Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

's first official live album and his first release of concert material since Wings

Wings (band)

Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....

' 1976 Wings over America

Wings over America

Wings over America is the sixth album by Wings and their only live album. In its initial release, it was a triple album and included a poster of the band.-Recording history:...

live package. It was released in 1990 as triple LP, double cassette and double CD. Tripping the Live Fantastic reached #16 in the UK and #26 in the US. It was also simultaneously released in an abridged form, entitled Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!.

History

A document of the huge success of The Paul McCartney World Tour, Tripping the Live Fantastic encompasses McCartney's entire musical career from his famed Beatles hits to his recent hit album, Flowers in the Dirt

Flowers in the Dirt

-Additional tracks:-Special Package :Following tracks are included on bonus disc.#"Message" - 0:28#* A environmental message from Paul to the Japanese fans.#"The Long and Winding Road" - 3:51...

, while also including some unique covers. Interspersed throughout the package are occasional soundcheck

Soundcheck

A soundcheck is the preparation that takes place before a concert, speech, or similar performance, when the performer and the sound crew run through a small portion of the upcoming show on the venue's sound system to make sure that the sound in the venue's "Front Of House" and stage monitor sound...

 recordings as well. The title is an allusion to the phrase "tripping the light fantastic", meaning to dance or move to musical accompaniment, originally from the poem L'Allegro

L'Allegro

L'Allegro is a pastoral poem by John Milton published in 1645. L'Allegro is invariably paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso , which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and thought.-Background:It is uncertain when L'Allegro and Il Penseroso were composed because they do...

by John Milton

John Milton

John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...

.

Although some critics have described the album as being overly polished and slick, Tripping the Live Fantastic is still considered a generous and enjoyable memento from McCartney's first world tour in over a decade.

Despite reversing the famed Lennon/McCartney

Lennon/McCartney

The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...

 credits on Wings over America, McCartney left the credits for his Beatles songs contained on Tripping the Live Fantastic in their original form.

Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!

Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! is an abridged version of the double CD Tripping the Live Fantastic by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

. Released in 1990, both packages document McCartney's highly successful Paul McCartney World Tour of 1989-1990.

Cutting out all of the soundcheck recordings and leaving merely the concert highlights (hence the album's title), this set is notable for the exclusive inclusion of "All My Trials", not found on the more complete Tripping the Live Fantastic set or on the US commercial release version, where it was replaced by "Put It There", but it was issued on the Columbia House

Columbia House

The Columbia House brand was introduced in the early 1970s by the Columbia Records division of CBS, Inc. as an umbrella for its mail-order music clubs, the primary incarnation of which was the Columbia Record Club, established in 1955. It had a significant market presence in the 1980s and early...

 mail-order

Mail order

Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...

 Highlights release.

Not charting at all in the UK, Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! reached #141 in the US on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 and, proving to be a sustained seller, went platinum

RIAA certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

, whereas the original set, which reached #26, failed to even go gold

RIAA certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

.

Get Back

This album spawned a few singles which contained live B-Sides from this tour. These B-sides were live songs that were not featured on the live album, which made the singles collectors items. A VHS concert film was also released, entitled Get Back. The film was directed by Richard Lester

Richard Lester

Richard Lester is an American film director based in Britain. Lester is notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.-Early years and television:...

.

Paul McCartney: Coming Home

The Disney Channel

Disney Channel

Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

 filmed, Paul McCartney: Coming Home during this period. The show highlights Paul's return to Liverpool where he introduced a tribute to John Lennon. This tribute is featured as a B-Side on the single for, "All My Trials." Paul played "Strawberry Fields Forever

Strawberry Fields Forever

"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and attributed to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named "Strawberry Field" near his childhood home."Strawberry Fields...

", "Help!

Help! (song)

"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....

", and "Give Peace a Chance

Give Peace a Chance

"Give Peace a Chance" is a song written by John Lennon, originally under the moniker Lennon–McCartney, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 13 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1809 in the United States. It is the first solo single issued by Lennon, and...

".

Paul McCartney: Put It There

Another VHS film was released, titled Paul McCartney: Put It There. The film featured Paul and his band rehearsing for the tour.

