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- Timeline See what happened in 2015
- UK release date:
- Oct 02, 2015
- Sessions This album has been recorded during the following sessions
- Home recordings (August 1980)
- Recording "Ode To A Koala Bear", "Keep Under Cover" (Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 8, 1980)
- Tug Of War sessions at AIR Studios, London (December 1980)
- Recording "Christian Bop" (Circa 1981)
- Recording "Tug Of War", "Ballroom Dancing", "Wanderlust", "Sweetest Little Show" (Jan 02, 1981)
- Recording "Keep Under Cover" (Feb 11, 1981)
- Recording "Average Person" (February 16-18, 1981)
- Recording "Hey Hey" (Mar 01, 1981)
- Recording "Keep Under Cover" (Mar 23, 1981)
- Recording "Say Say Say", "The Man" (May 1981)
- Recording "Average Person" (July 1981)
- Mixing "Average Person" (Sep 01, 1981)
- Mixing "Christian Bop" (Nov 11, 1981)
- Recording "Tug Of Peace" (Jan 29, 1982)
- Recording "It's Not On" (Feb 02, 1982)
- Mixing "It's Not On" (Feb 25, 1982)
- Recording "Say Say Say" (April 1982)
- Recording "Pipes Of Peace" (Sep 10, 1982)
- Recording "Through Our Love" (Sep 14, 1982)
- Recording "So Bad" (Sep 16, 1982)
- Recording "The Other Me" (Jan 11, 1983)
- Mixing "Sweetest Little Show", "Keep Under Cover" (Jan 25, 1983)
- Mixing "Hey Hey" (Feb 01, 1983)
- Mixing "Say Say Say" (Feb 15, 1983)
- Mixing "The Man" (Jun 08, 1983)
- Mixing "Pipes Of Peace" (Jun 30, 1983)
- Mixing "Through Our Love" (Jul 04, 1983)
- Mixing "Tug Of Peace", "The Other Me" (Jul 06, 1983)
- Recording "Sweetest Little Show" (Jul 11, 1983)
- Recording "The Man" (Aug 25, 1983)
- Recording "Twice In A Lifetime" (Mar 14, 1985)
- Mixing "Twice In A Lifetime" (Mar 22, 1985)
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:56 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Piano, Shaker (?), Synthesizer (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- Sep 10, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Overdubs:
- October 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 30, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:56 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- Session Recording:
- May 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
- Session Recording:
- April 1982
- Studio:
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 15, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:58 • Studio version • A.2015 • 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
- Session Recording:
- Jan 11, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 06, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
4.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:06 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Drums (?), Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Linda McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Tambourine (?)
- Denny Laine:
- Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar (?)
- Stanley Clarke:
- Bass
- Eric Stewart:
- Backing vocals
- George Martin:
- Arrangement, Producer
- Geoff Emerick:
- Engineer, Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs:
- Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant
- Sam Okell:
- Remastering
- Alex Wharton:
- Remastering
- ?:
- Strings
- Session Recording:
- Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 8, 1980
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Feb 11, 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 23, 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 25, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
5.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:22 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Piano (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Strings
- Session Recording:
- Sep 16, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Mixing:
- Unknown
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:55 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Flutes, Strings
- Session Recording:
- May 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Overdubs ?:
- April 1982 ?
- Studio:
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Recording:
- Aug 25, 1983
- Studio:
- Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 08, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
7.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:52 • Studio version • A.2015 • 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
- Session Recording:
- Jan 02, 1981
- Studio:
- Parkgate Studio, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- Jul 11, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 25, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
8.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:34 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar (?), Piano, Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- February 16-18th, 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Session Recording:
- July 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 01, 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
9.
Written by Paul McCartney, Stanley Clarke
2:54 • Studio version • A.2015 • 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
- Session Recording:
- Mar 01, 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 01, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
10.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:55 • Studio version • A.2015 • 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
- Session Recording:
- Jan 29, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 06, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
11.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:27 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Shaker (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Horns, Strings
- Session Recording:
- Sep 14, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 04, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Disc 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:05 • Demo • B • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney
- Alex Wharton:
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- August 1980
- Studio:
- Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
2.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:43 • Demo • B
- Paul McCartney:
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney
- Alex Wharton:
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- August 1980
- Studio:
- Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:01 • Demo • B
- Paul McCartney:
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney
- Alex Wharton:
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- August 1980
- Studio:
- Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
4.
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
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 02, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Recording:
- Feb 25, 1982
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
5.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:14 • Demo • B
- Paul McCartney:
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney
- Alex Wharton:
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- August 1980
- Studio:
- Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
6:56 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals
- Linda 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
- Session Recording:
- May 1981
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
- Session Recording:
- April 1982
- Studio:
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 15, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
7.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:44 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Linda McCartney:
- Backing vocals
- Eric Stewart:
- Backing vocals
- George Martin:
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick:
- Engineer
- Jon Jacobs:
- Engineer assistant
- Paul Robinson:
- Drums
- Chris Lawrence:
- Bass
- Sam Okell:
- Remastering
- Alex Wharton:
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Dec 08, 1980
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London
- Recording:
- Aug 31, 1983
- Studio:
- AIR Studios, London
8.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:00 • Studio version • A.2015 • 2015 remaster
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Mellotron, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda 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
- ?:
- Sax
- Session Recording:
- Mar 14, 1985
- Studio:
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 22, 1985
- Studio:
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
9.
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
- Session Recording:
- Jan 01, 1981
- Studio:
- I.C.C Studios, Eastbourne, UK
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 11, 1981
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
About
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.
Last updated on January 1, 2020
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