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Circa 1971-1972 • For Wings

Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Wild Life - Archive Collection Official album.
Studio:
Rude Studio, High Park Farm, Kintyre, Scotland, UK

Songs recorded


1.

Seaside Woman

Written by Linda McCartney

Recording


2.

Mystery Train

Written by Junior Parker

Recording


3.


4.

Blackpool

Written by Paul McCartney

Recording


5.

Freight Train

Written by Elizabeth Cotten

Recording



7.

African Yeah Yeah

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Recording • August 1972

Album Officially released on Wild Life - Archive Collection


8.

Poor Boy

Written by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson

Recording


9.

Little Queenie

Written by Chuck Berry

Recording


10.

Tea Bud

Recording


11.

Indeed I Do

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Recording

Album Officially released on Wild Life - Archive Collection

About

After our first visit to Jamaica, Linda wrote her first song, Seaside Woman. We cut a demo and I played drums. I didn’t have a snare drum, though, so I used a couple of ropes. Again, that’s why we called it our ‘funky period’ – it was all improvised. The harmonies on tracks like Seaside Woman became central to Wings. That sound was slightly different to what anyone else was doing. Elton John said he really loved our harmonies, and when I later worked with Michael Jackson he asked for Linda to be on the harmonies. Our voices did blend very well together.

Paul McCartney, in Wingspan, 2002

Last updated on June 12, 2020

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