Talk:Wings over America/Archive 1

Archive 1

Japan Remaster Urban Legend?

The article states that the Japan 3 CD edition is "a new remastering of the album from the source tapes". But myself owner of both version (Japan 3 CD set and UK Parlophone 2 CD set) have made A/B comparaison from EAC extracted file after claim that it is not a remaster and audio editor clearly show that they are similar files. --Willdside (talk) 20:33, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Overdubbing?

There are four competing claims in this article's history regarding how much overdubbing was done for this album:

from User:Hiphats - The album's major flaw is that most of the album was re-dubbed and re-recorded in a studio, so it became less of a live album than what its title implied.

from User:68.197.107.71 - Portions of some of the live tracks were re-dubbed and re-recorded in a studio, so it became less of a live album than what its title implied; the exact extent to which this occurred is subject to disagreement.

from User:BGC - [...] with the usual studio doctoring to eliminate and/or improve upon glitches in the performances.

from User:68.184.219.208 - Contrary to popular belief, the album contained only minimal studio doctoring to sweeten vocals and guitar work on just a handful of tracks. The album presented the music "warts and all," and was a surprisingly honest and accurate representation of Wings' 1976 tour of America ... Unlike the live album, the music contained in the [Rockshow] film was subjected to a copious amount of overdubbing. ... [which] perhaps led to to the false rumors of massive overdubbing for the Wings Over America album.

Alas, there were/are no cites given for any of these statements! Nor could I find anything conclusive in a web search. Therefore, I'm taking them all out. Hopefully someone can shed some more verified light upon this. Wasted Time R 11:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

blanking entire section

Apparently you have a problem with sourcing. By that logic, all the preceding paragraphs, save one, are candidates for blanking, they are unsourced. This is pertinent information, it deserves to be there. Why are you engaging in an edit war? 173.65.222.168 (talk) 23:49, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Originally, Wings over America was to be a two-record set, but this was rethought due to the success of a bootleg called Wings from the Wings, released on a bicentennial red, white and blue triple record set, recorded on 23 June 1976 at The Forum (Inglewood, California). This caused McCartney to redo the official release as a three-record set covering the entire concert, including Denny Laine's "Go Now", a song from his time as a member of The Moody Blues. This song was only performed 21–23 June 1976 at the Forum. UNSOURCED

Compiled from all recorded shows of the band's Wings Over America Tour that spring, Wings over America was another success for Paul McCartney and Wings, reaching #1 in the US in early 1977 (the last in a 5-album stretch of consecutive #1 albums for Wings) and #8 in the UK, and selling several million copies. UNSOURCED

Wings Over America was reissued as a double-CD in 1984 on Columbia Records, although few copies were made since few people had CD players in 1984, and soon McCartney would leave Columbia/CBS and go back to Capitol Records. The Columbia double-CD went out of print soon after it hit stores; the Capitol double-CD is much more common. UNSOURCED

A 1999 reissue of the album by Toshiba-EMI in Japan reinstated the three-disc format from the original LP issue. This coincided with a new remastering of the album from the source tapes, which greatly improved the sound quality of the album. As of 2008, this remastered set has not been issued anywhere other than Japan. UNSOURCED — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.65.222.168 (talk) 23:50, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The article could use some references but the proper course of action is to add a "citition needed" tag, which has already been done, rather than remove the content unless the content is likely false or unverifiable.

The problem with the content in the tracklisting section is that it is nothing more than a personal observation, whether yours or someone else's, about the album and the reference does not meet Wikipedia standards for reliable sources. While the information is not untrue, it is presented in a way that suggests some intentional design to the running order or placement of the tracks on the album. In fact, the sequence simply follows the set list of the concerts and the grouping of the songs on the LPs is dictated by the amount of space available per side. It did conveniently result in the distinct sides you have noted but whether this was by design or coincidence is undetermined. McCartney's way of showcasing his abilities as a multi-instrumentalist in concert may be worth mentioning in the article but linking it so strongly to LP sides is a little off the mark. Don't be offended if this section is re-written in a more succinct and encyclopedic fashion. Piriczki (talk) 18:50, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

A C rating on quality scale?!

This is another example of an article receiving a medium-level rating on project's quality scale when at best it's a start. There are very few references, and a message flagging the issue up-front - surely not a C rating therefore? JG66 (talk) 15:10, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting, I'll change it. yeepsi (Time for a chat?) 18:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)