Pipes of Peace / Paul McCartney

白いジャケットの中古って、ほとんどがシミや黄ばみで鑑賞に耐えないのが多いのですが、ディスクユニオンでふと手に取ったこれは、UK盤、ジャケット綺麗、980円！早速連れて帰って再生すると、まず、盤がピカピカ✨数回も再生してないんじゃないの？ってくらいホコリも傷もありません。

そして肝心のサウンドというと、、、
いい！CDを超えてる（笑）

A-1のPipes of Peaceのヴォーカルの出だし、震えました！とっても実在感がある音です。そして、もちろんKeep Under CoverからのSo Bad（涙）。う〜んSo Badのベース音もしっかりブルンしてくれています。
B面はもちろんAverage Personを中心に、サウンドは80'sのデジタルっぽさがありつつも、ゲストミュージシャンの演奏もしっかりと捉えられていて、しかも鮮度が高いから、やっぱりCDを超えている（笑）UK盤ナイス！

Tug of WarとPipes of Peace、やっぱり傑作です。ありがとうPaul！！！

Side one

- Pipes of Peace
- Say Say Say
- The Other Me
- Keep Under Cover
- So Bad

Side two

- The Man
- Sweetest Little Show
- Average Person
- Hey Hey
- Tug of Peace
- Through Our Love

Paul McCartney – bass guitar, guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, vocals
Linda McCartney – keyboards, backing vocals
Michael Jackson – vocals, percussion on "Say Say Say" and "The Man"
Eric Stewart – guitar, backing vocals
Denny Laine – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Hughie Burn, Geoff Whitehorn – guitar
David Williams – guitar on "Say Say Say"
George Martin - garden canes on "Tug of Peace"; bicycle wheel, piano on "Through Our Love"
Stanley Clarke – bass guitar, vocals on "Keep Under Cover" and "Hey Hey"
Nathan Watts – bass guitar on "Say Say Say"
Chris Hammer Smith – harmonica on "Say Say Say"
Bill Wolfer[20] – keyboards on "Say Say Say"
Gavyn Wright – violin
Jerry Hey – strings, French horn
Gary Herbig – flute
Chris Hammer Smith – harmonica
Andy Mackay, Ernie Watts – saxophone
Gary Grant – horns
Ringo Starr – drums on "So Bad" and "Average Person"
Ricky Lawson – drums on "Say Say Say"
Steve Gadd, Dave Mattacks – drums
James Kippen – tabla on "Pipes of Peace"
Pestalozzi's Children's Choir – backing vocals on "Pipes of Peace"