Which means something went wrong in the final mastering stage of the original 1997 issue. It’s interesting that for both ‘Pure McCartney’ in 2016 and the new 2020 remaster the polarity is different.
#PAUL MCCARTNEY CHRISTMAS SONG ARCHIVE#
“ Little Willow” was remastered in 2016 for inclusion on the “ Pure McCartney” compilation, and then in 2020 for the “ Flaming Pie Archive Collection“, both times by engineer Alex Wharton. Paul McCartney, from the Flaming Pie Archive Edition, 2020Īt the end of 1997, “ Little Willow” was included in a tribute album to Diana, Princess of Wales, who had died in August the same year.Ī promotional video directed by John Schlesinger was shot in September 1997, and premiered in December during the second airing of the Oprah Winfrey show. And I think it makes it a little more available to people if you call it ‘Little Willow’. I always prefer to conjure up some story or tale or some bit of imagination around something, because then I can get my emotions out but it’s not quite as raw. But it wasn’t called ‘Maureen’, it was called ‘Little Willow’. The sort of fragility of life is in that song. ‘Little Willow’, I know I was very affected by Maureen’s death, and again I remember just going into a room and putting those sentiments into that song. You know, if I want to write about loneliness, it’ll be ‘Eleanor Rigby’ who carries the can. It’s the way I’ve developed as a songwriter. The studio recording, begun ten months later (on the day that The Beatles Anthology 1, with ‘Free As A Bird’ was released), is an eloquent combination of voice and instrumentation, Paul’s work being augmented by Jeff Lynne.Ĭlub Sandwich No 82 Summer 1997 Shop on AmazonĮven if I’m writing something very specific, I veil it. Being on holiday at the time, and therefore out of reach, Paul wasn’t given the news for some days, but instantly created ‘Little Willow’ not only as a personal response to the sadness but, hopefully, as a salve for his late friend’s children. ‘Little Willow’ is an achingly touching ballad written by Paul upon hearing of the death of a close friend, whom the McCartneys visited in hospital and continued to keep in close contact with until she died.
Mark Lewisohn, in Club Sandwich n☈2, Summer 1997: It was a very sad day for all of us, and Jeff Lynne and I gave it our all in the studio.
It’s heartfelt – instead of writing her kids a letter I wrote a song. Paul McCartney, in Club Sandwich n☈2, Summer 1997:Ī good friend of mine died, someone we all loved, so I wrote a song that conveyed my mood.
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