{"product_id":"9780241758571","title":"Wings","description":"Author: McCartney, Paul\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241758571\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 576\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true' Paul McCartney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story, in their own words, of a band that came to define a generation. \u003ci\u003eWings- The Story of a Band on the Run \u003c\/i\u003etells the madcap history 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, \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e recounts 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 provide the soundtrack to the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganised chronologically around \u003ci\u003eMcCartney, RAM \u003c\/i\u003eand nine Wings albums, the narrative begins when a twenty-seven-year-old superstar, rumoured to be dead, fled with his new wife to a remote sheep farm in Scotland amid a sea of legal and personal rows. Being there gave McCartney time to create and was where this new band emerged. \u003ci\u003eWings \u003c\/i\u003ethen follows the group as they play unannounced shows at university halls, tour in a sheared-off double-decker bus with their children, survive a robbery on the streets of Nigeria, and eventually perform blockbuster stadium shows on their world tour, all while producing some of the most enduring music of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary recollections collected by Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville and edited into a genre-defining oral history by Ted Widmer, \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e transports the reader to the grit and glamour of the 1970s. Introduced with a heartfelt foreword by McCartney, \u003ci\u003eWings- The Story of a Band on the Run\u003c\/i\u003e contains 150 black-and-white and colour photographs, many previously unseen, as well as timelines, a gigography and a full discography, in an art form all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727049871518,"sku":"UBD-9780241758571","price":79.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241758571.jpg?v=1776492177","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241758571","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}