McCartney & Wings Back To The Egg filming locations

McCartney & Wings: Let's Talk About Back To The Egg
#paulmccartney #paulmccartneyandwings #wings
In this video, I chat about the 7th and last album by Wings; Back To The Egg, and then I seek out some of the filming locations for the TV Special.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
8:38 Lympne Castle
12:03 Lympne Airport
17:17 Tame Lane (Again And Again And Again)
22:42 Camber Sands (Baby's Request)
26:30 Outro
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[@mainman127]

I always liked this album….some real gems 💎 on it

[@sammyoakey5944]

I’ve loved “Back to the Egg” since the day it was released, and feel it has aged extremely well. I remember being in awe when Superstation TBS aired an ‘Egg’ special that included all of the promo films from the album. Tudor, thanks for showing us the important sites that have to do with the LP and/or videos! Your passion and knowledge of the album and geographic region combine to make this a wonderful “travelegg”!

[@TudorSmith]

All things “egg” eh? Thanks for watching 🙏

[@videotheand]

Underrated album. Always loved it. 💙💙💙

[@TudorSmith]

Indeed. It gives us so much!

[@Rfoz51]

@@TudorSmith Always good to revisit a video and start to listen to the songs from this Album that you talk about.

[@jasonmardoniomeza1711]

I always thought this album was underrated. Rolling Stone magazine usually shredded Paul McCartney's output , particularly in the 1970's , as a favor to John Lennon. But Paul's voice was rocking on this album. The band was tight and very talented. Had this Back to the Egg album been a first album by a new artist back in 1979 it probably would have been more accepted and critically acclaimed. Paul wrote so many great songs by 1979 that he was forced to compete with his Beatle self and his Wings output. That in itself is amazing. Then when you think that Paul would go on to write , produce , and perform new material in the studio and live onstage for the next 42 years after the release of this Back to the Egg album??? My God that's incredible to me. If Paul somehow found a way to live for the next 1,000 years at the age of 30 or 40 for that whole span of time I'm convinced he could produce hits in every decade of that entire 1,000 year span!!!! And I'm not joking! Sir Paul McCartney is a living breathing musical instrument. Even when he talks its almost in a rythm and when he speaks sentences the words come out of his mouth in melodic tones! 😆 ok maybe I'm looking to close but I swear it's happening! 😆

[@TudorSmith]

What an amazing overview. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I never even considered Paul’s music speech but now that you mention it - it’s glaringly obvious to me now 😊

[@peterkosytorz5930]

Back To The Egg is my favourite Wings album. So much new information for me in this video! Thank you so much!

[@TudorSmith]

Glad you found it interesting 👍

[@Fuzcapp]

My 2nd fave Wings album - after Band on the Run. I think it's a far better album than Wings at the Speed of Sound, Venus and Mars, London Town and definitely better than Wings Wildlife. It's better than side 2 of Red Rose Speedway. Do we count RAM as a Wings album or a McCartney album? I'd put RAM on the same level as Back to the Egg, although totally different. I actually like the fact that Back to the Egg is a collection of so many different styles.

[@stvwr79-80]

Thanks for doing this Tudor. Brilliant presentation . I think this is another wings Macca album that has been underrated. Pleased to see it now gaining recognition. Really enjoyed your location video and the stories behind the songs . Brought back memories of watching the back to egg Video film from the late 70s 🙂👏🎸

[@TudorSmith]

Cheers Steve. I’m fortunate that these locations are not far for me to visit 👍

[@lotushealingsanctuary]

❤ FANtastic album. Paul rockin' out. Almost as good as RAM 😊

[@scotttaylor7220]

Absolutely my favorite Wings album, hands down. 🤘🤘

[@WSMK-oz6ru]

Great video. I remember watching this on TV. I went to Lympne Primary school (the old one near the castle) and we used to do our Xmas plays in the castle. I used to watch parachuting at the airfield as well.

[@TudorSmith]

Amazing - you have a personal connection. I like it 👍

[@walkerandwilliam]

I’m learning to love this album. Yet another great wee doc. Cheers for the detail and presentation style.

[@TudorSmith]

It’s not a bad album in my opinion. McCartney didn’t favour it I’ve seen in interviews but I wonder if that was a reflection of what was going on with Wings at the time. Who knows for sure but there are many gems of the LP 👍

[@billward8346]

A great album!

