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- Album This song officially appears on the Ram - Archive Collection Official album.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1971 (Paul McCartney was 29 years old)
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Recording "The Great Cock And Seagull Race"
Feb 23, 1971
Mixing "The Great Cock And Seagull Race"
Dec 17, 1971
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Song facts
From the liner notes of Wings Wild Life (2018):
Recorded during the RAM sessions, this track was later mixed in mono and used to promote Wild Life. It was first played on WCBS radio, December 1971, and planned as a B-side to ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’ (tentatively named ‘Hi Hi High’, later replaced by ‘C Moon’.
Last updated on December 22, 2018
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 2012
2:36 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Drums (?), Electric guitar, Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Piano, Producer
- Linda McCartney :
- Percussion (?)
- Henry McCullough :
- Electric guitar (?)
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums (?), Percussion (?)
- Dixon Van Winkle :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 23, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 13, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wild Life - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
4:02 • Rough mix • B
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Drums (?), Electric guitar, Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Piano, Producer
- Linda McCartney :
- Percussion (?)
- Henry McCullough :
- Electric guitar (?)
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums (?), Percussion (?)
- Dixon Van Winkle :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 23, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
- Session Mixing:
- Dec 17, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Bootlegs
Unofficial album • Released in 2002
4:07 • Outtake • Early take 1 - 12/71
Unofficial album • Released in 2002
3:38 • Outtake • Early take 2 - 12/71
Wild Life - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
3:49 • Rough mix • Instrumental outtake of the Ram sessions, a.k.a 'Breakfast Blues' or ‘Rooster’. Recorded on February 22, 1971 in New York.
- Recording :
- Feb 22, 1971
- Studio :
- New York
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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