Band On The Run – “Underdubbed” Mixes Edition MPL/UME
10/10
CONTEXT always matters, but in the case of – celebrating its 50th birthday with this expanded half-speed remaster and a stripped-back companion version – it’s the difference between a great album and a mythical one. Context matters because is an album whose essence is inseparable from the superhuman act of determination to which it owes its existence. The origin story has long passed into rock lore: Paul and Linda McCartney’s decision to utilise an EMI-owned studio in Nigeria that turned out to be only half-built when they arrived; an ominous visit from Fela Kuti, who was convinced that Paul and Linda were here to “steal” African music; the
