Band On The Run - 1999 US Capitol 25th Anniversary Edition 2CD Set

1999 US Capitol label 25th Anniversary limited edition 2CD box set comprising the remastered version of the 10-track US/International issue 1973 album, and comprising an additional CD featuring previously unreleased versions of some of the album tracks, outtake snippets, rehearsals, dialogue - with all the album's participants including actors James Coburn, Christopher Lee & Dustin Hoffman - all recorded sporadically between 1975-1998.

Picture discs are mounted on inner front and back black trays - complete with an illustrated 24-page booklet of notes by Mark Lewisohn and lyrics, a replica of the original fold-out 'polaroid snapshots' poster - everything held in a card picture box.

Condition: 2xM- (Discs)/M- (Booklet)/M- (Poster)/VG++ (Box):
Perfect discs, perfect booklet and poster - box has a touch of marginal superficial creasing - next to nothing and easily graded near perfect.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
1. Band on the Run 5:10
2. Jet 4:06
3. Bluebird 3:22
4. Mrs Vandebilt 4:38
5. Let Me Roll It 4:47
6. Mamunia 4:50
7. No Words 2:33
8. Helen Wheels (US and international issues only| not UK) 3:34
9. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) 5:50
10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five 5:27



Disc 2: Bonus Materials:
1. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Intro)/Band On The Run (Nicely Toasted Mix) - 1:12
2. Band on the Run (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 1) - 2:17
3. Band on the Run (Barn Rehearsal - 21 July 1989) - 4:59
4. Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 2)/Mamunia (Original)/Denny Laine (Dialogue)/Mamunia (Original)/Linda McCartney (Dialogue)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 3) - 4:23
5. Bluebird (Live version - Australia 1975) - 0:55
6. Bluebird (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 4) - 0:23
7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 5) /No Words (Original)/Geoff Emerick (Dialogue) (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine) - 1:24
8. No Words (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 6)/Tony Visconti (Dialogue)/Band On The Run (original)/Tony Visconti (Dialogue) (Paul McCartney/Denny Laine)/(Paul and Linda McCartney) - 1:47
9. Jet (Original from Picasso's Last Words)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7)/Jet (Original from Picasso's Last Words)/Al Coury (Dialogue) - 2:55
10. Jet (Berlin Soundcheck - 3 September 1993) - 3:52
11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 8)/Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue) - 1:44
12. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 9)/James Coburn (Dialogue)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 10)/John Conteh (Dialogue) - 3:24
13. Mrs. Vandebilt (original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue) - 2:10
14. Let Me Roll It (Cardington Rehearsal - 5 February 1993)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 12) - 3:52
15. Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 13) /Mrs. Vandebilt (Background)/Michael Parkinson (Dialogue)/Linda McCartney (Band On The Run Photo Shoot) (Dialogue)/Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) - 2:25
16. Helen Wheels (Crazed)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 14)/Christopher Lee (Dialogue) - 5:32
17. Band on the Run (Strum Bit)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 15)/Clement Freud (Dialogue) - 1:01
18. Picasso's Last Words (Original)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 16)/Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue) - 4:22
19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic version) - 1:11
20. Band on the Run (Nicely Toasted Mix)/Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17) - 0:42
21. Band on the Run (Northern Comic Version) - 0:37

Credits:
Paul McCartney - vocals, lead, rhythm, acoustic and bass guitars, drums, piano, keyboards, percussion.
Linda McCartney - organ, keyboards, vocals
Denny Laine - rhythm, lead, acoustic, flamenco and bass guitars, keyboards, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians:
Howie Casey - saxophone
Ginger Baker - percussion
Remi Kabaka - percussion
Tony Visconti - orchestrations
Ian and Trevor - backing vocals

Technical credits:
Geoff Emerick - Production, Engineer, Mastering (Disc 1), Remastering
Steve Rooke - Mastering (Disc 2)
Paul McCartney - Pruduction (Disc 1 & 2)
Peter Mew - Pruduction (Disc 2)
Eddie Klein - Engineer (Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Acoustic Version))
Greg Calbi - Remastering (Disc 1)
Clive Arrowsmith - photography

Front cover personnel:
Michael Parkinson - chat-show host and journalist
Kenny Lynch - actor, comedian and singer
James Coburn - actor
Clement Freud - columnist, gourmet, raconteur, Member of Parliament, Just a Minute panellist and grandson of Sigmund
Christopher Lee - actor
John Conteh - Liverpool boxer who later became World Light-Heavyweight champion