Disc one

1. "Showtime" – 0:38
2. "Figure of Eight" – 5:32
   • Recorded in Rotterdam, 10/11/89.
3. "Jet
   Jet (song)
   "Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney & Wings from their album Band on the Run. The song peaked at number 7 in both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974. Along with "Helen Wheels" and "Junior's Farm", it is another McCartney song where his primary inspiration for composing the song arose in...
   
   " – 4:02
   • Recorded in Wembley, 17/01/90.
4. "Rough Ride
   Rough Ride
   Rough Ride is a William Hill Sports Book of the Year, written by Irish journalist Paul Kimmage in 1990.It is an autobiography that charts the author's upbringing in Dublin and his obsession with cycling, which started with his father being a top-level Irish amateur...
   
   " – 4:48
   • Recorded in Paris, 10/10/89.
5. "Got to Get You into My Life
   Got to Get You into My Life
   "Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by The Beatles, first released in 1966 on the album Revolver. Written by Paul McCartney , it made prominent use of a brass section...
   
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   /Paul McCartney) – 3:21
   • Recorded in Dortmund 17/10/89.
6. "Band on The Run
   Band on the Run (song)
   "Band on the Run" is the title song from Paul McCartney & Wings' acclaimed Band on the Run album. The single sold one million copies in 1974 in the United States, where it reached number 1, and it went to number 3 in the United Kingdom...
   
   " – 5:09
   • Recorded in Wembley, 16/01/90.
7. "Birthday" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:43
   • Concurrently released as a single to commemorate what would have been John Lennon
     John Lennon
     John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
     
     's 50th birthday, recorded in Knebworth, 30/06/90.
8. "Ebony and Ivory
   Ebony and Ivory
   "Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album Tug of War. The song reached number one on both the UK and the U.S. charts...
   
   " – 4:00
   • Recorded in Rotterdam, 08/11/89.
9. "We Got Married
   We Got Married
   We Got Married is a popular reality South Korean variety show, one segment of the Sunday Sunday Night program. First broadcast in 2008, the show pairs up Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they were married...
   
   " – 6:38
   • Recorded in Wembley, 16/01/90.
10. "Inner City Madness" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Hamish Stuart/Robbie McIntosh/Paul Wickens/Chris Whitten) – 1:22
    • A soundcheck jam by McCartney and his touring band, recorded in Birmingham, 02/01/90.
11. "Maybe I'm Amazed
    Maybe I'm Amazed
    "Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. The studio version from the album has never been released as a single. McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him get through the break-up of The Beatles...
    
    " – 4:41
    • Recorded in Rotterdam, 08/11/89.
12. "The Long and Winding Road
    The Long and Winding Road
    "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:18
    • Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, 19/04/90.
13. "Crackin' Up
    Crackin' Up
    -Album credits:As listed in liner notes.*Produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens*Recorded at: Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee*Engineer: Stuart Keathley*Mastered by: Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics*Mixed and mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System...
    
    " (Ellas McDaniel) – 0:49
    • Recorded in Los Angeles, 23/11/89.
14. "The Fool on the Hill
    The Fool on the Hill
    "The Fool on the Hill" is a song by The Beatles. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and recorded in 1967...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:01
    • Recorded in Wembley, 13/01/90.
15. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)
    "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a song written by Paul McCartney , and first recorded and released in 1967, on the The Beatles' album of the same name. The song appears twice on the album: as the opening track , and as "Sgt...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 6:23
    • Recorded in Los Angeles, 23/11/89.
16. "Can't Buy Me Love
    Can't Buy Me Love
    "Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles on the A-side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That".-Interpretation:...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:14
    • Recorded in Munich, 21/10/89.
17. "Matchbox
    Matchbox (song)
    "Matchbox" is a rock and roll and rockabilly song written by Carl Perkins and first recorded by him at Sun Records in December 1956 and released on February 11, 1957 as a 45 single on Sun Records. It has become one of Perkins' best-known recordings...
    
    " (Carl Perkins
    Carl Perkins
    Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
    
    ) – 3:09
    • Recorded in Wembley, 21/01/90.
18. "Put It There
    Put It There
    "Put It There" is a 1990 single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. The song reached number 32 on the UK singles chart....
    
    " – 2:43
    • Recorded in Gothenburg, 28/09/89.
19. "Together" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Hamish Stuart/Robbie McIntosh/Paul Wickens/Chris Whitten) – 2:17
    • Another soundcheck jam, recorded in Chicago, 05/12/89.

