You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Band on the Run is the 3rd studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released by Apple on 30 November 1973. It was McCartney's 5th album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – "Jet" & "Band on the Run" – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the UK and Australia, in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works. The album was mostly recorded at EMI's studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. Shortly before departing for Lagos, drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough left the group. With no time to recruit replacements, McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine. McCartney therefore played bass, drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts. The studio was of poor quality and conditions in Nigeria were tense and difficult; the McCartneys were robbed at knifepoint, losing a bag of song lyrics and demo tapes. After the band's return to England, final overdubs and further recording were carried out in London, mostly at AIR Studios. It was McCartney's last album released on Apple Records. Wings: Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion 🔘 Side 1: Band on the Run Jet Bluebird Mrs. Vandebilt Let Me Roll It 🔘 Side 2: Mamunia No Words Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five