<P> In October, two weeks after the band's return to London, work began at George Martin's AIR Studios on transferring many of the eight - track recordings to sixteen - track . The song "Jet", named after one of the McCartneys' Labrador puppies, was recorded in its entirety at AIR . Paul, Laine and Linda carried out further overdubs on the Lagos recordings during this period; all the orchestral arrangements for the album were taped at AIR in a single day, conducted by Tony Visconti . Visconti was given three days to write arrangements for the whole album, including the 60 - person orchestra for the title track . Visconti said that the arrangements were collaborations with McCartney, and was surprised he was not correctly credited with his work until the 25th anniversary reissue . Another contributor was saxophonist Howie Casey, who overdubbed solos on "Bluebird" and "Mrs. Vanderbilt", and would go on to become Wings' regular horn player . Final mixing on the album was completed over three days at London's Kingsway Studios in early November . </P> <P> "Helen Wheels" was released as a non-album single in late October, and would go on to become a top 10 hit in America the following January . For commercial reasons, Capitol Records, the US distributor for Apple Records, asked to include "Helen Wheels" on the album . McCartney agreed although it was never his intention to include the track . While "Helen Wheels" is not included on UK versions of the Band on the Run CD (except as a bonus cut on the 1993 "The Paul McCartney Collection" edition of the CD), it has always appeared on US editions of the CD starting with the initial Columbia Records release in 1984 . Early versions of the Capitol release fail to list "Helen Wheels" on the label or the CD insert, making the song a "hidden track". </P> <P> The album cover photograph was taken at Osterley Park, west London, on 28 October 1973 by photographer Clive Arrowsmith . It depicts Paul, Linda and Denny plus six other well - known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight . They are Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee, and John Conteh . Arrowsmith detailed that the eventual cover was one of the four he found acceptable in the 24 attempts he took . The spotlight's low potency meant everyone had to stand still for two seconds for proper exposure, which was made difficult by the photographed reportedly being in a "substance haze" following a party held by Paul, making it harder for them to hold the pose . The golden hue of the picture is due to Arrowsmith using a regular daytime film instead of a Tungsten film, which would be better suited for night - time photographs . </P> <P> Apple Records issued Band on the Run on 5 December 1973 in America (as Apple SO 3415), with the UK release following two days later (as Apple PAS 10007). Rather than the band promote the album on radio and television or with a tour, McCartney undertook a series of magazine interviews, most notably with Paul Gambaccini for Rolling Stone . The conversations with Gambaccini took place at various locations from September 1973 onwards and combined to form, in the words of authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter, "a remarkably forthcoming interview in comparison to the' thumbs - aloft' profiles usually allowed by (McCartney)". </P>

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