" I was remembering the Sixties; sitting around late at night, dossing, smoking pipes, drinking wine... jawing, talking about the cosmic solution. It was what we were all doing... all that 'What about... wow!' It's that time in your life when you got a chance for all that. "Paul McCartney lead vocal, harmony vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, double bass, harmonium
Jeff Lynne harmony vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard Writer Paul McCartney
Producers Jeff Lynne/Paul McCartney
Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith
Digital sequencing Marc Mann
Studio location Sussex, England
Recording began 6 November 1995

"The lyrics were just gathering thoughts. Like I go back so far, I'm in front of me - I don't know where that came from, but if I'd been writing with John he would have gone "OK, leave that one in; we don't know what it means but we do know what it means."Paul McCartney lead vocal, harmony vocal, drums, bass guitar, and electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion Jeff Lynne harmony vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard Writer Paul McCartney Producers Jeff Lynne/Paul McCartney Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recording began 13 November 1995

" I wanted to write something that would reflect America, for when you're driving across the desert on that big road with the flat horizon. I'll take you for a ride in my Cadillac... I'll take you to The Coast for a holiday... When they say The Coast, they don't mean Blackpool. "Paul McCartney: lead vocal, drums, bass guitar, electric guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar Steve Miller: harmony vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar Writer: Paul McCartney Producer: Paul McCartney Engineers: Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location: Sussex, England Recording began 11 May 1995

" I'd driven Linda to a photo session for one of her cookery assignments. Knowing she'd be about two hours, I set myself a deadline to write a song in that time - so that when she'd finished and would say 'Did you get bored? What did you do?', I could say 'Oh. I wrote this song. Wanna hear it?' " Producer: Paul McCartney Orchestration: George Martin Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Jon Jacobs Assistant Engineers: Keith Smith, Geoff Foster Studio Location: Sussex, England, Orchestra recorded at AIR Lyndhurst, London, England Recording began 1 November 1995 Musicians: Paul McCartney: Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Bass Guitar David Snell: Conductor Keith Pascoe; Violin Jackie Hartley; Violin Rita Monning: Violin Peter Monning: Violin Chris Kampen: Celli Martin Loveday: Celli Peter Lale: Viola Levine Andrade: Viola Andy Findon: Alto Flute Martin Parry: Flutes Michael Cox: Flutes Gary Kettel: Percussion Skaila Kango: Harp Roy Corter: Oboe/Cor Anglais

" This was another written against the clock. I wrote it in the time that it took Linda to cook a lunch for a feature in The New York Times. It was great to renew my Sixties friendship with Steve Miller; working with Steve again was like falling back into an old habit." Paul McCartney lead vocal, drums, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ Steve Miller backing vocal, electric guitar, rhythm guitar Writer Paul McCartney Producer Paul McCartney Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith/Frank Farrell Studio location Idaho, USA Recording began 22 February 1995

"Bob, the hurricane, knocked out all the power; it was all candlelight, cooking at a woodfire. Very primitive, but we like that enforced simplicity. I couldn't play records, so I made up little acoustic pieces. This was one of them - it's a primitve little powercut memory." Paul McCartney vocal, acoustic guitar, knee slap/percussion Writer: Paul McCartney Producers: Paul McCartney/George Martin Engineer: Bob Kraushaar Studio location: Sussex, England Recorded: 3 September 1992

"John joked that the name Beatles came in a vision from a man on a flaming pie, coming unto us... you are Beatles with an A. I was riding with my missus, thinking of lyrics, searching for a rhyme with 'sky'...'bye'... 'cry'... 'pie'. The story came back and I thought 'Ooo, flaming pie'." Paul McCartney lead vocal, harmony vocal, piano, drums, bass guitar, electric guitar Jeff Lynne harmony vocal, electric guitar Writer Paul McCartney Producers Paul McCartney/Jeff Lynne Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recorded 27 February 1996