[@user-qq7rj3il3j]

Tudor that was a fantastic piece of filming, which i had not intended to watch at least not at this precise moment, but i became hooked after a few minutes. I thought it was suberb and as usual delivered in truly professional way. Your attention to detail is spot on. I had to do a bit of research to bring myself up to date with the Wings Album.

[@TudorSmith]

I’m glad you stuck way it. Half the time I find myself rambling on and on but when I get an appreciative audience, it is very much appreciated by me. Thank you 🙏

[@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613]

I already made a comment, but I wanted to tell you how cool I think it is that you actually go to locations, such as the Baby's Request video location. Great stuff! And it's very much appreciated from the bottom of my heart!!🙂🙏 I can't wait to see more of your past videos, so I can see what I've been missing! Cheers!🤝

[@TudorSmith]

Keep the comments coming 👍 I’m glad you found the locations video interesting. Thank you 🙏

[@sfreud15]

This is definitely one of my favourites of wings ,I really wish they would re release it everything from reception to baby's request is brilliant. I loved it it rocks and also has some beautifully soft tracks on it

[@TudorSmith]

It's bound to be reissued one day I hope!

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

A cracking album is ‘Back to the egg’ ! I remember my brother buying it on cassette. in the bargain bin for a few pence in a record shop in Cork, Ireland in about 1983. It’s such a great album I actually can’t understand how such a great album ends up in the bargain bin but there you go! Love Winter Rose/Love awake. Thank you for another highly entertaining video Tudor.

[@TudorSmith]

McCartney was on form with the writing on this album. Melodic and eclectic in its variety too 👍

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@TudorSmith Ha! I actually said Back to the egg is a cracking album!!!! A total unintentional pun there and I’ve just noticed it!! 😀😀

[@TudorSmith]

🤣 I didn't notice that at all! But it is a "smashing" album. Hey, you know that Yesterday the song originally started as scrambled eggs? I wonder if there's any hidden connection to that, and back to the egg?

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@TudorSmith Maybe the White album had an egg connection too? And John was the egg man on MMT!! Another Beatles conspiracy!

[@LBrilliante]

Great observations! I remember buying Back to the Egg.. I think it was June 8 1979 or so .. I carried it home and stopped at the market and the cashier asked me what it was. I played it a lot and thought it was a great effort from Macca but clearly COLUMBIA records was looking for Springsteen or Billy Joel level numbers. You make good points.. I think Denny Laine had got ensconced in the lifestyle of Wings, the complexities of marriage and being a successful music professional in the London of the day prevented him from really CLAWING BACK or RECLAIMING HIS TIME as a musical artist during that time and having the single mindedness to focus laser like on his solo projects while also being a gregarious, fun loving, easy going sort who could have existed in the idiosyncratic world of post Beatles McCartney. His old mates in the Moody Blues were going through much the same problems as they sought to reunify and record the Octave album in California of all places with Mike Pinder pulling the whole band out of their comfort in England into some unforeseen difficulties in California which caused great dissension in the band leading to Pinder's firing. Denny Laine seemed to not make those kind of waves and seemed a highly social easygoing guy but I'm sure he might have spent the 70s differently in retrospect if he'd known how all would turn out.. just as I think George Harrison might have spent the year 1967 more focused on his music and instruments vs the distractions & sturm und drang of just BEING a Beatle. Meanwhile part of me wonders if McCartney should have seriously considered re-establishing the Paul McCartney solo identity, to focus on his songwriting and a more focused set of statements, as part of his post Wings Over America / Columbia signing next phase.. perhaps using The Fireman to front more experimental work like McCartney II and Wings to transition from 70s era stadium rock to the punk/new wave/modern rock of the 80s. The trifurcation of identities might have made his eclecticism more productive.

[@ght_1]

Old Siam sir and baby’s request being on the same album is a perfect example of Paul’s vocal range

[@TudorSmith]

Yeah a great example of his vocal range harking back to Oh Darling/Helter Skelter to Michelle

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Lympne castle And camber. Sands Beatiful. Locations enjoyed your. Footage and your Summary and pleased for you on getting the. Selfie with the band I’m enjoying. Wings thanks 🙏

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks Tyrone

[@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613]

I've loved Back to the Egg since it was released when I was 14! Paul McCartney has really been the music of my entire life. There's so many great songs on this album! I remember constantly listening to Arrow Through Me, and Getting Closer, as well as Baby's Request! But I pretty much wore that entire album out. I'm really happy to have found your channel. It looks absolutely fantastic! I've got to catch up on all your content now. You'll probably see me in the comment section of some of your videos! Take care my friend!😃🤝

[@TudorSmith]

Arrow through me - so different to McCartneys other compositions. He really can come up with everything 👍

[@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445]

A solid, hard album. Wings do rock here. One of those best, after London Town, releasen the year earlier, in 1978.

