Editing Back to the Egg (section)

==Background==
After the release of the album ''[[London Town (Wings album)|London Town]]'' (1978), [[Wings (band)|Wings]] band leader [[Paul McCartney]] hired two session musicians, drummer [[Steve Holley]] and lead guitarist [[Laurence Juber]], to replace former members [[Joe English (musician)|Joe English]] and [[Jimmy McCulloch]].<ref name=Band120>McGee, p. 120</ref> With the new line-up – Wings' sixth since its formation in 1971<ref name="Doggett p 264">Doggett, p. 264</ref> – McCartney intended to record a raw rock and roll album and return to touring, for the band's first concerts since their successful [[Wings Over the World tour]] of 1975–76.<ref name=FAQ66>Rodriguez, p. 66</ref> McCartney also hoped to realise his longstanding plan of making a film adaptation of the [[Rupert the Bear]] cartoon series,<ref>Madinger and Easter, p. 239</ref> for which he owned the commercial rights,<ref>Clayson, p. 210</ref> and commissioned English playwright [[Willy Russell]] to write a feature film starring Wings.<ref>Sounes, pp. 345–46</ref>{{refn|The concept of a Wings film formed the basis of McCartney's poorly received<ref>''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', p. 641</ref> cinematic release ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' (1984).<ref>Sounes, pp. 345, 383, 396</ref> The Rupert project finally came to fruition in 1984 also,<ref>Madinger and Easter, p. 262</ref> condensed into an [[animated film|animated]] [[Short film|short]] titled ''[[Rupert and the Frog Song]]'', which played in theatres as the support film to ''Give My Regards to Broad Street''.<ref>Clayson, pp. 210, 211</ref><ref>Sounes, p. 397</ref>|group="nb"}}

Holley and Juber were recruited by Wings co-founder and guitarist [[Denny Laine]],<ref>Clayson, p. 190</ref> who had appeared as a guest on ''The [[David Essex]] Show'' in 1977 when Juber was working as a guitarist in the house band.<ref>Rodriguez, pp. 217, 220</ref> Holley, a neighbour of Laine's, joined Wings in time to appear in the [[Music video|promotional video]] for ''London Town''{{'}}s lead single, "[[With a Little Luck]]",<ref name=Band121>McGee, p. 121</ref> having turned down a position with [[Elton John]]'s band.<ref>Rodriguez, pp. 217, 219</ref> According to Wings biographer Garry McGee, Juber and Holley were each paid a weekly sum less than one-fifth of that paid to McCartney, his wife [[Linda McCartney|Linda]] (the band's keyboard player) and Laine.<ref name=Band121/>

For the new album, ''Back to the Egg'', McCartney collaborated in the studio with producer [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]],<ref name="Woffinden p 120" /> with whom he had begun working on the audio for two films documenting Wings' last world tour: ''[[Wings Over the World]]'', a television documentary,<ref name=Band122/> and the cinema release ''[[Rockshow]]'' (1980).<ref>Madinger and Easter, p. 228</ref> This was the first time Wings recorded with an outside producer since their 1973 single "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]", which [[George Martin]] had produced.<ref>Rodriguez, pp. 66, 269</ref> After working with [[the Pretenders]] and the [[Sex Pistols]], Thomas brought a [[punk rock]] and [[new wave music|new wave]] influence to Wings' sound,<ref name=W&M88/><ref>Sounes, pp. 344–45</ref> matching McCartney's desire to reflect contemporary musical trends.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 240">Madinger and Easter, p. 240</ref><ref name="Rodriguez p 376">Rodriguez, p. 376</ref>