Released in 1976
Written by Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney
Last updated on August 22, 2014
Official album • Released in 2016
3:14 • Studio version • A2014 • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official album • Released in 2016
3:14 • Studio version • A2014 • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1976
3:26 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1993)
Official album • Released in 1993
3:26 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement Peter Mew : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound (Limited Orange LP)
Official album • Released in 2017
3:14 • Studio version • A2014
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
3:14 • Studio version • A2014 • 2014 remaster
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Simon Gibson : Remastering
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
1:30 • Demo • C • Instrumental demo.
Paul McCartney : Electric piano, Producer
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
3:13 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Slide guitar Mark Vigars : Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer Pete Henderson : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Fiachra Trench : String quartet arrangement, Two tenor horns arrangement
Session Recording: Feb 02, 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: January - March 1976 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
1:28 • Studio version • [instrumental demo]
Official album • Released in 1999
2:32 • Classical version • B
Paul McCartney : Executive producer Eddie Klein : Recording engineer Keith Smith : Recording engineer Steve Rooke : Mastering Krista Bennion Feeney : First violin Anca Nicolau : Second violin Joanna Hood : Viola Myron Lutzke : CelloPerformed by : Loma Mar Quartet John Fraser : Producer Michael Thomas : Arranger Arne Akselberg : Balance engineer Paul Baily : Editor Caroline Haigh : Editor
Session Recording: February 21-25th, 1999 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road