Venus And Mars - Ultimate Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Ultimate Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 11, 2020
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Ultimate Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 11, 2020
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
1:18 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Finger cymbals, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Piano Denny Laine : Moog, Sitar Jimmy McCulloch : 12-string guitar, Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Tony Dorsey : Clarinet Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 29, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Feb 26, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
5:33 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Hand bells, Mellotron, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Hand bells, Moog, Organ Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Hand bells Jimmy McCulloch : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Drums, Electric guitar, Hand bells, Moog Joe English : Backing vocals, Drums, Hand bells, Percussion Allen Toussaint : Electric guitar, Piano Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Kenneth Williams : Congas Ken Lexton : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 27, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Recording: Feb 05, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Feb 26 and Mar 06 and Mar 07, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 20, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:04 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Hand bells, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Hand bells, Moog Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Piano Jimmy McCulloch : 12-string guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Geoff Britton : Drums, Milk bottles Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Viola, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer (overdubs & strings) Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Nov 07, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - February 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Feb 27 and Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios & Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 19, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:15 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Joe English : Backing vocals, Drums Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Michael J Pierce : Clarinet Vito Platomone : Clarinet Carlos Klejman : Violin Russell Joseph Bobrowski : Violin Ronald B. Benko : Trumpet John K. Branch : Viola Harold Joseph Ballam : Bassoon Bernard S. Richterman : Cello
Session Recording: Jan 24, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Recording: Feb 04, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 06, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 21, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:16 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Moog, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Clarinet Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 27, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Recording: Feb 14, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Recording: Feb 17, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 15, 1975 ? • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:33 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Organ Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Geoff Britton : Drums Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer (overdubs) Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Clyde Kerr : Trumpet John Longo : Trumpet Michael Pierce : Alto sax Alvin Thomas : Alto sax Carl Blouin : Baritone sax
Session Recording: Nov 05, 1974 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Feb 06, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 15, 1975 ? • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:06 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Piano Jimmy McCulloch : 12-string guitar Geoff Britton : Cymbals Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Ken Lexton : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 22, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 14, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 24, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:59 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Gismo, Moog, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Organ, String machine Denny Laine : Electric guitar, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Backing vocals Joe English : Backing vocals, Drums, Gong Alan O'Duffy : Backing vocals, Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Ken Lexton : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 23, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Jan 18, 1975 and Jan 20, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 17, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 25, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Jimmy McCulloch, Colin Allen
3:37 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Organ Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Congas Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Geoff Britton : Drums Joe English : Backing vocals Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer (overdubs) Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Nov 13, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Feb 03, 1975 and Feb 06, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 02, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 22, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:59 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Clarinet, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Mellotron flutes Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Steve Howard : Trumpet Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Clyde Kerr : Trumpet John Longo : Trumpet Michael Pierce : Alto sax Alvin Thomas : Alto sax Carl Blouin : Baritone sax
