All the best!

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All the best!
Compilation album by Paul McCartney
Publication ; (s)	November 2, 1987 ( UK ) , ; December 1, 1987 ( US )
Label (s)	Parlophone (UK) ; Capitol Records (US) / EMI
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD , download
Genre (s)	Rock music
Title (number)	Europe: 20 (LP), 17 (CD); USA: 17 (LP / CD);
running time	Europe: 86 min 29 s (LP); 72 min 25 s (CD) USA: 72 min 38 s (LP / CD);
occupation	Paul McCartney : vocals , guitar , bass , keyboards ; Linda McCartney : Keyboard; Denny Laine : background vocals, piano , guitar, bass; as well as various musicians;
production	Paul McCartney, George Martin and Phil Ramone
Studio (s)	Various

All the best! ( English Alles Gute! ) is the eighth solo album by Paul McCartney . At the same time, including the Wings albums , it is Paul McCartney's 18th album after the Beatles split up and his second compilation album . It was released on November 2, 1987 in the UK and December 1, 1987 in the US.

Emergence

After the commercial failure of the album Press to Play , Paul McCartney recorded several songs with Phil Ramone as a producer in February / March 1987; but there was no LP release.

Two songs from these recording sessions were released in 1987, Once Upon A Long Ago was chosen for the compilation album All the Best! and used as the single A-side, the second song Back On My Feet became the B-side .

On July 20 and 21, 1987, Paul McCartney recorded 16 rock 'n' roll tracks; four of these songs, Midnight Special , Don't Get Around Much More , Lawdy Miss Clawdy, and Kansas City , were used as B-side titles for two Once Upon a Long Ago maxisingles released in November 1987.

Since the recorded songs were not used for a new studio album in 1987, another compilation album was released nine years after the release of Wings Greatest . Although All the Best! (European LP edition) contains eleven songs by the Wings , Paul McCartney was given as the sole interpreter.

Originally the title Waterspout , an unpublished song of the London Town Sessions , was to be published on the compilation album, but this project was discarded in favor of Once Upon a Long Ago .

The European LP version of All the Best! contains 19 top ten hits, including three number one hits, from Great Britain. The top ten hits from Great Britain Mary Had a Little Lamb , Wonderful Christmastime and Waterfalls are not included on the album. Maybe I'm Amazed (Studio Version) wasn't a single in the UK.

The US-American LP version of All the Best! contains 17 top ten hits, nine of which are number one hits from the USA. The top ten hits from the USA Helen Wheels , Mabe I'm Amazed (Live Version) , Take It Away and Spies Like Us are not included on the album.

The duet The Girl Is Mine with Michael Jackson , also a top ten hit in Great Britain and the USA, is a composition by Michael Jackson and was released on another recording company, so this song is not on All the Best! is included.

The album was very successful commercially in the UK, selling over 900,000 copies and over two million copies in the US.

To promote the album and the single in Germany, Paul McCartney appeared on the German entertainment show Wetten, dass ..? On December 20, 1987 . and performed the song Once Upon a Long Ago with full playback .

Cover design

The cover was designed by Michael Ross, the cover images are by Tim O'Sullivan. The CD is accompanied by a 20-page booklet with illustrations containing the lyrics.

Track list

European version

The European LP version contains 20 songs, the CD version 17 songs.

page 1

Jet - 4:08
Band on the Run - 5:11
Coming Up (studio version) - 3:51 (not included on the US version)
Ebony and Ivory - 3:41
Listen to What the Man Said - 3:55

Page 2

No More Lonely Nights - 4:38
Silly Love Songs - 5:54
Let 'Em In - 5:09
C Moon - 4:33
Pipes of Peace - 3:24 (not included on the US version)

Page 3

Live and Let Die - 3:11
Another Day - 3:41
Maybe I'm Amazed (studio version) - 3:50 (not included on the CD)
Goodnight Tonight - 4:19 (not included on the CD)
Once Upon a Long Ago - 4:09 (not included on the US version)

page 4

Say Say Say - 3:55
With a Little Luck - 5:45 am (not included on the CD)
My Love - 4:08
We All Stand Together - 4:23 (not included on the US version)
Mull of Kintyre - 4:44 (not included on the US version)

US version

The LP version, like the CD version, contains the following 17 songs:

page 1

Band On The Run - 5:11
Jet - 4:08
Ebony and Ivory - 3:41
Listen to What the Man Said - 3:55

Page 2

No More Lonely Nights - 4:38
Silly Love Songs - 5:54
Let 'Em In - 5:09
Say Say Say - 3:55

Page 3

Live and Let Die - 3:11
Another Day - 3:41
C Moon - 4:33
Junior's Farm - 4:21 (only included on the US version)
Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - 4:39 (only included on the US version)

page 4

Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) - 3:29 (Live version, only included on the US version)
Goodnight Tonight - 4:19
With a Little Luck - 3:10 (shortened version, only included on the US version)
My Love - 4:08

Re-releases

The album has not yet been remastered .
In March 2010 the album was released in download format.

