Wings over America

chronology
Wings over America
Live album from Wings
Publication ; (s)	December 10, 1976
Label (s)	Capitol Records / EMI / Universal Music
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD , download , app
Genre (s)	Rock music
Title (number)	28
running time	115 min 33 s
occupation	Paul McCartney : vocals , bass , acoustic guitar, keyboard , piano ; Linda McCartney : keyboard, backing vocals, piano , percussion ; Denny Laine : vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion, harmonica; Jimmy McCulloch : vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, bass; Joe English: drums , backing vocals; Tony Dorsey: Trumpet ; Thaddeus Richard: saxophone , clarinet , flute ; Steve Howard: Trumpet , flugelhorn , percussion; Howie Casey: saxophone, percussion; Sound engineers : Phil McDonald, Jack Maxson, Mark Vigars and Tom Walsh;
production	Paul McCartney
Studio (s)	Revision of the live recordings at Abbey Road Studios , London

Wings over America ( English Wings über Amerika ) is the sixth album by the group Wings . At the same time, it is Paul McCartney's eighth album after the Beatles split up and his first live album . It was released in the US and UK on December 10, 1976.

Emergence

The Wings live 1976 ( Jimmy McCulloch and Paul McCartney)

Paul McCartney, 1976

Following the release of their album Venus and Mars , the Wings went on their world tour Wings over the World from September 1975 . From September 6 to September 23, 1975 the Wings went on tour in Great Britain and gave 14 concerts; followed by an Australian tour from November 1 to November 14, 1975 with nine concerts. For the first time Paul McCartney sang songs of the Beatles with the Wings, a total of five, while he played none of his solo albums Ram and Wild Life and only Maybe I'm Amazed from his debut album McCartney and only My Love from Red Rose Speedway . Most of the concert program came from the last three Wings number one albums in the USA. The authorship of the five Beatles songs was renamed from Lennon / McCartney to McCartney-Lennon .

After the release of the album Wings at the Speed of Sound , the Wings continued their world tour from March 20-26, 1976 with five appearances in continental Europe.

Between May 3 and June 23, 1976, the North American tour followed, under the name Wings over America, which included 31 concerts. Each of the North American concerts was recorded with a 24-track tape recorder. Between September 19 and October 21, 1976, the Wings gave four concerts in continental Europe and three concerts in London .

Denny Laine - live 1976

The order of the songs on the album is the same as the order of the songs as they were played during the concerts, with the exception of Go Now . Go Now was only played during the three concerts from June 21-23 in Los Angeles and was sung by Denny Laine.

Further concerts by the Wings only took place in November and December 1979.

Wings over America became the sixth number one album for Paul McCartney in the United States.

Cover design

The cover was designed by Jeff Cummins.

Track list

page 1

Venus and Mars / Rock Show / Jet - 9:56
Venus and Mars / Rock Show is from the album Venus and Mars ; Jet is from the album Band on the Run ; recorded on May 27, 1976 in Cincinnati
Let Me Roll It - 3:51
from the album Band on the Run ; recorded on May 27, 1976 in Cincinnati
Spirits of Ancient Egypt - 4:04
from the album Venus and Mars - sung by Denny Laine; recorded on June 10, 1976 in Seattle
Medicine Jar (Jimmy McCulloch / Colin Allen) - 4:02
from the album Venus and Mars - sung by Jimmy McCulloch; recorded on May 27, 1976 in Cincinnati

Page 2

Maybe I'm Amazed - 5:10
from the album McCartney ; recorded on May 29, 1976 in Kansas City
Call Me Back Again - 5:04
from the album Venus and Mars ; recorded on May 27, 1976 in Cincinnati
Lady Madonna ( McCartney – Lennon ) - 2:19
Beatles single; Taken on May 7, 1976 in Detroit
The Long and Winding Road (McCartney – Lennon) - 4:13
from the Beatles album Let It Be ; recorded on May 29, 1976 in Kansas City
Live and Let Die - 3:07
Wings single; recorded on May 22, 1976 in Boston

