Paul McCartney and Wings the seven-month sessions was the Linda composition "Seaside Woman", which was finally issued in 1977, credited to "Suzy and the Red Stripes". Near the end of the "Red Rose Speedway" sessions, in October 1972, Wings recorded the theme song to the James Bond film "Live and Let Die", which reunited McCartney with Beatles producer/arranger George Martin. Issued as a non-album single in mid-1973, "Live and Let Die" became a worldwide hit and has remained a highlight of McCartney's post-Wings concert performances (often accompanied by pyrotechnics). That same year, McCartney and Wings filmed a TV special, the critically maligned "James Paul
Paul McCartney and Wings Stella was "a bit of a drama"; there were complications at the birth and that both Linda and the baby almost died. He was praying fervently and the image of wings came to his mind. He decided to name his new band "Wings". In an attempt to capture the spontaneity of live performances, five of "Wild Life"'s eight songs were first takes by the band. The album included a cover of Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange". Like "Ram", "Wild Life" left music critics cold, a response that typified the anti-McCartney sentiments that prevailed among the music press following the