Press To Play (1993)

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Press To Play

Press To Play (LP version)

Master release

Press To Play

By Paul McCartney

Related sessions

This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions

"Press To Play" sessions #1

March - May 1985

Recording "Spies Like Us"

September 1985

"Press To Play" sessions #2

October 1st - December 6th 1985

"Press To Play" sessions #3

April 14th-18th 1986

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Disc 1

Stranglehold

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

3:36 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Gary Barnacle :: Horns (?)

Dick Morrisey :: Horns (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun

Written by Paul McCartney

4:56 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Electric piano (?), Keyboards (?), Producer, Shaker (?), Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

Eddie Rayner :: Keyboards

Kate Robbins :: Backing vocals

Ruby James :: Backing vocals

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Talk More Talk

Written by Paul McCartney

5:18 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Vocals

James McCartney :: Vocals

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer, Vocals

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer, Vocals

Steve Jackson :: Assistant engineer, Vocals

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Recording :: Unknown date prior to March 1985

Studio :: Unknown

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Footprints

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

4:32 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Spanish guitar, Spinet, Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar (?), Synthesizers (?)

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Lynn-drum programming, Percussion

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Only Love Remains

Written by Paul McCartney

4:16 • Studio version • A • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Classical guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Acoustic guitar (?), Backing vocals

Ray Cooper :: Marimba, Shaker (?), Tambourine (?)

Kate Robbins :: Backing vocals

Ruby James :: Backing vocals

Graham Ward :: Drums

Simon Chamberlain :: Synth bass

John Bradbury :: Violin

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Session Recording:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Press

Written by Paul McCartney

4:43 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Backing vocals

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

Eddie Rayner :: Keyboards (?), Synthesizers (?)

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Simon Chamberlain :: Synth bass (?)

John Bradbury :: Violin (?)

Gavin Wright :: Violin (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Producer, Recording engineer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Burt Bevans :: Mixing engineer

Steve Forward :: Mixing engineer

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Pretty Little Head

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

5:13 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Backing vocals, Keyboards

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Percussion, Vibraphone

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Move Over Busker

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

4:05 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer, Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

Kate Robbins :: Backing vocals

Ruby James :: Backing vocals

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

Angry

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

3:36 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Vocals

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Ray Cooper :: Tambourine

Pete Townshend :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Phil Collins :: Drums

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

10.

However Absurd

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

4:59 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Anne Dudley :: Orchestration

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

11.

Write Away

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

3:01 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Percussion

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

Eddie Rayner :: Keyboards

Lenny Pickett :: Saxophone

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

12.

It's Not True

Written by Paul McCartney

5:53 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano, Producer, Vocals

Eric Stewart :: Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Drums

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

LaBouche :: Backing vocals

Lenny Pickett :: Saxophone

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Julian Mendelsohn :: Mixing engineer

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

13.

Tough On A Tightrope

Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart

4:52 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers (?), Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Trevor Jones :: Assistant engineer (?)

Eddie Klein :: Assistant engineer (?)

Tony Clark :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Butler :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jon Kelly :: Assistant engineer (?)

Jerry Marotta :: Congas (?), Drums

Carlos Alomar :: Electric guitar

John Hammel :: Assistant engineer (?)

Matt Howe :: Assistant engineer (?)

Hugh Padgham :: Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer

Peter Mew :: Assistant engineer (?)

Haydn Bendall :: Assistant engineer (?)

Session Recording:: March - May 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Overdubs:: October 1st - December 6th 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: April 14th-18th 1986

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, 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

14.

Bonus tracks

Spies Like Us

Written by Paul McCartney

4:45 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Producer, Tambourine, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals

Eric Stewart :: Backing vocals

Phil Ramone :: Producer

Eddie Rayner :: Synthesizers

Kate Robbins :: Backing vocals

Ruby James :: Backing vocals

Hugh Padgham :: Producer

Session Recording:: September 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Session Mixing:: September 1985

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Once Upon a Long Ago

Written by Paul McCartney

4:37 • Studio version • 1993 remaster

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Jason Childers 7 years ago

The bonus tracks were left off of this entry. They were (as mentioned in the notes for the original release of Press To Play) "Spies Like Us" and the Long Version of "Once Upon A Long Ago".

The PaulMcCartney Project 7 years ago

Thanks Jason - Fixed !

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