Version)

DVD (available in 2-CD/1-DVD edition and 3-CD/1-DVD box set)

  1. Band on the Run (Music Video)
  2. Mamunia (Music Video)
  3. Album Promo (Band on the Run, Mrs. Vandebilt, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five, Bluebird)
  4. Helen Wheels (Music Video)
  5. Wings in Lagos (recording session video with alternate Band on the Run audio)
  6. Osterley Park (behind-the-scenes at the cover shoot)
  7. One Hand Clapping (1974 documentary - contains One Hand Clapping Theme/Jet/Soily/C Moon/Little Woman Love/Maybe I'm Amazed/My Love/Bluebird/Let's Love/All of You/I'll Give You a Ring/Band on the Run/Live and Let Die/Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five/Baby Face)

CD 1, Tracks 1-9 from EMI/Apple LP PAS-10007 (UK), 1973
CD 2, Tracks 1-2 from Apple 1869 (US), 1973
CD 2, Tracks 3-8 from One Hand Clapping documentary, 1974
CD 2, Track 9 from Apple R 5997 (UK), 1974
CD 3, Tracks 1-21 from Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition (Capitol CDP 7243 4 99176 2 0), 1999

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. I gotta say, dropping "Helen Wheels" just to match the UK pressing, when I'm used to it being on the album as it was here in the States is NOT an enticement. OK, it's on the second disc. Fine, I guess... But what's with the other tracks on Disc 2? Alternate takes, demos, what exactly?

    I'd love to see the DVD that comes with the deluxe set, but not at the price they're asking for it. Unless the two disc version is something really special, I'll stick with my old, single CD version.

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    • Other than the "Helen Wheels"/"Country Dreamer" and "Zoo Gang" singles, the tracks on the second CD all are drawn from the documentary "One Hand Clapping." The documentary itself is on the DVD, which is available in the $29.98 edition, not just the ultra-deluxe (and ultra-expensive!) box.

      One suspects Paul is holding the outtakes/demos for a box set somewhere down the road...

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  2. Ah, I missed that originally... That's what I get for skipping over the details. Sorry, Joe!

    So, given that the DVD comes with the two-disc set, this means a third CD and a book costs $70 more? A third CD that, according to your article, was previously released?

    The outtakes/demos being held for a boxed set seems likely, although I hope Paul doesn't wait too long. It's bad enough that so much Beatles stuff is being sat on (the Let It Be movie, Yellow Submarine no longer available on DVD, stuff like the Shea Stadium concert, promo videos for a number of songs, etc.)!

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    • It seems that a certain number of folks are willing to pay upwards of $100 for all of the bells and whistles, so at least we can give kudos to Concord for making all of the new content available in less expensive editions.

      I wish David Bowie's camp had taken a cue for the upcoming "Station to Station," where significant amounts of new material (including the much-coveted 5.1 mix) are only available in the most expensive edition.

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