Disc two

1. "Things We Said Today
   Things We Said Today
   "Things We Said Today" is a song by The Beatles written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was composed for the film A Hard Day's Night and appears on the soundtrack album...
   
   " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:01
   • Recorded in Madrid, 02/11/89.
2. "Eleanor Rigby
   Eleanor Rigby
   "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
   
   " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:36
   • Recorded in Worcester, 08/02/90.
3. "This One" – 4:28
   • Recorded in Detroit, 01/02/90.
4. "My Brave Face
   My Brave Face
   "My Brave Face" is a single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. Written by McCartney and Elvis Costello, "My Brave Face" is one of the most acclaimed songs from Flowers in the Dirt. It peaked at #18 in the United Kingdom a week after its debut, and #25 in the United States 7...
   
   " (Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus
   Elvis Costello
   Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
   
   ) – 3:09
   • Recorded in Wembley, 19/01/90.
5. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:15
   • Recorded in Tokyo, 05/03/90.
6. "I Saw Her Standing There
   I Saw Her Standing There
   "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....
   
   " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:25
   • Recorded in Montreal, 09/12/89.
7. "Twenty Flight Rock
   Twenty Flight Rock
   "Twenty Flight Rock" is a song originally performed by Eddie Cochran in the 1956 film comedy The Girl Can't Help It, and released as a single in 1957. Cochran's biographer notes Cochran was granted a co-writer credit, but no royalties, a standard ego-salving arrangement between publishers and...
   
   " (Eddie Cochran
   Eddie Cochran
   Eddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...
   
   /Fairchild) – 3:09
   • Recorded in Wembley, 13/01/90.
8. "Coming Up
   Coming Up (song)
   "Coming Up" was the opening track from Paul McCartney's McCartney II album, written by McCartney and released in 1980. Like the rest of the album, the song had a minimalist synthesized feel to it. It featured lead vocals from McCartney distorted by using vari-speed, and he played all the...
   
   " – 5:18
   • Recorded in Tokyo, 03/03/90.
9. "Sally" (Haines/Leon/Towers) – 2:03
   • Recorded in Wembley, 21/01/90.
10. "Let It Be
    Let It Be (song)
    "Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:53
    • Recorded in Miami, 14/04/90.
11. "Ain't That a Shame
    Ain't That a Shame
    "Ain't That a Shame" is a song recorded by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Imperial Records and released in 1955. It was previously recorded in 1901 by Silas Leachman. The recording was a hit for Domino, eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the...
    
    " (Fats Domino
    Fats Domino
    Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....
    
    /Bartholomew) – 2:40
    • Recorded in Tokyo, 09/03/90.
12. "Live and Let Die
    Live and Let Die (song)
    "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...
    
    " – 3:11
    • Recorded in Gothenburg, 28/09/89.
13. "If I Were Not upon the Stage" (Sutton/Turner/Bowsher) – 0:36
    • A faux beginning to the next song, Recorded in Cincinnati, 26/09/89.
14. "Hey Jude
    Hey Jude
    "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song widely accepted as being written to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce—although this explanation is not...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 8:03
    • Recorded in Cincinnati, 12/02/90.
15. "Yesterday
    Yesterday (song)
    "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. The song first hit the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 cover versions, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 2:06
    • Recorded in Worcester, 09/02/90.
16. "Get Back
    Get Back
    "Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney and frequently attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be ,...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 4:11
    • Recorded in Tokyo, 13/03/90.
17. "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
    Carry That Weight
    "Carry That Weight" is a song by The Beatles. Released on Abbey Road and part of the long, climactic medley that closes the album, it features vocals from all four Beatles...
    
    /The End
    The End (The Beatles song)
    "The End" is a song by The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.-Composition and recording:McCartney said, "I wanted...
    
    " (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 6:41
    • Recorded in Toronto, 07/12/89.
18. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Greene) – 4:31
    • Recorded in Montreal, 09/12/89.

Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!

1. "Got to Get You into My Life
   Got to Get You into My Life
   "Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by The Beatles, first released in 1966 on the album Revolver. Written by Paul McCartney , it made prominent use of a brass section...
   
