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Book Review of Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run

Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run
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Told in Paul McCartney's own words, Wingspan is an intimate scrapbook that charts how his band Wings started from scratch to become one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1970's, with memorable hit albums Band on The Run, Ram, Venus and Mars and others, and huge-selling singles including Another Day, My Love, Live and Let Die, Listen to What the Man Said, Silly Love Songs, Let 'Em In, Mull of Kintyre, With a Little Luck and Coming Up. At the same time, Paul and his wife Linda, who played keyboards in Wings, were raising a family at home and on the road.

With hundreds of rare and unseen photographs, many taken by Linda, Wingspan travels the distance, yielding a unique insight into the dynamics of a top band and an extraordinary marriage.