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- UK release date:
- Nov 16, 1987
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- R 6170
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Mar 09, 1987
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
Side 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:12 • Studio version • A1 • 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
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus / Elvis Costello
4:25 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Guitars, Piano, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Jon Jacobs :
- Recording engineer
- Tim Renwick :
- Guitar
- Nick Glennie-Smith :
- Keyboards
- Charlie Morgan :
- Drums
- Phil Ramone :
- Producer
- Steve Lyon :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1987
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, 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
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Release and charts
[…] The song was released in four versions. Two different 12″ singles feature “long” and “extended” versions (mixed by George Martin and Peter Henderson, respectively); the 7″ single and the CD single (McCartney’s first) features an edit of the long version and a b-side from each the two 12″ singles, as well as “Back on My Feet“, a b-side for all four iterations; and the album version featured on All the Best! contains an alternate ending. “Back on My Feet” was also the first released song from the songwriting collaboration between McCartney and Elvis Costello. Both 12″ and CD singles also featured songs from yet to be released McCartney’s cover album Choba B CCCP.
“Once Upon a Long Ago” reached number ten in the United Kingdom Singles Chart, McCartney’s last Top 10 in his homeland until the release of “FourFiveSeconds” in 2015. The single was not released in the United States nor included on the US version of All the Best!, although it did appear on the longer UK/Canada version. The song has remained unavailable on any US released album, although it is a bonus track on the 1993 UK remastered version of Press to Play – the 1993 remastered Paul McCartney Collection has never been released in the US.
Track listings
- “Once Upon a Long Ago” – 4:12
- “Back on My Feet” – 4:20
- “Once Upon a Long Ago” (Long Version) – 4:34
- “Back on My Feet” – 4:21
- “Midnight Special” – 3:56
- “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” – 2:51
- “Once Upon a Long Ago” (Extended Version) – 6:06
- “Back on My Feet” – 4:21
- “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” – 3:15
- “Kansas City” – 4:00
- “Once Upon a Long Ago” – 4:12
- “Back on My Feet” – 4:21
- “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” – 2:51
- “Kansas City” – 4:00
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