Released in 1975
Crossroads Theme
Written by Tony Hatch • Instrumental
Last updated on July 30, 2022
Released in 1975
Written by Tony Hatch • Instrumental
Last updated on July 30, 2022
Album This song officially appears on the Venus and Mars Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1975
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Venus And Mars sessions at Wally Heider Studios
February - March 24th, 1975
String overdubs for Venus And Mars album
Mar 10, 1975
Jul 26, 1975 • From New Musical Express (NME)
Why did you record the ‘Crossroads’ theme?
It’s a joke. It’s after ‘Lonely Old People’, you see, they’re kind of sitting there in the park saying ‘Nobody asked me to play?’ It’s a kind of poignant moment, and then there’s a little break and then ‘Crossroads’ starts up, and that’s very… it’s lonely old people, y’know, it’s kind of just the kind of thing that lonely old people watch. It could just as easily have been ‘Coronation Street’, but we knew the chords to ‘Crossroads’. No, I just thought that it would be just nice to do it. The thing is that for people who haven’t heard it and don’t know the whole ‘Crossroads’ thing, like Americans, like a fellow who was helping me arrange this stuff, he just thought it was just a lovely tune. He thought I’d written it. He just thought it was a beautiful little tune, and it is. I quite like it as tune, y’know, the ‘Crossroads’ thing. It fitted. Originally it was just a joke, but as it recorded, it ended up as less of a joke.
And I just wanted to see Tony Hatch after he realised that we’d recorded one of his numbers on our new album. I want to tell him.
Paul McCartney – Interview with New Musical Express, July 26, 1975
Official album • Released in 1975
1:16 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Strings arrangement Linda Eastman / McCartney : Organ Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Lead guitar Joe English : Drums Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 27, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Official album • Released in 1993
1:16 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Strings arrangement Linda Eastman / McCartney : Organ Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Lead guitar Joe English : Drums Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer Peter Mew : Remastering
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 27, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
1:16 • Studio version • A2014
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Strings arrangement Linda Eastman / McCartney : Organ Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Lead guitar Joe English : Drums Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 27, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars (Limited Red & Yellow LP)
Official album • Released in 2017
1:16 • Studio version • A2014
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Strings arrangement Linda Eastman / McCartney : Organ Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar Jimmy McCulloch : Lead guitar Joe English : Drums Sid Sharp Strings : Bass, Celli, Violas, Violins Gayle Levant : Harp Tony Dorsey : Strings arrangement Alan O'Duffy : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Biff Dawes : Assistant mixing engineer
Session Recording: Jan 31, 1975 • Studio Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
Session Overdubs: Mar 10, 1975 • Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Session Overdubs: February 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Session Mixing: Mar 27, 1975 • Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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