Dear Boy

~ Recording by Percy “Thrills” Thrillington

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Dear Boy2:51Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillingtonPercy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
  • GB1977-04-29
Regal Zonophone, MPL (Paul McCartney-related)EMC 3175
1.4Dear Boy2:50Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillingtonPercy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
Regal Zonophone7243 8 32145 2 5
4.4Dear Boy2:51Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonRam (Paul McCartney Archive Collection: deluxe edition)Paul & Linda McCartneyAlbum
  • US2012-05-22
Hear MusicHRM-33450-00
1.4Dear Boy2:51Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillingtonPercy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
  • US2013-01-29
  • GB2013-03-04
Hear Music
1.4Dear Boy2:51Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillington (180g black vinyl)Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
  • XW2018-05-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), MPL (Paul McCartney-related)
1.4Dear Boy2:51Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillingtonPercy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
  • XW2018-05-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), MPL (Paul McCartney-related)
1.4Dear Boy?:??Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonThrillington (180g marbled black & red vinyl)Percy “Thrills” ThrillingtonAlbum
  • XW2018-05-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), MPL (Paul McCartney-related)

Relationships

recording engineer:Tony Clark (engineer, Abbey Road) (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
engineer:Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project)
producer:Percy “Thrills” Thrillington
mixer:Tony Clark (engineer, Abbey Road) (on 1971-06-18)
bass:Herbie Flowers (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
congas and percussion:Jim Lawless (percussionist and composer) (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
drums (drum set):Clem Cattini (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
guitar:Vic Flick (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
piano:Steve Gray (British pianist, composer and arranger) (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
vocals:The Swingle Singers (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
conductor:Richard Hewson (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17)
arranger and orchestrator:Richard Hewson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney-related, NYC-based company) (in 1977, in 2012)
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) (in 1977, in 2012, in 2018)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-06-15, on 1971-06-16)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-06-17)
mixed at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-06-18)
recording of:Dear Boy (from 1971-06-15 until 1971-06-17: instrumental)

Dear Boy

written in:Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
writer:Linda McCartney
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney-related, NYC-based company)
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)