On August 25, 1986, “Parlaphone” label released “Press to Play”, the sixth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded March–May 1985, at McCartney’s “Sussex studios” and October–December 1985 at McCartney’s Scottish studios, and was produced by Paul McCartney, Hugh Padgham and Phil Ramone. The album cover’s photograph was taken by George Hurrell, using the same box camera that he used in Hollywood in the 1930s and the 1940s, for his photographs of movie stars of the 1930s and 1940s like Clark Gable and Greta Garbo,
Personnel:
- Paul McCartney– lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesizers
- Eric Stewart– acoustic and electric guitars
- Pete Townshend– electric guitars
- Carlos Alomar– acoustic and electric guitars
- Eddie Rayner– keyboards
- Nick Glennie-Smith– keyboards
- Simon Chamberlain – piano
- Linda McCartney– keyboards, backing vocals
- Neil Jason– bass guitar
- Phil Collins– drums, percussion
- Jerry Marotta– drums, percussion
- John Bradbury– drums, percussion
- Graham Ward– drums, percussion
- Ray Cooper– percussion
- Dick Morrissey– tenor saxophone
- Lenny Pickett– alto and tenor saxophone
- Gary Barnacle– saxophone
- Gavyn Wright– violin solo
- Kate Robbins– harmony vocals
- Ruby James – harmony vocals
- James McCartney– spoken word
- Steve Jackson– spoken word
- Eddie Klein – spoken word
- John Hammel – spoken word
- Matt Howe – spoken word
- Tony Visconti– orchestral arrangements
- Anne Dudley– orchestral arrangements
- Hugh Padgham – engineer
- Tony Clark– engineer assistant
- Jon Kelly– engineer assistant
- Peter Mew– engineer assistant
- Matt Howe – engineer assistant
- Steve Jackson – engineer assistant
- Haydn Bendall– engineer assistant
- Hugh Padgham – mixing
- Bert Bevans – mixing
- Steve Forward – mixing
- Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart, except where noted.
- Stranglehold
- Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun – Paul McCartney
- Talk More Talk – Paul McCartney
- Footprints
- Only Love Remains – Paul McCartney
- Press – Paul McCartney
- Pretty Little Head
- Move Over Busker
- Angry
- However Absurd
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