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Release year : 1997

Flaming Pie - 6-track sampler cassette

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Disc 1

  1. The World Tonight

    Written by Paul McCartney

    4:00 • Studio versionA1 • Pre-mastered version. It features variations in the level and placement of the guitars in the mix

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Harmony vocal, Lead vocal, Percussion, Piano, Producer Jeff Lynne : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Harmony vocal, Keyboard, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: Nov 13-17, 1995 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Overdubs ?: February 1996 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Details & description coming from Bootlegzone

  2. Flaming Pie

    Written by Paul McCartney

    2:26 • Studio versionA1 • Pre-mastered version

    Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Harmony vocal, Lead vocal, Piano, Producer Jeff Lynne : Electric guitar, Harmony vocal, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: Feb 27, 1996 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

  3. Used To Be Bad

    Written by Paul McCartney, Steve Miller

    4:04 • Studio versionA1 • Pre-mastered version

    Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Drums, Lead vocal, Producer Steve Miller : Electric guitar, Lead vocal Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: May 05, 1995 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

  4. Beautiful Night

    Written by Paul McCartney

    5:02 • Rough mixA1 • It is a rough mix which features the backing prior to the orchestral overdubs

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Additional percussion, Backing vocal, Bass guitar, Electric guitar, Hammond organ, Lead vocal, Piano, Producer, Wurlitzer piano Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocal Ringo Starr : Additional percussion, Backing vocal, Drums Jeff Lynne : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocal, Electric guitar, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: May 13, 1996 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Recording: May 14, 1996 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

    Details & description coming from Bootlegzone

  5. Young Boy

    Written by Paul McCartney

    3:55 • Studio versionA1 • It features a closing guitar chord not in the album version

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Hammond organ, Lead vocal, Producer Steve Miller : Backing vocal, Electric guitar, Rhythm guitar Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer Frank Farrell : Assistant engineer

    Session Recording: Started Feb 22, 1995 • Studio Steve Miller's home studio, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA

    Session Overdubs: Mar 21-22, 1995 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Details & description coming from Bootlegzone

  6. Somedays

    Written by Paul McCartney

    4:10 • Rough mixA1 • It contains an alternate vocal and variations in the Mellotron backing and placement of the instruments

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, Lead vocal, Producer, Spanish guitar George Martin : Orchestration Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Peter Lale : Viola Jon Jacobs : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Assistant engineer Gary Kettel : Percussion Rita Manning : Violin Skaila Kanga : Harp Martin Parry : Flute Jackie Hartley : Violin Keith Pascoe : Violin Levine Andrade : Viola Martin Loveday : Cello Peter Manning : Violin Christian Kampen : Cello Andy Findon : Alto flute Michael Cox : Flute Roy Carter : English horn, Oboe

    Session Recording: Nov 01-03, 1995 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Overdubs: Jun 10, 1996 • Studio AIR Studios Lyndhurst, London, UK

    Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

    Details & description coming from Bootlegzone


In January 1997, four months before the official release of “Flaming Pie“, Capitol Records put out a 6-track sampler tape distributed only to a small number of Capitol executives. A 3-track sampler tape was created out of it, limited to 30 copies distributed to some Capitol Records executives.

Some of the tracks available on those tapes featured different mixes than on the album. For instance, the version of “Beautiful Night” doesn’t have the orchestral overdubs which were to be added in February 1997.

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