UK Release date : Oct 02, 2015
Pipes Of Peace - Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on January 1, 2020
UK Release date : Oct 02, 2015
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on January 1, 2020
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Album Oct 02, 2015 • "Pipes Of Peace - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Written by Paul McCartney
3:56 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Piano, Shaker (?), Synthesizer (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / 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 Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Horns, Strings
SessionRecording : Sep 10, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Overdubs : October 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jun 30, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:56 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / 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 Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : May 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
SessionRecording : April 1982 • Studio : Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
SessionMixing : Feb 15, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:58 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?), Piano (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : Jan 11, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jul 06, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:06 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Drums (?), Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Tambourine (?) Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar (?) Stanley Clarke : Bass Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Strings
SessionRecording : Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 8, 1980 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionOverdubs : Feb 11, 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, Montserrat
SessionOverdubs : Mar 23, 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jan 25, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:22 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Piano (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards (?) Ringo Starr : Drums Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Strings
SessionRecording : Sep 16, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Mixing : Unknown • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:55 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, 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 Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Flutes, Strings
SessionRecording : May 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Overdubs ? : April 1982 ? • Studio : Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA
SessionRecording : Aug 25, 1983 • Studio : Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
SessionMixing : Jun 08, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:52 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Castanets (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar, Piano (?), Shaker (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals, Vocoder George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : Jan 02, 1981 • Studio : Parkgate Studio, Sussex, UK
SessionRecording : Jul 11, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jan 25, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:34 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar (?), Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar (?) Ringo Starr : Drums Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Mike Stavrou : Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Horns
SessionRecording : February 16-18th, 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, Montserrat
SessionRecording : July 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Sep 01, 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Stanley Clarke
2:54 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Synthesizer (?) Denny Laine : Electric guitar (?) Stanley Clarke : Bass George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Steve Gadd : Drums Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant Mike Stavrou : Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : Feb 10, 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, Montserrat
SessionMixing : Feb 01, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:55 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Garden canes, Keyboards (?), Shaker (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Garden canes, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : Jan 29, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jul 06, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:27 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Shaker (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Bicycle wheel, Piano, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Dave Mattacks : Drums Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Geoff Whitehorn : Acoustic guitar Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Horns, Strings
SessionRecording : Sep 14, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionMixing : Jul 04, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:05 • Demo • B • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
SessionRecording : August 1980 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
3:43 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
SessionRecording : August 1980 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
3:01 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
SessionRecording : August 1980 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
2:53 • Demo • A
Performed by : Paul McCartney George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Alex Wharton : Mastering
SessionMixing : Feb 02, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
SessionRecording : Feb 25, 1982 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Written by Paul McCartney
3:14 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
SessionRecording : August 1980 • Studio : Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
6:56 • Studio version • B • 2015 remix
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / 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 Alex Wharton : Mastering Mark 'Spike' Stent : Remixing
SessionRecording : May 1981 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
SessionRecording : April 1982 • Studio : Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
SessionMixing : Feb 15, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
3:44 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Engineer assistant Paul Robinson : Drums Chris Lawrence : Bass Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
SessionRecording : Dec 08, 1980 • Studio : AIR Studios, London
Recording : Aug 31, 1983 • Studio : AIR Studios, London
Written by Paul McCartney
3:00 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Mellotron, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?) Jon Kelly : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Steve Jackson : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown : Sax
SessionRecording : Mar 14, 1985 • Studio : Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
SessionMixing : Mar 22, 1985 • Studio : Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
2:01 • Studio version • A
Performed by : Paul McCartney Paul McCartney : Producer Jon Kelly : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Mastering Danny Dawson : Mixing engineer assistant
SessionRecording : Jan 01, 1981 • Studio : I.C.C Studios, Eastbourne, UK
SessionMixing : Nov 11, 1981 • Studio : EMI Studios, Abbey Road
From paulmccartney.com, July 30th 2015:
The Pipes of Peace 2-CD Special Edition is made up of the original album plus a 9-track bonus disc with such exclusive gems as a 2015 remix of ‘Say Say Say’ by Spike Stent, unearthed demos of three album tracks and outtakes ‘It’s Not On‘ and ‘Simple As That,’ the previously unreleased ‘Christian Bop‘ and more. The 2-CD/1-DVD Pipes of Peace Deluxe Edition features a bonus video disc comprised of the original promo clips for all three of the album’s singles, plus previously unreleased clips from Paul’s film archives. The Deluxe configuration will also include a 112-page essay book and 64-page book that takes the reader behind the scenes on the ‘Pipes of Peace‘ title track video shoot.
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