[@TudorSmith]

Yes indeed. They were on to something with this album.

[@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445]

@@TudorSmith Old Siam sir...Gjetting closer...etc, I still play it often.

[@JimJJGates]

One of the Greatest Albums of all time. The Best incarnation of Wings in my opinion.

[@TudorSmith]

It's such a shame that this incarnation only really got the chance of making one full album.

[@JimJJGates]

@@TudorSmith If one wants to hear that band at it's full potential Look up "Wings Last Flight" Their 1979 concert in Glasgow. The 2nd to last ever concert of Wings.

[@geraldinedore4450]

Great video thanks

[@TudorSmith]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dtchinacat3973]

Back to the Egg is FANTASTIC! I love all Wings' albums but this album is actually one of my favorites! Most people like Band on the Run as his best (it's good) but I actually prefer Back to the Egg, Speed of Sound and Venus and Mars over it!

[@TudorSmith]

Wings were a great band - from 1973 right up to their height with Back to the Egg. Even London Town has some amazing tunes on it!

[@brianwolle2509]

crazy that i would watch never having heard any later mccartney, but you are so pleasant and my interest is history and you sure cover that very well. my beatle story? i am a marylander (named after one of your queens) but my ma was a wwii war bride from parr, st helens. she grew up at 15 ramford st. her brother billy lost a leg on the hms illustrious at malta. still, he wheeled his paraplegic wife to market every day, false leg and all. supposedly, two of the beatles came to take out his daughters and he threw them out of the house. thats all i got! thanks!

[@TudorSmith]

Great story line you have there 👍

[@inwoodliver]

Loved the Talk/walk! Thank you Tudor!

[@TudorSmith]

Thank you 🙏

[@IamMagPie]

Fantastic video. Enjoyed it a lot!

[@TudorSmith]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidboucher1851]

Great video backed by great research as always -thanks for taking me back Tudor

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks David 👍

[@TigerRogers0660]

What a fabulous review!! Thank you!! I love how you talk about the filming locations for the music videos!! This album has ALWAYS been my second fave Wings album - after "Band On The Run". The energy on this album is second to none - but i love the whole album (rockers & ballads). For me, the 2 very best Wings songs are "Getting Closer" & "Mrs. Vandebilt". I always regard McCartney's music more important than the lyrics.

[@TudorSmith]

Paul has always had a knack for melody and music composition. I’m pretty sure the notes flow through the air and Paul plucks out the ones he needs at any given time. I saw an interview with George Martin where he explained the John Lennon had a gift for lyric writing but wished he he Paul’s ability for creating the music 👍

[@TigerRogers0660]

For me, Paul is in a select group of the greatest (musical) composers in the 20th century. The others in that group are Brian Wilson, Benny Andersson, Elton John & Jeff Lynne.

[@TudorSmith]

Don’t forget Bernie Taupen - he wrote many of Elton’s songs (although Elton rearranged the lyrics and put music to those ones 👍)

[@TigerRogers0660]

Bernie just wrote the lyrics - is that correct?? I was referring to composers (the guys that wrote the melodies).

[@bevan9112]

Another great video Tudor. Hi from New Zealand.

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks so much. Say hi to my sister if you bump into her. 🤣

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Back To The Egg is one of Paul McCartney’s very best albums! It’s also one of Wings finest albums as well! Spin It On, Arrow Through Me, and Sir Of Siam absolutely SHINE! And of course any album that the great John Bonham plays on is a winner right there! Been thirsting for this one, Tudor! BTW: I’m uploading my latest and sent you a shout out, brother!👌 It should be out in the next 5-6 hours!

