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- Release date:
- Feb 04, 2022
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Related sessions
This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Recording "Some People Never Know"
Jul 25, 1971
Recording "Wild Life", "Tomorrow", "Mumbo"
Jul 26, 1971
Jul 29, 1971
Aug 06, 1971
Oct 02, 1971
Oct 03, 1971
Oct 05, 1971
Oct 08, 1971
Oct 10, 1971
Oct 15, 1971
Recording & mixing "Dear Friend"
Oct 16, 1971
Oct 17, 1971
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Track list
Side 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:58 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Tambourine (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Organ, Piano
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Tambourine (?)
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 26, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 08, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:10 • Studio version • A2022 • Mono • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Tambourine (?), Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Tambourine (?)
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 15, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
3.
Written by Ethel Smith, Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool
4:51 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Denny Seiwell
- Paul McCartney :
- Producer
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 03, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 05, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
4.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
6:42 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Keyboards
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Backing vocals, Drums
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 26, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 15, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
6:37 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Bongos, Congas, Electric guitar, Guiro, Harmonium (?), Maracas, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Harmonium (?), Keyboards, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bongos, Congas, Drums, Guiro
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 25, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 10, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:19 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass (?), Electric piano, Producer, Recorder (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Harmonium (?), Organ (?), Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Bass (?), Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Maracas
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Brian Blood :
- Recorder
- Peter Blood :
- Recorder
- Paul Blood :
- Recorder
- Jeanne Dolmetsch :
- Recorder
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Christine Blood :
- Recorder
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jul 29, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 06, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
0:52 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Producer
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 02, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 17, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
4.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:28 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Jul 26, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 08, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
5.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:59 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Piano, Vibraphone (?), Vocals
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Trumpet (?)
- Richard Hewson :
- Orchestration
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Four cellos, Four flutes, Harp, Oboe, Tenor saxophone, Two french horns, Two trombones
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 05, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Orchestra overdubs:
- Oct 16, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 16, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
0:53 • Studio version • A2022 • Stereo • 2022 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass (?), Producer
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar (?)
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums (?)
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 08, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 08, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
About
From PaulMcCartney.com, December 7, 2021:
Marking today’s 50th anniversary of the December 7, 1971 release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ Wild Life, UMe announces the February 4, 2022 reissue of Wings’ debut LP as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing.
Following the eclectic charm and intimacy of 1970’s solo McCartney and 1971’s homespun lo-fi indie-pop progenitor RAM credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, Wild Life found Paul once again redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, this time beginning his tenure as a founding member of Wings. A rollicking left turn from its predecessors, Wild Life was recorded in barely more than a week, with more than half of the songs captured in a single take. The end result would be eight songs running the gamut from joyous freewheeling jams to proto-chamber pop to spare introspective musings — all bristling with a raw, jagged energy akin to the grungiest of garage bands—whether on the careening blues-rock rave-up of opener ‘Mumbo’, a reggae-tinged reimagining of Mickey & Sylvia’s ‘Love Is Strange’, or the plaintive and heart wrenching ballad ‘Dear Friend’.
Cracking the top 10 and going gold in the US, Wild Life faced an admittedly uphill battle as the debut of Paul’s first post-Beatles band. In a recent reassessment, Billboard noted that modern-day Wild Life listeners “can throw out all this cultural baggage and just enjoy the tunes… by not reaching for any obvious Beatles tropes, Wings achieved something fresh and inviting…” And in fact, Wild Life would prove to be the first spark of the Wings phenomenon that would develop and flourish into one of the defining sounds of ’70s rock n roll. The streak of #1 albums from Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, At The Speed Of Sound through the 3LP live opus Wings Over America, and the sold-out shows that provided the blueprint for the ’70s arena rock experience—can all be traced back to the big bang of those first eight months during which Wings would form, release Wild Life in December 1971 and play their first-ever live shows in February 1972.
The 50th anniversary edition of Wild Life was cut at half speed at Abbey Road Studios using a high resolution transfer of the original 1971 master tapes.
Last updated on November 25, 2022
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