Release year : 2015
Press To Play - Ultimate Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Ultimate Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 25, 2020
Release year : 2015
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Ultimate Archive Collection”
Last updated on April 25, 2020
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
March - May 1985
October 1st - December 6th 1985
April 14th-18th 1986
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:37 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Gary Barnacle : Horns (?) Dick Morrisey : Horns (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun
Written by Paul McCartney
4:56 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Electric piano (?), Keyboards (?), Producer, Shaker (?), Vocals Eric Stewart : Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar Eddie Rayner : Keyboards Kate Robbins : Backing vocals Ruby James : Backing vocals John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
5:18 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Vocals James McCartney : Vocals Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) John Hammel : Assistant engineer, Vocals Matt Howe : Assistant engineer, Vocals Steve Jackson : Assistant engineer, Vocals Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Recording : Unknown date prior to March 1985 • Studio Unknown
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
4:32 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Spanish guitar, Spinet, Vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar (?), Synthesizers (?) Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Lynn-drum programming, Percussion John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:16 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Classical guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar (?), Backing vocals Ray Cooper : Marimba, Shaker (?), Tambourine (?) Kate Robbins : Backing vocals Ruby James : Backing vocals Graham Ward : Drums Simon Chamberlain : Synth bass John Bradbury : Violin Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:43 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar Eddie Rayner : Keyboards (?), Synthesizers (?) Simon Chamberlain : Synth bass (?) John Bradbury : Violin (?) Gavin Wright : Violin (?) Hugh Padgham : Producer, Recording engineer Burt Bevans : Mixing engineer Steve Forward : Mixing engineer
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
5:14 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Keyboards Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Percussion, Vibraphone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
4:06 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer, Vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar Kate Robbins : Backing vocals Ruby James : Backing vocals John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:36 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Vocals Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Ray Cooper : Tambourine Pete Townshend : Backing vocals, Electric guitar John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Phil Collins : Drums Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
4:59 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Anne Dudley : Orchestration Jerry Marotta : Drums John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Percussion Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar Eddie Rayner : Keyboards Lenny Pickett : Saxophone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
5:53 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano, Producer, Vocals Eric Stewart : Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar LaBouche : Backing vocals Lenny Pickett : Saxophone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Julian Mendelsohn : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
4:42 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Congas (?), Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
5:19 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:29 • Studio version • A1 • 7" version
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano, Producer, Vocals Eric Stewart : Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar LaBouche : Backing vocals Lenny Pickett : Saxophone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:35 • Studio version • A1 • Remix
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Vocals Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Ray Cooper : Tambourine Pete Townshend : Backing vocals, Electric guitar John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Phil Collins : Drums Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Larry Alexander : Remix Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
3:50 • Studio version • A2 • 7" mix by Larry Alexander
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Keyboards Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Percussion, Vibraphone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Larry Alexander : Remix Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
4:11 • Studio version • A1 • Remix by Jim Boyer
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Classical guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar (?), Backing vocals Ray Cooper : Marimba, Shaker (?), Tambourine (?) Kate Robbins : Backing vocals Ruby James : Backing vocals Graham Ward : Drums Simon Chamberlain : Synth bass John Bradbury : Violin Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Jim Boyer : Remixing
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
6:32 • Studio version • C • Dub mix
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar Eddie Rayner : Keyboards (?), Synthesizers (?) John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Simon Chamberlain : Synth bass (?) John Bradbury : Violin (?) Gavin Wright : Violin (?) Hugh Padgham : Producer, Recording engineer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Burt Bevans : Mixing engineer, Remixing Steve Forward : Mixing engineer, Remixing Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
6:55 • Studio version • A1 • 12" mix by John ‘Tokes’ Potoker
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Backing vocals, Keyboards Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Percussion, Vibraphone John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?) John Potoker : Remix
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart
7:05 • Studio version • A1 • Remix by Julian Mendelsohn
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizers (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Eric Stewart : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer (?) Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Kelly : Assistant engineer (?) Jerry Marotta : Congas (?), Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar John Hammel : Assistant engineer (?) Matt Howe : Assistant engineer (?) Julian Mendelsohn : Remixing Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Mixing engineer, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Written by Paul McCartney
5:56 • Studio version • A1 • 12" mix
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Vocals James McCartney : Vocals Trevor Jones : Assistant engineer (?) Eddie Klein : Assistant engineer Tony Clark : Assistant engineer (?) Jon Jacobs : Mixing engineer Matt Butler : Assistant engineer (?) John Hammel : Assistant engineer, Vocals Matt Howe : Assistant engineer, Vocals Steve Jackson : Assistant engineer, Vocals Hugh Padgham : Engineering, Producer Peter Mew : Assistant engineer (?) Haydn Bendall : Assistant engineer (?)
Recording : Unknown date prior to March 1985 • Studio Unknown
Session Overdubs: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: April 14th-18th 1986 • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Good Times Coming / Feel The Sun
Written by Paul McCartney
7:10 • Rough mix • A1
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar (?), Vocals Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?) Jerry Marotta : Drums Carlos Alomar : Electric guitar (?)
Session Recording: March - May 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
From the liner notes:
He said he likes it in the snow…. A safe statement to make all the way here in July! Let’s see how much he likes the damn snow in January! Anyhoo, Press To Play is up next in the Ultimate Archive series. This was fun to do as there was a lot of vinyl-only tracks that I tried to present in great sound quality. For some, I think I succeeded. For others, maybe not so much. I’ll put it like this – the 12″ of Seaside Woman / B-Side To Seaside I had a decent needledrop available, but the only problem was there was excessive sibilance going on. So if anyone has very clean vinyl copies of the ’86 remix 12″ of Seaside Woman and wants to contribute to the cause, please send along your needledrops! If you cannot make a needledrop, I would be happy to make one for you – reach out, please!