Page 3

Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - 1:55
from the album Band on the Run ; recorded on May 22, 1976 in Boston
Richard Cory ( Paul Simon ) - 2:50
previously unreleased Wings song, composed by Paul Simon and released on the Sounds of Silence album in January 1966 - sung by Denny Laine; recorded on June 23, 1976 in Los Angeles
Bluebird - 3:37
from the album Band on the Run ; recorded on May 27, 1976 in Cincinnati
I've Just Seen a Face (McCartney – Lennon) - 1:49
from the Beatles album Help! ; recorded on June 23, 1976 in Los Angeles
Blackbird (McCartney – Lennon) - 2:23
from the Beatles album The BEATLES ; recorded on May 22, 1976 in Boston
Yesterday (McCartney – Lennon) - 1:43
from the Beatles album Help!

page 4

You Gave Me the Answer - 1:47
from the album Venus and Mars ; recorded on June 23, 1976 in Los Angeles
Magneto and Titanium Man - 3:11
from the album Venus and Mars ; recorded on May 22, 1976 in Boston
Go Now (Larry Banks / Milton Bennett) - 3:27
Song by the group The Moody Blues - sung by Denny Laine; recorded on June 23, 1976 in Los Angeles
My Love - 4:07
from the album Red Rose Speedway ; Taken on May 21, 1976 at Nassau Coliseum
Listen to What the Man Said - 3:18
from the album Venus and Mars ; recorded on May 29, 1976 in Kansas City

page 5

Let 'Em In - 4:02
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound ; recorded on June 23, 1976 in Los Angeles
Time to Hide ( Denny Laine ) - 4:46
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound - sung by Denny Laine; Taken on May 25, 1976 in New York City
Silly Love Songs - 5:46
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound ; Taken on May 25, 1976 in New York City
Beware My Love - 4:49
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound ; recorded on June 7, 1976 in Denver

page 6

Letting Go - 4:25
from the album Venus and Mars ; recorded on May 29, 1976 in Kansas City
Band on the Run - 5:03
from the album Band on the Run ; recorded on June 7, 1976 in Denver
Hi, Hi, Hi - 2:57
Wings single; recorded on June 7, 1976 in Denver
Soily - 5:10
previously unreleased Wings song; recorded on June 7, 1976 in Denver

Re-releases

In March 1985 the album was first released on CD in the USA.
The album was released on CD in Europe on May 25, 1987. A 16-page illustrated booklet is included with the CD.

The album was released remastered in May 2013 by the Hear Music / Concord Music Group record label as part of The Paul McCartney Archive Collection . It appeared in the following formats:

Standard Edition
double CD; the original 28-track album. The remastering was done by Guy Massey, Steve Rooke and Simon Gibson at Abbey Road Studios . The CD album has a cardboard cover that can be opened and which is accompanied by an eight-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album. The design comes from the company YES.
Limited Deluxe Edition
Contains the remastered double CD, additionally with another CD ( Wings over San Francisco-Live at the Cow Palace , content: eight live tracks, which were recorded on June 13 and 14, 1976), a DVD (content: A touring documentary Wings over the World as well as a short film Photographer's Pass ) and an 80-page hardback book (The Ocean View) with drawings by Humphrey Ocean, a 60-page book (Look!) With pictures by Linda McCartney, a 112- page book (Wings over America) by David Fricke with photos and explanations of the tour, a 136-page book (Wings over America 76) contains, in addition to the inserted three CDs and the DVD, among other tour passes, tickets, promotional photos and promotional texts, an invitation to Tour party, the “ setlist ” and the 32-page tour booklet as facsimile, three glossy photos, photos from five stadiums, the issue also contains a code to download the album with the bonus titles. The entire contents are in a slipcase box.

The CD Wings over San Francisco (Live at The Cow Palace) contains the following content:

Let Me Roll It - 4:19
Maybe I'm Amazed - 5:27
Lady Madonna (McCartney – Lennon) - 3:22
Live and Let Die - 3:38
Picasso's Last Words - 2:14
Bluebird - 4:28
Blackbird (McCartney – Lennon) - 2:38
Yesterday (McCartney – Lennon) - 1:57

Exclusive version
double CD; the original 28-track album plus an additional CD (Wings over San Francisco-Live at the Cow Palace) , distributed by Best Buy in the USA.

The album was also released on vinyl as a triple LP (remastered). A reprint of the double-sided printed poster and a download code are enclosed with the album.

