Junior's Farm

Junior's Farm is a song written by Paul McCartney and recorded by Wings.  The song was released in October of 1974.  The recording for this song was done in Nashville Tennessee.  The band was staying at the farm of Curly Putnam Jr. in Nashville when Paul wrote the song. 

The song is a strong rocker, with a great guitar solo provided by Wings new lead guitarist, young Jimmy McCulloch.  The band also had a new drummer, Geoff Britton.  Britton didn't last long, conflicts with McCulloch and founding member Denny Laine eventually drove him out, but at the time the band was flying high.  They were fresh from the success of their album Band on the Run and Junior's Farm would climb the charts all over the world making it to number 3 in the US.  Even the flipside Sally G made it to number 17 on the charts.

Sally G, was also recorded in Nashville and has a definite country feel, compete with violins and steel guitar.  The lyrics are about a love gone wrong in Nashville Tennessee.

Band on the Run (Single)

The single Band on the Run was issued in America on April 8, 1974.  It was the fourth and bestselling single from the album of the same name.  In the US the B-side was Nineteen hundred and eighty-five, but in other parts of the world the band opted to put an unreleased track called Zoo gang as the B-side.

McCartney told DJ Paul Gambaccini that the song started with the line "if we ever get out of here".  A line which Paul attributes to George Harrison.  Apparently George uttered the line while sitting through a particularly long and boring meeting at Apple.  McCartney says that George was saying something like 'we are all prisoners in some way'.  Paul thought "that would be a good way to start an album".

Mrs. Vanderbilt

This single was released in January 1974.  Both the A-side and B-side were tracks from the album Band on the Run.  The songs were only released as a single in Continental Europe. The song "Mrs. Vanderbilt" was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria with additional sound being added in London.  "Bluebird" is an acoustic number that Wings used to perform during their acoustic breaks during their Wings Over the World Tour. The musicians who played on these songs were:
                                      Paul McCartney-Drums, Guitar, Bass & Vocals
                                      Linda McCartney-keyboards and backings vocals
                                      Denny Laine-Guitar and backing vocals
                                      Howey Casey-Saxophone