Wide Prairie (2019)

Track list

Disc 1

1. Wide Prairie

   Written by Linda McCartney

   4:36 • Studio version • A1.2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric organ, Piano, Producer, Rhodes Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals, Mellotron Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Thaddeus Richard : Alto saxophone Davey Lutton : Drums Ernie Winfrey : Recording engineer Johnny Gimble : Fiddle George Tidwell : Trumpet Barry McDonald : Trumpet Norman Ray : Baritone saxophone Vassar Clements : Fiddle Hewlett Quillen : Trombone William Puett : Tenor saxophone Alex Wharton : Remastering

   Session Recording: Nov 20, 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

   Session Overdubs: Jul 08, 1974 • Studio Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, USA

   Session Overdubs: Jul 11, 1974 • Studio Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, USA

2. New Orleans

   Written by Linda McCartney

   3:16 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Lead vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Doug Hopkins : Recording engineer Tim Summerhayes : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

3. The White Coated Man

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Carla Lane

   2:16 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Drums, Electric guitar, Emulator strings, Hofner bass, Producer Linda McCartney : Casio keyboard, Lead vocal Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Carla Lane : Spoken verse Eddie Klein : Recording engineer John Hammel : Recording engineer Steve Johnson : Bass kurzweil, Synth strings, Trumpet Alvin Clark : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

4. Love's Full Glory

   Written by Linda McCartney

   3:49 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Producer Linda McCartney : Harmony vocal, Lead vocals, Piano, Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Laurence Juber : Acoustic guitar Eddie Klein : Recording engineer Steve Lipson : Recording engineer Peter Henderson : Recording engineer Lloyd Green : Pedal steel Alex Wharton : Remastering

5. I Got Up

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

   3:22 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Davey Lutton : Drums Alex Wharton : Remastering

   Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

   Session Overdubs: Mar 20, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

   Session Overdubs: Jul 09, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

6. The Light Comes from Within

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

   2:59 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Hofner bass, Piano, Producer, Wurlitzer Linda McCartney : Electric piano, Lead vocals James McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Recording engineer

   Session Recording: Mar 18, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

7. Mister Sandman

   Written by Pat Ballard

   2:53 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Electric guitar, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Lead vocal Mike Richards : Drums Winston Wright : Keyboard Billy Boy : Rhythm guitar Boris Gardiner : Bass guitar Lee Perry : Producer, Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

   Session Recording: Jun 20, 1977 • Studio Black Ark Studios, Kingston, Jamaica

8. Seaside Woman

   Written by Linda McCartney

   3:57 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Backing and harmony vocals, Bass, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Electric piano, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Guitar, Piano Henry McCullough : Guitar Denny Seiwell : Drums Bill Price : Recording engineer Steve Popovitch : Remixing Alex Wharton : Remastering

9. Oriental Nightfish

   Written by Linda McCartney

   2:53 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Guitar, Mellotron, Producer Linda McCartney : Electric piano, Lead vocal, Moog Denny Laine : Flute Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Peter Sweetenham : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

   Session Recording: Oct 04, 1973 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK

   

10. Endless Days

    Written by Linda McCartney, Mick Bolton

    3:13 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Linda McCartney : Lead vocal, Producer Mick Bolton : Keyboard, Piano Ian Maidman : Bass, Drums, Producer, Recording engineer Geoffrey Richardson : Mandolin, Slide guitar Alex Wharton : Remastering

11. Poison Ivy

    Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

    2:57 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Linda McCartney : Lead vocal, Producer Mick Bolton : Backing vocal, Keyboards, Piano Ian Maidman : Backing vocals, Bass guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Recording engineer Steve Fletcher : Backing vocals Alex Wharton : Remastering

12. Cow

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Carla Lane

    4:27 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Paul McCartney : Drums, Electric guitar, Harmony vocals, Hofner bass, Producer Linda McCartney : Casio keyboard, Harmony vocals, Lead vocals Carla Lane : Spoken verse Peter Henderson : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

13. B-Side to Seaside

    Written by Linda McCartney

    2:42 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Banjo, Congas, Drums, Electric guitars, Mellotron, Moog, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocal, Lead vocal Mark Vigars : Recording engineer Steve Popovitch : Remixing Alex Wharton : Remastering

14. Sugartime

    Written by Charlie Phillips, Odis Echols

    2:10 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Paul McCartney : Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals, Wurlitzer Linda McCartney : Lead vocal Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Billy Gardner : Rhythm guitar Baris Gardner : Bass guitar Mike Richards : Drums Winston Wright : Keyboard Lee Perry : Producer, Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering

    Session Recording: Jun 20, 1977 • Studio Black Ark Studios, Kingston, Jamaica

15. Cook of the House

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    2:40 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Alex Wharton : Remastering

16. Appaloosa

    Written by Linda McCartney

    4:44 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Clarinet, Drums, Electric guitar, Hofner bass, Producer, Wurlitzer Linda McCartney : Lead vocal Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Recording engineer

    Session Recording: Mar 07, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Orchestra overdubs: Jan 29, 1992

From paulmccartney.com, August 2, 2019:

Wide Prairie, a posthumous 1998 compilation of Linda McCartney recordings spanning the early 1970s through the late 1990s is out now having been remastered at Abbey Road Studios under Paul’s supervision. […]

Wide Prairie is also available at the first UK showing of the Linda McCartney Retrospective at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. The major retrospective of Linda’s photography is open now till January 12th 2020 and has been curated by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney. […]

From UDiscoverMusic:

Wide Prairie, a posthumous 1998 compilation of Linda McCartney recordings spanning the early 1970s through the late 1990s, will be re-released Friday 2nd August via MPL / Capitol / UMe.

The only album to be released solely under Linda’s name, Wide Prairie features Linda on vocals and various instruments on songs she wrote or co-composed and recorded with Wings between 1972 and 1980, the single-only ‘Seaside Woman’ / ‘B-Side to Seaside’ released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, cover versions of classics by the McGuire Sisters, The Coasters and more, and solo work from the ‘80s and ‘90s including her final recording, ‘The Light Comes from Within’ (co-authored by and featuring Paul McCartney, as well as their son James on electric and acoustic guitar).

The album was recorded in various locations including Jamaica, Paris, Nashville and Sussex with contributors including husband Paul; son James; Wings members Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English and Laurence Juber; writer Carla Lane who also co-wrote ’The White Coated Man’ and ‘Cow’; Lee “Scratch” Perry and members of the Black Ark studio band Boris Gardiner, Winston Writer and Mikey Boo.

Two tracks from the release highlight Linda’s interest in other art forms outside photography and music. ‘Seaside Woman’ featured in the Palme d’Or winning short film by Oscar Grillo at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. ‘Oriental Night Fish’ also appeared in a short film of the same title created by Linda and Ian Emes.

Wide Prairie will be released Friday 2nd August on limited edition white / blue coloured vinyl and classic black vinyl, digitally and on streaming services. The reissue will mark the first time the album has been available on vinyl since its original 1998 release.

To celebrate the first UK showing of the Linda McCartney Retrospective, the limited edition colour vinyl LP pressing of Wide Prairie will be available exclusively for one month prior to the album’s general release at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow from the exhibition’s Friday 5th July opening. The major retrospective of Linda’s photography has been curated by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney.

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