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YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING,
I UNDERSTAND
YOU GAVE ME LOVING
IN THE PALM OF MY HAND
Wings over America
is a triple
live album
by the
British–American
rock band
released in
December 1976.
The album was
recorded during
the American leg
of the band's
1975–76
Wings Over the World tour.
It peaked at
number 8
on the
UK Albums Chart
and reached number 1
on the
US Billboard
Top LPs & Tape chart.
In addition to including
several of McCartney's hits
with Wings,
the album features
performances of
five of his Beatles songs:
"Yesterday",
"Lady Madonna",
"I've Just Seen a Face",
"Blackbird"
and
"The Long and Winding Road".
The album cover was
designed by
Hipgnosis
who were nominated in 1978,
together with
McCartney's
production company MPL,
for a Grammy Award for
Best Album Package
for this album
and depicts an airliner
about to open its
cabin door.
Wings over America
was remastered
and reissued as
part of the
Paul McCartney
Archive Collection in
May 2013.
Recording
Originally,
Wings over America
was to be a
two-record set
of highlight performances,
but this was rethought
due to the success
of a bootleg titled
Wings from the Wings,
which was released as a
triple record set on
red, white, and blue vinyl,
and contained the
entire
June, 23rd
1976 concert
recorded at the
Forum in Los Angeles.
This caused McCartney
to release the album as
a three-record set,
compiled from
various shows from
the band's
North American tour
during May–June 1976.
McCartney's sound engineer
listened to 800 hours
of tape and selected
the five best performances
of each song
from the
30-song set list.
McCartney chose and mixed
the final set of recordings,
mostly taken from the
June, 23rd show.
"Soily"
was recorded on
June, 7th 1976
at McNichols Sports Arena
in Denver.
The live recordings
then received
studio overdubs
during
October–November 1976.
According to Wings
drummer
Joe English,
"it took forever to get those
'Wings over America' tapes
ready for the live album
. We had to go
into the studio
and overdub
most of the
backing vocals."
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Venus And Mars, /
Rock Show, /
Jet
Let Me Roll It
Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
Medicine Jar
Maybe I'm Amazed
Call Me Back Again
Lady Madonna
The Long And Winding Road
Live And Let Die
Picasso's Last Words
Richard Cory
Bluebird
I've Just Seen A Face
Blackbird
CD 2
Yesterday
You Gave Me the Answer
Magneto and Titanium Man
Go Now
My Love
Listen to What the Man Said
Let 'Em In
Time to Hide
Silly Love Songs
Beware My Love
Letting Go
Band On the Run
Hi, Hi, Hi
Soily
CD 3
(BONUS CD)
Let Me Roll It
Maybe I'm Amazed
Lady Madonna
Live And Let Die
Picasso's Last Words
Bluebird
Blackbird
Yesterday
Sgt. Peppers / The End (Live) [*]
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