![]() ![]() The two songs were released as a single in late 1977 – Wings' only new release that year. ![]() As Linda's pregnancy progressed, the band halted the sessions for the album, except for the recording of a new track called " Mull of Kintyre" that August and the completion of the already begun " Girls' School". Reflecting the nautical locale, the album's working title was Water Wings. With the knowledge that they were not going to tour and had time at their disposal – and once again looking for different locales to record in – Wings found themselves moored on a yacht called Fair Carol in the Virgin Islands during the month of May where several new songs were recorded. ![]() The initial plan that Wings would tour in the US once more was thwarted by Linda's discovery that she was pregnant with her and Paul's third child. The last was issued as the flip-side of the single " Seaside Woman" (issued under the name "Suzy and the Red Stripes"). Wings recorded five songs there: "Girls' School", "Name and Address", "London Town", "Children, Children" and Linda McCartney's "B-Side to Seaside". In February, Wings began recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios, which continued until the end of March. Also recorded during the sessions was the 1977 non-album single " Mull of Kintyre", which, until 1984, was the best-selling single in UK chart history.Īfter the commercial success of 1976, with Wings at the Speed of Sound and the well received Wings Over the World tour, Wings' leader Paul McCartney planned on making 1977 a similar year. The lead single, " With a Little Luck", was a number 1 hit in the US, but the album's subsequent singles achieved only minor chart success. It failed to repeat the success of Wings' three previous albums, however, and received mostly unfavourable reviews from music critics. London Town charted in the top five positions in the UK and the US. Recording sessions were held intermittently over a period of a year, mainly at Abbey Road Studios in London and aboard a luxury yacht in the Virgin Islands. The album had a long and tumultuous gestation during which the band's tour plans for 1977 were cancelled, due to Linda McCartney becoming pregnant with her and Paul McCartney's third child and two members of Wings having departed, leaving the band as a trio comprising Paul, Linda and Denny Laine. It was released in March 1978, two years after its predecessor, Wings at the Speed of Sound. London Town is the sixth studio album by the British–American rock group Wings. ![]()
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