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Monday, August 27, 2012

Wild Life


Here's a prime Macca masterpiece.  "Wild Life" was the 1971 debut album of Paul McCartney and Wings, a collaboration of Paul, wife and the two Dennys (Linda, drummer Denny Seiwell, and Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine).  This song (title track) gives off Moody Blues vibes, but maybe I'm imagining that.  It was mastered by Steve Hoffman, and after some strife about not getting "his share" from the label or whatnot, he sold individual copies of the unreleased audiofile versions from his own website until legal pursuit probably tangled it.  DCC Compact Classics were a company that pressed audiophile 24k gold-plated CD and vinyl LPs, back when people cared about the quality of music.