This was the first song Linda ever wrote. The single was released first on 45 in the US 4 and a half years after it was recorded and then in August 1979 in the UK. Suzy And The Red Strips was a pseudonym for Linda McCartney and Wings. The recording features Linda on electric piano and Paul on bass and backing vocals. Denny Laine plays piano and guitar and also does backing vocals. Henry McCulloch plays guitar and Denny Seiwell plays drums. The Wide Prairie liner notes list the recorded date as 11/27/1972 however the later compiled liner notes for the 2018 Red Rose Speedway Deluxe box set list the recording date as 3/20/1972. While the version on Red Rose Speedway has a different mix, it is obviously from the same take. This take is heard without fade out to the true ending and has the scat vocals in the intro mixed lower than the commercial 45 mix and Wide Prairie mix where they are heard much clearer. |