On July 14, 2014, an iTunes app was released with the following content: 28 songs, documentary Wings over the World and four digital books.

On July 12, 2019, the triple album, pressed on 180 grams of red (1-LP), green (1-LP) and blue (1-LP) vinyl, and on 180 grams of black vinyl was released by Capitol Records . A reprint of the double-sided printed poster is enclosed with the album. The double CD has a cardboard cover that can be opened. For the re-release of the album, the 2013 remastering was taken over.

Single releases

Maybe I'm amazed

On February 4, 1977 (USA: February 4, 1977) the single Maybe I'm Amazed / Soily was released.

The promotional single was released in the USA as follows: on the A side is a mono version and on the B side the album / single version of the song. Furthermore, a 12 ″ vinyl promotional single was released in the USA with the following content: Maybe I'm Amazed (Short-Version Mono) / Maybe I'm Amazed (Album-Version Mono) / Maybe I'm Amazed (Short- Stereo version) / Maybe I'm Amazed (Stereo album version). This 12 ″ vinyl single was re-released in April 2013 on the occasion of Record Store Day.

Another single

In Japan , the single Jet / Hi Hi Hi was released in August 1981 .

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements					annotation
year	album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	annotation
1976	Wings over America	8th	12	-	8th	1	The album also reached number 3 in the Dutch charts, number 7 in the Swedish charts and number 2 in the Norwegian and New Zealand charts.
2013	Wings over America (re-release)	-	-	-	-	22nd
year	Single release	Chart placements					annotation
year	Single release	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	annotation
1976	Maybe I'm Amazed Wings over America	-	-	-	28	10	The title also reached number 9 in the Canadian charts.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,200,000

Promotion publication

For promotional purposes for the re-release of the album in May 2013 the compilation album Wings over America Box Set Sampler was produced with the following eleven songs:

Venus and Mars / Rockshow / Jet
Lady Madonna
The Long and Winding Road
Live and Let Die
Picasso's Last Words
Blackbird
Let 'em in
Silly Love Songs
Band on the run
Hi hi hi
Maybe I'm Amazed (Radio Edit)

Video publishing

The concert film Rockshow was only finished in 1980 and had its cinema premiere in New York in November 1980 at the Ziegfeld Theater. All the songs on the LP / CD are also included in the film, but the recording locations of the individual songs are not identical, so the songs Venus and Mars / Rock Show , Beware my Love , Letting Go and Band on the Run were recorded on June 10, 1976 ; Maybe I'm Amazed , The Long and Winding Road , Yesterday and Silly Love Songs were filmed in New York on May 25, 1976, with the remaining songs recorded in Los Angeles on June 22, 1976. The musical production was done by Chris Thomas.

In October 1981, an abridged version of the film was released on VHS . The songs Blackbird , Call Me Back Again , Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) , Lady Madonna , The Long and Winding Road , My Love and Richard Cory are not included.

In June 2013, Rockshow was re-released in a restored and remastered version as Blu-ray and DVD in a 5.1 mix. This release, which is dedicated to Linda McCartney and Jimmy McCulloch, includes all of the songs that are also on the LP / CD.

A television special of the same name was also produced from the world tour Wings over the World , which included material from Rockshow , among other things . It was broadcast on television on March 16, 1979 in the USA and on April 8, 1979 in Great Britain. The release of Wings over the World took place in May 2013 as part of the re-release of the album Wings over America in the Limited Deluxe Edition .

More information

Before the US tour began on May 3, 1976, Paul McCartney visited John Lennon in New York on April 24 . It was the last meeting of the two ex-Beatles.

During the concert on June 25, 1976 in Los Angeles , Ringo Starr was present in the audience and went on stage at the end of the performance, but did not take part musically. In the film Wings over the World you can see Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney meeting in the backstage area.

literature

Chip Madinger, Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You. The Solo Compendium. 44.1 Productions, Chesterfield MO 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 217-228.

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Wings over America– Colorful vinyl

[2] Wings over America - CD

[3] Single: Maybe I'm Amazed

[4] 7 ″ -promotional single: Maybe I'm Amazed

[5] 12 ″ promotional single: Maybe I'm Amazed

[6] Single: Jet / Hi Hi Hi

[7] Promotion CD: Wings Over America Box Set Sampler