UK Release date : Friday, October 2, 2015
Pipes Of Peace - Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on January 1, 2020
UK Release date : Friday, October 2, 2015
By Paul McCartney • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney Archive Collection”
Last updated on January 1, 2020
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Album Oct 02, 2015 • "Pipes Of Peace - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
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This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Written by Paul McCartney
3:56 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Piano, Shaker (?), Synthesizer (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Adrian Brett : Pan flute James Kippen : Tabla Pestalozzi's Children Choir : Choir Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Horns, Strings
Session Recording: Sep 10, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Overdubs : October 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jun 30, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:56 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Michael Jackson : Backing vocals, Vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Jerry Hey : Horns Nathan Watts : Bass Bill Wolfer : Keyboards, Synthesizers David Williams : Electric guitar Chris Smith : Harmonica Ricky Lawson : Drums Ernie Watts : Horns Gary E. Grant : Horns Gary Herbig : Horns Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: May 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
Session Recording: April 1982 • Studio Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
Session Mixing: Feb 15, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
3:58 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?), Piano (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: Jan 11, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jul 06, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
3:06 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Drums (?), Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Tambourine (?) Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar (?) Stanley Clarke : Bass Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Strings
Session Recording: Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 8, 1980 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Overdubs: Feb 11, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat
Session Overdubs: Mar 23, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jan 25, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
3:22 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Piano (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards (?) Ringo Starr : Drums Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Strings
Session Recording: Sep 16, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Mixing : Unknown • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
3:55 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals, Vocals Michael Jackson : Backing vocals, Vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Flutes, Strings
Session Recording: May 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Overdubs ? : April 1982 ? • Studio Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Recording: Aug 25, 1983 • Studio Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
Session Mixing: Jun 08, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
2:52 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Castanets (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar, Piano (?), Shaker (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals, Vocoder George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: Jan 02, 1981 • Studio Parkgate Studio, Sussex, UK
Session Recording: Jul 11, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jan 25, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
4:34 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar (?), Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar (?) Ringo Starr : Drums Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Mike Stavrou : Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Horns
Session Recording: February 16-18th, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat
Session Recording: July 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Sep 01, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney, Stanley Clarke
2:54 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Synthesizer (?) Denny Laine : Electric guitar (?) Stanley Clarke : Bass George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Steve Gadd : Drums Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant Mike Stavrou : Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 10, 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, Montserrat
Session Mixing: Feb 01, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
2:55 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass (?), Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Garden canes, Keyboards (?), Shaker (?), Tambourine (?), Vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Garden canes, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: Jan 29, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jul 06, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
3:27 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar (?), Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Shaker (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Bicycle wheel, Piano, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Dave Mattacks : Drums Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Geoff Whitehorn : Acoustic guitar Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Horns, Strings
Session Recording: Sep 14, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Mixing: Jul 04, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
4:05 • Demo • B • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
3:43 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
3:01 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney
2:53 • Demo • A
Performed by : Paul McCartney George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Alex Wharton : Mastering
Session Mixing: Feb 02, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Session Recording: Feb 25, 1982 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Written by Paul McCartney
3:14 • Demo • B
Paul McCartney : Mixing engineer, Recording engineerPerformed by : Paul McCartney Alex Wharton : Mastering
Session Recording: August 1980 • Studio Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Written by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
6:56 • Studio version • B • 2015 remix
Paul McCartney : Arrangement, Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?), Electric piano (?), Percussion (?), Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Michael Jackson : Backing vocals, Vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Arrangement, Producer Geoff Emerick : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Jerry Hey : Horns Nathan Watts : Bass Bill Wolfer : Keyboards, Synthesizers David Williams : Electric guitar Chris Smith : Harmonica Ricky Lawson : Drums Ernie Watts : Horns Gary E. Grant : Horns Gary Herbig : Horns Alex Wharton : Mastering Mark 'Spike' Stent : Remixing
Session Recording: May 1981 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK ; Odyssey Studios, London, UK
Session Recording: April 1982 • Studio Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA ; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City, USA
Session Mixing: Feb 15, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, 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
Written by Paul McCartney
3:44 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Jon Jacobs : Engineer assistant Paul Robinson : Drums Chris Lawrence : Bass Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: Dec 08, 1980 • Studio AIR Studios, London
Recording : Aug 31, 1983 • Studio AIR Studios, London
Written by Paul McCartney
3:00 • Studio version • A2015 • 2015 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums (?), Electric guitar (?), Mellotron, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar (?) Jon Kelly : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Steve Jackson : Mixing engineer assistant, Recording engineer assistant Sam Okell : Remastering Alex Wharton : Remastering Unknown musician(s) : Sax
Session Recording: Mar 14, 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: Mar 22, 1985 • 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
Written by Paul McCartney
2:01 • Studio version • A
Performed by : Paul McCartney Paul McCartney : Producer Jon Kelly : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Mastering Danny Dawson : Mixing engineer assistant
Session Recording: Jan 01, 1981 • Studio I.C.C Studios, Eastbourne, UK
Session Mixing: Nov 11, 1981 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
From paulmccartney.com, July 30th 2015:
The Pipes of Peace 2-CD Special Edition is made up of the original album plus a 9-track bonus disc with such exclusive gems as a 2015 remix of ‘Say Say Say’ by Spike Stent, unearthed demos of three album tracks and outtakes ‘It’s Not On‘ and ‘Simple As That,’ the previously unreleased ‘Christian Bop‘ and more. The 2-CD/1-DVD Pipes of Peace Deluxe Edition features a bonus video disc comprised of the original promo clips for all three of the album’s singles, plus previously unreleased clips from Paul’s film archives. The Deluxe configuration will also include a 112-page essay book and 64-page book that takes the reader behind the scenes on the ‘Pipes of Peace‘ title track video shoot.
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