Single releases

Once Upon a Long Ago

Single Once Upon A Long Ago

On November 16, 1987, the single Once Upon a Long Ago / Back on My Feet was released in Europe ; in the USA the single was not published, so that both songs were not available in the USA, since Once Upon a Long Ago was not on the US edition of All the Best! is included. The mix of the single is not identical to the CD version.

Furthermore, two 12 ″ vinyl maxisins with the following songs were published; the first was also released on November 16, 1987: Once Upon a Long Ago (Long Version) / Back on My Feet / Midnight Special / Don't Get Around Much More .

The second maxi single was released on November 23, 1987: Once Upon a Long Ago (Extended Version) / Back on My Feet / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Kansas City.

The mixing of the long version was done by George Martin , while the extended version was mixed by Paul McCartney and Peter Henderson.

For the first time Paul McCartney released a single in CD format: Once Upon a Long Ago (Single Version) / Back on My Feet / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Kansas City; it was also published on November 16, 1987.

Once Upon a Long Ago is the last top ten hit in Great Britain to date for Paul McCartney as sole performer.

A video was also made for the single.

Mull of Kintyre (re-release)

In continental Europe, the single Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School was re-released in early 1988 under the artist name "Wings featuring Paul McCartney". The single cover also contains advertising for the album All the Best!

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements					annotation
year	album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	annotation
1987	All the best!	9	23	11	2	62	The album also reached number 10 in the Dutch and number 8 in the Australian charts, number 5 in the New Zealand charts and number 11 in the Japanese charts.
year	Single release	Chart placements					annotation
year	Single release	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	annotation
1987	Once Upon a Long Ago All the Best!	13	17th	10	10	nv

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	5 × gold 8 × platinum	3,310,000

Video and promotional publications

In Europe, a VHS video cassette entitled Once upon a Video ... was released, which only contains the following four music videos: Once upon a Long Ago / Stranglehold / Pretty Little Head / We All Stand Together (video version), with the songs Stranglehold and Pretty Little Head not on the album All the Best! are included.

750 single boxes (catalog number: PM Box 1) were produced in Great Britain for advertising purposes, these contain the following nine singles with individual catalog numbers:

My Love / Another Day (PM Box 11) - Jet / Band on the Run (PM Box 12) - Ebony and Ivory / Say Say Say (PM Box 13) - Listen To What the Man said / Live and Let Die (PM Box 14) - Let 'Em In / Goodnight Tonight (PM Box 15) - With a Little Luck / Coming Up (PM Box 16) - Silly Love Songs / C Moon (PM Box 17) - No More Lonely Nights / Pipes of Peace ( PM Box 18) - Mull of Kintyre / We All stand Together (PM Box 19).

Chart positions of the singles contained on the album

Chart positions of the singles
year	single	Interpreter	DE Germany	AT Austria	CH Switzerland	UK United Kingdom	US United States
1971	Another day	Paul McCartney	6th	10	7th	2	5
1971	Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey	Paul and Linda McCartney	30th	nv	nv	nv	1
1972	Hi, Hi, Hi / C Moon	Wings	16	-	-	5	10
1973	my love	Paul McCartney & Wings	43	-	-	9	1
1973	Live and Let Die	Paul McCartney & Wings	31	-	-	9	2
1974	jet	Paul McCartney & Wings	6th	-	-	7th	7th
1974	Band on the run	Paul McCartney & Wings	22nd	-	-	3	1
1974	Junior's Farm	Paul McCartney & Wings	-	-	-	16	3
1975	Listen to What the Man Said	Wings	42	-	-	6th	1
1976	Silly Love Songs	Wings	14th	-	-	2	1
1976	Let 'em in	Wings	29	-	-	2	3
1977	Maybe I'm Amazed (live)	Wings	-	-	-	28	10
1977	Mull of Kintyre	Wings	1	1	1	1	-
1978	With a little luck	Wings	17th	19th	11	5	1
1979	Goodnight Tonight	Wings	34	-	-	5	5
1980	Coming up	Paul McCartney	11	15th	-	2	1
1982	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	1	3	2	1	1
1983	Say Say Say	Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson	12	10	2	2	1
1983	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney	43	-	-	1	nv
1984	No More Lonely Nights	Paul McCartney	30th	15th	-	2	6th
1984	We All Stand Together	Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus	-	-	-	3	nv
1987	Once Upon a Long Ago	Paul McCartney	13	17th	10	10	nv

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	5 × gold 8 × platinum	3,310,000

Main article: Paul McCartney / Music Sales Awards

literature

Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 292-299).

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Single: Once Upon a Long Ago

[2] First maxi single: Once Upon a Long Ago

[3] Second maxi single: Once Upon a Long Ago

[4] CD maxi single: Once Upon a Long Ago

[5] Single: Mull of Kintyre

[6] Video: Once Upon a Video

[7] Promotion single box: All the Best!