1998
Paul's "Wide Prairie" webcast will take place at 2pm ET, for one hour, on Thursday December 17, through the broadcast.com website. It will be viewable using RealPlayer's G2 Player, which you can download at the site. Visit:
Matt Hurwitz Publisher Good Day Sunshine Magazine
Matt Hurwitz of Good Day Sunshine Magazine reports:
Some important news regarding Paul's upcoming online event on December 17th, titled "The McCartney 'Wide Prairie' Show." As you may know, you can submit questions to Paul about Linda, Linda's album, whatever you wish, and he will try to answer them that day. Well, each person whose question gets answered will receive an autographed album from Paul himself. So if you haven't already, be sure and send in a Q - you might get lucky!
Send questions to:
World Exclusive Event
DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO PAUL MCCARTNEY?Good - 'cos here's your chance
On Thursday, December 17th
Paul McCartney will go live online to the world
-->In his only performance of the year<--
Paul will present. . .
"The McCartney Wide Prairie Show"Paul will be live & on the net:
--Telling how Linda & he made her solo album
--Revealing his favorite photography
--*Cooking* his own specialty! (yes, cooking)
--Presenting exclusive video previews
--And. . . . Answering *your* questions about Linda, "Wide Prairie," photos, cooking and the restGot a question? E-mail it *now* to:
lindaquestions@mplcommunications.com
"Groovy questions wanted"
December 17th - Macca on the net (With Live From He To You)
-->DETAIL TO BE ANNOUNCED (time, web address)
Matt Hurwitz Publisher Good Day Sunshine Magazine
Linda's "Wide Prairie" Yahoo! Club
Matt Hurwitz, Publisher of Good Day Sunshine Magazine reports:
MPL has set up a "Club" through Yahoo! which fans can visit and join. There'sa chat room where you can talk with other fans about "Wide Prairie," a calendarsection to look for upcoming events, a place to post messages - and it's all free.
If you'd like to join, go to:
http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/sjg?.i=lindamccartneyswideprairie&.a=i&
If you just want to check out the Club and have a look around, visit at:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/lindamccartneyswideprairie
CLEVELAND:Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel head up the list of 10 people who will be inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.
Rhythm and blues singer Curtis Mayfield, early rocker Del Shannon, singer Dusty Springfield and gospel singers the Staple Singers also will be inducted March 15 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, the hall's New York-based foundation announced Tuesday.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and Charles Brown will be inducted in the early influence category and Beatles' producer George Martin will be inducted in a category set aside for someone who is not a musical performer.
McCartney, already in the hall as a member of the Beatles, will be honored for his solo work.
Musicians are eligible for nomination to the hall 25 years after the release of their first recording.
London Beatles Fanclub Exclusive!
All Star Sgt Pepper Concert Planned for London!!
Promoters are working to bring together an all-star line up for concert version of SgtPepper in May next year (at a venue to be announced). Artists rumoured to be appearinginclude Elton John, Oasis, David Bowie, Bruce
Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, backed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Such an event is this that George Martin and Paul McCartney are believed to be on board,along with Ringo Starr and George Harrison - so watch this space, or visit the LondonBeatles Fanclub Websitehttp://members.xoom.com/londonbeatlefor new details as they become available!
Fireman rebroadcast
There will be a 2nd Fireman rebroadcast on Friday November 20, aimed at the European and Australian viewers. The event will be available on-demand for the entire day. The link can be found on November 20 athttp://www.fire-man.com.
Third Classical Recording
Paul's third classical album "Working Classical" is now scheduled for releasein late 1999. Although its release was already announced at the time of the Standing Stonepremiere last year, and the album was apparently long completed, EMI Classics shifted therelease date.
There will be chamber music, including a string quartet called "Inebriation",a piece for four horns titled "Stately Horn", and two pieces for smallorchestra, "A Leaf" (which was available as a piano piece onCD single) and "Spiral" (which was performed at theStanding Stone premieres).
Here are the tracks of the upcoming album Wide Prairie by Linda McCartney (out onOctober 27):
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This will be a very good album. With the exception of only a few tracks, I have heard early versions of all songs (aired on the 1995 "Oobu Joobu" series, or on bootleg discs), and most of them are just great. I can whole-heartedly recommend this album to all McCartney fans!
