Tripping the Live Fantastic

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Tripping the Live Fantastic
Live album by Paul McCartney
Released	5 November 1990
Recorded	26 September 1989 - 30 June 1990
Genre	Rock
Length	2:18:20
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney, Bob Clearmountain, and Peter Henderson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Paul McCartney chronology
Flowers in the Dirt (1989)	Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990)	Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! (1990)

Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney's first official live album and his first release of concert material since Wings' 1976 Wings over America live package. It was released in 1990 as triple LP, double cassette and double CD.

A document of the huge success of The Paul McCartney World Tour, Tripping the Live Fantastic encompasses McCartney's entire musical career from his famed Beatles hits to his recent hit album, Flowers in the Dirt, while also including some unique covers. Interspersed throughout the package are occasional soundcheck recordings as well.

Although some critics have described the album as being overly polished and slick, Tripping the Live Fantastic is still considered a generous and enjoyable memento from McCartney's first world tour in over a decade.

Despite reversing the famed Lennon-McCartney credits on Wings over America, McCartney left the credits for his Beatles songs contained on Tripping the Live Fantastic in their original form.

Tripping the Live Fantastic reached #16 in the UK and #26 in the US. It was also simultaneously released in an abridged form, entitled Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Showtime" – 0:38
2. "Figure of Eight" – 5:32
3. "Jet" – 4:02
4. "Rough Ride" – 4:48
5. "Got to Get You into My Life" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:21
6. "Band on the Run" – 5:09
7. "Birthday" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:43
   • Concurrently released as a single to commemorate what would have been John Lennon's 50th birthday
8. "Ebony and Ivory" – 4:00
9. "We Got Married" – 6:38
10. "Inner City Madness" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Hamish Stuart/Robbie McIntosh/Paul Wickens/Chris Whitten) – 1:22
    • A soundcheck jam by McCartney and his touring band
11. "Maybe I'm Amazed" – 4:41
12. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:18
13. "Crackin' Up" (Ellas McDaniel) – 0:49
14. "The Fool on the Hill" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:01
15. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 6:23
16. "Can't Buy Me Love" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:14
17. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) – 3:09
18. "Put It There" – 2:43
19. "Together" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Hamish Stuart/Robbie McIntosh/Paul Wickens/Chris Whitten) – 2:17
    • Another soundcheck jam

[edit] Disc two

1. "Things We Said Today" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:01
2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:36
3. "This One" – 4:28
4. "My Brave Face" (Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus) – 3:09
5. "Back in the USSR" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:15
6. "I Saw Her Standing There" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:25
7. "Twenty Flight Rock" (Eddie Cochran/Fairchild) – 3:09
8. "Coming Up" – 5:18
9. "Sally" (Haines/Leon/Towers) – 2:03
10. "Let It Be" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:53
11. "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino/Bartholomew) – 2:40
12. "Live and Let Die" – 3:11
13. "If I Were Not upon the Stage" (Sutton/Turner/Bowsher) – 0:36
    • A faux beginning to the next song
14. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 8:03
15. "Yesterday" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:06
16. "Get Back" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:11
17. "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 6:41
18. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Greene) – 4:31

[edit] Personnel

• Paul McCartney - lead vocals, bass, piano, guitar
• Linda McCartney - Keyboards, vocals.
• Hamish Stuart (from Average White Band) - guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Robbie McIntosh (from an edition of The Pretenders) - lead guitar
• Paul 'Wix' Wickens - Keyboards
• Chris Whitten - Drums and percussion

Paul McCartney
Studio Albums
McCartney | Ram | McCartney II | Tug of War | Pipes of Peace | Press to Play | Снова в СССР | Flowers in the Dirt | Off the Ground | Flaming Pie | Run Devil Run | Driving Rain | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
With Wings
Wild Life | Red Rose Speedway | Band on the Run | Venus and Mars | Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town | Back to the Egg | Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition
Live Albums
Wings Over America | Tripping the Live Fantastic | Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) | Paul Is Live | Back in the U.S. | Back in the World
Compilations
Wings Greatest | All the Best! | Wingspan: Hits and History
Soundtracks
The Family Way (soundtrack) | Give My Regards to Broad Street
Experimental Albums
Thrillington | Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest | Rushes | Liverpool Sound Collage | Twin Freaks
Classical Albums
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio | Paul McCartney's Standing Stone | Paul McCartney's Working Classical | Ecce Cor Meum
Related articles
Discography | The Beatles | The Fireman | Linda McCartney | Heather Mills McCartney | MPL Communications | Paul is dead | Wings tours
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