Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus & Mars (New Vinyl LP)

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.

• – 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