Band On The Run - Wings


Cover

Vinyl L.P - Capitol Records / MPL Communications - SO-3415.
1973 - U.S.A - Reissue 1976.

Art direction: HIPGNOSIS.
Cover design: Paul & Linda McCartney.
Photography: Clive Arrowsmith.
Location: Osterley Park, West London, 28 October 1973.
Models: Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, Paul, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Linda, Christopher Lee, Denny Laine & John Conteh.


Back cover

Inner sleeve

Inner sleeve

Poster

Labels



Wings


Paul McCartney - Vocals, bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, drums.
Linda McCartney - Kayboards, organ, vocals, percussion.
Denny Laine - Vocals, guitars, percussion.



About the artwork:


The Models

Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, Paul McCartney, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Linda,
Christopher Lee, Denny Laine & John Conteh


Linda McCartney




Storm Thorgerson


James Coburn

Michael Parkinson, Paul & Linda



Photos

Paul McCartney


Wings


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  1. CLIVE ARROSMITH.orgMarch 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM


    Band on The Run – The Great ‘Wrong Film’ Debacle

    by Clive Arrowsmith

    This was one of my first photographic jobs from when I was still an Art Director. I had known Paul McCartney and John Lennon from my art school days and Paul asked me to shoot the cover of his new Wings album Band On The Run. I only had enthusiasm and not much experience so I went for a meeting with Paul and his art director the late great Storm Thorgerson from Hipnosis. Paul and Storm talked through the basic concept that suprisingly the ‘band was on the run’ and we all agreed that the best way put this across was like an old fashioned Hollywood prison break movie with the convicts in a spotlight against the prison wall (with additional celebrities as convicts).

    On the day I hired a spotlight from a lighting company which unfortunately was not powerful enough for the job, which meant that everyone had to be very still for 2 seconds for the picture to be sharp. Two seconds may not sound like a long time but as we had, had a pre party shoot everyone was very much the worse for wear and really enjoying each others company to say the least. Trying to get everyone to stay still and play the part of escaping prisoners was proving extremely difficult, amid the laughter, jokes and substance haze. I arranged them all together so they could lean against each other and the wall, because they had all become a little unsteady on their feet and Denny Lane fell over a couple of times laughing hysterically. I had a megaphone and positioned myself up the ladder, next to the spotlight and barked instructions persistently which the most part everyone ignored, until I finally snapped and screamed ‘Stay Still’ and we started shooting. We only managed to shoot 2 rolls of film, which is only 24 exposures in total as the assembled celebs couldn’t maintain there focus and escaped. It was a very stressful shoot and I was worried that I had not got a sharp photo. My woes did not end there once the film came back it had a strong warm yellow cast and there were only a few shots where everyone was reasonably sharp. I never mentioned the golden hue to Paul until a few years later when I was photographing the back cover for Wings At The Speed of Sound.

    After the shoot over a coffee, I did say ” Paul there is something I meant to tell you for years, the yellow light on the Band on the Run Cover was a mistake, as I’d used daylight film instead of tungsten ” he laughed and said “That’s fine, I thought it looked great and that you meant to do it.”

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