Paul McCartney and Wings

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Paul McCartney and Wings
Wings compilation album

Publication
(s)

1981

Label (s) Amiga

Format (s)

LP , MC

Genre (s)

Rock music , pop

Title (number)

12

running time

49 min 26 s

occupation
  • Henry McCullough: guitar
  • Hugh McCracken: guitar
  • Joe English: drums
  • Steve Holley: drums, percussion

production

Paul McCartney

Studio (s)

Various

Paul McCartney and Wings is the first album released in the GDR by the British musician Paul McCartney and the band Wings . The compilation album was released in 1981. Outside of the GDR, the album was not officially distributed.

Emergence

Amiga logo, from 1969
Paul McCartney, January 1980

In addition to works by artists from the GDR, the Amiga music label also published selected singles and LPs by artists from western countries under license from the mid-1960s . The label belonged to the sound carrier producer VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin and was subordinate to the Ministry of Culture in the VEB . The records were usually sold out quickly because of the small overall supply of Western music and the usually low print runs - Michael Rauhut mentions a contractual agreement of 10,000 copies per license pressing. In most cases, no single albums were licensed, but a compilation of tracks from several albums by the artists. The first licensed LPs included albums by the Beatles and Bob Dylan in the 1960s . In April 1965 the album was published by the Beatles compilation album The Beatles , followed in January 1974 A Collection of Beatles Oldies and in January 1980 the album 1967-1970 , which, however, contains only 14 songs on a single album instead of a double album with 28 tracks.

Amiga decided in the 1980s to only publish records / music cassettes by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the ex-Beatles . While John Lennon released the albums Double Fantasy (1981) and Shaved Fish (1983), Paul McCartney did not take over the compilation album Wings Greatest from 1978, as in Bulgaria and Poland , but a separate compilation album with the title Paul McCartney and Wings : (according to label printing Paul McCartney a nd Wings compiled).

In 1980 the Wings released the single Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School with a new cover design by Martin Kempfer in the GDR . Another version only had a perforated cover. It was the only single from the Wings / Paul McCartney that was released in the GDR. For the compilation album Paul McCartney and Wings was the Mull of Kintyre , but not Girls' School adopted, and another five songs by Wings Greatest : Another Day , My Love , Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey , With a Little Luck and Band on the Run . Amiga also selected the following six songs: Coming Up from the then current McCartney album McCartney II as well as single A-side, two songs from the last Wings album Back to the Egg Spin It On and Getting Closer (also single A-side), from London Town the title track London Town (also single A-side), the US number one hit Listen to What the Man Said from the Wings album Venus and Mars and Maybe I'm Amazed from the McCartney album McCartney . The exact publication date in 1981 cannot be determined because there is no information about it.

In the GDR, other Paul McCartney / Wings albums were pressed, the record covers were made in the Federal Republic of Germany and exported to the GDR. The following albums were only available in GDR Intershops : London Town , Back to the Egg , McCartney II , Tug of War , Press to Play and Flowers in the Dirt . (Note: From April 16, 1979, GDR citizens had to exchange foreign currency (Westgeld) for forum checks at the State Bank of the GDR in order to continue shopping in the Intershop . Western foreigners continued to pay in Westgeld. One forum check mark was equivalent to one DM. the smallest denomination was 50 forum check pfennigs.)

Republication

The album Paul McCartney and Wings has not yet been released legally on CD .

Cover design

The design of the album cover comes from the Amiga company's own design department at VEB Gotha-Druck. The front cover of the album is essentially based on the international single cover by Mull of Kintyre . A photo of Paul McCartney was used for the back cover. A back cover text was omitted.

Track list

page 1

  1. Mull of Kintyre - 4:42
  2. Another Day - 3:41
  3. My Love - 4:08
  4. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - 4:47
  5. Listen to What the Man Said - 4:00
  6. Maybe I'm Amazed - 3:39

Page 2

  1. Coming Up - 3:51
  2. Getting Closer - 3:22
  3. With a Little Luck - 5:45
  4. Band on the Run - 5:11
  5. Spin It On - 2:12
  6. London Town - 4:08

Others

The first Paul McCartney / Wings album to be released in the Eastern Bloc was the album Band on the Run by the Melodija record company , which was released in 1977 in the Soviet Union . It was released with a completely new cover design. In this version, the title song Band on the Run has been replaced by Silly Love Songs , the speed of the songs on the album is also increased. The EP Heart of the Country / Ram On / Dear Boy / Eat at Home from the album Ram was released in the Soviet Union in 1974.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GDR edition of the album Double Fantasy
  2. ^ GDR edition of the album Shaved Fish
  3. ^ Bulgarian edition of the album Wings Greatest
  4. ^ Polish edition of the album Wings Greatest
  5. ^ GDR vinyl single with cover Mull of Kintyre
  6. ^ GDR vinyl single with hole cover Mull of Kintyre
  7. ^ GDR publication of the Beatles / Solo
  8. ^ GDR Intershop version: London Town
  9. ^ GDR Intershop version: Back to the Egg
  10. ^ GDR Intershop version: McCartney II
  11. ^ GDR Intershop version: Tug of War
  12. ^ GDR Intershop version: Press to Play
  13. ^ GDR Intershop version: Flowers in the Dirt
  14. ^ Soviet album Band on the Run
  15. ↑ Soviet Russian EP Heart of the Country