WINGS – LONDON TOWN LP + POSTER – Nr MINT UK 1978 BEATLES

Wings – London Town
(Parlophone Records  1978  PAS10012)
UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to corners, some rubbing top & bottom and mark top left
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Poster in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Wings, also known as Paul McCartney and Wings, were an Anglo-American rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney with his wife Linda on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Wings were noted for frequent personnel changes as well as commercial success, going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group’s existence and McCartney continued playing bass and other assorted instruments, just as he had done with The Beatles.

Created following the McCartneys’ 1971 album Ram, the band’s first two albums, Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway (the latter featuring guitarist Henry McCullough), were viewed as artistic disappointments beside Paul McCartney’s work with the Beatles. After the release of the title track of the James Bond movie Live and Let Die, McCullough and Seiwell resigned from the band. The McCartneys and Laine then released 1973’s Band on the Run, a commercial and critical success that spawned two top ten singles in “Jet” and the title track. Following that album, the band recruited guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, only for Britton to quit shortly afterwards and be replaced by Joe English. With the new line-up, Wings released Venus and Mars, which included the US number one single “Listen to What the Man Said”, and undertook a highly successful world tour over 1975–76. Intended as more of a group effort, Wings at the Speed of Sound was issued midway through the tour and featured the hit singles “Silly Love Songs” and “Let ‘Em In”.

In 1977, the band earned their only UK number one single, with “Mull of Kintyre”, which became the then-best selling UK single in history. Wings experienced another line-up shuffle, however, with both McCulloch and English departing before the release of the group’s 1978 album London Town. The McCartneys and Laine again added new members, recruiting guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley. The resulting album, Back to the Egg, was a relative flop, with its singles under-performing and the critical reception negative. During the supporting tour, Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold. Despite a final US number one, the live version of McCartney’s solo single “Coming Up”, Wings broke up permanently in 1981.

London Town is the sixth studio album by the band Wings, released in 1978.

Recording the album was a long and tumultuous project which saw the loss of two band members, the birth of a baby and the release of the then best-selling single in British history. Wings band member Denny Laine covered “Children Children” and “Deliver Your Children” in 2007 on his album Performs the Hits of Wings.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

1. “London Town” (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine) – 4:10
2. “Cafe on the Left Bank” – 3:25
3. “I’m Carrying” – 2:44
4. “Backwards Traveller” – 1:09
5. “Cuff Link” – 1:59
6. “Children Children” (McCartney/Laine) – 2:22
   • lead vocal by Denny Laine
7. “Girlfriend” – 4:39
8. “I’ve Had Enough” – 3:02

Side two

9. “With a Little Luck” – 5:45
10. “Famous Groupies” – 3:36
11. “Deliver Your Children” (McCartney/Laine) – 4:17
    • lead vocal by Denny Laine
12. “Name and Address” – 3:07
13. “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” (McCartney/Laine) – 4:34
14. “Morse Moose and the Grey Goose” (McCartney/Laine) – 6:25

Personnel

• Paul McCartney – bass, vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, violin, keyboards, flageolet
• Linda McCartney – keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Denny Laine – guitar, bass, flageolet, recorder, percussion, vocals
• Jimmy McCulloch – guitar, backing vocals
• Joe English – drums, percussion

Production

• Collage, Cover Design, Cover Art and Photography: Paul McCartney, Denny Laine, Linda McCartney