Venus And Mars (Deluxe Edition) Paul McCartney & Wings

• 1 Venus And Mars 01:18
• 2 Rock Show 05:33
• 3 Love In Song 03:04
• 4 You Gave Me The Answer 02:15
• 5 Magneto And Titanium Man 03:16
• 6 Letting Go 04:32
• 7 Venus And Mars (Reprise) 02:06
• 8 Spirits Of Ancient Egypt 02:59
• 9 Medicine Jar 03:37
• 10 Call Me Back Again 04:59
• 11 Listen To What The Man Said 04:01
• 12 Treat Her Gently - Lonely Old People 04:24
• 13 Crossroads 01:01
• 14 Junior's Farm 04:23
• 15 Sally G 03:41
• 16 Walking In The Park With Eloise 03:09
• 17 Bridge On The River Suite 03:11
• 18 My Carnival 04:00
• 19 Going To New Orleans (My Carnival) 02:07
• 20 Hey Diddle 03:51
• 21 Let's Love 02:05
• 22 Soily 03:57
• 23 Baby Face 01:42
• 24 Lunch Box / Odd Sox 03:55
• 25 4th Of July 03:49
• 26 Rock Show 07:09
• 27 Letting Go 03:34
• Total Runtime 01:33:38

Info for Venus And Mars (Deluxe Edition)

„Venus and Mars“, originally released in 1975, is the fourth album by Wings. Venus And Mars is an interesting mix of musical styles, punctuated by Paul McCartney's unerring sense of melody and hooky songs. Along with founding members Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney & Denny Laine, recent additions Jimmy McCulloch (ex-Thunderclap Newman) Joe English rounded out the band on guitar and drums respectively. Guests for these sessions (partially recorded at New Orleans' famed Sea Saint Studios) included N'awlins pianist Allen Toussaint, saxophonist Tom Scott and guitarist Dave Mason.

The highlights include the hard-rocking anthem 'Rock Show' (later used to great effect in the Rock For Kampuchea benefit concert five years later) and the gently nostalgic 'You Gave Me The Answer,' Macca's tribute to the sounds of vaudeville introduced to him by his late father. Elsewhere, the mysticism of the French Quarter is embedded within 'Spirits Of Ancient Egypt' while New Orleans' rich R&B tradition is all over the horn-laden 'Call Me Back Again.' The bouncy number one single 'Listen To What The Man Said' also contrasts nicely with the melancholic title track.

Paul McCartney, vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, piano
Linda McCartney, keyboards, backing vocals
Denny Laine, vocals, guitars, keyboards
Jimmy McCulloch, guitars, vocals
Joe English, drums, percussion
Geoff Britton, drums
Additional musicians:
Kenneth 'Afro' Williams, congas
Dave Mason, guitar
Tom Scott, saxophone
Allen Toussaint, piano

Recorded from November 1974 at Abbey Road, London, January–April 1975 at Sea Saint, New Orleans, and Wally Heider's Studio, Los Angeles
Engineered by Alan O'Duffy, Geoff Emerick
Produced by Paul McCartney

Digitally remastered by Abbey Road Studios

Paul McCartney
Following his second solo album, Ram, in 1971, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, formed Wings, which was intended to be a full-fledged recording and touring band. Denny Laine, a former guitarist for the Moody Blues, and drummer Denny Seiwell filled out the lineup and Wings released their first album, Wild Life, in December 1971. Wild Life was greeted with poor reviews and was a relative flop. McCartney and Wings, which now featured former Grease Band guitarist Henry McCullough, spent 1972 as a working band, releasing three singles — the protest tune "Give Ireland Back to the Irish," the reggae-fied "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and the hard-rocking "Hi Hi Hi" — in England. Red Rose Speedway followed in the spring of 1973, and while it received weak reviews, it became his second American number one album. Later in 1973, Wings embarked on their first British tour, at the conclusion of which McCullough and Seiwell left the band. Prior to their departure, McCartney's theme to the James Bond movie Live and Let Die became a Top Ten hit in the U.S. and U.K. That summer, the remaining Wings proceeded to record a new album in Nigeria. Released late in 1973, Band on the Run was McCartney's best-reviewed album to date and his most successful, spending four weeks at the top of the U.S. charts and eventually going triple platinum.

Following the success of Band on the Run, McCartney formed a new version of Wings with guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton. The new lineup was showcased on the 1974 British single "Junior's Farm" and the 1975 hit album Venus and Mars. Wings at the Speed of Sound followed in 1976, and it was the first Wings record to feature songwriting contributions by the other bandmembers. The album became a monster success on the basis of two McCartney songs, "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In." Wings supported the album with their first international tour, which broke many attendance records and was captured on the live triple album Wings Over America (1976). After the tour was completed, Wings rested a bit during 1977, as McCartney released an instrumental version of Ram under the name Thrillington and produced Laine's solo album, Holly Days. Later that year, Wings released "Mull of Kintyre," which became the biggest-selling British single of all time (at the time of its release), selling over two million copies. In 1978 Wings followed "Mull of Kintyre" with London Town, which became another platinum record. After its release, McCulloch left the band to join the re-formed Small Faces, and Wings released Back to the Egg in 1979. Though the record went platinum, it failed to produce any big hits. Early in 1980, McCartney was arrested for marijuana possession at the beginning of a Japanese tour; he was imprisoned for ten days and then released, without any charges being pressed. Wings embarked on a British tour in the spring of 1980 before McCartney recorded McCartney II, which was a one-man-band effort like his solo debut. The following year, Laine left Wings because McCartney didn't want to tour in the wake of John Lennon's assassination; in doing so, he effectively broke up Wings, which quietly disbanded as McCartney entered the studio later that year with Beatles producer George Martin to make his 1982 album Tug of War.

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