"I was out sailing in a small boat; just me, the sail, the wind. Peaceful, Like Heaven on a Sunday. That opening line led me through the song. I thought it's be nice to play with James, my son, so we traded phrases. Lovely to do." Paul McCartney lead vocal, backing vocals, drums, bass guitar, electric guitar and acoustic solo, acoustic guitar, Fender Rhodes, harpsichord, vibraphone, percussion Jeff Lynne backing vocals, acoustic guitar James McCartney electric guitar solo Linda McCartney backing vocals Michael Thompson, Richard Bissill, Richard Watkins, John Pirgneguy French horn Writer Paul McCartney Producers Paul McCartney/Jeff Lynne Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recording began 16 September 1996

" This was just a jam, really. Steve whacked out these blues riffs, I got on the drums and we just went for it - a duet, sung on one mike. We did the vocal in one take. "Paul McCartney lead vocal, drums, bass guitar Steve Miller lead vocal, electric guitar Writers Steve Miller/Paul McCartney Producer Paul McCartney Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recorded 5 May 1995

I had sort of Wilson Picket, R&B number in my mind with this. I could imagine some soul guy getting to grips with it. It's a favorite of mine and I'm lookinf forward, hopefully, to some R&B singer doing it. " Paul McCartney lead vocal, backing vocal, drums, piano, harpsichord, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar Jeff Lynne backing vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboard Kevin Robinson trumpet Chris 'Snake' Davis saxophone Writer Paul McCartney Producers Jeff Lynne/Paul McCartney Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recording began 19 February 1996

" I wanted to somehow convey how much I thought of her. For her and her kids. It certainly is heartfelt and I hope it will help a bit. " Paul McCartney: lead vocal, backing vocal, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, Spanish guitar, electric guitar, piano, harpsichord, harmonium, mellotron, percussion effects Jeff Lynne: backing vocal, electric spinette, harpsichord Writer: Paul McCartney Producers: Paul McCartney/Jeff Lynne Engineers: Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location: Sussex, England Recording began 21 November 1995

" Doing Beautiful Night with Ringo wasn't enough. I wanted more fun. So we jammed. The actor's worst dream being on stage not knowing what play he's in - doing this vocal was like that, you can go anywhere. You've got to clear your mind - and play bass - let your head go and ad-lib it all. " Paul McCartney lead vocal, backing vocal, bass guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano Jeff Lynne backing vocal, electric guitar Ringo Starr drums Writers Paul McCartney/Richard Starkey Producers Paul McCartney/Jeff Lynne Engineers Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Studio location Sussex, England Recording began 14 May 1996

" I unearthed this old song for when Ringo was coming, changed a dew lyrics and it was really like the old days, I realised that we hadn't done this for so long, but it was very comfortable. And it was still there. " Paul McCartney: lead vocal, backing vocal, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, additional percussion Jeff Lynne: backing vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar Ringo Starr; drums, backing vocal at end, additional percussion Linda McCartney: backing vocals Writer: Paul McCartney Orchestration: George Martin Producers: Paul McCartney/Jeff Lynne Engineers: Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith Orchestral session engineers: Geoff Emerick/Jon Jacobs/Peter Cobbin, assisted by Paul Hicks Studio location: Sussex, England; orchestra recorded at Abbey Road, London, England Recording began 13 May 1996 Conductor David Snell; trumpets John Barclay, Andrew Crowley, Mark Bennett; trombones Richard Edwards, Andy Fawbert; horns Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Nigel Black; violins Marcia Crayford, Adrian Levine, Belinda Bunt, Bernard Partridge, Jackie Hartley, Keith Pascoe, David Woodcock, Roger Garland, Julian Tear, Briony Shaw, Rita Manning, Jeremy Williams, David Ogden, Botustav Kostecki, Maciej Rakowski, Jonathan Rees; violas Robert Smissen, Stephen Tees, Levine Andade, Philip Dukey, Ivo Van Der Werff, Graeme Scott; celli Anthony Pleeth, Stephen Orton, Martin Loveday, Robert Bailey; double bass Chriss Laurence, Robin McGee; flute Susan Milan; oboe David Theodore

" It's just a little upbeat song of hope - to the point and in the spirit of this whole album. " Paul McCartney vocal, acoustic guitar, leg slap/percussion Linda McCartney backing vocals Writer Paul McCartney Producers Paul McCartney/George Martin Engineer Bob Kraushaar Studio location Sussex, England Recorded 3 September 1992