Pretty Little Head / Write Away
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- UK release date:
- Oct 27, 1986
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Track list
Side 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
6:56 • Studio version • A1 • 12" mix by John ‘Tokes’ Potoker
- 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 (?)
- John Potoker :
- Remix
- 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
2.
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:36 • Studio version • A1 • Remix
- 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 (?)
- Larry Alexander :
- Remix
- 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
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:01 • Studio version • A
- 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
About
From Wikipedia:
[…] The single was released at a length of 3:50 on the 7″ release (remixed by Larry Alexander), and as a 6:56 remix (mixed by John Potoker) on the 12″ release on the same day, 27 October 1986, and an extra track, “Angry“, was added to the 12”. The cassette version was the same as the 12″, and was released on 17 November 1986. Both of these lengths are different from the album version, which has a length of 5:14. (See Press to Play).
“Write Away“, the single’s B-side, is included only on the CD release of the album, resulting in the back of the single listing the A-side as “From the album” and the B-side as “From the compact disc“.
Tracklisting
- “Pretty Little Head” – 3:50
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- “Write Away” – 3:01
- “Pretty Little Head” – 6:56
- Remix by John ‘Tokes’ Potoker
- “Angry” (Remix) – 3:36
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- “Write Away” – 3:01