Tug of War & Pipes of Peace - full details

Tug of War: Archive edition.

Release date: October 2, 2015.

Tug of War will not only be made available as a Deluxe edition, but also as a SUPER Deluxe edition, limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. (Update: Official press release, including package shots and video ads)

Disc 1 (All tracks: Remixed 2015):

1. Tug Of War
2. Take It Away
3. Somebody Who Cares
4. What's That You're Doing?
5. Here Today
6. Ballroom Dancing
7. The Pound Is Sinking
8. Wanderlust
9. Get It
10. Be What You See (Link)
11. Dress Me Up As A Robber
12. Ebony And Ivory

Playing time: 41:10

Disc 2 (All tracks: Original mix. Remastered 2015):

1. Tug Of War
2. Take It Away
3. Somebody Who Cares
4. What's That You're Doing?
5. Here Today
6. Ballroom Dancing
7. The Pound Is Sinking
8. Wanderlust
9. Get It
10. Be What You See (Link)
11. Dress Me Up As A Robber
12. Ebony And Ivory

Disc 3 (All tracks: Remastered 2015):

1. Stop, You Don't Know Where She Came From (Demo)
2. Wanderlust (Demo)
3. Ballroom Dancing(Demo)
4. Take It Away (Demo)
5. The Pound Is Sinking (Demo)
6. Something That Didn't Happen (Demo)
7. Ebony And Ivory (Demo) 
8. Dress Me Up As a Robber / Robber Riff (Demo)
9. Ebony And Ivory (Solo Version) (Previously only released on the 12" vinyl single in 1982)
   
10. Rainclouds (Previously released as the B-side to "Ebony And Ivory")
    
11. I'll Give You A Ring (Previously released as B-side to the "Take It Away" single)

Playing time: 36:00

DVD:

1. Tug of war (Music video version 1)
2. Tug of war (Music video version 2)
3. Take it away (Music video)
4. Ebony & Ivory (Music video)
5. Fly TIA – Behind the scenes of Take it away (18 minutes documentary)

Recorded from October 1980 to December 1981 with George Martin producing, the project was interrupted by the murder of John Lennon. New recording sessions 3 February to 2 March on Montserrat in George Martin's Air Studio with Stevie Wonder, Carl Perkins, Stanley Clarke and Ringo Starr. Recording sessions then continued at George Martin's Air Studios in London.

Formats:

1. Standard. 2 CD (remixed and bonus)
2. Deluxe. 3 CD (remixed, original, bonus) + DVD + 112 pages book and 64 pages scrapbook. Includes Hi-Res download of CD 1 & 3
3. Super deluxe. Like 2, plus: acrylic box and 5 hand numbered photos 8”x10” from Linda McCartney's archives. Limited to 1.000 copies (worldwide).
4. Vinyl. 2 LP remixed and bonus includes high quality mp3 of CD 1 & 3
5. Download standard-res (remixed) no e-book
6. Download standard-res (remixed) includes e-book
7. Download standard-res (remixed) (mastered for iTunes) no e-book
8. Download Hi-res (remixed) 24 bit 96kHz includes e-book
9. Download standard- res (remixed & bonus) no e-book
10. Download standard- res (remixed & bonus) includes e-book
11. Download standard- res (remixed & bonus) (mastered for iTunes) includes e-book
12. Download Hi- res (remixed & bonus) 24 bit unlimited includes e-book

For promotional purposes, a radio special has been produced, as well as a video film. Also, "Take it away" (single edit) (2015 remaster) will be used in some way, perhaps as a download from PaulMcCartney.com.

Pipes of Peace: Archive edition

Release date: October 2, 2015.

Disc 1 (All tracks: Remastered 2015)

1. Pipes of peace
2. Say say say
3. The other me
4. Keep under cover
5. So bad
6. The man
7. Sweetest little show
8. Average person
9. Hey hey
10. Tug of peace
11. Through our love

Playing time: 38.58

Disc 2 (Bonus CD)

1. Average person (Demo)
2. Keep under cover (Demo)
3. Sweetest little show (Demo)
4. It’s not on (Demo)
5. Simple as that (Demo)
6. Say say say (New 2015 remix)
7. Ode to a kola bear (B-side of the "Say say say" single)
8. Twice in a lifetime (Bonus from the 1993 CD, a title song from a movie)
9. Christian bop

Playing time: 32:00

DVD

1. Pipes of peace (Music video)
2. So bad (Music video)
3. Say say say (Music video)
4. Hey hey in Montserrat (Home video 3 minutes)
5. Behind the scenes at AIR (6 minutes)
6. The man (Home video 4 minutes)

The recording sessions started during the previous album, "Tug of War" and continued in September-October 1982 and February-July 1983.

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It's clear that the "Pipes of Peace" project is somewhat smaller than the "Tug of War" project. "Tug of War" has always been a favourite album for Paul, and he made sure that the album's integrity was preserved for earlier CD releases by not including bonus tracks to the album lineup.

Those of you who were around back in 1984 may recall that Paul and Michael Jackson's duet "The Man" was seriously considered as a third single from "Pipes of Peace" and it was rumoured that these plans had come so far that a music video was produced. An enterprising video bootlegger did put together a collage video for the song back in the eighties, but the real video never leaked. As you can see, neither a single mix nor a music video for that song have been provided as part of this package. However, the home video for "The Man" included here may provide said single mix or footage from the scrapped music video. Or it may just be the regular track with home video footage of Paul and Michael doing the dishes.

Doing the dishes.