BANDONTHERUN
PAUL AND THE GANG
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
With Band On The Run, Paul McCartney didn’t just create a great album, he came up with a memorable sleeve, one to match the iconic likes of Revolver and Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The front cover image was what made it so special. It was vaguely redolent of the famous-people artwork for the Beatles’ masterpiece, only this time the celebrities – captured at Osterley Park, West London, by photographer Clive Arrowsmith as a pretend gang in the throes of fleeing from prison – were all living. Alongside the McCartneys and Denny Laine in this mocked-up escape scene were chatshow host and journalist Michael Parkinson; actor, comedian and singer Kenny Lynch; movie tough guy James Coburn; screen vampire Christopher Lee; politician and raconteur Clement Freud; and boxer John Conteh.