Tripping the Live Fantastic
Labels
- Parlophone / EMI (UK )
- Capitol Records (USA)
Occupation
- Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, piano
- Linda McCartney: Keyboard, backing vocals
- Hamish Stuart - acoustic guitar, guitar, bass, backing vocals, singing with Ebony and Ivory
- Robbie McIntosh - guitar, backing vocals
- Paul ' Wix ' Wickens - keyboards, backing vocals
- Chris Whitten - drums, percussion
Tripping the Live Fantastic is the second live album by Paul McCartney. At the same time, it is including the Wings albums of the twentieth album Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles. It was released on 5 November 1990 in the UK and November 6, 1990 in the U.S..
The compilation album Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights! is not a standalone new album by Paul McCartney and mainly includes selected songs of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic. It was released on November 19, 1990 in the UK and on 20 November 1990 in the United States.
- 4.1 Birthday
- 4.2 All My Trials
- 4.3 The Long and Winding Road
Formation
Following the release of his album Flowers in the Dirt Paul McCartney was gone from September 1989 for the first time after ten years on tour again.
From September 26 to November 11, 1989 Paul McCartney started his world tour with a European tour with 28 concerts, from November 23 to December 15, followed by a North American tour with fourteen concerts. From January 2nd to January 26 In 1990, McCartney six concerts in Birmingham and eleven concerts in Wembley, London. From 1 to February 19, 1990 followed by eleven concerts in the U.S., six appearances in Tokyo ( 3 to 13 March 1990), then gave Paul McCartney from March 29 to April 15, 1990 nine concerts in the U.S..
With the concerts on 20 and 21 April 1990 at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, the tour should end. On Saturday, April 21, 184,000 people came to the stadium. At the request of concert organizers in the UK and the U.S., the world tour to three concerts in the UK ( 23, 28 and 30 June) and at twelve concerts in the U.S. ( 4 to 29 July 1990) was extended.
The album, the live recordings of Coming Up and Hey Jew published, includes - On August 6, 1990, the live compilation album Knebworth was by Polydor Records. The charity concert was held on 30 June 1990, alongside Paul McCartney were still more artists, including Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Cliff Richard and Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on.
Of the 102 concerts 83 performances were recorded with a 32- track digital tape recorder under the direction of Jeff Cohen. Paul McCartney, Pete Henderson and Bob Clearmountain chose it from the songs that were used for the album Tripping the Live Fantastic.
As with Wings over America and this live album was released as a triple - LP and double CD. While you are on the album Wings over America five Beatles songs, the number was increased in Tripping the Live Fantastic at fifteen, in contrast to Wings over America the designation of authorship Lennon - McCartney was maintained.
The order of the songs corresponds with some exceptions, the order of the songs as they were played during the concerts. Included on the setlist, but not on the album Tripping the Live Fantastic is Good Day Sunshine, which was released as a B- side of the single Birthday. Birthday, included on the album was played only on 30 June 1990 in Knebworth. Furthermore, the concert sequence is interrupted by five soundcheck recordings.
A selection of songs was chosen to additionally the compilation album Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights! to publish. The European edition contains the song All My Trials, which is not on Tripping the Live Fantastic, while the U.S. edition of Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights! the song Put It There contains. All My Trials was exclusively listed on 27 October 1989 in Milan. The release of this album was the first time in most countries only on CD, were singled out as still made in the USA, Australia and Czechoslovakia vinyl LPs.
The cover
The cover was designed by Peter Saville.
Title list
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Tripping the Live Fantastic Highlights!
Single releases
Birthday
On 8 October 1990 ( USA: October 16, 1990), the 7 " vinyl single appeared Birthday / Good Day Sunshine. In the U.S., only a music cassette was released. Furthermore, a 12 " vinyl Maxi Single / 5 " CD- single was released with the following songs in Europe:
The three B-sides are not included on the album.
In the USA 5 " CD Promotion singles were prepared containing only the song Birthday.
All My Trials
On November 26, was published in 1990 in the UK as the second single from the album All My Trials / C Moon (Live). Furthermore, two 5 " CD maxi singles released that first appeared as a 12" vinyl maxi-single were:
- All My Trials (Live ) / C Moon (Live) / Strawberry Fields Forever -Help! - Give Peace a Chance (Live)
The songs C Moon, Mull of Kintyre and the medley Strawberry Fields Forever -Help! - Give Peace a Chance are not included on the album Tripping the Live Fantastic. The A-side All My Trials is located just on the album Tripping the Live Fantastic Highlights! .
The Long and Winding Road
In Germany in January 1991 as the second single The Long and Winding Road (Live ) / C Moon (Live) was released.
It also appeared a 12 " vinyl maxi-single and 5" CD single with the following songs: The Long and Winding Road (Live ) / C Moon (Live) / Mull of Kintyre (Live) / Put It There (Live).
Chart positions
Reissues
- The CD has been not new remastered.
- In April 2011, the album was released in download format.
Video publication
Knebworth, The Event Vol 1
In August 1990, the VHS video cassette Knebworth, The Event Vol 1 was released, at the next to the two appeared on the album Songs Coming Up Hey Jew and also Can not Buy Me Love contained.
In 2002 Knebworth concert clips, The Event Vol 1 to 3 were re-released on DVD.
From Rio to Liverpool ( Going Home )
The 52 minute music documentary mainly deals with concerts in two cities, two concerts were held on April 20 and 21 place in 1990 in Rio de Janeiro, a concert in Liverpool on 30 June 1990. Were more concert clips of concerts in Glasgow and Philadelphia shown. The director of the film is music Aubrey Powell. The first broadcast of the film took place in the UK on 17 December 1990 on Channel 4
In October 1991, the film was released on VHS tape. A DVD release has not been made.
Get Back
The concert film Get Back was recorded during the world tour in 1989/1990 and contains 21 songs. The film's director is Richard Lester, who is also the first two films of the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night and Help! turned. Originally, the concert film should appear soon after the release of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic. However, the completion of the film was delayed until July 1991, so the movie premiere was postponed to September 1991.
In October of that year, Get Back was released on VHS in the United States in December 1991. The DVD was released in July 2011 in a 5.1 mix.
There are shots of concerts that were recorded in the following cities: Rotterdam, Montreal, Hamburg, Toronto, Birmingham, Zurich, Los Angeles and Chicago. The following songs are featured in the film: