''Wide Prairie'' is a posthumous compilation album by Linda McCartney, compiled by her husband

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and released in October 1998, roughly six months after her death due to

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. The idea for the album was inspired by a fan who wrote Paul McCartney inquiring about "

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", a song Wings released under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes featuring Linda on lead vocals.

Promotion and reception

To promote the album Paul McCartney held an 80 minutes webcast on 17 December 1998. During the show McCartney answered questions submitted by the fans about Linda and the recording of the album, played promo videos and cooked mashed potatoes.https://beatlesonfilm.com/pm19981217a.html The album reached #127 in the UK charts with two singles released in support. The title track made the top 75, at #74, while "The Light Comes from Within" charted at #56.

Track listing

Personnel

* Linda McCartney – lead, backing and harmony vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, mellotron, synthesizer *

– backing and harmony vocals, speaking voice, bass, double bass, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, piano, electric piano, clavinet, electronic organ, organ, mellotron, synthesizer, string synthesizer, drums, drum machine, congas, engineer, cover design *

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– electric and acoustic guitar (on "The Light Comes from Within") *

Denny Laine Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines, 29 October 1944) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, known as a founder of two major rock bands: the Moody Blues, with whom he played from 1964 to 1966, and Wings, with whom he played from 1 ...

– electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals (on "I Got Up"), piano (on "Seaside Woman"), flute (on "Oriental Nightfish") *

Jimmy McCulloch James McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish musician best known for playing lead guitar and bass, as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One i ...

– electric guitar (on "Wild Prairie" and "I Got Up") *

Henry McCullough Henry Campbell Liken McCullough (21 July 1943 – 14 June 2016) was a Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, The Grease Band and Paul McCartney and Wings. He also perf ...

– electric guitar (on "Seaside Woman") *

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– acoustic guitar (on "Love's Full Glory") *

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– electric guitar (on "The White Coated Man") * Billy Boy – electric guitar (on "Mister Sandman") *

Lloyd Green Lloyd Lamar Green (born October 4, 1937) is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie ...

– pedal steel guitar (on "Love's Full Glory") *

Boris Gardiner Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with " Elizabethan Reggae" (in 1970), " I Wann ...

– bass guitar (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime") * Joe English – drums (on "New Orleans" and "Cook of the House") *

Denny Seiwell Denny Seiwell (born July 10, 1943) is an American drummer and a founding member of Wings. He also drummed for Billy Joel and Liza Minnelli and played in the scores for the films ''Waterworld'', '' Grease II'', and ''Vertical Limit''. His d ...

– drums (on "Seaside Woman") * Mike "Boo" Richards – drums (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime") * Davey Lutton – drums (on "Wild Prairie" and "I Got Up") * Ian Maidman – bass, drums, engineer and producer (on "Endless Days" and "Poison Ivy"), electric guitar and backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy") * Geoffrey Richardson – mandolin, slide guitar (on "Endless Days") * Mick Bolton – piano, keyboards, backing vocals (on "Endless Days" and "Poison Ivy") * Steve Johnson – string synthesizer, synth bass, trumpet (on "The White Coated Man") * Winston Wright – keyboards (on "Mister Sandman") *

Vassar Clements Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and ...

and

Johnny Gimble John Paul Gimble (May 30, 1926 – May 9, 2015) was an American country musician associated with Western swing. Gimble was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 ...

- fiddles (on "Wild Prairie") * Thaddeus Richard – alto saxophone (on "Wild Prairie") * William Puett – tenor saxophone (on "Wild Prairie") * Norman Ray – baritone saxophone (on "Wild Prairie") * Hewlett Quillen – trombone (on "Wild Prairie") * George Tidwell and Barry McDonald – trumpets (on "Wild Prairie") * Steve Fletcher – backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy") *

Carla Lane Romana Barrack (5 August 1928 – 31 May 2016), known professionally as Carla Lane, was an English television writer responsible for several successful British sitcoms, including '' The Liver Birds'' (co-creator, 1969–1979), ''Butterflies'' (1 ...

– spoken verse (on "The White Coated Man" and "Cow") * Lee Perry – producer (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime")

References

External links

Wide Prairie at Macca-central.com
{{Authority control Linda McCartney albums Compilation albums published posthumously Parlophone albums Albums produced by Linda McCartney Albums produced by Paul McCartney 1998 compilation albums Capitol Records albums