[@TudorSmith]

Sorry to keep you waiting Michael 🤣 I'm grateful for the shoutout too. So appreciated. Your channel growth is going through the roof and I'm glad for you, and glad that I was there at the beginning. I like being in your tribe - so a shout out will certainly broaden my reach that's for sure. Keep Rockin'

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

@@TudorSmith You WERE there at the beginning, brother! I have never forgot your support, and supporting your channel is a pleasure always!

[@TudorSmith]

You’re a diamond geezer 🤣

[@kenyotta67]

Thank you for your wonderful video, Tudor. I learned so much! I was about 12 when Back to the Egg was released and I was just getting into The Beatles as well as their solo work. I’m really hoping BTTE will be the next archive release. I was completely unaware of the television special and have never seen it (maybe it wasn’t shown in the states or had a limited release) but I will seek it out. The locations you’ve found are wonderful; you’ve really done a first class job. I think it would be quite a challenge for your average American tourist (like myself) to find these places so you’re providing a wonderful service for Beatles fans (is a trip to Henley on Thames in the works?). I look forward to your Scotland video. BTW, did I hear you say you’re 5’10”? (you look taller on KZbin, LOL). Please keep up the great work. Cheers!

[@TudorSmith]

Ken that's so funny....youtube must make everyone look taller 🤣 When you get over here, make a note of all the locations in all my videos and your UK vacation will take weeks to complete! Here's the YT link to BTTE TV Special. If you've not seen it, then you're gonna love it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKqugqebntB_hsU

[@kenyotta67]

@@TudorSmith thanks so much! I will definitely check it out.

[@braudabo]

@@kenyotta67 Don't tell anyone, but he uses special effects to look taller. 😂😂

[@johndixon3631]

Thanks Tudor for another great video. I'm unfamiliar with Back To The Egg so will give it a listen this afternoon. Pleased to hear you've got plans for future videos...they're always informative and entertaining (Dad jokes aside!) p.s we share our favourite Wings album (At the Speed of Sound) - loved in since buying it on cassette as a kid.

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks John. As good as back to the egg is (and it’s pretty good) it can’t beat Speed of Sound lol!

[@BeatlemadMike9]

Really enjoyed that and Hello from CT USA...Seeing that guy walking behind you at around 11:47, I thought you were in for some trouble.

[@TudorSmith]

Yeah my heart jumped when I caught sight of him - kinda thought “oops I’m in trouble here” but he was all politeness and said hi 🤣

[@adrianburn7178]

Thanks for the most interesting video. For some reason I never really took to this album when it came out. I suspect I didn't really give it a fair listen at the time. You have convinced me that I should give it another go!

[@TudorSmith]

It may grow on you, or it might convince you why it ranks lower in your hit list. I think for me it’s the visual part of the album that makes interesting

[@Larrymh07]

I loved Arrow Thru Me! I had a habit of listening to music with the TV on. The song came on while I was watching the Chinese acrobat team perform on the TV. Try this sometime. You're right! Rolling Stone is as irrelevant as it is arrogant.

[@TudorSmith]

It’s a great tune - one of my favourites off the album. I’ve never tried it as background music to gymnastics though 🤣

[@Larrymh07]

@@TudorSmith Another good combo is listening to Joe Walsh while watching baseball.

[@jamescostigan3721]

Nice video. Subscribed. And thank you for giving me the correct pronunciation of Lympne, after all these years. I was 16 when BTTE came out and I LOVED it at the time, I think mainly because I was happy to hear Paul rock after the mellow London Town. I was stunned by the negative reviews and lack of airplay at the time. While I still love the album, I'd now have to rank it as my second least favorite Wings album (LT is least favorite), but there's no Wings album that I don't like, I think they are all great in their own aspects. I think my issue with this one is that I find it to be a case of the parts being greater than the sum. I mostly love the individual tracks, but the album just doesn't seem to flow well for my listening. And it is not The Broadcast that upsets the flow for me. I'm with Bowie, I think The Broadcast is unique and enjoyable and it has grown on me as I get older. It's the Rockestra that drags the album down a bit for me. Kind of boring, IMHO. I would expect, with such an assemblage of talent in one place, that material for Rockestra should have been a bit more dynamic. Granted, Rockestra Theme was award winning, but I can't for the life of me understand why. I've heard better soundchecks. I'd much rather he left Cage on the album, instead. Anyway, thanks for this insightful on location review. I'll be checking out your other videos soon.

