Release date : Friday, February 25, 2022
By Various Artists • Official album
Last updated on January 22, 2022
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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Recording "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Mar 11, 1987
Recording "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Mar 12, 1987
Overdubbing "Once Upon A Long Ago"
Jul 01, 1987
Freddie Mercury - Love Kills (extended Mix)
Studio version
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - There Must Be An Angel (playing With My Heart) (special Dance Mix)
Studio version
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (dance Mix)
Studio version
A-ha - I've Been Losing You (extended Version)
Studio version
Duran Duran - Notorious (latin Rascals Mix)
Studio version
Red Box - Lean On Me (ah-li-ayo) (dogmatix)
Studio version
Holly Johnson - Love Train (ride The ‘a' Train)
Studio version
Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (w.c.h. Mix)
Studio version
Elton John - Wrap Her Up (extended Remix)
Studio version
Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (jellybean 12" Dance Remix)
Studio version
Womack & Womack - Love Wars (extended Vocal)
Studio version
New Order - Blue Monday '88 (12" Version)
Studio version
Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (12" Version)
Studio version
Coldcut Feat. Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On (12" Version)
Studio version
Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (long Version)
Studio version
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (12" Version)
Studio version
Five Star - The Slightest Touch (the Pettibone Touch Remix)
Studio version
Whitney Houston - Love Will Save The Day (extended Remix)
Studio version
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (remix)
Studio version
Exposé - Point Of No Return (extended Mix)
Studio version
Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk (dance Mix)
Studio version
Malcolm Mclaren - Waltz Darling (extended Version)
Studio version
Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (original Extended Version)
Studio version
Divine - Love Reaction (12" Version)
Studio version
Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (boys Are Back In Town Mix)
Studio version
Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass (12" Vocal Mix)
Studio version
Olivia Newton-john - The Rumour (12" Extended Mix)
Studio version
Dollar - O L'amour (extra Beat Boys 12" Mix)
Studio version
Desireless - Voyage Voyage (pwl Britmix)
Studio version
Sandra - Maria Magdalena (extended Version)
Studio version
Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (mamba Seyra) (ian Levine Club Mix)
Studio version
Agnetha Fältskog - The Heat Is On (super Dance Music Mix)
Studio version
Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (us 12" Remix)
Studio version
Blondie - Call Me (theme From “american Gigolo") (12" Version)
Studio version
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (extended Dance Remix)
Studio version
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (extended Version)
Studio version
Billy Idol - White Wedding - Parts 1 & 2 (shot Gun Mix)
Studio version
Pretenders - Kid (extended Remix)
Studio version
Arcadia - Election Day (consensus Mix)
Studio version
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (coming Home) (special Extended Version)
Studio version
Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell (us Promo 12" Mix)
Studio version
Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (full Length Version)
Studio version
Chris Rea - On The Beach (summer '88) (12" Version)
Studio version
Written by Paul McCartney
6:12 • Studio version • A4
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Mixing engineer, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Tambourine George Martin : Orchestration Peter Henderson : Mixing engineer Adrian Brett : Flute Tim Renwick : Electric guitar Nick Glennie-Smith : Keyboards Phil Ramone : Producer Henry Spinetti : Drums Nigel Kennedy : Violin Stan Sulzmann : Sax
Session Recording: Mar 11, 1987 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Recording: Mar 12, 1987 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: Jul 01, 1987 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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
From Now That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Remixed – SuperDeluxeEdition, January 20, 2022:
The NOW remix series continues next month with Now That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Remixed, a 4CD set of extensions that includes enough new-to-CD and rare remixes from the 1980s to be worth picking up.
Hidden at the end of this 44-track collection is a remix of a Paul McCartney song that has never been issued on CD. It’s the Extended Mix of his 1987 single ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’. Paul’s last UK top 10 single, ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’ was the only new track on the All The Best compilation of that same year, and was issued as a single in the UK to promote it (the song didn’t feature on the US edition of All The Best). […]
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Golem • 2 years ago
there's another NOW That's What I Call Music with a previously unreleased (on digital) song, this volume has Say Say Say (extended) https://www.discogs.com/release/20011726-Various-Now-Thats-What-I-Call-12-80s-Extended