Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans
Producer: Paul McCartney
Engineers: Alan O’Duffy, Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace
The horn arrangements for three songs on Wings’ Venus And Mars album were recorded on 4 February 1975.
The arrangements were by Tony Dorsey, who had previously worked on Band ON The Run, and was present for much of the New Orleans sessions.
‘You Gave Me The Answer’ had clarinets played by Michael J Pierce and Vito Platomone, trumpet by Ronald B Benko, and bassoon by Harold Joseph Ballam.
‘Letting Go’ and ‘Call Me Back Again’ both had trumpets by Clyde Kerr, John Longo, and Steve Howard, alto saxophone by Michael Pierce, tenor sax by Alvin Thomas, and Carl Blouin on baritone sax.
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