Tug Of War Sessions

Track list

Disc 1

1. Tug Of War

1. Tug Of War

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:36 • Alternate take • Backing Track with single vocal

2. Tug Of War

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:22 • Alternate take • Guitars + Backing vocals + orchestra (5.1 mix)

3. Tug Of War

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:04 • Alternate take • Orchestra Mix

4. Tug Of War

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:06 • Alternate take • A1 • Single Edit

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Synthesizers, Vocal Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Laine : Electric guitar Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Campbell Maloney : Military snares Kenneth Sillito : Orchestra lead, Violin Jon Jacobs : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Keith Harvey : Cello John Underwood : Viola Patrick Halling : Violin Dennis Vigay : Cello Laurie Lewis : Violin Mike Stavrou : Assistant recording engineer Alan John Peters : Violin Galina Solodchin : Violin Michael Rennie : Violin George Turnlund : Viola Ken Essex : Viola Alexander Kok : Cello Peter Willison : Cello David Ogden : Violin Nicolas Reader : Bassoon

   Session Recording: Jan 21, 1981 • Studio Parkgate Studio, Sussex, UK

   Session Recording: Mar 01, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat

   Session Overdubs: March - December 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK

   Session Mixing: Dec 13, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK

2. Take It Away

1. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:04 • Alternate take • Demo practice #1

   Session Recording: Oct 18, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

2. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:37 • Alternate take • Demo practice #2

   Session Recording: Oct 18, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

3. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:19 • Alternate take • Demo practice #3

   Session Recording: Oct 18, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

4. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:48 • Alternate take • Demo practice #4

   Session Recording: Oct 18, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

5. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:18 • Alternate take • Demo practice #5

   Session Recording: Oct 18, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

6. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   5:36 • Alternate take • Demo

7. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:58 • Alternate take • Monitor Mix (full take)

8. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:01 • Alternate take • Backing Track

9. Take It Away

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:01 • Alternate take • Drums + Bass + piano + chorus (5.1 mix)

10. Take It Away

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:53 • Alternate take • Organ + Horns (5.1 mix)

11. Take It Away

    Written by Paul McCartney

    4:04 • Alternate take • Single Edit

3. What's That You're Doing?

1. What's That You're Doing?

   Written by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

   4:39 • Alternate take • Rough Take (Monitor Mix)

4. Ballroom Dancing

1. Ballroom Dancing

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:14 • Alternate take • Wings Rehearsal July 4, 1980

   Session Recording: Jul 04, 1980 • Studio Finchden Manor, Tenterden, Kent, UK

2. Ballroom Dancing

   Written by Paul McCartney

   7:50 • Alternate take • Wings Rehearsal October 30, 1980

   Session Recording: Oct 30, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK

3. Ballroom Dancing

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:04 • Alternate take • Demo

5. The Pound Is Sinking

1. The Pound Is Sinking

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:34 • Alternate take • Demo #1

2. The Pound Is Sinking

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:14 • Alternate take • Demo #2 (Hear Me Lover/Something That Didn’t Happen) (unedited)

3. The Pound Is Sinking

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:24 • Alternate take • Demo #3 (Hear Me Lover/Something That Didn’t Happen) (edited)

Disc 2

1. Wanderlust

1. Wanderlust

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:43 • Alternate take • Demo #1 (unedited)

2. Wanderlust

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:46 • Alternate take • Demo #2 (edited)

2. Get It

1. Get It

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:32 • Alternate take • A1 • Single Edit

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Bass, Percussion, Synthesizers, Vocals Carl Perkins : Electric guitar, Vocal George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Mike Stavrou : Assistant recording engineer

   Session Recording: Feb 24, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat

   Session Mixing: Oct 01, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK

2. Get It

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:25 • Alternate take • 1993 Jam

3. Dress Me Up As A Robber

1. Dress Me Up As A Robber #1

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:08 • Demo • D1

2. Dress Me Up As A Robber #2

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:01 • Demo • D2

3. Dress Me Up As A Robber #3

   Written by Paul McCartney

   0:36 • Demo • D3

4. Dress Me Up As A Robber

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:45 • Studio version • 12” Si

4. Ebony And Ivory

1. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   5:02 • Alternate take • Wings Rehearsal #1

2. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:25 • Alternate take • Wings Rehearsal #2

3. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:42 • Alternate take • Demo #1 (unedited)

4. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:46 • Alternate take • Demo #2 (edited- correct speed)

5. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:52 • Alternate take • Rehearsal

6. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:03 • Alternate take • Alternate Take

7. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:43 • Alternate take • Basic Track

8. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:33 • Alternate take • Stevie's vocal (5.1. mix)

9. Ebony And Ivory

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:34 • Alternate take • Paul's vocal (5.1. mix)

10. Ebony And Ivory

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:42 • Alternate take • First Organ + acoustic + chorus (5.1. mix)

11. Ebony And Ivory

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:45 • Alternate take • Second Organ overdub (5.1. mix)

5. I'll Give You A Ring

1. I'll Give You A Ring

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:21 • Alternate take • B • Demo (1974)

   Session Recording: Circa 1974 • Studio Unknown

6. Rainclouds

1. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   7:16 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #1

2. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   3:23 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #2

3. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   2:45 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #3

4. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   5:01 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #4

5. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   3:05 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #5

6. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   4:19 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #6

7. Rainclouds

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

   2:07 • Alternate take • Rehearsal #7

Disc 3

1. Instrumental Track

   3:53 • Alternate take

2. To You

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:18 • Alternate take • Always Back

3. My Old Friend

1. My Old Friend

   Written by Carl Perkins

   3:20 • Alternate take • B • Rough Mix

2. My Old Friend

   Written by Carl Perkins

   3:23 • Alternate take • A • Final Mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Vocals Carl Perkins : Guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer, Strings arrangement Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Eddie Klein : Mixing engineer Keith Smith : Mixing engineer Jon Kelly : String recording engineer Mike Stavrou : Recording engineer

   Session Recording: Feb 25, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat

   Session Overdubs: Mid-April 1996 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

3. My Old Friend

   Written by Carl Perkins

   3:33 • Alternate take • 1993 Jam

4. Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From

1. Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:42 • Demo • A

   Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, ProducerPerformed by : Paul McCartney

   Session Recording & mixing: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

5. The Unbelievable Experience

1. The Unbelievable Experience

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:46 • Demo • A

   Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

6. Boil Crisis

1. Boil Crisis

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:07 • Alternate take

7. Give Us A Chord, Roy

1. Give Us A Chord, Roy

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:58 • Demo • A

   Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

8. Seems Like Old Times

1. Seems Like Old Times

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:51 • Alternate take • #1

2. Seems Like Old Times

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:50 • Alternate take • #2

3. Seems Like Old Times

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:11 • Alternate take • #3

9. We All Stand Together

1. We All Stand Together

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:57 • Alternate take • Demo

2. We All Stand Together - Humming Version

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:21 • Alternate take

10. Promotional interview 1982

1. About "Tug Of War"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:24 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

2. About "Take It Away"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:08 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

3. About "The Pound Is Sinking"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:20 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

4. About "Somebody Who Cares"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:51 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

5. About "Ebony And Ivory"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   1:50 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

6. About "What's That You're Doing?"

   Written by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

   0:43 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

7. About "Here Today"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:53 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

8. About "Wanderlust"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   2:28 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

9. About "Ballroom Dancing"

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:05 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

10. About "Get It"

    Written by Paul McCartney

    1:48 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

11. About "Dress Me Up As A Robber"

    Written by Paul McCartney

    1:32 • Interview • Promotional interview 1982

11. Take It Away Video Shoot

1. When the Saints Go Marching In

   Written by Traditional

   0:18 • Alternate take • (Paul playing trumpet)

   Concert From "'Take It Away' promotional video filming" in Borehamwood, UK on Jun 23, 1982

2. Take It Away Jam

   Written by Paul McCartney

   0:16 • Alternate take

   Concert From "'Take It Away' promotional video filming" in Borehamwood, UK on Jun 23, 1982

3. Improvisation

   1:10 • Alternate take

   Concert From "'Take It Away' promotional video filming" in Borehamwood, UK on Jun 23, 1982

12. Twin Freaks Production acetate 2005

1. What's That You're Doing? #1

   Written by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

   2:15 • Alternate take • From Twin Freaks Production acetate 2005

2. What's That You're Doing? #2

   Written by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

   0:33 • Alternate take • From Twin Freaks Production acetate 2005

3. What's That You're Doing? #3

   Written by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

   1:10 • Alternate take • From Twin Freaks Production acetate 2005