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- UK release date:
- Jan 14, 1972
- Publisher:
- Apple
- Reference:
- R 5932
Timeline
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Related sessions
This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Jul 29, 1971
Aug 06, 1971
Oct 03, 1971
Oct 05, 1971
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Track list
Side 1
1.
Written by Ethel Smith, Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool
4:51 • Studio version • A1 • Stereo • Single Edit
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Denny Seiwell
- Paul McCartney :
- Producer
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 03, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 05, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:19 • Studio version • A • Stereo
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass (?), Electric piano, Producer, Recorder (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Harmonium (?), Organ (?), Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Bass (?), Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Maracas
- Tony Clark :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer assistant
- Brian Blood :
- Recorder
- Peter Blood :
- Recorder
- Paul Blood :
- Recorder
- Jeanne Dolmetsch :
- Recorder
- Chris Blair :
- Recording engineer assistant
- Christine Blood :
- Recorder
- Session Recording:
- Jul 24, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jul 29, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Aug 06, 1971
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
About
This single was planned to be released on January 14, 1972, as the first Wings 7″. It contained an edit of “Love Is Strange” lasting 4:07 on the A-side (the album version lasts 4:50), and “I Am Your Singer” on the B-side.
It was finally cancelled and “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” was issued instead.
According to Discogs’ Top 100 Most Expensive Records: United Kingdom, a while label copy of this single was sold for $5,624.99 on April 8, 2018.
Last updated on December 19, 2023
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