Paul McCartney & Wings-Band On The Run (1973)

 


Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings

Title: Band On The Run

Label: Apple

Format: 8-Track

Catalog Number: 8XZ-3415

Year of Release: 1973

Country and Year of Edition: US 1973

Sell Price: $4.90

Sell Date: 3/29/26

Condition: VG/VG tested

Discogs Last Sold: 8/13/25 VG+/no cover $6.83

Low: $2.01

Median: $3.50

Average: $3.92

High: $6.83

Current low price: $1.97

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10

Have/Want: 230/171

Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX

Time It Took To Sell:  2 years 

Where and When Buught: Ebay lot

Gwiz-gau Grade: A+

Sad To See It Go: No

Band On The Run is title that seems to come in enough 8-track lots that I now have 5 of them in various conditions to choose from to fill this order.  All with an Apple logo which didn't get switched over to Capitol toward the end of the 70's.  The track order isn't altered but "Bluebird" gets the fade out/in between tracks.

The Denny Laine track "No Words" is probably the most forgettable song here, but it still sounds good with it's orchestrated flourish that sounds out of ELO's playbook.  Although I'm a little sick of the core tracks  of the album, it gets pulled time and again to listen to.  I always liked Ram a little more, and Venue and Mars, London Town and Back To The Egg all get attention from time to time, but Band On The Run is a peg better than all of those in terms of start to finish track quality.  "What's the use of worrying?"  I never know if Mrs. Vanderbilt was the addressor or addressee in that one.  Although I know the song well, I never thought to ascribe the title of the song to it even as it stuck out in track listings all these years.  

"Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink anymore..."

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

Wings-Wild Life (1971)




Paul McCartney-Run Devil Run (1999)


The Beatles Second Album (1964)

Matchbox b/w Slow Down (1964)

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Songs Pictures and Stories of The Fabulous Beatles (1964)

Hear The Beatles Tell All (1964)

Beatles '65 (1964)

Beatles VI (1965)

Rubber Soul (1965)

Yesterday (1966)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

Hey Jude b/w Revolution (1968)

Abbey Road (1969)

Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976)

The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)

1st Live Recordings (Volume 1) (1979)

Rarities (1980)

Reel Music (1982)

The Beatles vs. The Third Reich (1985, unofficial)

Not Guilty (1985, unofficial)

Live At The BBC (1993)


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