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- US release date:
- Nov 02, 1987
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Related sessions
This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Oct 12, 1970
"Ram" sessions (A&R Studios, New York City)
January-February, 1971
Feb 08, 1971
Sep 02, 1972
Recording "Live And Let Die" #1
Oct 19, 1972
Recording "Live And Let Die" #2
Oct 20, 1972
Oct 21, 1972
Nov 07, 1972
Jan 25, 1973
Jan 26, 1973
Jan 27, 1973
"Band On The Run" sessions in Lagos
September 1-23, 1973
October 1973
Late October / Early November 1973
Overdubs for "Listen To What The Man Said"
Mar 03 to Mar 06, 1975
String overdubs for Venus And Mars album
Mar 10, 1975
"At The Speed Of Sound" sessions #2
January - February 1976
Jan 16, 1976
Feb 03, 1976
June - July 1979
September - October 1979
Feb 28, 1981
Mar 30, 1981
Overdubs for "Ebony And Ivory"
October 1981
Jan 19, 1982
April 1982
Feb 15, 1983
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:13 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Producer, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Moog
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Monday :
- Assistant engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- September 1-23, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:09 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Moog (?), Piano (?), Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Keyboards, Moog (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Piano (?)
- Tony Visconti :
- Orchestration
- Howie Casey :
- Sax
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Pete Swettenham :
- Assistant engineer
- Beaux Arts Orchestra :
- Strings
- Session Recording:
- October 1973
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Late October / Early November 1973
- Studio :
- Kingsway Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:43 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals, Vocoder
- Stevie Wonder :
- Backing vocals, Drums, Electric piano, Percussion, Synthesizers, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Arrangement, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Mike Stavrou :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 28, 1981
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 30, 1981
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1981
- Studio :
- Strawberry Studios South, Dorkins, Surrey
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 19, 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
4.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:57 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Clarinet, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bongos, Electric guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Joe English :
- Drums, Percussion
- Sid Sharp Strings :
- Cello, Violas, Violins
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Dave Mason :
- Electric guitar
- Tom Scott :
- Saxophone
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 31, 1975 and Feb 20, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 03 to Mar 06, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 26, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
5.
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:56 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Mellotron (?), Percussion (?), Piano (?), Producer, String conductor, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Piano (?)
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar (?)
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums, Percussion (?)
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns, String arrangements
- Session Recording:
- Jan 16, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- 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
7.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:11 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Military drum (?)
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Bass
- Howie Casey :
- Flutes, Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Flutes, Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Flutes, Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Flutes, Horns
- Session Recording:
- Feb 03, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- 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
8.
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:55 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Michael Jackson :
- Backing vocals, Vocals
- Eric Stewart :
- Backing vocals
- George Martin :
- Arrangement, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Jerry Hey :
- Horns
- Nathan Watts :
- Bass
- Bill Wolfer :
- Keyboards, Synthesizers
- David Williams :
- Electric guitar
- Chris Smith :
- Harmonica
- Ricky Lawson :
- Drums
- Ernie Watts :
- Horns
- Gary E. Grant :
- Horns
- Gary Herbig :
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- May 1981
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
- Session Recording:
- April 1982
- Studio :
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 15, 1983
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
9.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:13 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass (?), Electric guitar (?), Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar (?)
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Henry McCullough :
- Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Percussion (?)
- Ray Cooper :
- Duck-call, Percussion (?), Tympani
- Bill Price :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 19, 1972
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 20, 1972
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 21, 1972
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
10.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:42 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Percussion (?), Producer, Tambourine (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums, Percussion
- David Spinozza :
- Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Dixon Van Winkle :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 12, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- January 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 08, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
11.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:34 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Cornet, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Cornet, Xylophone
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Heather McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Mary McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer
- Mike Bobak :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 02, 1972
- Studio :
- Morgan Studios, London
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 07, 1972
- 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
12.
Junior's Farm
Studio version
13.
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Studio version
14.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:52 • Live • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitars, Electric piano, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Recording engineer, Synthesizers, Tambourine, Vocals
- Eddie Klein :
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio :
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio :
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Mixing:
- September 1979
- 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
15.
Goodnight Tonight
Studio version
16.
With A Little Luck
Studio version
17.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:09 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Electric piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- Richard Hewson :
- Orchestra arrangement
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 25, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Jan 26, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 27, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
About
From Club Sandwich N°46, Winter 1987:
To save you some head-scratching: the US have ‘Junior’s Form’ and ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ to themselves, while the rest of us have ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’, ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’, ‘We All Stand Together’, ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ and ‘Pipes Of Peace’ that they don’t have. Paul’s British and American singles history explains most of this. ‘Junior’ was a bigger hit Stateside than at home, while ‘Albert/Halsey’ (a US number one) was never a British single. The live ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ was actually a bigger American than British hit: American fans may well have it on Wings Over America, while the rest of us can count it a happy bonus, ‘Long Ago’ and Rupert’s song are British-only singles; ‘Mull’ was an American B-side, only later promoted as half of a double A-side, ‘Pipes’ remained an American B-side. One other difference might escape the casual observer: the live ‘Coming Up’ (from Wings’ last tour) on the flip of Paul’s McCartney II version was the American hit (number one, in fact), so that’s the one on their album.
All The Best can afford to exclude five British or American top ten hits. ‘Hi Hi Hi’ (on Wings’ Greatest), ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ (Wings Wild Life CD), ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ (Now That’s What I Call Christmas – Various Artists), ‘Waterfalls (McCartney II) and ‘Helen Wheels’ (Band On The Run in the US). And from ‘Let Me Roll It’ to ‘The Man’, we all have favourite album tracks we’d fit in if we could. But a hits album, rightly, is all about singles.
That being so, programming is obviously important. Both versions of All The Best achieve the same variety of mood that you get on a really good purpose-made album. One exception is Side Four on the Rest of the World set: after ‘Say Say Say’, the listener can wind down to the Horlicks hour in the pleasantest possible way. Editorial policy tends towards Bournvito, but there still seems nothing wrong with this – after all, Frank Sinatra designed whole albums for that time of day.
But why is the score ROW 20-USA 17? That’s our old friend the compact disc again. To keep things tidy, tracks on the American CD, record and tape will be the same, approaching the maximum CD time limit. Elsewhere the CD will lack ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’, ‘Goodnight Tonight’ and ‘With A Little Luck’. The first is on the Wings Over America double CD and the last will be out on the London Town CD before too long. With an excellent sleeve by Michael Ross, who also did ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’, and a clever film-and-animation TV advert by Derek Hayes, the signs look good for All The Best. The demand is there and much care has been taken to meet it in a satisfying way. Happy listening!
Last updated on March 26, 2020
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