All Over America

After listening extensively to the Beatles catalogue extensively the last couple of years, I figured diving into the solo careers of the four Beatles after the band’s breakup might be a fun activity. I have to admit that I am partial to checking out Paul McCartney and George Harrison first because the two friends of mine I’m talking about the Beatles all the time like their solo work the best. I didn’t really seek out any records, but the last time I went to the local record store, I saw this Wings album sitting on a shelf and grabbed it right away. 

Now, you might say “Wait a minute, didn’t you just recently buy a 3xLP and complained that there was too much music on it? And now you go and buy another 3xLP and a live record for that matter, too? What kind of idiot are you?” Well, yeah, I did do both of those things, and I’ll just let you be the judge of my level of idiocy.

The songs on Wings Over America were recorded at different concerts in 1976 during the American leg of the Wings Over The World tour, which had started the year prior. In addition to Wings songs, the band also played some solo stuff by Paul McCartney and a bunch of Beatles songs, which must have been such a trip for the audience. All in all there are 29 songs which amount to just under two hours of music. Like I said, 3xLPs can be quite taxing, but this one works for me really well, basically because you can also treat each record as an individual live album and I don’t really feel the need to listen all three records to get the full album experience, if that makes sense. 

3xLP on Black on Apple [Circle on Back Cover / Sturdy Cardboard Inner Sleeves]

I really like the artwork on the inside of the gatefold sleeve. Cool pop art of the band that looks pretty cool.

There’s also this huge poster included. It’s actually a two-sided poster, but I just picked my favorite side to show here.