Recording "Ballroom Dancing", "Wanderlust", "Sweetest Little Show"

Friday, January 2, 1981 • For Paul McCartney

Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Tug Of War Official album.
Studio:
Parkgate Studio, Sussex, UK

Timeline

Session Jan 02, 1981 • Recording "Ballroom Dancing", "Wanderlust", "Sweetest Little Show"

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I thought it was going to be this quick album. That it was going to be three weeks at Park Gate [in Sussex] and then two weeks at AIR London mixing. But it just went on and on, and then Montserrat came into it, and we were just constantly recording stuff. Of course, in Paul’s situation, he could call anyone or go anywhere. It just grew and grew and grew, and we had all these tracks, and there was obviously the stuff in Montserrat, but it wasn’t done like Tug of War first and then Pipes of Peace. All these tracks came together.

Engineer Jon Jacobs, from the Tug Of War Archive Collection, 2015

Last updated on May 9, 2020

Songs recorded


1.


2.

Ballroom Dancing

Written by Paul McCartney

Recording


3.

Wanderlust

Written by Paul McCartney

Recording

Staff

Production staff

George Martin:
Producer
Geoff Emerick:
Engineer
Jon Jacobs:
Assistant engineer

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Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium

We owe a lot to Chip Madinger and Mark Easter for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details!

Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr beyond the Beatles. Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between. From their early film soundtrack work to the officially released retrospectives, all solo efforts by the four men are exhaustively examined.

As the paperback version is out of print, you can buy a PDF version on the authors' website

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