Ebony And Ivory / Rainclouds
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- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- 12R 6054
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Side 1
1.
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
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
3:12 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass drum, Spanish guitar, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Eric Stewart :
- Backing vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Mixing assistant engineer, Recording assistant engineer
- Paddy Moloney :
- Uilleann pipes
- Session Recording:
- December 8th-9th, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- March 1981 - March 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- March 1981 - March 1982
- 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
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:41 • Studio version • B • Solo version
- Paul McCartney :
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals, Vocoder
- Stevie Wonder :
- Drums, Electric piano, Percussion, Synthesizers
- 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
About
From Club Sandwich N°36, 1985:
The ‘Ebony and Ivory’ sleeve features the lyrics in Paul’s handwriting. Second track on the B-side is the A-side with McCartney vocals only: it would have been a classic in this form too, even without Stevie’s dream topping. ‘Rainclouds’ is great down-home stuff with mandolin and fiddle.
Last updated on May 3, 2020