EDIT – Received very nice ‘drops of Tough On A Tightrope + Talk More Talk (12″ versions). They have been subbed in to the folder.
After including all the remixes/edits of the Press To Play material, there really wasn’t too much space for anything else. Of course I’ve included Simple As That along with “upgraded” versions of Yvonne’s The One (the lone outtake that’s circulating from these sessions) along with the unedited rough mix of Good Times Coming/Feel The Sun (the one truly significant alternate version in that it’s two minutes longer than the released version). For the unreleased extended versions, they will definitely be appearing on the Rarities set, so fear not. And of course I’ll be using the live Only Love Remains when I get around to Tripping The Live Fantastic… In the meantime, here’s my take on Press To Play…
NOTES:
CD 1
1-13 – Press To Play, as released on August 22, 1986. Album produced by Hugh Padgham and Paul McCartney. Recorded in Paul’s brand new Hog Hill Studio, in Rye. Most basic tracks were recorded in April 1985 with overdubs added from October through December 1985. On the vinyl album there are 10 tracks, with three more tracks added to the cd-version. Apparently, Paul wasn’t very happy with Padgham’s job because for the single releases all tracks are remixed.
1 – Stranglehold – co-written with Eric Stewart.
2 – Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun
3 – Talk More Talk – recorded in October 1985
4 – Footprints – co-written with Eric Stewart.
5 – Only Love Remains
6 – Press – album version, mixed by Bert Bevans & Steve Forward
7 – Pretty Little Head – co-written with Eric Stewart.
8 – Move Over Busker – co-written with Eric Stewart.
9 – Angry – co-written with Eric Stewart
10 – However Absurd – co-written with Eric Stewart.
11 – Write Away – co-written with Eric Stewart. – also released as b-side of 7” and 12” ‘Pretty Little Head’, on October 27, 1986.
12 – It’s Not True – released on July 14, 1986 as b-side of 7″ ‘Press’
13 – Tough on a Tightrope – co-written with Eric Stewart.. Mixed by Hugh Padgham and released on December 1, 1986 as b-side of 7” and 12” ‘Only Love Remains’.
14 – Simple as That –recorded in February 1986, in Abbey Road Studios, Londen for a benefit album The Anti-Heroin Project – It’s a Live-in World, released on November 24, 1986.
15 – Yvonne’s The One – co-written with Eric Stewart..Outtake recorded in February 1985. Later a remade was made by Eric Stewart with Paul McCartney on rhythm guitar. This new version was released on the European version of the 10cc album Mirror Mirror (1995).
16 – Seaside Woman – song written by Linda McCartney to prove ATV she could write, because they were suing Paul and Linda for their joined writing credits on Ram. Recorded with Wings on November 7, 1972 in AIR Studios, London with Paul producing. Released as a single by Suzy and the Red Stripes on May 31, 1977 in the US and August 10, 1979 in the UK. This is a remix released on July 7, 1986 on 7″
17 – B-Side To Seaside (L. McCartney, P. McCartney) – recorded by Linda and Paul on March 16, 1977, in Abbey Road Studios, especially for the b-side of ‘Seaside Woman’. This is a remix by Alvin Clark, released on July 7, 1986
18 – Hanglide – co-written with Eric Stewart, released on July 14, 1986 as extra track on 12” ‘Press’CD 2
1 – Press – mixed by Hugh Padgham and released on UK 7” single on July 14, 1986
2 – It’s Not True – mixed by Julian Mendelsohn, released on July 14, 1986 on b-side of 12”and 10” Circular Sleeve single ‘Press’ (10R 6133)
3 – Stranglehold 05-nov-86 video version 07-dec-87 Japanese 8″ laserdisc Once Upon A Video
4 – Angry – remix by Larry Alexander, released as extra track on 12″ and cassette of ‘Pretty Little Head’ – see 9.
5 – Pretty Little Head – remix by Larry Alexander for the 7” single, released on October 27, 1986.
6 – Only Love Remains – remix by Jim Boyer, with added sax. Released on December 1, 1986 on 7” and 12” single.
7 – Press (Video Edit) – remix by Bert Bevans & Steve Forward, released on US 7″ single (R 6133) and 10” Circular Sleeve single (10R 6133)
8 – Press (Dubmix) – remix by Bert Bevans & Steve Forward, released as extra track on 12″ ‘Press’ (12R 6133)
9 – Pretty Little Head – remixed by John ‘Tokes’ Potoker for the 12” single , released on October 27, 1986 and the cassette, released on November 17, 1986.
10 – Tough on a Tightrope – remix by Julian Mendelsohn, released on b-side of 12″ ‘Only Love Remains’
11 – Talk More Talk – remix by Paul McCartney and Jon Jacobs. Released on August 22, 1986 as extra track on 12” Only Love Remains’
12 – Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun -longer rough mix
13 – Seaside Woman – remix by Alvin Clark, released on July 7, 1986 on 12″ single – see cd 1, track 16.
14 – B-Side To Seaside – remix by Alvin Clark , released as b-side of the above.
15 – Press (Edit) – remix by Bert Bevans & Steve Forward, released on DJ copy (7-PRO-9766)
16 – Press – remix by Hugh Padgham, released on 10″ single
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Jan • 1 year ago
Also known as Press To Play & More.
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