Wild Life (Paul McCartney Archive Collection)

Paul McCartney
 
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Label UMe/Capitol
Catalogue No. 567 4740   (Barcode: 6 02567 47401 2)
Release date 7th December 2018
Total time 2 hours 36 minutes and 25 seconds
C.D. 1 - 39:46
C.D. 2 - 38:05
C.D. 3 - 44:34
D.V.D. - 34:00
U.K. Album Chart Detail : Did NOT chart
Detail : Originally in 1971 Paul's third solo album release - this version was the eleventh in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection
For detail of the original 1971 album see here: Wild Life

The December 2018 archive re-issue was released in multiple formats:
Special Edition 2-CD - the remastered 10-track album on disc one. 17 bonus tracks on disc two.
Deluxe Edition 3-CD/1-DVD;
                          The original 10-track album remastered at Abbey Road,
                          Two bonus audio discs; one with 8 rough mixes, the other 17 unreleased demos and non-album singles,
                          A DVD featuring live and rehearsal recordings of previously unreleased and exclusive content,
                          a 128-page book,
                          a Folio containing a 48-page scrapbook of Paul's handwritten lyrics and notes, plus other unseen memorabilia (and a download link).
Remastered vinyl 2-LP version containing the contents of the special edition.

Released on the same day as the Red Rose Speedway Archive Collection which did chart, this set did not enter the Top 100.

Poor value for money again. Expensive and sturdy looking box set.
Excellent book and some novel little extras, but ....
The bonus audio could have almost fitted on one disc, so much waste space again.
And a DVD with barely over a half-an-hour of visual entertainment.

 

Disc One - Remastered C.D. Album

(39:46)

Track Composer Time
Mumbo P.McCartney & L.McCartney 3:54
Bip Bop P.McCartney & L.McCartney 4:09
Love Is Strange McDaniel-Baker-Robinson 4:48
Wild Life P.McCartney & L.McCartney 6:40
Some People Never Know P.McCartney & L.McCartney 6:37
I Am Your Singer P.McCartney & L.McCartney 2:14
Bip Bop (Link) P.McCartney & L.McCartney 0:48
Tomorrow P.McCartney & L.McCartney 3:24
Dear Friend P.McCartney & L.McCartney 5:48
Mumbo (Link) P.McCartney & L.McCartney 0:45

Disc Two - Rough Mixes

(38:05)

No. Track Recording Information Time
1 Mumbo Recorded Abbey Road - 26th July 1971 3:52
2 Bip Bop Recorded Abbey Road - 24th July 1971 4:20
3 Love Is Strange Recorded Abbey Road - 24th July 1971 4:24
4 Wild Life Recorded Abbey Road - 26th July 1971 6:35
5 Some People Never Know Recorded Abbey Road - 25th July 1971 6:44
6 I Am Your Singer Recorded Abbey Road - 24th July 1971 2:14
7 Tomorrow Recorded Abbey Road - 26th July 1971 3:32
8 Dear Friend Recorded Abbey Road - 24th July 1971 5:50

Disc Three - Bonus Tracks

(44:34)

No. Track Recording Information Time
1 Good Rockin' Tonight Home Recording 0:57
2 Bip Bop Home Recording 3:17
3 Hey Diddle Home Recording 2:32
4 She Got It Good Home Recording 0:45
5 I Am Your Singer Home Recording 2:53
6 Outtake 1 Abbey Road - 9th October 1971 0:30
7 Dear Friend 2 Home Recording 4:48
8 Dear Friend 2 Home Recording 2:02
9 Outtake 2 Abbey Road - 9th October 1971 0:13
10 Indeed I Do "Take 1" - Home recording 1:14
11 When The Wind Is Blowing CBS Studios, NY, 20th October 1970 3:51
12 The Great Cock And Seagull Race   Rough mix - "4"
A&R Recording Studios, NY, 23rd February 1971
Recorded during the RAM sessions, but used to promote Wild Life		 4:02
13 Outtake 3 Abbey Road - 9th October 1971 0:10
14 Give Ireland Back To The Irish 1972 - Single 3:44
15 Give Ireland Back To The Irish 1972 - B-side 3:46
16 Love Is Strange Single edit 4:14
17 African Yeah Yeah Recorded at Rude Studio, Campbeltown August 1972 5:01

Disc Four - DVD - Bonus Video

34:00 (13 Chapters)

Scotland 6th June 1971

5 Chapters (10:40)

Paul, Linda, Mary, Heather and Martha the sheepdog - filmed by Nick Langley in Campbeltown.

  • Good Rockin' Tonight
  • Bip Bop
  • Hey Diddle
  • She Got It Good
  • I Am Your Singer
The Ball

1 Chapter (3:58)

Guests arriving at the Wild Life launch party - Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, 8th November 1971.
The 800 guests include Elton John, Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who,
Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagen and Kenny Jones of The Faces,
various top DJs and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.
("Mumbo" is the featured music)

ICA Rehearsals

3 Chapters (15:40)

Tour Rehearsals 2nd - 7th February 1972 at The ICA, The Mall. (Institute Of Contemporary Arts)
Tycho Films capture the sessions.
The outside sequence of arrivals is in colour, the rehearsals themselves in black-and-white.

  • Exterior shots - Arrivals (0:32)
  • The Mess (5:48)
  • Give Ireland Back To The Irish (3:56)
  • My Love (5:24)
Band Rehearsal (Fly On The Wall)

1 Chapter (3:41)

1st February 1972 - Island Studios, London
Give Ireland Back To The Irish

Filmed by ABC TV of America, who videotape Wings in the studio rehearsing the song.

For all Paul's albums in date order: McCartney LP Discography


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