Fans of Paul McCartney’s Wings are finally going to have long overdue, long rumored, remastered and expanded editions of the band’s 1972 debut, Wild Life and the 1973 surprise smash, Red Rose Speedway. Once these two are out, the last of the Wings’ canon, 1978’s London Town and 1979’s Back To The Egg are sure to follow – which would then close out the McCartney Archives for Wings’ career, which spanned (get it?) from 1972 to 1980, with several line-up changes; McCartney, Linda McCartney and Denny Laine being the mainstays from start to finish. WILD LIFE CD1 – Remastered Album 1. Mumbo (2018 Remaster) 2. Bip Bop (2018 Remaster) 3. Love Is Strange (2018 Remaster) 4. Wild Life (2018 Remaster) 5. Some People Never Know (2018 Remaster) 6. I Am Your Singer (2018 Remaster) 7. Bip Bop Link (2018 Remaster) 8. Tomorrow (2018 Remaster) 9. Dear Friend (2018 Remaster) 10. Mumbo Link (2018 Remaster) CD2 – Rough Mixes 1. Mumbo [Rough Mix] 2. Bip Bop [Rough Mix] 3. Love Is Strange (Version) [Rough Mix] 4. Wild Life [Rough Mix] 5. Some People Never Know [Rough Mix] 6. I Am Your Singer [Rough Mix] 7. Tomorrow [Rough Mix] 8. Dear Friend [Rough Mix] CD3 – Bonus Audio 1. Good Rockin’ Tonight [Home Recording] 2. Bip Bop [Home Recording] 3. Hey Diddle [Home Recording] 4. She Got It Good [Home Recording] 5. I Am Your Singer [Home Recording] 6. Outtake I 7. Dear Friend [Home Recording I] 8. Dear Friend [Home Recording II] 9. Outtake II 10. Indeed I Do 11. When The Wind Is Blowing 12. The Great Cock And Seagull Race [Rough Mix] 13. Outtake III 14. Give Ireland Back To The Irish 15. Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Version) 16. Love Is Strange [Single Edit] 17. African Yeah Yeah DVD – Bonus Video 1. Scotland, 1971 2. The Ball 3. ICA Rehearsals 4. Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Rehearsal) Plus 24bit 96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio download of the remastered album and bonus audio RED ROSE SPEEDWAY CD1 – Remastered Album 1. Big Barn Bed (2018 Remaster) 2. My Love (2018 Remaster) 3. Get On The Right Thing (2018 Remaster) 4. One More Kiss (2018 Remaster) 5. Little Lamb Dragonfly (2018 Remaster) 6. Single Pigeon (2018 Remaster) 7. When The Night (2018 Remaster) 8. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) (2018 Remaster) 9. Medley (2018 Remaster) * a) Hold Me Tight * b) Lazy Dynamite * c) Hands Of Love * d) Power Cut CD2 – “Double Album” 1. Night Out 2. Get On The Right Thing 3. Country Dreamer 4. Big Barn Bed 5. My Love 6. Single Pigeon 7. When The Night 8. Seaside Woman 9. I Lie Around 10. The Mess [Live At The Hague] 11. Best Friend [Live In Antwerp] 12. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) 13. Medley * a) Hold Me Tight 7. Little Lamb Dragonfly [Early Mix] 8. Little Woman Love [Early Mix] 9. 1882 [Home Recording] 10. Big Barn Bed [Rough Mix] 11. The Mess 12. Thank You Darling 13. Mary Had A Little Lamb [Rough Mix] 14. 1882 [Live In Berlin] 15. 1882 16. Jazz Street 17. Live And Let Die [Group Only, Take 10] DVD 1 – Bonus Video 1. Music Videos 2. “James Paul McCartney” TV Special 3. Live And Let Die [Live in Liverpool] 4. Newcastle Interview DVD 2 – Bonus Film 1. The Bruce McMouse Show 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital, 16bit 48kHz /PCM Stereo Blu-Ray – The Bruce McMouse Show 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 24bit 96kHz/PCM Stereo 24bit 96kHz Plus 24bit 96kHz unlimited high-resolution audio download of the remastered album and bonus audio. No dates yet. SOURCE: COMING SOON: WINGS, “Wild Life” and “Red Rose Speedway” (expanded editions)
Artwork pics originally posted by @Marry a Carrot on the Paul McCartney Archive Collection - 'Forthcoming Releases' [TBC] thread:
Is there something missing in the middle there? Also, no "Mama's Little Girl"? EDIT: Ignore this, see updated listing
I'll tell you what - CD may be dying, but they're still putting together some wonderful looking box sets.
Wild Life! Yay! I just listened to this album yesterday. Some decent material here that never sounded quite polished but that may have been the intention.
I can empathize -- I think I first read about it in a book titled BEATLES A-Z way back when. The Daily Beatle: The Bruce McMouse Show will finally be released!
Amazing. I’m going to pass up all this year’s big deluxe editions (except for Bowie and Dylan) for this pair.
Holy chicken wings! This looks awesome! But, this might have a pretty fat price I think? I probably go for both sets but individually. Btw, however I really like the spine of the Red Rose Speedway set.^^
I'd rather just have a nice remastered vinyl version of both. I could see a 2 disk set for RRS but 1 disk for Wild Life would suffice.
A repost of something I just said in the the other thread: In anticipation, I have been listening to a playlist of the double album version of 'Red Rose Speedway', and I must say that it just feels like a stronger album, with more substance to it, greater than the sum of it's parts. Had it been released as one I can imagine now there would be threads here suggesting that it be cut down to one album, but I do feel it would have been the stronger release. Songs like 'Tragedy', 'The Mess and 'Mama's Little Girl' deserved to be on a studio album.
And another : So going from the quality and success of 'Egypt Station' and the great promotional events for it, and the amazing quality of these reissues and the new live release, it looks like the infamous comprehensive plan really is living up to it's name; I love it when a plan comes together! So far, it looks like a great decision of Paul to go back to Capitol. They have really impressed me so far, and these sets look truly fantastic. I am now really looking forward to both of these reissues, despite being concerned beforehand, and I now look forward to 'London Town' and 'Back To The Egg' both hopefully following the same pattern, with the 1979 UK tour recordings included in a similar way. It is also looking likely that we will get the 'Rupert' recordings with those releases, seeing as they have given us so much bonus content here. As for the cost, go vegan like me and live off of lentils and chickpeas; it will be worth it !
Finally this one (allowing me to correct what I meant): I am surprised that 'Wings Over Europe' wasn't released at the time; fans in Europe and the USA would have wanted to have a live album from McCartney, especially before being given the chance to see him live if you lived in America. It would surely have been a steady seller for quite some time, even if the songs on it are not as widely known.
Ordered the deluxe (see main thread) . But it costs $451 out the door to Seattle. Surprised that there was sales tax to Washington state..