- UK release date:
- Aug 16, 1979
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- R 6027
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This album has been 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
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Side 1
1.
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
Side 2
1.
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
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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…” “
Last updated on July 21, 2023
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