Paul McCartney Give My Regards to Broad Street First U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
Soundtrack by Paul McCartney
Released 22 October 1984
Recorded November 1982 -
July 1983
Genre Rock
45:19 (LP)
Label Parlophone, EMI
Columbia Records (US)
Producer George Martin
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 2/5 stars link
Give My Regards to Broad Street is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Unlike the film, the album was successful, achieving number one in the UK chart and its lead single "No More Lonely Nights" was BAFTA and Golden Globe award nominated.[1]
Contents
Release
Preceded by "No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)", a worldwide top 10 hit featuring guitar work by David Gilmour, Give My Regards to Broad Street entered the UK charts at #1 while going gold with a #21 peak in the United States (selling under expectations there). It would also mark the end of McCartney's brief alliance with Columbia Records in the US which had started with the final Wings album Back to the Egg in 1979. McCartney would re-sign with EMI worldwide (where he remained until 2007) with his Columbia output reverting to his new - and original - label in the US.
The majority of the album—which is sequenced in the order of the songs' appearance in the film—features re-interpretations of many of his past classics of The Beatles and Wings: "Good Day Sunshine", "Yesterday", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Silly Love Songs" (the only Wings song included), "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby" and "The Long and Winding Road". There were also interpretations of songs from McCartney's more recent albums; "Ballroom Dancing" and "Wanderlust" from Tug of War and "So Bad" from Pipes of Peace. Besides "No More Lonely Nights" (also heard in a dance version), the only previously-unheard tracks were "Not Such A Bad Boy", "No Values" and a symphonic extension of "Eleanor Rigby" entitled "Eleanor's Dream". The scope of the album was so immense that when it saw release that October, its vinyl issue had specially edited versions of its songs. The cassette and the later CD edition preserved the tracks' full lengths, while the CD went one further by including a bonus 1940's-styled piece called "Goodnight Princess".
Simultaneously with the film's premiere in November McCartney's Rupert Bear recording "We All Stand Together", started back in 1980 and credited to 'Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus', was released and became a hit single in the UK, reaching #3. The accompanying animated film was shown in cinemas immediately preceding the main Give My Regards To Broad Street feature.
Give My Regards to Broad Street was remastered in 1993 and reissued on CD as part of 'The Paul McCartney Collection' series with two extended dance mixes of "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" as bonus tracks.
Track listing
Side 1
Track Composer Recording Information Time
No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) McCartney New song for "Broad Street"
Paul : Piano and vocals
Linda : Backing vocal
Herbie Flowers : Bass
Stuart Elliot : Drums
Dave Gilmour : Guitar
Eric Stewart : Backing vocal
Ann Dudley : Synthesizer
4:50
Good Day Sunshine Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Revolver
Paul : Vocals, plus all instruments except Piano
George Martin : Piano
1:43
Corridor Music McCartney New incidental music for the film,
actually the guitar riff from "Mumbo" off of Wild Life 0:17
Yesterday Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Help !
Paul : Acoustic guitar and vocals
Ringo : Drums
Philip Jones : Brass Ensemble
1:43
Here, There and Everywhere Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Revolver
Paul : Acoustic guitar and vocals
Ringo : Drums
Philip Jones : Brass Ensemble
1:44
Wanderlust McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Tug Of War
Paul : Acoustic guitar and vocals
Ringo : Drums
Philip Jones : Brass Ensemble
2:48
Ballroom Dancing McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Tug Of War
Paul : Piano and vocals
Linda : Piano and Backing vocal
John Paul Jones : Bass
Ringo : Drums
Dave Edmunds : Guitar
Chris Spedding ; Guitar
4:36
Silly Love Songs McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Speed Of Sound
Paul : Electric Harpsichord and vocals
Linda : Keyboards and vocals
Louis Johnson : Bass
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Steve Lukather : Guitar and vocal
4:29
Side 2
Track Composer Recording Information Time
Silly Love Songs (Reprise) McCartney Extra reprise made for the film. 0:36
Not Such A Bad Boy McCartney New song for "Broad Street".
Paul : Bass and vocals
Linda : Keyboards and vocals
Ringo : Drums
Dave Edmunds : Guitar
Chris Spedding : Guitar
Jody Linscott : Percussion
3:19
No Values McCartney New issue on "Broad Street" but,
Originally written and rehearsed with Wings in the late 70's.
Paul : Bass and vocals
Linda : Keyboards and vocals
Ringo : Drums
Dave Edmunds : Guitar
Chris Spedding : Guitar
Jody Linscott : Percussion
4:06
No More Lonely Nights (Ballad reprise) McCartney New song for "Broad Street" 0:13
For No-one Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Revolver
Paul : Acoustic guitar and vocals
Gabrielli String Quartet
Jeff Bryant : French Horn
1:56
Eleanor Rigby Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Revolver
Paul : Acoustic guitar and vocals
Gabrielli String Quartet
Jeff Bryant : French Horn
2:07
Eleanor's Dream McCartney New orchestral instrumental music for "Broad Street", much longer (4:59) on C.D. 1:01
Long And Winding Road Lennon-McCartney Paul's remake of the song originally from Let It Be
Paul : Piano and vocals
Dick Morrisey : Sax
Herbie Flowers : Bass
Dave Mattacks : Drums
Trevor Barstow : Keyboards
3:47
No More Lonely Nights (Playout version) McCartney New song for "Broad Street"
Paul : Vocals, plus all instruments
Linda : Vocals
Eric Stewart : Vocals
4:17
LP version
Due to the length of the recording, the 1984 LP omits "So Bad" and "Goodnight Princess", edits out about 6 minutes of "Eleanor's Dream", and also sections of "Good Day Sunshine", "Wanderlust" and "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)".
On the LP cover a remark alerts the listener:
* This record is longer than usual but due to the available playing time on a vinyl disc some editing of the sound track has been necessary in order to retain full volume and dynamic range. Even longer versions exist on cassette and compact disc.
Track lengths on album notes don't include spoken sections between songs and so don't match CD timings. On the list above these sections are included at the beginning of each track, as on the 1984 release, while on the remastered 1993 CD (listed above) they are mostly included at the end of the tracks.
Credits
Chart positions and certifications
Year Country Chart Position Weeks Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
1984 United Kingdom UK Albums Chart (Top 100) 1 21[2] Platinum[3] 300,000+
1984 Norway VG-lista Top 40 4[4] 16
1984 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (Top 100) 6 18[5] 160,000+[6]
1984 Sweden 9 7[4]
1984 United States The Billboard 200 21 18 Gold[7] 500,000+
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