UK Release date : Monday, October 27, 1986
Pretty Little Head / Write Away
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Singles”
UK Release date : Monday, October 27, 1986
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney • Singles”
Previous single Aug 05, 1986 • "Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby (UK - Picture disc - 1986)" by The Beatles released in the UK
Film 2nd half of December 1986 • Shooting of "Pretty Little Head" promo film
Article Oct 16, 1986 • Rupert And The Frog Song gets The Best Selling Video Of The Year award
Single Oct 27, 1986 • "Pretty Little Head / Write Away" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Single Oct 27, 1986 • "Pretty Little Head / Write Away" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Single Oct 29, 1986 • "Stranglehold / Angry" by Paul McCartney released in the US
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
3:50 • 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 • 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, 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 • 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 Wikipedia:
[…] The single was released at a length of 3:50 on the 7″ release (remixed by Larry Alexander), and as a 6:56 remix (mixed by John Potoker) on the 12″ release on the same day, 27 October 1986, and an extra track, “Angry“, was added to the 12”. The cassette version was the same as the 12″, and was released on 17 November 1986. Both of these lengths are different from the album version, which has a length of 5:14. (See Press to Play).
“Write Away“, the single’s B-side, is included only on the CD release of the album, resulting in the back of the single listing the A-side as “From the album” and the B-side as “From the compact disc“.
Tracklisting
- “Pretty Little Head” – 3:50
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- “Write Away” – 3:01
- “Pretty Little Head” – 6:56
- Remix by John ‘Tokes’ Potoker
- “Angry” (Remix) – 3:36
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- “Write Away” – 3:01
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