My new book Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run. The Story of a Classic Album OUT NOW on Amazon. PRESS RELEASE: Released on 19 April 2024, Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run. The Story of a Classic Album by Luca Perasi (L.I.L.Y. Publishing) tells the story of the most popular and successful Paul McCartney album. “This record has just celebrated fifty years and it doesn’t look its age,” says the author, who in 2022 was credited in the booklet of Paul McCartney’s compilation The 7” Singles Box for additional research with the MPL team. “It’s the only album within McCartney’s career which has outlived all the fashions. I thought it was worth dedicating an entire volume to that. Starting from the spring of 1973, when Wings were at the peak of their success, we go through the departure of two members of the group, we see what happened in Lagos, we delve into the songs, and we deal with the success of Band on the Run and its impact in terms of popular culture.” The volume, enriched by colour images and featuring an exclusive interview by the author with Pete Swettenham, assistant engineer to Geoff Emerick at AIR Studios in London, tells of McCartney’s masterpiece in an engaging way. “I wanted an historical book but with a touch of narrative at the same time, which allows readers to immerse themselves into the epic adventure of this album,” says Luca Perasi. “It seemed to me the best way to launch this new series, Milestones, dedicated to some of the most important albums in rock history.” Based on archive material and on many contemporary statements by the people who participated in the sessions, the book analyses in detail all the songs, their vocal and instrumental parts (with a special focus on the role of the drums), takes a look at the equipment used for the recordings and tries to debunk some of the myths that were always part of the narrative of the album. What really was stolen from Paul in Africa? Music tapes? When did the robbery take place? And what happened when they were recording at AIR Studios in London? A must for all Paul McCartney fans and rock music lovers alike. US: Amazon.com UK: Amazon.co.uk
You mention a series of books, `Milestones`....any idea which albums you`re going to cover? I couldn`t find a thread.
I will focus on McCartney, obviously, and other authors will do anything that would be nice to do. Next by my side will be RAM. Other album we're considering are Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Sting's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, some XTC ones, to name but a few. Once the series will expand, I'll keep you posted.
Some additional insights: - The stories of the songs and the descriptions are more in depth compared to Music Is Ideas. As said, there's a special focus on the drums. I have also found some additional quotes, some of them really nice and unpublished. - The story of the charts is analyzed on a weekly basis - Within the narrative of Lagos, there's a very important document, reproduced by kind permission of Adrian Sinclair, of The McCartney Legacy team. - The narrative about the stolen tapes has been reconstructed through the main quotes and interviews given by Paul through the years and is quite surprising.
Hi, Italian (my native language) and English are the only two languages the publisher focus on. Possibly we won't even publish in Italian in the future, but only in English.
Ok, thanks! I only asked because I didn’t want to buy English versions of the books when I already know that German ones are also going to be released
Band on the Run book also available on Barnes & Noble: Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run. The Story of a Classic Album|Paperback
Teaser video on the book by Andrew Dixon! Thanks @OobuJoobu More to come in the upcoming weeks, both from Andrew and from other podcast/shows where we will discuss the volume.
Thanks for the Message Post and all the best of success with your tome release. For any Canadians interested, if you click on the 'zon US upThread it should redirect you to the the dot c 'eh 'site.
We didn’t plan it for cost reasons. Due to the color images, a hardback would be extremely expensive. Too much in my opinion. And I don’t think it allows the best circulation of the book.
