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Artist: Wings Title: Wild Life Label:   Capitol Country: Europe Catalogue: 00602435611730 Barcode: 602435611730 Date: 4 Feb 2022 Format: Special Edition Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  6 Own Price Guide: $34 » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
Side A
A1	Wings	Mumbo	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
A2	Wings	Bip Bop	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
A3	Wings	Love Is Strange	Baker, Smith	Rate
A4	Wings	Wild Life	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
Side B
B1	Wings	Some People Never Know	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
B2	Wings	I Am Your Singer	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
B3	Wings	Tomorrow	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate
B4	Wings	Dear Friend	Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney	Rate

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Marking the 50th anniversary of the 7 December 1971 release of Paul McCartney and Wings' Wild Life, UMe announced on 7 December 2021 the 4 February 2022 reissue of Wings' debut LP as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing.

Cut by Miles Showell at half speed using high resolution transfers of the original master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, 23rd July 2021.

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JPGR&B SUBS 7th Dec 2021		PRESS RELEASE: Following the eclectic charm and intimacy of 1970's solo McCartney and 1971's homespun lo-fi indie-pop progenit r RAM credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, Wild Life found Paul once again redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, this time beginning his tenure as a founding member of Wings. A rollicking left turn from its predecessors, Wild Life was recorded in barely more than a week, with more than half of the songs captured in a single take. The end result would be eight songs running the gamut from joyous freewheeling jams to proto-chamber pop to spare introspective musings - all bristling with a raw, jagged energy akin to the grungiest of garage bands - whether on the careening blues-rock rave-up of opener Mumbo, a reggae-tinged reimagining of Mickey & Sylvia's Love Is Strange, or the plaintive and heart wrenching ballad Dear Friend. Cracking the top 10 and going gold in the US, Wild Life faced an admittedly uphill battle as the debut of Paul's first post-Beatles band. In a recent reassessment, Billboard noted that modern-day Wild Life listeners "can throw out all this cultural baggage and just enjoy the tunes… by not reaching for any obvious Beatles tropes, Wings achieved something fresh and inviting…" And in fact, Wild Life would prove to be the first spark of the Wings phenomenon that would develop and flourish into one of the defining sounds of '70s rock n roll. The streak of #1 albums from Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, At The Speed Of Sound through the 3LP live opus Wings Over America, and the sold-out shows that provided the blueprint for the '70s arena rock experience - can all be traced back to the big bang of those first eight months during which Wings would form, release Wild Life in December 1971 and play their first-ever live shows in February 1972. The 50th anniversary edition of Wild Life was cut at half speed at Abbey Road Studios using a high resolution transfer of the original 1971 master tapes.

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