Press Release:
Wide Prairie, the solo album Linda McCartney, will be released by Capitol Records in the USA on Tuesday, October 27th. In Europe, it is released on Monday, October 26th.
The 16-track solo album, which she had planned to release this year, features 13 original songs written by Linda as well as three cover versions. It stands as the definitive collection of all the songs records by Linda over the past 25 years.
Linda sings lead vocal on all the songs and plays various keyboards, while Paul McCartney, who produced the album, sings backing vocals and plays a variety of instruments. The album also includes the couple's son James playing lead guitar.
Making her own solo album for the fun of it was an idea inspired in Linda by a fan who had liked her song Seaside Woman, the soundtrack to an animated short film that won a Golden Palm at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Paul explained: "A couple of years ago, a fan wrote to Linda saying she had enjoyed Seaside Woman and asked if there were any more tracks of hers available. That letter made us decide to gather all the music that she had recorded through the years and put it on one album."
Wide Prairie reveals a varied mix of Linda's musical tastes from the pop-reggae of Seaside Woman and Mister Sandman to the punk spirit of I Got Up and The Light Camera From Within. On Cow and White Coated Man (co-written with television screenwriter Carla Lane) Linda makes her stand for animal rights and her gentleness is heard in the ballads Endless Days, Love's Full Glory and Appaloosa. Linda's unpretentious sense of fun runs through the album - from her perky and tongue-in-cheek Wide Prairie, to the surreal Oriental Nightfish, the bouncy New Orleans and her poppy cover versions of Sugartime and Poison Ivy. Wide Prairie was recorded in England, the USA, France and Jamaica at varying times since November 1972 and the album was completed in March of this year.
Single to be released
According to some recent edition of Billboard, a single for the songWide Prairie will be released by Parlophone on November 9th, with Cow and Love's Full Glory as extra tracks.
Message from Geoff Baker for Fun Club members
Members of the Paul McCartney Fun Club have received this letter:
The Walrus was Paul? Yes! Paul was performing live on guitar, bass and keyboard, whistle and microphone ;-) , and this was mixed live to the Rushes basic tracks. Thank you very much Paul, the internet community feels honored, and we all had a lot of fun!-hg
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All snapshots by Harald Gernhardt. Images must not be used on other sites (theyare watermarked!).
Internet Chat details
The Fireman's chat will take place on Friday evening October 2, from 7pm to 8pm GMT - that's from 11 am to 12 noon Pacific time or 2pm to 3pm Eastern time.
The chat will be hosted onwww.fire-man.com, the home of the fireman!
A mysterious fax from "a fireman's friend"
Matt Hurwitz, publisher of Good Day Sunshine magazine and long-term friendof this site, has just received a mysterious fax from England from "a fireman'sfriend." It says:
We'll have to wait and see what The Fireman has to say for himself. In themeantime, check out the site, and, at the appropriate time, submit your questions to theman whose candle never goes out.
Matt Hurwitz Publisher Good Day Sunshine Magazine
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According to the Associated Press, Paul McCartney will take to the concertstage next year to keep alive his late wife Linda's crusade for animal rights.
He and Crissie Hynde (The Pretenders) are organising a series of concertsin 1999! Neither dates nor sites have been set for Paul's first return to the stage sinceLinda's passing.
Paul is quoted "Good animal activists around the world might thing,'Oh, God, we have lost a very powerful voice when we lost Linda.' Well, we have. But myvoice is there now and I'm going to try to use it. We are going to keep up her goodwork."
Paul has already talked with Elvis Costello, the B-52s, The ArtistFormerly Known As Prince, Blur, Lenny Kravitz and Natalie Imbruglia about participating.
Rushes release
Simon van der Peet from the Fan ClubMaccazine (The Netherlands) reports thatRushes will be released in The Netherlands (aka Holland) on September 21st! This dateshould also apply to most other European countries!
He also reports that there are Promotional 12 inch white label copies for Dance Musicstores only, and 12 inches with a hologram of the promo artwork (see below).
| Simon van der Peet from the Fan ClubMaccazine (The Netherlands) has provided us with the artwork of a promo CD of "Rushes", Paul's upcoming "techno" album, released under "The Fireman." You might want to look away, in case you're younger than 21. You have been warned ;-)! |  |
If you're subscribed to ClubSandwich, you've read about it already in the Spring issue - Paul is to release another"trans-techno" album, produced by Youth and similar to the 1993Strawberry Oceans Ships Forest. It will be released in the U.K. inlate September (not in the U.S.!), and amongst its tracks there might be titles like"7am", "Appletree Cinnabar Amber" or "Palo Verde","Fluid" and "Auraveda", the latter three at over 10 minutes each inlength! This album will be titledRUSHES.
