Wide Prairie
Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation album by Linda McCartney, compiled by her husband Paul McCartney and released in October 1998, roughly six months after her death due to breast cancer. The idea for the album was inspired by a fan who wrote to Paul McCartney inquiring about "Seaside Woman", 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 minute 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.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
- Paul McCartney – 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
- James McCartney – electric and acoustic guitar
- Denny Laine – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, piano, flute
- Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar
- Henry McCullough – electric guitar
- Laurence Juber – acoustic guitar
- Robbie McIntosh – electric guitar
- Billy Boy – electric guitar
- Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar
- Boris Gardiner – bass guitar
- Joe English – drums
- Denny Seiwell – drums
- Mike "Boo" Richards – drums
- Davey Lutton – drums
- Ian Maidman – bass, drums, engineer and producer, electric guitar and backing vocals
- Geoffrey Richardson – mandolin, slide guitar
- Mick Bolton – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Steve Johnson – string synthesizer, synth bass, trumpet
- Winston Wright – keyboards
- Vassar Clements and Johnny Gimble - fiddles
- Thaddeus Richard – alto saxophone
- William Puett – tenor saxophone
- Norman Ray – baritone saxophone
- Hewlett Quillen – trombone
- George Tidwell and Barry McDonald – trumpets
- Steve Fletcher – backing vocals
- Carla Lane – spoken verse
- Lee Perry – producer