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==Artwork and promotional videos== The design for the album's artwork was by [[Hipgnosis]],<ref name=BTTEsleeve /> the company responsible for previous Wings album covers such as ''[[Venus and Mars (Wings album)|Venus and Mars]]'' (1975)<ref>Spizer, pp. 197, 199</ref> and the recent ''[[Wings Greatest]]'' compilation (1978).<ref name="Badman p 226" /> The front cover depicts the five members of Wings in a room, looking down through space at Planet Earth through an open hatchway in the floor; the statuette above the mantlepiece behind them is the same that appears in the ''Wings Greatest'' artwork. The picture was taken by photographer John Shaw<ref name=Band192/> at his London studio.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 241" /> Photos of the individual band members appeared on the back cover, credited to Linda and Paul McCartney.<ref name=BTTEsleeve /> Working with film company Keef & Co., Wings filmed seven promotional videos for the album, which would later be compiled into the [[Back to the Egg (TV special)|''Back to the Egg'' TV special]].<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 247">Madinger and Easter, p. 247</ref> Filming took place between 4 and 13 June, at locations including Lympne Castle's main hall, a private airfield at Lympne, [[Camber Sands]] in East Sussex, and Keef & Co.'s London studios.<ref>Badman, pp. 233, 234</ref>{{refn|In their section covering the filming, Madinger and Easter list the same locations but give dates of 28 May to 6 June, during which Wings had also returned to Lympne Castle for a second set of recording sessions.<ref>Madinger and Easter, pp. 247β48</ref>|group="nb"}} "Old Siam, Sir", "Getting Closer", "Spin It On" and "Arrow Through Me" were among the tracks for which videos were made.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 247" />
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