| International Standard Book Number |
9781324096306
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| International Standard Book Number |
1324096306
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
790
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| Personal Name |
McCartney, Paul.
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| Title Statement |
Wings : the story of a band on the run / Paul McCartney ; edited by Ted Widmer.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Publisher |
©2025.
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| Publisher |
Canada : Liveright Publishing Corp. 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xxv, 550 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier.
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| Summary, Etc. |
An "oral history of a band that came to define a generation, [this book] tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, Wings recounts--now with a half-century's wisdom--the musical odyssey taken by a man searching for his identity in the aftermath of The Beatles' breakup. Soon joined by his wife--American photographer Linda McCartney--on keyboard and vocals; drummer Denny Seiwell; and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney sowed the seeds for a new band that would later provide the soundtrack of the decade. Organized chronologically around McCartney, RAM, and nine Wings albums, the narrative begins when a twenty-seven-year-old superstar, rumored to be dead, fled with his new wife to a remote sheep farm in Scotland amida sea of legal and personal rows. Despite the harsh conditions, theScottish setting gave McCartney time to create, and it was here where this new band emerged"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
McCartney, Paul.
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| Subject |
Wings (Musical group)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rock musicians Biography. England
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. lcgft.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Widmer, Ted.
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