Back to the Egg (1979)

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Back to the Egg is a TV special containing music videos to promote the band Wings' 1979 album Back to the Egg. The program was first broadcast on US television stations in November 1979, but its UK airing, on BBC1, was delayed until June 1981, two months after the band disbanded. The locations used for filming include Lympne Castle and Camber Sands, both on the south-east coast of England.

Production

Having completed the year-long sessions for Back to the Egg in April 1979, the five members of Wings began shooting music videos for the album with film company Keef & Co. in June that year. In addition to serving as promotional clips for their respective songs, the videos were to be compiled into a television special, coinciding with Wings' UK tour late in 1979 – the first leg of a planned world tour.

The production team hired by band leader Paul McCartney included Keith MacMillan, Phil Davey and Hugh Scott-Symonds. According to author Keith Badman, MacMillan decided on the seven songs chosen for filming. Among these were "Old Siam, Sir", "Getting Closer" and "Arrow Through Me" – all tracks that would be issued as singles off Back to the Egg.

Filming began on 4 June at Lympne Castle in Kent, where Wings had recorded part of the album. The video shot that day was for "Old Siam, Sir", with filming taking place in the hall of the castle.

On 5 June, the production relocated to the inside of an aircraft hangar, situated at a private airfield close to Lympne. Here, the band filmed clips for "Spin It On" and "Getting Closer". Invited to attend that day, Mark Williams of Melody Maker later wrote of drummer Steve Holly being "dolled up as a First World War fighter pilot", and commented on the aviation theme: "The Wings logo stands resplendent on the front of a hangar as some sort of lo…

Also on 5 June, the video for "Again and Again and Again" was shot in one of the nearby fields. With the crew working late into the night, further scenes for "Getting Closer" included footage of a car driving on the airstrip.

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