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 ===CONNECT & SUPPORT=== Transport yourself into the realm of grooviness by supporting us on Patreon using this link --> patreon.com/FarmerJohnMusic Use this link to follow us on Facebook --> https://www.facebook.com/farmerjohnmusic/ Use this link to follow us on Instagram --> https://www.instagram.com/vinylrelics/ Use this link to follow us on TikTok --> https://www.tiktok.com/@vinylrelicspodcast Use this link to follow us on BlueSky --> https://bsky.app/profile/farmerjohnmusic.bsky.social And find us on X here --> @VinylRelicsPod Email me here --> ⁠[e-mail]⁠ ===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” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices