Album This song officially appears on the Mighty Like a Rose Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1991
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1987, when Paul McCartney was 45 years old)
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Official album • Released in 1991
4:37 • Studio version • A
Marc Ribot : Electric guitar, Spanish guitar Elvis Costello : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals Mitchell Froom : Celeste, Chamberlain, Mellotron, Producer Jim Keltner : Drums Larry Knechtel : Tack piano Jerry Scheff : Bass T-Bone Wolk : Intro/outro bass figures Kevin Killen : Producer
Recording : Late 1990 - early 1991 • Studio Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London
Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2017
3:29 • Demo • B • Original Demo
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Elvis Costello Paul McCartney : Producer Eddie Klein : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Sep 03, 1987 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Flowers In The Dirt - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2017
3:48 • Demo • C • 1988 Demo
Paul McCartney : Bass, Guitar, Producer, Vocals Hamish Stuart : Guitar, Vocals Chris Whitten : Drums Elvis Costello : Producer, Vocals Peter Henderson : Recording engineer Kevin Armstrong : Guitar Richard Moakes : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 26, 1988 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
3:29 • Demo • McCartney & Costello demo
Recording : Spring-Summer '87
Flowers In The Dirt - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
3:28 • Studio version • [demo]
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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