   " – 3:15
2. "Birthday" – 2:43
   • Concurrently released as a single to commemorate what would have been John Lennon's 50th birthday
3. "We Got Married" (McCartney) – 7:09
4. "The Long and Winding Road
   The Long and Winding Road
   "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet...
   
   " – 3:48
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)
   "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a song written by Paul McCartney , and first recorded and released in 1967, on the The Beatles' album of the same name. The song appears twice on the album: as the opening track , and as "Sgt...
   
   " – 6:21
6. "Can't Buy Me Love
   Can't Buy Me Love
   "Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles on the A-side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That".-Interpretation:...
   
   " – 2:14
7. "All My Trials
   All My Trials
   All My Trials was a folk song during the social protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on a Bahamian lullaby that tells the story of a mother on her death bed, comforting her children, "Hush little baby, don't you cry./You know your mama's bound to die," because, as she explains,...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:14 (UK only)
   "Put It There
   Put It There
   "Put It There" is a 1990 single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. The song reached number 32 on the UK singles chart....
   
   " (McCartney) – 2:44 (US only)
8. "Things We Said Today
   Things We Said Today
   "Things We Said Today" is a song by The Beatles written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was composed for the film A Hard Day's Night and appears on the soundtrack album...
   
   " – 5:01
9. "Eleanor Rigby
   Eleanor Rigby
   "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
   
   " – 2:36
10. "My Brave Face
    My Brave Face
    "My Brave Face" is a single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. Written by McCartney and Elvis Costello, "My Brave Face" is one of the most acclaimed songs from Flowers in the Dirt. It peaked at #18 in the United Kingdom a week after its debut, and #25 in the United States 7...
    
    " (McCartney, Declan MacManus
    Elvis Costello
    Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
    
    ) – 3:09
11. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 3:15
12. "I Saw Her Standing There
    I Saw Her Standing There
    "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....
    
    " – 3:25
13. "Coming Up
    Coming Up (song)
    "Coming Up" was the opening track from Paul McCartney's McCartney II album, written by McCartney and released in 1980. Like the rest of the album, the song had a minimalist synthesized feel to it. It featured lead vocals from McCartney distorted by using vari-speed, and he played all the...
    
    " (McCartney) – 5:18
14. "Let It Be
    Let It Be (song)
    "Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band...
    
    " – 3:53
15. "Hey Jude
    Hey Jude
    "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song widely accepted as being written to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce—although this explanation is not...
    
    " – 8:03
16. "Get Back
    Get Back
    "Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney and frequently attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be ,...
    
    " – 4:11
17. "Golden Slumbers
    Golden Slumbers
    "Golden Slumbers" is a song by The Beatles, part of the climactic medley on their 1969 album Abbey Road. The song begins the progression that leads to the end of the album and is followed by "Carry That Weight." The two songs were recorded together as a single piece, and both were written by Paul...
    
    /Carry That Weight
    Carry That Weight
    "Carry That Weight" is a song by The Beatles. Released on Abbey Road and part of the long, climactic medley that closes the album, it features vocals from all four Beatles...
    
    /The End
    The End (The Beatles song)
    "The End" is a song by The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.-Composition and recording:McCartney said, "I wanted...
    
    " – 6:41

Personnel

• Paul McCartney - lead vocals, bass, piano, guitar
• Linda McCartney
  Linda McCartney
  Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....
  
   - keyboards, vocals
• Hamish Stuart
  Hamish Stuart
  Hamish Stuart is a guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer.- Biography :Stuart had recorded a couple of singles with his first band, the Dream Police, before he was invited to join the recently formed Average White Band in June 1972.A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to...
  
   - guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Robbie McIntosh
  Robbie McIntosh
  Robbie McIntosh is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band full time until early 1994...
  
   (from an edition of The Pretenders
  The Pretenders
  The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
  
  ) - lead guitar
• Paul 'Wix' Wickens
  Paul Wickens
  Paul "Wix" Wickens is a keyboardist and composer from Essex, United Kingdom. Wickens has worked with musicians such as Paul McCartney, Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi and many other artists. Wickens has been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989.-Career:Wickens began...
  
   - keyboards
• Chris Whitten
  Chris Whitten
  Chris Whitten is a British session drummer who provided drums for the hit singles "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, "World Shut your Mouth" by Julian Cope and "The Whole of the Moon" by The Waterboys...
  
  - drums and percussion