- Album This song officially appears on the Venus and Mars Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Recording "Venus And Mars - Reprise"
Jan 22, 1975
String overdubs for Venus And Mars album
Mar 10, 1975
Mixing "Venus And Mars (Reprise)"
Mar 24, 1975
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The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
"Venus And Mars (Reprise)" is one of the 154 songs covered.
Lyrics
Standing in the hall
of the great cathedral
Waiting for the transport to come
Starship 21ZNA9.
A good friend of mine
Studies the stars
Venus and Mars
are alright tonight
Come away on a strange vacation
Holiday hardly begun
Run into a good friend of mine
Sold me her sign
Reach for the stars
Venus and Mars
are alright tonight
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1975
2:07 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Piano
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- 12-string guitar
- Geoff Britton :
- Cymbals
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Ken Lexton :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 22, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 14, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 24, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Official album • Released in 1993
2:07 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Piano
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- 12-string guitar
- Geoff Britton :
- Cymbals
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Ken Lexton :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jan 22, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 14, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 24, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
2:07 • Studio version • A2014
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Piano
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- 12-string guitar
- Geoff Britton :
- Cymbals
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Ken Lexton :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 22, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 14, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 24, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars (Limited Red & Yellow LP)
Official album • Released in 2017
2:07 • Studio version • A2014
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Piano
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- 12-string guitar
- Geoff Britton :
- Cymbals
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Ken Lexton :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 22, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 14, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 24, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Bootlegs
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Going further
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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