[@TudorSmith]

Hi James. Thanks for subscribing 👍 I loved reading your insight so thanks for sharing. Rockestra - you've heard soundchecks. Hee Hee so true. It really doesn't go anywhere for me and is a skippable track. I like the album but as you say the flow is a little off...what did you say "The parts being greater than the sum". Having Cage would have been a bonus and might have allowed the album to gel a little better. Hey ho, it is what it is. Welcome onboard 😊 Keep the comments coming.

[@therealauntmimi9099]

Living in Sweden, Abba fantastic

[@bonfireballads]

Holley and McCartney were a rhythm section power house!

[@TudorSmith]

I always thought Steve Holly could have had a longer run. He complimented McCartney’s bass playing so well.

[@philipbattye8380]

I've just been watching your latest video Tudor......very entertaining indeed with all the relevant locations for the Back To The Egg album.......The other b👀kend would be Mumbo off Wild Life to go with Baby's Request and a little mention for the karate drummer Geoff Britton in 1974 who was also with them that year for One Handclapping......Once again Tudor keep up the good work and I👀k forward to your forthcoming videos.....I didn't realise you were 5 foot 10 inches, on your videos in the streets you seem to tower above everyone else like a king who must be obeyed .....Excellent entertainment.🍷👍👌

[@TudorSmith]

Ha ha that’s Philip - with a name like Tudor you’d expect some royal connection eh? 🤣 Geoff Britton of course - the Juniors Farm escapade - I’d forgotten about that!

[@johnejdowski6515]

Some good songs here. I like it generally and think it's better than Paul's last 8 albums. Imo the last good album he's done was Flaming Pie.

[@TudorSmith]

I’m with you on that one 👍

[@jjag9848]

I was surprised to see a video about the not much talked about album back to the egg. Very interesting to see where much of it was filmed ! thanks !I'm about the same age as you and remember it coming out in my teens and remember when the group THE KNACK came out with it's hit My Sharona I was thinking how it resembled Old Siam Sir...Have you ever thought this ? Anyway great stuff and would love to see Scotland !

[@TudorSmith]

I never got into the Knack but I loved My Sharona. Now that you mention it, it does kind of have that vibe about it eh?

[@jjag9848]

I think Paul could win the copyright to it eh?😉

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Great video on a great album. By the way, After the Ball/Million Miles was joined together, not really a medley but they do flow from one to the other effectively. I just would like to add I adore 'Baby's Request'. A classic maybe 70 years after it's time but a classic nevertheless to later reappear on Kisses on the Bottom. Wix, Robbie McIntosh, Chris Whitten, Hamish Stuart all played with Linda beginning with the album Flowers in the Dirt in '89. Linda played on all albums up to Run Devil Run. So she was on Unplugged, Off the Ground, Flaming Pie. Of course she was on every album prior to his new band in '89. Fun fact: The '89 group was never given a group name but fans used to call them Lumpy Trousers. London Town was a woeful video although quite a nice song.

[@TudorSmith]

Ah of course...after the ball/million miles. I should have done my homework 🤣 Off The Ground - an album I really like!

[@FloraAshley]

6 degrees of separation (to Kevin Bacon). Great video, Tude!

[@TudorSmith]

Had to be done! Thanks Tess

[@GrexKhusan]

Great video again. At 11:45 I thought that man was coming after you! Apparently not... :)

[@TudorSmith]

I thought so to lol! I didn’t see him until he turned out from the archway. He was just checking some electric circuit but he did say hello 👋

[@GrexKhusan]

@@TudorSmith I saw him coming in the distance and thought.. what is happening?! :o Glad it was nothing :)

[@willswalkingwest7267]

What did you DO when you made Deputy Sheriff? I loved it. And I still listen to it from time to time. One of my fave Wings albums.

[@TudorSmith]

It’s a great start to an album isn’t it?

[@guillermolinares4818]

Back to the Egg was the first album by Wings I ever bought, I was about twelve. That music is so mingled in my childhood memories that I cannot value it objectively. I didn't know it was actually a successful album, there are no big hits in it.

[@TudorSmith]

I think it’s Paul’s least favourite Wings album and they released Goodnight Tonight as a single but that song wasn’t on the album. It reached No. 5 in the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.K. singles chart. Overall I think the album was not received well. 👍

[@derekroberts6654]

We need to talk about why they are not releasing the archive collection of this album and “London Town”🤷🤷

[@TudorSmith]

Well I’ve seen footage of Paul where he explains BTTE was a low point for Wings so maybe that’s why it’s not on his radar? There are many (me included) who really rate this and London Town.

