Wide Prairie
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| Compilation album by Linda McCartney | ||
| Released | October 27, 1998 | |
| Recorded | 27 November 1972 - 18 March, 1998 |
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| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 52:08 | |
| Label | Parlophone/Capitol | |
| Producer(s) | Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Lee Parry & Ian Maidman | |
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| Ram (Paul & Linda McCartney) (1971) |
Wide Prairie (1998) |
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Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation by Linda McCartney. The album was compiled and released in 1998 by Paul McCartney after his wife's death, after a fan wrote in inquiring about "Seaside Woman" a reggae beat type song. [1] Paul gathered up all her recordings and put them together with the help of Capitol Records and MPL Communications. Lead guitar on the album is played by the McCartneys' son, musician/sculptor James McCartney.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Linda McCartney, except where noted.
- "Wide Prairie" – 4:33
- Recorded by Wings on November 20, 1973 in Paris, and in June 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- "New Orleans" – 3:13
- Recorded in New Orleans February 1975 during Wings sessions for album Venus and Mars, with further recording taking place on May 24, 1979.
- "The White Coated Man" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Carla Lane) – 2:13
- A song critical of the practice of vivisection, recorded March 21, 1988 and July 18, 1989.
- "Loves Full Glory" – 3:46
- Recorded July 16, 1980 and October of the same year.
- Pedal steel guitar played by Lloyd Green.
- "I Got Up" (Linda McCartney/Paul McCartney) – 3:19
- Recorded November 11, 1973 and March 20 and July 9, 1998.
- "The Light Comes From Within" (Linda McCartney/Paul McCartney) – 2:57
- Recorded March 18, 1998, in what turned out to be Linda's final recording sesson before her death.
- "Mister Sandman" (Ballard) – 2:50
- "Seaside Woman" – 3:54
- Recorded November 27, 1972.
- Included in a short film by Oscar Grillo that won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.
- The first song Linda McCartney ever wrote, according to Paul.
- "Oriental Nightfish" – 2:49
- Recorded October 5, 1973 during sessions for the Wings album Band on the Run.
- "Endless Days" (Linda McCartney/Mick Bolton) – 3:11
- Recorded October 21, 1987.
- "Poison Ivy" (Jerry Lieber/Mike Stoller) – 2:54
- A cover version of the original by The Coasters. Recorded October 21, 1987.
- "Cow" (Linda McCartney/Paul McCartney/Carla Lane) – 4:24
- Recorded July 24, 1988.
- "B Side to Seaside" (Linda McCartney/Paul McCartney) – 2:38
- "Sugartime" (Charles Echols/Odis Echols) – 2:06
- A cover version of the original by The McGuire Sisters. Recorded June 20, 1977 and July 7, 1998.
- "Cook of the House" (Paul McCartney) – 2:37
- Recorded June 20, 1976.
- Originally released in 1976 on the Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound.
- "Appaloosa" – 4:44
