Music History Events: albums released April 30

• 1971 - THIN LIZZY - 'Thin Lizzy'

• 1971 - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - 'The Doobie Brothers'

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• 1973 - PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS - ‘Red Rose Speedway' (USA)

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• 1974 - J.J. CALE - ‘Okie'

• 1974 - RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON - 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight'

• 1976 - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - ‘Rastaman Vibration'

• 1976 - AC/DC - ‘High Voltage' (EUR)

• 1976 - ELTON JOHN - 'Here and There'

• 1982 - CHEAP TRICK - 'One on One'

• 1984 - ROGER WATERS - ‘The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking'

• 1984 - THE BLUE NILE - 'A Walk Across the Rooftops' (UK)

• 1984 - THE CURE - 'The Top'

• 1984 - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - 'Junk Culture'

• 1986 - KEEL - 'The Final Frontier'

• 1986 - THE BLUE AEROPLANES - 'Tolerance'

• 1990 - ENERGY ORCHARD - 'Energy Orchard'

• 1991 - JOE JACKSON - 'Laughter & Lust'

• 1991 - VIOLENT FEMMES - 'Why Do Birds Sing?'

• 1992 - MEDINA AZAHARA - 'Sin tiempo'

• 1996 - DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - 'Crash'

• 1996 - THE CRANBERRIES - 'To the Faithful Departed'

• 1996 - BOB MOULD - 'Bob Mould'

• 2001 - DEACON BLUE - 'Homesick'

• 2001 - ORBITAL - 'The Altogether'

• 2001 - JUMBO - 'D.D. y Ponle Play'

• 2002 - BLACKALICIOUS - 'Blazing Arrow'

• 2002 - BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - 'Between the Buried and Me'

• 2002 - BRANT BJORK - 'Brant Bjork & the Operators'

• 2002 - JETHRO TULL - 'Living with the Past' (USA)

• 2006 - DISSECTION - 'Reinkaos'

• 2007 - OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - 'On the Leyline'

• 2007 - THE MISSION - 'God Is a Bullet'

• 2010 - RHAPSODY OF FIRE - 'The Frozen Tears of Angels'

• 2012 - HAWKWIND - 'Onward'

• 2013 - SPIN DOCTORS - 'If the River Was Whiskey'

• 2013 - GUIDED BY VOICES - 'English Little League'

• 2013 - TOM KEIFER - 'The Way Life Goes'

• 2013 - LL COOL J - 'Authentic'

• 2013 - OS MUTANTES - 'Fool Metal Jack'

• 2014 - KENT - 'Tigerdrottningen'

• 2021 - EVILE - 'Hell Unleashed'

• 2021 - PINK FLOYD - 'Live at Knebworth 1990'

• 2021 - TEENAGE FANCLUB - 'Endless Arcade'

• 2021 - BIRDY - 'Young Heart'

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LP 1973: ‘RED ROSE SPEEDWAY’ (Paul McCartney & Wings)

On April 30, 1973, the fourth album of Paul McCartney's post-Beatle era was released in the United States. Following the relative commercial failure of their first release as Wings, 'Wild Life', Paul augmented the band's line-up to include guitarist Henry McCullough and planned to release a double album with outtakes from their sessions for 'Ram'. Although the album was finally released in single format, two of them were part of the final cut, 'Get on the right thing' and 'Little lamb dragonfly'.

McCartney was still in the dilemma of whether he wanted to be a bass player in a rock band or a star with a backing group. The rest of the songs were recorded at the Olympic studios in London with Glyn Johns as recording engineer and at Abbey Road where the song 'My love' was recorded live with an orchestra, released as a single. It was the one that catapulted the album to No. 1 on the charts, unseating precisely the compilation 'The Beatles 1967/1970' from the first place and becoming the first of a series of five Wings albums that would reach No. 1 in the USA.