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

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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