Tripping the Live Fantastic

Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney's first live album since Wings over America. It released as a triple LP, double cassette, and double CD on 5 November 1990, containing material from two concerts. A shorter version named Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! came out simultaneously.

History
The album was recorded during the Paul McCartney World Tour, having material from the Beatles to various covers to his, at the time, recently released album, Flowers in the Dirt. The album has various sound checks placed about.

The name is based off the phrase "Trip the light fantastic", which means dancing to the music.

Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!
Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! is an abridged version of Tripping the Live Fantastic. This version of the album excludes soundchecks but does include the cover of "All My Trials"; It is replaced by "Put It There" in the Columbia Records mail order version of Highlights!

VHS releases
Three VHS releases were made for the album: The first, Get Back, released in theatres.

The second, Paul McCartney: Coming Home was a Disney Channel made release. In this, Paul returns to Liverpool to do a John Lennon tribute. The songs included were "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Help!", and "Give Peace a Chance".

The third was Paul McCartney: Put It There. It showed Paul rehearsing for the concert.

Personnel

 * Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano, keyboards
 * Linda McCartney – keyboards, backing vocals
 * Hamish Stuart – acoustic, electric and bass guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Ebony and *Ivory"
 * Robbie McIntosh – electric guitars, backing vocals
 * Paul Wickens – keyboards, backing vocals
 * Chris Whitten – drums, percussion

Covers
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