[@helgeryshalkjelsvik8981]

Just to add some more info on Reception; the last voice heard on Reception - as it fades out - is from a christian, norwegian radio station. What is said is "...to think like this. And let us now try for a moment to look at this in the light of the New Testament". So there...

[@TudorSmith]

Ja det visste jag. Det lät svenskt för mig men eftersom du förmodligen är norsk så tar jag ditt ord för det!

[@helgeryshalkjelsvik8981]

@@TudorSmith He was cand. theol. Øivind Andersen, and never claimed anything for the inclusion - made known for him by a newspaper many years after the release😎🤘

[@helgeryshalkjelsvik8981]

@@TudorSmith Hei! Ja, jeg er norsk, og etter jeg oppdaga kanalen din gleder jeg meg til hver ny episode! Er anglofil og Beatles-fan, et par år eldre enn deg - og synes det er fantastisk å følge deg på dine forskingsturer;)

[@TudorSmith]

I guess after all of these years he won't receive any royalties

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks for watching my videos. Hopefully you'll find some that are interesting 😊

[@michaelpavlov2800]

I always thought it was good album too.

[@mattgaskell945]

Great video. Love the research and the locations. I never got on with Back to the Egg. Don’t know why. Keep at it Tudor!

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks Matt. What I like about Back To The Egg is that you get 5 interesting band members to watch. It’s not just the Paul McCartney show. I think that why Speed of Sound and Venus & Mars work for me too…because all band members on those two albums got to sing too (even Linda) and this makes a proper band for me, not just a front man with some backing band members. That’s just me though 😄

[@mattgaskell945]

@@TudorSmith a theory about his albums I have is that it can depend at what time in your life you hear them. Not just your age but the time and memories associated etc. I just missed this the first time around, & by the time I came back around to it I’d heard all the great stuff. I like 3 maybe songs, but I don’t find it has the quality. As you rightly say it’s all very subjective! Glad you made it to Camber Sands. Whatever next?? The farm on Mull and the beach where they did the video sounds great. Don’t think he goes there anymore.

[@TudorSmith]

I think you're dead right. And especially if the memories were not positive, then on relistening, the association is not a good one. Perhaps, what with Wings splitting up, and the failed tour, this is why McCartney himself doesn't rate the album?

[@mattgaskell945]

@@TudorSmith I think so. With BTTE being a relative flop and criticised, Linda wanting more family time, and then the Japan bust, it was game over for Wings. I think it became a hassle for him, and when you’re Paul McCartney you don’t need to live with hassle. Wings never had the edge or sophistication of The Beatles, but I think they were better than McCartney was made to believe. I’d love him to play more of their stuff live.

[@TudorSmith]

Indeed. And those live videos I’ve seen, there are relatively few Wings songs in the set - which is odd when you consider how successful the Wings Over America tour was. We always see Live And Let Die being performed though, probably because they can employ pyrotechnics 💥

[@Fuzcapp]

My 2nd fave Wings album - after Band on the Run. I think it's a far better album than Wings at the Speed of Sound, Venus and Mars, London Town and definitely better than Wings Wildlife. It's better than side 2 of Red Rose Speedway. Do we count RAM as a Wings album or a McCartney album? I'd put RAM on the same level as Back to the Egg, although totally different. I actually like the fact that Back to the Egg is a collection of so many different styles.

[@TudorSmith]

I was wondering about RAM myself. Other than the fact that Linda has some involvement, RAM could have been McCartney II eh? Not Wings album can top Speed of Sound for me but that’s because my young teenage impressionable ears heard that first 👍

[@geoffcoulson3237]

To me having got ALL maccas albums I rate this album only 2nd to " Band on the run " just listen to it if your in doubt .

[@TudorSmith]

I don’t doubt it all. It’s a really strong album covering many genres. It really shows McCartney’s strengths.

[@daviddonnelly3529]

If you haven't done locations in Wirral I may be able to help, Grosvenor Ballroom etc.