Most of you will know that whenLinda died, it was accounced that Linda and Paul had been recording some new Linda songsearly this year. Linda has been composing and recording quite a few titles since the early1970s. Paul has produced a Linda album called "Wide Prairie"(after one song on the album), and it is out on November 3rd. It features 16 tracks - 13originals and 3 cover versions, all sung by Linda. It will feature both Paul and James, aswell as numerous other artists and members of Wings. This CD will be released worldwide.
Following the recent memorial service in London, a similar such service will be held at the Riverside Church in New York City on Monday June 22nd at 8:30pm. The church is located at 490 Riverside Dr., around 120th-122nd Sts. Paul is expected to attend, along with family members and close friends, though, like the British service, it will be closed to the public.
Thanks to Matt Hurwitz /Good DaySunshine Magazine for this info.
A Memorial Service will be held at 8:30pm on Monday June 8, 1998, at St.Martin's In The Fields, a church in Trafalger Square in London. Only relatives and closefriends will attend.
Animal welfare groups and others who wish to honor Linda are planning togather in Trafalger Square itself at the same time for an informal candlelight tribute.
Paul and the children have been placing newspaper ads to thank all whohave expressed their condolences and for their kind thoughts.
Yesterday's "The Sunday Mirror",www.sundaymirror.co.uk, has reported that Pauland James were seen in Paris. They also had a photo. This was the first time Paul was seenin public since Linda's passing.
Apr. 17: Linda McCartney dies of cancerIt's incredibly sad news. After over two years of fighting against cancer, Linda McCartney died at 5:04 a.m. PDT last Friday, with her husband and children at her side, in Santa Barbara, California, at age 56.
In December 1995, a malign tumor was found in her breast and she was immediately undergoing treatment that seemed to be working well. Only in March the cancer was found to have spread to her liver. Paul will be issuing a statement late this week and is currently with his children, Baker said. "The coming days are going to be very difficult for Paul. People may not realize that with the exception of one occasion, Paul and Linda never spent a night apart in the 30 years that they have loved one another." "Especially because of this, I am making a personal and professional appeal to the press and media to please respect how Paul and the family are feeling and to give them time and space alone," he said. Paul asked that instead of sending flowers, people could make a donation to cancer research or animal welfare charities, or best of all, the tribute that Linda herself would like best: "Go veggie." |
Matt Hurwitz, publisher of GDS, spoke with MPL in London, and they askedthat anyone wishing to send a card or good wishes to Paul and the family should pleasesend them to the Fun Club address, not to MPL's offices or to Paul's home. That addressis:
The Paul McCartney Fun Club
P.O. Box 110
Westcliff, Essex SS0 8NW
UNITED KINGDOM
Paul McCartney's long awaited paintings exhibition has been postponed buta final date is set. It is now to be held in the media and culture house "Lyz"in Siegen-Wittgenstein in Germany and it will open on 16 April 1999, and it will lastuntil the end of June. Watch this space for more details.
Carl Perkins, rock'n'roll and "rockabilly" pioneer, has diedthis Monday 19th at age 65 because of complications from three recent strokes. His song"Blue Suede Shoes" influenced Elvis Presley and the Beatles. The Beatles hadrecorded cover version of his songs "Matchbox", "Everybody's Trying To BeMy Baby" and "Honey Don't."
In the very early Beatles days, George Harrison even changed his name to "CarlHarrison" in honor to Perkins.
Michael Jacksonand Paul McCartney have renewed their friendship -said UK paper "News of the World" last Sunday. Paul is reported to have sentJacko a copy of "Flaming Pie" including a personal note, and Jacko shall haveinvited Paul to his concerts in return. My comment: I don't know if there is any truth inthis but it does not seem too likely. Paul's album was out in May last year, and in themeantime Paul was interviewed several times, and asked about Jackson (e.g in the DavidFrost interview, aired in January this year). There, Paul said that he had been trying toget into touch with Jacko several times but Jacko wouldn't speak to him. Besides, Paulwill probably not forgive Jacko for what he has done (rights to Beatles songs). A provethat Paul will not forget people treating him badly took place late last year, when Paulleft an awards show early because another award was given to Phil Spector, who remixed theinfamous Let It Be album, adding women's choirs and heavy orchestration to Paul's Long AndWinding Road, for example. Paul had vetoed that Spector release these remixes but in theend that's what happened, without any prior notification of Paul. Paul has been very angryabout this.
