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Wings Take Flight One Last Time: McCartney & co.'s Back to the Egg (Part 1 of 2)

Wings Take Flight One Last Time: McCartney & co.'s Back to the Egg (Part 1 of 2)

Update: 2025-07-03
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EPYSODE 44 (pt. 1): "Back To The Egg" by Wings.


Guest: Wings' guitarist Laurence Juber.


Rules are meant to be broken. I couldn't help myself. I know I said that I would be discussing "under-the-radar" types of albums on this show. So why am I featuring an album that sold 4 million copies, won a grammy, and whose bandleader just so happens to be Sir Paul McCartney?!? 'Cuz I love this one!! Many critics (and some fans) have a different opinion of this record. These are the people I like to call...wrong.


"Back To The Egg" has divided music listeners for over 4 decades now. With some wonderful commentary from Wings' guitarist Laurence Juber, we break down the songs to explain why this really IS a fantastic album. If you haven't given this one a fair chance, take a listen with us. Maybe you'll be amazed...


Thanks for tuning in, turning on & dropping by Vinyl Relics. I hope you dig "Back To The Egg" as much as I do.


- Farmer John




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===LINKS===


Check out Laurence's website here:


https://laurencejuber.com


I used several archival interviews in this epysode. Here are the links to listen to them in their entirety.


1979 Wings KHJ Radio interview:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWUte0UWg70


Back To The Egg Filming Locations with Tudor Smith:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpvtB85VvxQ


John Heaton review of Back To The Egg:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDy3dZ2wvA


Michael Noland - The Bottom Line BTTE review:


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SuX5bKQRlyU


Beatley Tone’s Beatle Channel “Is Back To The Egg - Is It Actually Any Good?”:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpQC4MdDHU


Paul McCartney “Back To The Egg” interview, 1979:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S79QvQ2QqFs


Paul McCartney interview, 1986:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stIwherKnJU


Paul discusses his arrest in Japan:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1CuU4i6Hmo


Denny Laine interview, 2012:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4FXk1cQMRo


Denny Laine interview, 1994:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K2ZMTDmHCU


 


===THE MUSIC===


Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured ( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1bsKvLl7RQMUDSly3ROQ3w?si=fa6d5f41f4ca43d0


*THE MUSIC MACHINE “Talk Talk”


MEL & KIM “Respectable”


THE SHADOWS “Apache”


JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS “All Your Love”


DAVY GRAHAM “Angi”


JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS “Shotgun”


AL STEWART “The Year Of The Cat”


ALAN PARSONS PROJECT “A Dream Within A Dream” 


*CLEO LAINE “Sunday”


*MARVIN HAMLISCH “Gunbarrel”


CARLY SIMON “Nobody Does It Better”


DAVID ESSEX “Rock On”


PAUL McCARTNEY “Maybe I’m Amazed”


PAUL McCARTNEY “Another Day”


PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY “Too Many People”


THE MOODY BLUES “Go Now”


WINGS “Wild Life”


JOE COCKER “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”


PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS “My Love”


PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS “Band On The Run”


THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN “Something In The Air”


WINGS “Junior’s Farm”


WINGS “I’ve Just Seen A Face” (live)


WINGS “Let Me Roll It” (live)


WINGS “Mull Of Kintyre”


WINGS “With A Little Luck”


*PAUL McCARTNEY “Same Time Next Year”


WINGS “Goodnight Tonight”



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Wings Take Flight One Last Time: McCartney & co.'s Back to the Egg (Part 1 of 2)

Wings Take Flight One Last Time: McCartney & co.'s Back to the Egg (Part 1 of 2)

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