Session Recording: Feb 03, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 26, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Clarinet, Electric guitar, Electric piano, Moog, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Bongos, Electric guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Electric guitar Joe English : Drums, Percussion Sid Sharp Strings : Cello, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Dave Mason : Electric guitar Tom Scott : Saxophone Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 and Feb 20, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 03 to Mar 06, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 26, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old
4:24 • Studio version • A
Written by Tony Hatch
1:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Strings arrangement Linda McCartney : Organ Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Lead guitar Joe English : Drums Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 27, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:55 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Moog Denny Laine : Guitar Geoff Britton : Drums Tony Dorsey : Bass Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Ken Lexton : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 20, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 17, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:57 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Crowd vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Crowd vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Bass, Crowd vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Crowd vocals, Electric guitar Joe English : Crowd vocals, Drums Tony Dorsey : Crowd vocals, Trombone Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Ken Lexton : Crowd vocals, Trumpet George Porter Jr. : Cow-bell, Crowd vocals Benny Spellman : Bass backing vocals, Crowd vocals
Session Recording: May 12, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Junior’s Farm
4:23 • Studio version
Written by Paul McCartney
1:17 • Studio version • A • From 'One Hand Clapping'
Paul McCartney : Celesta, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:56 • Studio version • [45 version]
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:45 • Studio version • /Rock Show [45 version]
From One Hand Clapping
6:35 • Studio version • [takes 1-3]
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
1:41 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
2:50 • Studio version • [take 4]
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:19 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
2:05 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty
1:25 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Norman Petty, Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan
1:16 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney
1:25 • Studio rehearsal • E • Strumming/
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Chuck Berry
2:54 • Studio version
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
1:52 • Studio rehearsal • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson
1:30 • Studio rehearsal • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mark Vigars : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Aug 30, 1974 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
9:02 • Studio version • B1 • Unedited Party Mix
Paul McCartney : Crowd vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Crowd vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Bass, Crowd vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Crowd vocals, Electric guitar Joe English : Crowd vocals, Drums Tony Dorsey : Crowd vocals, Trombone Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Ken Lexton : Crowd vocals, Trumpet George Porter Jr. : Cow-bell, Crowd vocals Benny Spellman : Bass backing vocals, Crowd vocals Gary Langan : Remixing
Session Recording: May 12, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:13 • Studio version • [DTS downmix]
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:15 • Studio version • [DTS downmix]
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
2:08 • Studio version • Venus And Mars (reprise) [DTS downmix]
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
4:00 • Studio version • [DTS downmix]
Treat Her Gently-Lonely Old People [DTS downmix]
4:24 • Studio version
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
6:02 • Studio version • B • Party Mix
Paul McCartney : Crowd vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Crowd vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Backing vocals, Bass, Crowd vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Crowd vocals, Electric guitar Joe English : Crowd vocals, Drums Tony Dorsey : Crowd vocals, Trombone Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Ken Lexton : Crowd vocals, Trumpet George Porter Jr. : Cow-bell, Crowd vocals Benny Spellman : Bass backing vocals, Crowd vocals Gary Langan : Remixing
Session Recording: May 12, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
From the liner notes:
