- UK release date:
- Nov 02, 1987
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- CDP 7 48287 2
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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
Aug 09, 1977
Overdubs for "Mull Of Kintyre"
October 1977
June - July 1979
September - October 1979
We All Stand Together session #1
Oct 31, 1980
We All Stand Together session #2
Nov 03, 1980
Feb 28, 1981
Mar 30, 1981
Overdubs for "Ebony And Ivory"
October 1981
Jan 19, 1982
April 1982
Sep 10, 1982
Feb 15, 1983
Jun 30, 1983
Recording "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Mar 11, 1987
Recording "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Mar 12, 1987
Overdubbing "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Jul 01, 1987
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
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
2.
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
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:52 • Studio version • 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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:25 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Piano, Shaker (?), Synthesizer (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Eric Stewart :
- Backing vocals
- George Martin :
- Arrangement, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Adrian Brett :
- Pan flute
- James Kippen :
- Tabla
- Pestalozzi's Children Choir :
- Choir
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- Sep 10, 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Overdubs :
- October 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 30, 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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:06 • Studio version • A2 • A1 and A2 are identical until 3:48, when A1 repeats the chorus and A2 goes into an instrumental break. A1 also runs five to six seconds longer at the fade
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Mixing engineer, Orchestration
- Adrian Brett :
- Flute
- Tim Renwick :
- Electric guitar
- Nick Glennie-Smith :
- Keyboards
- Phil Ramone :
- Producer
- Henry Spinetti :
- Drums
- Nigel Kennedy :
- Violin
- Stan Sulzmann :
- Sax
- Session Recording:
- Mar 11, 1987
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
- Session Recording:
- Mar 12, 1987
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Jul 01, 1987
- 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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:25 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Vocals
- Eric Stewart :
- Backing vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- John Barclay :
- Trumpet
- Jon Kelly :
- Mixing engineer
- Nigel Perrin :
- Vocals
- Alastair Hume :
- Vocals
- Bill Ives :
- Vocals
- Anthony Holt :
- Vocals
- Simon Carrington :
- Vocals
- Brian Kay :
- Vocals
- Pete Beachill :
- Euphonium
- Robin Williams :
- Violin
- Pete Swinfield :
- Flute
- Gary Kettel :
- Tympani
- Mike Stavrou :
- Recording engineer
- The London Community Gospel Choir :
- Vocals
- The King's Singers :
- Backing vocals
- Session Recording:
- Oct 31, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Recording:
- Nov 03, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Nov 10, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Nov 15, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
17.
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
4:44 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic bass guitar, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Lead vocal, Producer
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Vocals
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Campbell Maloney :
- Drums
- Campbeltown Pipe Band :
- Bagpipes
- Ian Bairson :
- Backing vocals
- Dave Paton :
- Backing vocals
- Tony Wilson :
- Bagpipe
- Ian McKerral :
- Bagpipe
- David McIvor :
- Bagpipe
- John Lang Brown :
- Bagpipe
- Archie Coffield :
- Bagpipe
- John McGeachy :
- Bagpipe
- Dougie Lang :
- Bagpipe
- Jimmy McGeachy :
- Drums
- David Hastie :
- Drums
- Ian Campbell :
- Drums
- Tommy Blue :
- Drums
- John MacCallum :
- Drums
- Ian MacKenzie :
- Drums
- Tim Summerhays :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- August 9, 1977
- Studio :
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1977
- 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
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From Wikipedia:
All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney’s music, after 1978’s Wings Greatest. It was released in 1987 on Capitol Records and Parlophone Records. […]
The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to (on editions outside the United States) the newly recorded “Once Upon a Long Ago“. The American version has a different track listing, reflecting the popularity of particular songs there. Originally the album was to include the unreleased London Town track “Waterspout”; there are LP slicks that feature it as the opening track on side two, as well as a cartoon icon, but the song was omitted at the last minute.
Editions outside the United States have 20 tracks on the vinyl version and 17 on CD; the CD omits “Maybe I’m Amazed”, “With A Little Luck” and “Goodnight Tonight”. The American edition has 17 tracks on both vinyl and CD, and omits “Pipes of Peace”, “Maybe I’m Amazed”, “Once Upon A Long Ago”, “We All Stand Together”, and “Mull Of Kintyre”, but adds “Junior’s Farm” and “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”. It also substitutes the studio version of “Coming Up” for a live version, and has a shorter version of “With A Little Luck”.
Issued just as McCartney was beginning work on his next studio album, All the Best! was a commercial success in the UK, where it reached number 2 (having been kept off the top position by George Michael’s debut solo album, Faith). In America, the compilation peaked at number 62, although it was eventually certified double platinum there. […]
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Hey there! I think the US and UK versions should be distinguished for this release. The UK LP has 20 tracks, the UK CD is represented here, and the US LP / CD has 17 songs (different to the UK CD). Love this site!!
Thanks @thetimeisdead - you're right ! Added to my list of future tasks :) Thanks for the kind words !