UK Release date : Thursday, August 16, 1979
Getting Closer / Baby's Request
By Wings • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Singles”
Last updated on July 21, 2023
UK Release date : Thursday, August 16, 1979
By Wings • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Singles”
Last updated on July 21, 2023
Single Aug 14, 1979 • "Arrow Through Me / Old Siam, Sir" by Wings released in the US
Single Aug 14, 1979 • "Arrow Through Me" by Wings released in the US
Single Aug 16, 1979 • "Getting Closer / Baby's Request" by Wings released in the UK
Session September - October 1979 • "McCartney II" sessions #2
Article Sep 09, 1979 • Promoter Sid Bernstein places New York Times ad for a Beatles reunion
Next single Nov 16, 1979 • "Wonderful Christmastime / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
October - December 1978
Recording "Getting Closer", "Baby's Request"
October 16-17, 1978
Feb 26, 1979
March - April 1979
Written by Paul McCartney
Studio version • A1
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Laurence Juber : Electric guitar Steve Holley : Drums Mark Vigars : Assistant engineer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer Chris Thomas : Producer
Session Recording: October 1978 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
• 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
Written by Paul McCartney
2:51 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Double-bass, Moog, Producer, Vocal harmonies, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Piano Laurence Juber : Electric guitar Steve Holley : Brushes Mark Vigars : Assistant engineer Phil McDonald : Recording engineer Chris Thomas : Producer
Session Recording: October 16-17, 1978 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Monday, February 26, 1979 • Studio Replica Studio, Soho Square, London
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
From jpgr.co.uk:
[…] The LAST Wings single, and therefore the last release to feature the above line-up was declared as a double A-side.
Both tracks were taken from “Back To The Egg” which was dropping down the chart,
unfortunately this release did nothing to boost album sales, failing miserably in the chart.The single was released in a picture sleeve.
The front cover featured a picture NOT designed with this record in mind …
It was taken from a 1978 book entitled Work of Hipgnosis – Walk Away Renee, and was listed under “Unsold Ideas”.
The rear picture was a still from the promotional film for “Baby’s Request”.
The label is once again a “fried egg”, with no apparent record label name … except a reference to MPL, and the Parlophone “R” type number. […]
From Hipgnosis: the rock stars of album cover design (telegraph.co.uk), July 13, 2023:
This was a time when Paul McCartney could use an image of a lobster being walked on a lead along the pavement and it made, well, some sort of sense. “It’s one of mine?” he says, initially struggling to remember the Hipgnosis sleeve of 1979 Wings single Getting Closer. “Hmmm… Well, now, ha ha! I think I’ll have to talk to someone about that…. Wait a minute… Lobster, yeah, OK, it’s coming back now…” “
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