Happiness in the homeland! VENUS AND MARS is next!! Okay, I know what some of you may say – “Didn’t Paul just release his own Archive version of this last year??” While it’s true that he did, he missed so many opportunities to include extra stuff. Almost to make up for it, he put three “bonus tracks” up for exclusive downloading on his website, and a fourth (the rough mix of “Junior’s Farm”) could be found on another site. Well, I took what he gave us, all the downloads, and then added an additional two hours of material from the era (including my own stereo downmix of the DTS-surround CD, which provides a vastly different listening experience to the standard album), to give a much more complete picture of what Paul + Co. was up to musically at this time. As with Flowers, I’ve also used the best sources for everything and did my best job to make everything sound as good as possible. No noise-reduction was
used, but an occasional re-eq was done to some of the unreleased tracks to give them a more uniform sound to the rest of the collection. To top it off, I once again did full artwork for the set, including cd labels that re-create the LP label much better than the official Archive release did (I had NO qualms whatsoever about using the “Capitol” logo for effect on my discs!! ) Anyway, here it is – four hours of classic Paul, circa 1975…NOTES:
CD 1
1-13 – Venus and Mars album, as released on May 27, 1975
14 – Lunch Box/Odd Sox – recorded in January 1975, remixed in 1978 for Cold Cuts, and released in April 1980 as b-side of ‘Coming Up’
15 – Going to New Orleans – recorded in November 1974 and released 40 years later on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
16 – My Carnival – recorded in New Orleans on February 12, 1975. Remixed in 2014 for Venus and Mars- Paul McCartney Archive Collection
17 – New Orleans – cover, recorded in February 1975 and released in October 1998 on Linda McCartney’s Wide Prairie
18 – Junior’s Farm – recorded in July 1974 in Nashville an released as a single in October 1974
19 – Sally G – also recorded in Nashville and released as the b-side of ‘Junior’s Farm’
20 – Send Me The Heart – Denny Laine song, recorded in Nashville, with Wings, on July 11, 1974. Overdubs added in 1978 for Cold Cuts. Released in October 1980 on Denny’s Japanese Tears
21 – Hey Diddle – recorded during the Ram sessions. Overdubs added in Nashville. Remixed by Ernie Winfrey. Released on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
22 – Baby Face – recorded during the One Hand Clapping sessions, in August 1974. Overdub with horns in New Orleans, February 1975. Released in November 2014 on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
23 – Walking in the Park with Eloise – Instrumental song written by Paul’s father James McCartney. Recorded in Nashville and released as a single by The Country Hams, in October 1974
24 – Bridge on the River Suite – – recorded during the Red Rose Speedway sessions in September 1972, with overdubs added in November 1973 and July 1974 (Nashville). Released as b-side of The Country Hams single.CD 2
1 – Rock Show (New version) – – recorded in New Orleans in Febryuary 1975 and released only on paulmccartney.com download, on November 5, 2014
2 – Soily – recorded during the One Hand Clapping sessions, in August 1974. Released on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
3 – Love My Baby– recorded during the One Hand Clapping sessions, in August 1974 and released exclusively on paulmccartney.com, on November 5, 2014
4 – Junior’s Farm – radio edit, released on a promo single
5 – Listen to What the Man Said – single edit, released on May 16, 1975
6 – Love in Song – single mix, without the crossfade from ‘Rock Show’, released as b-side of ‘Listen to What the Man Said‘
7 – Letting Go – remix by Alan Parsons, with shorter intro and outro ingekort, and the organ mixed more upfront. – Released as a single, on October 4, 1975
8 – Venus And Mars – Rock Show (Edit) – relesaed as a single on October 27, 1975
9 – My Carnival – with vocal and piano overdubs added in 1985 and released as b-side of ‘Spies Like Us’in November 1985
10 – 4th of July – demo recorded in 1973. Given away to John Cristie who made it a single, in July 1974. Paul’s demo is released on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
11-22 – From One Hand Clapping sessions, August 1974, recorded in the garden of the EMI Studio on Abbey Road. Hence the name: The Backyard Tape. Taken from the Backyard + More CD and re-eqed slightly to improve dynamics.
23 – Let’s Love – demo for Peggy Lee, recorded in June 1974 and released on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
24 – Let’s Love/Sitting At The Piano – improvisation from One Hand Clapping
25 – All of You – improvisation from One Hand Clapping, released on Band on the Run – Paul McCartney Archive Collection, in November 2010
26 – I’ll Give You A Ring – from One Hand Clapping, released on Band on the Run – Paul McCartney Archive Collection, in November 2010
27 – My Carnival (Party Mix) – Remixed in 1985 by Gary Langan. This is the complete unedited “Party Mix”CD 3
1-13 – The DTS 5.1 mix – of the Venus and Mars. Originally released as Quadrophonic Version, but in November 1997 re-released on cd. Notice the different track order. The Quad 8-track version had yet another running order (much more similar to the LP).
14 – My Carnival – the 1980 ‘Rough Mix’ for Cold Cuts
15 – Rock Show (Old version) – alternate take, recorded in November 1975, released on Venus and Mars – Paul McCartney Archive Collection
16 – Letting Go – rough mix, available on paulmccartney.com
17 – Junior’s Farm – alt. mix by Ernie Winfrey, available as a download on another website
18 – Hey Diddle – 1978 remix for Cold Cuts
19 – Tomorrow – instrumental reggae version of the song from Wings debut album Wild Life. Recorded around October 1974 and considered for the first version of Cold Cuts
20 – Proud Mum – recorded for a commercial for Mother’s Pride bread. Never used. Considered for the first version of Cold Cuts
21 – Proud Mum (Reprise) – more of the same
22 – My Carnival (Party Mix) – edit of the Gary Langan remix, released on the b-side of the 12″ maxi single ‘Spies Like Us’, in November 1985
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