TONY CHICARELLO (April 25, 2008)

This album is as good as a live album gets. The fan noise is there, as well as a fantastic selection of songs, which the band executes wonderfully. 'Medicine Jar' is one of my personal favorites, but nearly every one of hits until that point is there, plus an assortment
of his Beatle songs. Would have like to have had Helen Wheels on there though. A great CD!

tony C (May 9, 2005)

I've always admired Paul since seeing him on the Ed Sullivan show with you know who. To keep sheer determination after the fab 4 and record enough albums to dawn many hits as well as fillers is amazing. Thus that success spawned "Wings over America" which was given to me for in Dec. 1976 by my brother Tom. Me being a left-handed bassist,lead vocalist,i appreciate paul and wings. Even though Pauls voice was a little worn and sometimes hoarse,it gives the real live sense of being there but always in tone! I guess too much little richard screams early on but still the best over all of our generation. I took a hiatus in my 30" to save my voice now in my rock group the voices. Thank you and GOD bless.

Keith Andrews (February 25, 2005)

Without doubt the best live album I have ever heard. Wings are a tight band and the sound quality is excellent.

The sheer size (originally 3 LPs) is in itself impressive but the music itself is also pretty excellent. Highlights include the superb Maybe I'm Amazed, the excellent acoustic set and the tracks from Speed of Sound and Venus and Mars. McCartney has never performed better as a solo artist.

Marcelo Ojeda Pavez (November 1, 2004)

A top quality album. I think this is the best live LP i've ver heard. Since the start with the wonderful rocker "Venus and mars/Rockshow" and stick with this the larynx-loose "Jet"(sorry, but i don't speak english and all this i've learned just by myself). Then the rockers courtesy of Jimmy and Denny and the amazing "Maybe i'm amazed"(so far my favourite) with that guitar solo that reminds me something like Clapton in "While my guitar gently weeps". At this stage we have paul sitting at the piano singing some of the gratest piano songs he ever did. After that, the acoustic set is wonderful from the first song (i really like "Richard Cory"), specially for the beautiful "Bluebird". Well, the rockers go on with "Magneto...", "Time to hide", "Letting go", "Beware my love", "Hi,hi,hi" and "Soily", which is powerful to me. And in this LP i've found the best live versions of the classic songs of the McCartney of the 70's. Well i have to say that i have the video of the tour "Rockshow", but just the sound that comes out of the tape, CD or whatever is everything i need to be happy.

Maybe I'm Amazed! (October 19, 2009)

There's a different feel with McCartney in the 70s versus McCartney of today. Then, the Beatles break-up scars were still very fresh when McCartney hit the road in '75-'76. He had managed and succeeded to start a new life with John, George and Ringo but compared to his fellow bandmates starting in 1970, he really needed to prove himself who he was. Ringo in the early 70s really bursted out on the music scene, George was phenomenal with All Things Must Pass and Bangldesh and John's first post Beatles solo album is a major musical breakthrough and who can forget Imagine? McCartney's first solo album was masterful and Ram was also a great album and Wing's first album went nowhere, Red Rose Speedway was a major step-up and Band On The Run was and still is a masterpiece. I remember the reviews of Venus and Mars and many critics were like...not bad.

The tour of all tours in the 70s was Wings Over America...along with Linda and Denny Laine, Macca put together and amazing rock band and what a grand slam he hit with this tour and album...the movie Rock Show is just an amazing live show, the faces in the crowd as they see Macca post-Beatles on-stage, breathtaking.

Definitive In Many Many Ways (August 19, 2009)

This is one of the best live recordings of McCartney I have ever heard, and I say that having collected Beatle-related releases for many years. If you want the definitive version of "Maybe I'm Amazed," this one's for you. If you want to hear what the Beatles circa 1975 would have sounded like, check out "Call Me Back," perhaps one of McCartney's finest vocal performances ever. The lovely "Blackbird" puts in an appearance, as does a chilling and memorable performance of "Yesterday." "The Long and Winding Road," with its beautiful, Penny Lane-like interlude and harmonious rejoinder, "don't keep me waiting," is another highlight not to miss. The Wings stuff is pretty good, too, but if you love McCartney, you don't want to miss this one.

Macca at his best (August 8, 2009)

We can only consider these albums as snap shots in time. Macca had reinvented himself after The Beatles, he'd created a new image (Wings) a new music catalogue that stood up by themselves and a new sound, putting the Beatle era behind him as he moved into the looser disco era. The first solo album 'McCartney' was his rebirth and this album, 'Wings Over America' was the culmination of everything in a cracking live performance. Its as if the album says 'here, this is what I've done, who I am and what I can now do'. And it works 100%. Its vibrant and exciting, its a man on top of his trade. Buy it and you wont be disappointed. I first bought it too many years ago on vynal and here I am now buying it again on CD...

BTW, I saw Wings in Liverpool back in '79, his first concert back home. Electric atmosphere, he played his new album 'Back to the Egg' stuff.... lights out, single chair and spotlight, strum, strum 'Yesterday...'. I think all Liverpool cried that night, the lad had come home. Cheers for the memories Macca, not bad for a scally.

is this a remaster? (June 18, 2009)

no doubt in my mind that this is the best live album ever! But let's face it folks the CD and LP sound quality suck. Does anyone know if this mp3 download has been remastered?

Not really Paul at his best live... (May 1, 2009)

the opening medley of Venus and Mars/Rock Show/Jet and the 4 song encore of Letting Go, Band On the Run, Hi Hi Hi & Soily, are the only real highlights of this recording.
TRIPPING THE LIVE FANTASTIC captures Paul live much better. If only for the killer live version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
So, if you want to hear Paul really good live get TRIPPING first. Then get this. And forget about the other live releases. Especially PAUL IS LIVE. This and TRIPPING are the only 2 live recordings by Paul you'll ever need.

GREG