WINGS ‘VENUS AND MARS’ LP

LABEL: Capitol
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/17/2017

Limited 180gm vinyl LP repressing. Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by Wings. Released in 1975 as the follow-up to the successful Band on the Run, Venus and Mars continued Wings’ string of success and would prove a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour. It was Paul McCartney’s first post-Beatles album to be released worldwide on the Capitol Records label. After recording Band on the Run (1973) as a three-piece with wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney added Jimmy McCulloch on lead guitar and Joe English on drums to the Wings line-up. Album sessions proved to be productive, not only finishing the entire album, but also several additional songs, including future McCartney B-sides. McCartney also decided to link the songs together much like the Beatles had on Abbey Road to give the album a more continuous feel. Wings’ interpretation of the theme to Crossroads, a British soap opera, was sometimes used to end the show in place of the regular theme tune, usually when there was a cliffhanger ending with a hint of sadness involved.

TRACKLIST:
– Side 1 –
1 Venus and Mars 1:19
2 Rock Show 5:33
3 Love in Song 3:04
4 You Gave Me the Answer 2:15
5 Magneto and Titanium Man 3:16
6 Letting Go 4:32
– Side 2 –
1 Venus and Mars (Reprise) 2:06
2 Spirits of Ancient Egypt 2:59
3 Medicine Jar 3:37
4 Call Me Back Again 4:59
5 Listen to What the Man Said 4:00
6 Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People 4:20
7 Crossroads 1:03