Walking In The Park With Eloise / Bridge On The River Suite (1982)
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- UK release date:
- Mar 01, 1982
- Publisher:
- EMI
- Reference:
- EMI 2220
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Track list
Side 1
1.
Walking In The Park With Eloise
Written by Jim McCartney
3:09 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Washboard
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Geoff Britton :
- Drums
- Ernie Winfrey :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Bill Puitt :
- Clarinet
- Chet Atkins :
- Electric guitar
- Floyd Cramer :
- Piano
- Denis Good :
- Trombone
- Bobby Thompson :
- Banjo
- Don Sheffield :
- Trumpet
- Session Recording:
- Jul 16, 1974
- Studio :
- Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, USA
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
3:10 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer
- Linda McCartney :
- Synthesizer
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Sax
- Davey Lutton :
- Drums
- Tony Dorsey :
- Brass arrangement
- Alan Parsons :
- Recording engineer
- Ernie Winfrey :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Bill Puitt :
- Sax
- George Tidwell :
- Trumpet
- Barry McDonald :
- Trumpet
- Norman Ray :
- Baritone sax
- Dale Quillen :
- Trombone
- Session Recording:
- Sep 29, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- November 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jul 11, 1974
- Studio :
- Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, USA
- Session Mixing:
- July 1974
- Studio :
- Soundshop Recording Studios, Nashville, USA
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
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From discogs:
Re-release from 1982. In a paper sleeve with die cut side opening on the back. Re-released after Paul listed this song as one of his “Desert Island Disc” choices.
Paul McCartney appeared in the ”Desert Island Discs” programme because of the celebration of its 40 anniversary on BBC radio. Conducted by Roy Plomley (BBC Radio 4) and broadcasted on saturday, January 30, 1982 (6:15 to 6:54 pm).
The 1974 Country Hams ‘Walking in the Park with Eloise’ was among the eight selections Paul choose for ‘Desert Island Discs’. His final selection was however John Lennon’s ‘Beautiful Boy”.Some sleeves of this 1982 issue can be found with on the front a small round sticker : ‘Featured as one of Paul McCartney’s Desert Island Discs’.
See article “Paul McCartney appears on Desert Island Discs radio show” for more details.
Last updated on December 23, 2023