- Album This song officially appears on the Wings At The Speed Of Sound Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
"At The Speed Of Sound" sessions #2
January - February 1976
Jan 30, 1976
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The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
"San Ferry Anne" is one of the 154 songs covered.
Lyrics
You’ve got a lot
And from what you’ve got
I’d say you’re doing well, dear
Dressed like a dream
And if things are what they seem
You’re looking swell, dear
Your little man
Brings you trinkets when he can
But he can’t stay, dear
That’s very well
But inside your shiny shell
You dance all day dear
So go, be gay
Let your feelings leap away
Into the laughter
San Ferry Anne
And the world keeps turning
Happy every after
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1976
2:10 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- Jan 30, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1993)
Official album • Released in 1993
2:10 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jan 30, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
2:10 • Studio version • A2014 • 2014 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- Jan 30, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Wings At The Speed Of Sound (Limited Orange LP)
Official album • Released in 2017
2:10 • Studio version • A2014
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- Jan 30, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Bootlegs
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
2:08 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Acoustic guitar
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Howie Casey :
- Horns
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Thaddeus Richard :
- Horns
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Pete Henderson :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Steve Howard :
- Horns
- Tony Dorsey :
- Horns
- Session Recording:
- Jan 30, 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- January - March 1976
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Going further
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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