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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 Paul McCartney inquiring about "Seaside Woman", a song Wings released under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes featuring Linda on lead vocals.[5]

Wide Prairie

26 October 1998

1972–1980, 1987–1989, 1998

Pop, rock

52:09

Parlophone

Paul McCartney

Promotion and reception[edit]

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.[6] The album reached #127 in the UK charts with two singles released in support. The title track made the top 75, at #74,[7] while "The Light Comes from Within" charted at #56.[7]

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

Linda 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

Paul McCartney

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

James McCartney

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

Denny Laine

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

Jimmy McCulloch

– electric guitar (on "Seaside Woman")

Henry McCullough

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

Laurence Juber

– electric guitar (on "The White Coated Man")

Robbie McIntosh

Billy Boy – electric guitar (on "Mister Sandman")

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

Lloyd Green

– bass guitar (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime")

Boris Gardiner

– drums (on "New Orleans" and "Cook of the House")

Joe English

– drums (on "Seaside Woman")

Denny Seiwell

Mike "Boo" Richards – drums (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime")

Davey Lutton – drums (on "Wide Prairie" and "I Got Up")

– bass, drums, engineer and producer (on "Endless Days" and "Poison Ivy"), electric guitar and backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy")

Ian Maidman

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")

and Johnny Gimble - fiddles (on "Wide Prairie")

Vassar Clements

Thaddeus Richard – alto saxophone (on "Wide Prairie")

William Puett – tenor saxophone (on "Wide Prairie")

Norman Ray – baritone saxophone (on "Wide Prairie")

Hewlett Quillen – trombone (on "Wide Prairie")

George Tidwell and Barry McDonald – trumpets (on "Wide Prairie")

Steve Fletcher – backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy")

– spoken verse (on "The White Coated Man" and "Cow")

Carla Lane

– producer (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime")

Lee Perry

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