Contra Band Music

After the release of Living In The Material World , George retreated once again from the public eye for the remainder of 1973. One of his on...

John's promotion for Mind Games continued in late November 1973 with a trans-Atlantic telephone interview with Tony Prince. It was air...

After wrapping up the Band On The Run LP, Paul, Linda, and Denny flew to France in mid-November 1973, where they spent a couple of days at ...

Having chosen "Band On The Run" to be the title track of his next LP, Paul wanted to represent the song's narrative on the alb...

By the end of July 1973, John finally had enough new compositions to begin recording his next LP, Mind Games . As soon the sessions for Yoko...

1973 turned out to be the busiest year ever for ex- Beatle releases, with the issue of five albums plus two non-LP Wings singles. Most...

Wings' fifth single, "Live And Let Die"/"I Lie Around", was released June 1st, 1973 in the UK (and on Paul's 31s...

With John mired in a songwriting slump, the suddenly prolific Yoko took up the slack. Following the double-LP release Approximately Infi...

In April 1973, after taping the James Paul McCartney TV special, Paul went back into the studio with Wings, this time to back up his brothe...

John and Yoko began 1973 facing yet another lawsuit, this time filed by Northern Songs/ Maclen Music, who were claiming unpaid royalties on...

By the spring of 1973, the Quiet Beatle must have seemed like the Monastic Beatle . Since the release of the Concert for Bangla Desh ...

Back in August, 1972, Paul and Linda had been arrested for marijuana possession in Sweden, the first in a lengthy string of drug busts for t...

During the course of 1972, Ringo had become fast friends with Harry Nilsson and his producer, Richard Perry. When Ringo decided it was time ...

1973 began with Ringo making another appearance on BBC Radio's Scene And Heard . His interview with David Wigg was taped January 3rd (p...

After the satisfaction of their One To One benefit performance in August 1972, John and Yoko's world slowly began to fall apart. They sp...

While Ringo had spent the first half of 1972 in recording studios, sitting in on Harry Nilsson's Son Of Schmilsson LP, Lon and Derrek V...

Because it would be his first (and as it turned out, only) full live performances as a solo artist, John put in plenty of rehearsal prio...

The second leg of Wings' 1972 European tour began August 1st in Copenhagen and concluded on the 24th in West Berlin. Along the way they ...

After extensive rehearsal and recording, Paul judged Wings fit for a proper tour around the continent in July 1972. They began on the 9th wi...

After spending the latter half of 1971 on the Bangla Desh concert/album/film, George took it easy for the first half of 1972. He and Patti...

John and Yoko's busy spring of 1972 continued apace with another quick visit to Washington DC on May 9th for a private party attended by...

In between fighting to stay in the country and holding recording sessions, John and Yoko continued to lend their celebrity to causes, partic...

Thanks to Steve Marinucci for pointing out the link to a longer recording of the phone call between John Sinclair and John and Yoko (Decemb...

Since their arrival the previous summer, John and Yoko had been living in New York from visa to visa, always receiving the extensions th...

Although he'd been out of the public spotlight in recent months, Ringo kept busy during the winter of 1971-1972 as a session drummer, pl...

Wings began its touring career in the lowest-key fashion possible on February 8th, 1972. Paul and Linda merely loaded a van with band member...

What a time to take a vacation, and what a time for Mediafire to suspend my account, just as we're getting into the "Nixon Adminis...

As long as we're in the late 71/early 72 era, here are a few snippets from Lost Lennon Tapes episodes which don't seem to be availa...

In mid-January, 1972, Wings found its fifth and final (for now) member, guitarist Henry McCullough, who had most recently been a member of J...

John and Yoko's final Mike Douglas Show appearances were taped January 27th and 28th, 1972. The first of these shows included the most ...