[@TudorSmith]

Looks like I need a Beatles tour of the Wirral 👍

[@johnbyrnes7912]

Hey Tudor what happened to all those great songs on Past Masters albums for that matter !? 🤡🎱🤠😈

[@TudorSmith]

I’m pretty sure it wasn’t an official (the band was not disbanded) release

[@woodyreed2882]

This is the first , and only, NEW Wings Lp I bought. Mainly because it was their last LP. I had purchased all the rest of their catalog well after their release date ;) I thought it was great then and still do now. The "Stone" usually wasn't friendly to Macca after the break up were they?

[@TudorSmith]

The Rolling Stone magazine was pro-Lennon I think. I’d have thought a music magazine would want to remain unbiased but there you go. I also think Back To The Egg was a winner. And the band line-up was so good with Laurence Juber and Steve Holly bringing a fresh spin on the bands sound.

[@potsie7326]

Wonder if it was titled on the Egg brook that runs through his estate with knowing it was Wings last album.

[@TudorSmith]

Interesting observation - will we ever know? Maybe a premature hope of Wings starting over?

[@seerstone8982]

Paul had a great band line-up, sadly that 1980 was the end of Wings! I think the album cover photo, is the best including all of Wings, and Paul's solo album's.

[@TudorSmith]

That last line up could have gone on to great things. Even during his solo years, as he’d assembled players over multiple albums he could have still called the band wings - unless wings was actually himself, Linda and Denny in which case without the trio, it wouldn’t have been Wings.

[@seerstone8982]

@@TudorSmith Wing's had three line-up's, all were top notch. You are right about the trio being Wings. When the first guitarist, and drummer quit, Denny, Linda, and Paul recorded Band on the run. When the second line-up guitarist, and drummer left, the trio recorded London Town!

[@mikeysaint4368]

One of my top five McCartney (and Wings) albums. It's a shame Paul seems to take so much notice of chart placings and "journalists" who have probably written their reviews without even listening to a note. Getting Closer - as brilliant an opening track as on any solo Beatles album. That mentality in the rock press went right back to the start of the 1970s when scumbag Lennon fanboy and crappy writer Jann Wenner ordered a positive review of Ram (or was it the McCartney album, or both?) to be re-written as a scathing piece purely because he wanted to stay in John Lennon's good books. Tough, Wenner: John dismissed you soon afterwards. Lennon knew Wenner was a pseud and a phony. Back to the Egg is a really good album.

[@TudorSmith]

Absolutely. Critics hardly ever give me anything positive. I judge any material by its own merit and Back To The Egg really does deliver.

[@Fuzcapp]

Back to the Egg? Scrambled egg? (How I love to eat a scramble egg ...)

[@lib556]

I got the album when I was about the same age as you. Loved it. I loved all Wings' albums. McCartney 2 sucked. In my opinion, Egg was Maca's last good album. Seriously, I don't like anything he's done since. Particularly that horrible Christmas song.

[@TudorSmith]

If McCartney’s peak was during the Beatles era, the Wings came a very close second for him. I like Tug of War and Flaming Pie from his solo years but like you I haven’t listened to his recent albums (2008 onwards). Personally I can’t listen to his voice lol

[@Rkw772]

I wish he would release it. It’s hard to get.

[@TudorSmith]

That day will come I’m sure!

[@Ad.Dd.James.]

I never listen to Rolling Stone. They focus too much on politics which poisons their brand which then affects their ability to report on the music scene while their reporting leans too far left. These videos put all that BS aside and focus totally on the subject of interest. Well done Tudor! I hope that someday soon your viewing audience eclipses that of rolling stone.👍

[@TudorSmith]

Thanks - heady heights of viewers is something to aim for 🤣

[@inwoodliver]

What is link for GOAT?

[@TudorSmith]

Here you go: goat-a-tribute.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-of-all-time-a-paul-mccartney-80th-birthday-tribute

[@sirronnitram8937]

Is Lympne National Trust?

[@TudorSmith]

Unfortunately not. It’s privately owned now and hosts weddings!

[@philipeaton3102]

do have back to the egg not my fave lp of his i was 19 when it came out band on the run and venus and mars are his best albums but that just me

[@TudorSmith]

It’s great that all of the Beatles and the solo efforts of the four are diverse enough to accommodate most peoples tastes eh? 👍

[@Rkw772]

Rolling Stone worked hard to destroy everything McCartney but the genius wins ends. Too bad he had to deal with their mischief and ignorance.

[@TudorSmith]

And still wins out despite their negativity 👍