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UK Release date : Monday, July 17, 1989

This One / The First Stone

By Paul McCartney7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Singles

Last updated on March 12, 2017

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Side 1

  1. This One

    Written by Paul McCartney

    4:10 • Studio versionA

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Glasses, Harmonium, Keyboards, Producer, Rhythm guitar, Sitar, Tambourine, Vocals, Wine glasses Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Robbie McIntosh : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Chris Whitten : Drums, Percussion Neil Dorfsman : Mixing engineer Matt Butler : Assistant engineer Lance Phillips : Assistant engineer, Glasses Judd Lander : Harmonica Noel Harris : Assistant mixing engineer

    Session Recording: May 18, 1988 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Overdubs: September - November 1988 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

    Session Mixing: Jan 23, 1989 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

Side 2

  1. The First Stone

    Written by Paul McCartney, Hamish Stuart

    4:07 • Studio versionA

    Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Guitars, Producer, Vocals Hamish Stuart : Backing vocals, Guitars Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Chris Whitten : Drum samples, Drums Matt Butler : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: Jul 13, 1988 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Mixing: Oct 21, 1988 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK


From Wikipedia:

This song was released as a 7″ single, a 12″ maxi-single, and a CD single. All songs written by Paul McCartney exept where noted

7″ single
  1. “This One” – 4:10
  2. “The First Stone” – 4:03 (McCartney/Hamish Stuart)
12″ single
  1. “This One” – 4:10
  2. “The First Stone”- 4:03 (McCartney/Hamish Stuart)
  3. “Good Sign” – 6:52
CD single
  1. “This One” – 4:10
  2. “The First Stone”- 4:03 (McCartney/Hamish Stuart)
  3. “I Wanna Cry” – 2:40
  4. “I’m In Love Again” – 2:40 (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)

From Twitter – Paul on set at the video shoot for ‘This One’ in Battersea, London #ThrowbackThursday #TBT

From Twitter – From the video shoot for This One

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