Wings

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On November 4, Paul McCartney releases Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, an oral history of the superstar's other band. The hardcover tome, created in collaboration with film director Morgan Neville and editor Ted Widmer, tells Wings' story through text, photographs, a timeline, a gigography, a discography, and more. But the book is missing one thing: the music. Macca has that covered, too: on November 7, MPL, Capitol, and UMe will release the simply-titled Wings in a variety of formats.

Wings supersedes 1978's perennial Wings Greatest as the go-to compilation for the band's works. (2001's Wingspan: Hits and History, despite its title, chronicled Macca's solo material as well as that of the band.) A 32-track iteration arrives on 2 CDs, 2 LPs, or a Blu-ray (with Dolby Atmos, 5.1, and high-resolution stereo mixes) while a "highlights" version has 12 songs on 1 CD or 1 LP. All of the physical formats are accompanied by a booklet with an introduction from McCartney; the 3LP and 2CD editions have an expanded booklet (32 pages) adding photographs, artwork, and more. McCartney oversaw the package art with Aubrey 'Po' Powell of Hipgnosis, the same studio that designed artwork for such Wings releases as Band on the Run, Venus and Mars, and Wings Over America. Powell has also contributed album-by-album notes to the expanded booklet while Pete Paphides and Humphrey Ocean add text and original artwork, respectively. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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