Paul McCartney "Give My Regards To Broad Street (1993 Reissue, Remastered, The Paul McCartney Collection, UK, Parlophone, 777 7 89268 2 5)"

Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth solo studio album by Paul McCartney and the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It features covers of Beatles' songs, Wings and solo tracks by McCartney, as well as a few new songs. The album reached number 1 on the UK chart. The lead single, "No More Lonely Nights", was BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated. It was also to be his final album to be released under Columbia Records, which had been his US label for over five years.

The majority of the album is a retrospective – sequenced in the order of the songs' appearance in the film – which features re-interpretations of many of Paul McCartney's past classics of the Beatles and Wings: "Good Day Sunshine", "Yesterday", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Silly Love Songs" , "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 album running time was so long that its vinyl release had edited versions of the songs. The cassette and the later CD edition preserved the tracks' full lengths, while the CD went one further by including a bonus 1940s-styled piece called "Goodnight Princess". The Beatles cover versions are dedicated to McCartney's fellow Beatle John Lennon, who had been killed four years earlier.

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 number 1 and was certified platinum, while also going gold with a number 21 peak in the United States (where it sold and charted under expectations). It would also mark the end of McCartney's association with Columbia Records in the US, which began in 1979 with the final Wings album Back to the Egg. McCartney would re-sign with EMI Records worldwide (where he remained until 2007) with his Columbia output reverting to his new – and original – label in the US, Capitol Records.

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 number 3. The accompanying animated film was shown in cinemas immediately preceding the main feature that was Give My Regards to Broad Street.

The soundtrack's original release was on Columbia Records in 1984 in North America. It 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.

Tracklist:

1. "No More Lonely Nights" (ballad) 5:13
2. "Good Day Sunshine" / "Corridor Music" 2:33
3. "Yesterday" 1:43
4. "Here, There and Everywhere" 1:43
5. "Wanderlust" 4:07
6. "Ballroom Dancing" 4:51
7. "Silly Love Songs" / "Silly Love Songs" (reprise) 5:27
8. "Not Such a Bad Boy" 3:29
9. "So Bad" 3:25
10. "No Values" 4:12
11. "No More Lonely Nights" (ballad reprise) / "For No One" 2:12
12. "Eleanor Rigby" / "Eleanor's Dream" 9:10
13. "The Long and Winding Road" 3:57
14. "No More Lonely Nights" (playout version) 5:03
15. "Goodnight Princess" 3:58

1993 bonus tracks (The Paul McCartney Collection)

1. "No More Lonely Nights" (extended version) 8:11
2. "No More Lonely Nights" (special dance mix) 4:21

Recording information:

George Martin – producer

Geoff Emerick – engineer

Jon Kelly – engineer

Stuart Breed – engineer

Jon Jacobs – assistant engineer

Roger Huggett – sleeve artwork

Annie Carlton – sleeve design

Sandra Leamon – sleeve design

John Pasche – sleeve design

Geoff Halpin – cover lettering

Terry O'Neill – cover photography, inner sleeve photography

David Dagley – additional sleeve photography

Berlin "Count Three & Pray"

Count Three & Pray is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Berlin, released on October 13, 1986, by Geffen Records. The album spawned four singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Crawford, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Bob Ezrin, except where noted.

1. "Will I Ever Understand You" 4:40
2. "You Don't Know" Andy Richards   4:22
3. "Like Flames" Rob Brill 5:05  
4. "Heartstrings"   Crawford/Terri Nunn/Brill/Matt Reid     4:12
5. "Take My Breath Away"    Giorgio Moroder/Tom Whitlock   4:11
6. "Trash" 3:38
7. "When Love Goes to War" Brian Fairweather 4:09
8. "Hideaway" Crawford/Chas Sanford   5:08
9. "Sex Me, Talk Me"  Richards/Ezrin/Berlin   4:41
10. "Pink and Velvet" Ric Olsen/Nunn     6:38

Bob Ezrin – production (tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10); recording (tracks 1, 3–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 2, 6–8, 10)

Berlin – production (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)

Andy Richards – production (tracks 2, 9)

Giorgio Moroder – production, mixing (track 5)

David Tickle – recording (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 6–8, 10)

Ted Hayton – recording (tracks 2, 9)

Brian Reeves – mixing (track 5)

Mike Shipley – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 9)

Russ Castillo, Steve Strassman, Peter Lewis, Bob Mithoff, Dave Concors, Michael Rosen, Tom Whitlock – additional recording

Jeff Bennett, Tom Nist, Charlie Brocco, Robin Laine, Paul Gomersall, Steve Lyon – recording assistance

Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood)

Dean Chamberlain – front cover photo

PWR, Matthew Rolston, Middelkoop, Rob Nunn – other photos

Janet Levinson – design

Elton John "The One"

The One is the twenty-third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 22 June 1992. It was recorded at Studio Guillame Tell in Paris, produced by Chris Thomas and managed by John Reid. The album was dedicated to Vance Buck, and its cover artwork was designed by Gianni Versace.

The One spent three consecutive weeks at #2 without reaching #1 in the UK, being kept off the top spot by Lionel Richie's Back to Front compilation. However, it was John's biggest selling album in the US since 1975. The One was certified 2x platinum in the US by the RIAA.

Olle Romo collaborated with John and lyricist Bernie Taupin on one song, "Runaway Train", on which Eric Clapton sings a duet with John. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour makes an appearance playing guitar on "Understanding Women". John's former drummer, Nigel Olsson and female backing vocalist Kiki Dee (who along with John had a duet with the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart") and longtime guitarist Davey Johnstone provided backing vocals on a few songs.


This was John's first album project since his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addictions and bulimia in 1990. This is the last studio album to feature his Roland RD-1000 digital piano. John started playing a Yamaha Disklavier piano shortly after.

The Dream Academy "A Different Kind Of Weather"

A Different Kind of Weather was the third and final album released by the British band, The Dream Academy. The album saw the return of David Gilmour as the main producer, six years after he had produced their debut album. However, the album failed to enter the charts, despite the band performing their first and only tour of the United Kingdom to promote the release of this album in 1991.