Paul McCartney - Paul on bass during 'Band on the Run' recording sessions, Lagos, Nigeria, 1973. The album was originally released this week in 1973 #ThrowbackThursday #TBT | Facebook
![NPG x199704; Band on the Run (Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney; Michael Parkinson; Denny Laine; James Harrison Coburn; John Conteh; Sir Clement Raphael Freud; Christopher Lee; Kenny Lynch) - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery NPG x199704; Band on the Run (Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney; Michael Parkinson; Denny Laine; James Harrison Coburn; John Conteh; Sir Clement Raphael Freud; Christopher Lee; Kenny Lynch) - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery](https://collectionimages.npg.org.uk/large/mw277820/Band-on-the-Run-Paul-McCartney-Linda-McCartney-Michael-Parkinson-Denny-Laine-James-Harrison-Coburn-John-Conteh-Sir-Clement-Raphael-Freud-Christopher-Lee-Kenny-Lynch.jpg)
NPG x199704; Band on the Run (Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney; Michael Parkinson; Denny Laine; James Harrison Coburn; John Conteh; Sir Clement Raphael Freud; Christopher Lee; Kenny Lynch) - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
![Best Classic Bands on X: "#OTD in 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Band on the Run' album hit #1 #TheRainExplodedWithAMightyCrash https://t.co/UBLmY9ImZu https://t.co/UearyZcQoZ" / X Best Classic Bands on X: "#OTD in 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Band on the Run' album hit #1 #TheRainExplodedWithAMightyCrash https://t.co/UBLmY9ImZu https://t.co/UearyZcQoZ" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQOY_fHWQAUK3Kj.jpg)
Best Classic Bands on X: "#OTD in 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Band on the Run' album hit #1 #TheRainExplodedWithAMightyCrash https://t.co/UBLmY9ImZu https://t.co/UearyZcQoZ" / X
![Paul McCartney on X: "#OnThisDay in 1973, Paul and Wings released 'Band on the Run' in the UK! It went on to become the biggest selling studio album of 1974 and spent Paul McCartney on X: "#OnThisDay in 1973, Paul and Wings released 'Band on the Run' in the UK! It went on to become the biggest selling studio album of 1974 and spent](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjY3No9WYAI2F-g.jpg)
Paul McCartney on X: "#OnThisDay in 1973, Paul and Wings released 'Band on the Run' in the UK! It went on to become the biggest selling studio album of 1974 and spent
![Artwork photo of the album "Band On The Run" was taken at Sterley Park, West London on October 28 1973 by photographer Clive Arrowsmith and this was one of the few shots Artwork photo of the album "Band On The Run" was taken at Sterley Park, West London on October 28 1973 by photographer Clive Arrowsmith and this was one of the few shots](https://i.redd.it/uyy56cwgvzgb1.jpg)