1998 Flaming Pie Tour?
You might have heard it, there will be a Diana Tribute concert in June (in England). Paulwas invited to perform but turned it down. According to a spokesman "regretfully hecan't appear because he has other plans and commitments at the time."
According to Richard Porter of the London Beatles Fan Club, UK news channel Sky News havesaid the reason is because Paul will be touring! However, there is no confirmation fromPaul's spokesman, yet.
So, don't get too excited yet. This may very likely turn out to be pure speculation.However, I'd advise on keeping and eye on what's happening on the news wires.
Oh Yoko!
Flaming Pie nominated for Grammy
Yes! Paul's album "Flaming Pie" has been nominated for "Album of theYear". Congratulations! I hope it'll win! The annual show will take place in lateFebruary. Citizens of North America may take part in a couple of contests - checkwww.flamingpie.com.
Music for Montserrat on VH1 (US)
At last! The George Martin-produced "Music for Montserrat" benefitconcert, which took place last September in London and featured Paul McCartney, will bere- broadcast on VH1 on Saturday January 17th at 9pm (ET/PT). It will be repeated againthe following day, on Sunday January 18th at 4pm (ET/PT). The program was originallybroadcast on Showtime Pay-per-view, the week after the concert took place.
Oprah on UK TV
Sky One will broadcast the Oprah show (with Paul McCartney) this Thursday 15 Januarybetween 4pm and 5pm. It will probably be the "Little Willow" version (which wasthe repeat in the U.S.; the first version contained Beautiful Night instead).
Paul to sing on Coward album
You thought 1997 was a busy Beatle year? No way! Looks like there will be loads of thingsto look forward to this year!
The newAbbey Road Studios - the Documentaryhas already premieredon UK ITV in January. It includes interviews with Paul McCartney and former Beatle drummerPete Best, amongst several other goodies. It will later be released on video.
February might see releases of a debut CD fromSean Lennon (withoutYoko nor IMA). There will also beGeorge Martin's CDIn My LifeincludingBeatles cover versions by Sean Connery and Goldie Hawn.
In April the new album byRingo Starrwill be released.Expectations are high, as Paul and George (amongst several other highly acclaimedmusicians) contributed to the album. There should also be a new tour of Ringo in Europe,Australia, Canada, South America and Japan.
According to Club Sandwich, Paul's animated filmTropical Island Humwillbe released around Easter!
There'll also be a new CD around that time:Working Classical which contains shortclassical pieces that were composed by Paul during the making of Standing Stone.Apparently recordings for this CD are not finished yet, though.
In July we'll be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the movieYellowSubmarine. Maybe it will finally be re-released on video since it has been deleted formany many years.
In autumn the long awaitedAnthology Book should finally see thelight of day. The special collector's edition by Genesis Publications might also includeautographs and even previously unreleased Beatles tracks on a special CD. There will alsobe a trade edition.
Other things that are still waiting for a release areLet It Beonvideo (it has obviously been remastered and prepared a couple of years ago), theHollywoodBowl on CD (according to Ringo), and finally a newGeorge album, should he everget around to recording it! Then there's the official box set of "Lost LennonTapes" still waiting for its release.
Wings Anthology
And let's not forget what Paul had mentioned during the Townhall Meeting at theBishopsgate: A Wings Anthology is being compiled by his daughter Mary and her boyfriendAlistair.
Painting's exhibition
There still appears to be no final date set for the very first exhibition of Paul'spaintings in Siegen, Germany, later this year. As the author of this site lives inGermany, he hopes to be able to provide lots of first-hand information about theexhibition.
And finally, Linda is probably still preparing a photo film of theBeatles, and its soundtrack was said to contain the so far unheard Beatles trackCarnivalof Light.
"The blessing was that the end came quickly and she didn't suffer," says a statement from publicist Geoff Baker. Two days before her death, Linda and Paul had been horseback riding, one of her main passions, Baker said.