Venus and Mars

Tracklist

• 1
  Venus and Mars
  1:18
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Rock Show
  5:33
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Love in Song
  3:03
  2.5 ★
• 4
  You Gave Me the Answer
  2:15
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Magneto and Titanium Man
  3:17
  2.6 ★
• 6
  Letting Go
  4:41
  2.5 ★
• 7
  Venus and Mars (reprise)
  2:06
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Spirits of Ancient Egypt
  3:05
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Medicine Jar
  3:37
  2.5 ★
• 10
  Call Me Back Again
  5:00
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Listen to What the Man Said
  4:02
  2.6 ★
• 12
  Treat Her Gently - Lonely Old People
  4:24
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Crossroads
  1:01
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alan O’Duffy
  background vocals [8], mix, recording [1-2, 2-3, 3, 3-4, 4-5, 5, 5-7, 7-8, 8, 8-9, 9, 9-11, 11, 11-12, 12-13, 13]
• Allen Toussaint
  electric guitar [2], piano [2]
• Alvin Thomas
  alto saxophone [6, 10]
• Bernard S. Richterman
  cello [4]
• Biff Dawes
  assistant
• Carl Blouin
  baritone saxophone [6, 10]
• Carlos Klejman
  violin [4]
• Clyde Kerr, Jr.
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Dave Mason
  electric guitar [11]
• Denny Laine
  Moog [1], acoustic guitar [13], background vocals [2-3, 5-6, 9-12], bongos [11], congas [9], electric guitar [2-3, 5, 8, 10-11], handbell [2], lead vocals [8], piano [3], sitar [1]
• Gayle Levant
  harp [3, 7, 11-13]
• Geoff Britton
  cymbal [7], drums (drum set) [3, 6, 9], other instruments [3]
• Geoff Emerick
  engineer [3, 6, 9], recording [3, 6, 9]
• Harold Joseph Ballam
  bassoon [4]
• Jimmy McCulloch
  12 string guitar [1, 3, 7], Moog [2], acoustic guitar [2], background vocals [2, 8], electric guitar [1-2, 4-6, 9, 11-13], handbell [2], lead vocals [9], membranophone [2]
• Joe English
  background vocals [2, 4, 8-9], drums (drum set) [1-2, 4-5, 8, 10-13], gong [8], handbell [2], percussion [2, 11]
• John K. Branch
  viola [4]
• John Longo
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Ken Lexton
  assistant [2, 7, 7-8, 8]
• Kenneth “Afro” Williams
  congas [2]
• Linda McCartney
  Hammond organ [2], Moog [2-3], background vocals [2-6, 8-9, 11-12], clarinet [5], drum machine [8], flute [10], handbell [2-3], mellotron [10], organ [6, 8-9, 13], other instruments [8], piano [1, 7]
• Michael J. Pierce
  alto saxophone [6, 10], clarinet [4]
• Paul McCartney
  Moog [5, 7-8, 11], acoustic guitar [11], background vocals [8-9, 11], celesta [12], clarinet [10-11], electric bass guitar, electric guitar [1, 5-6, 9, 11], electric piano [6, 9, 11], finger cymbals [1], gizmo [8], guitar [7], handbell [2-3], lead vocals [1-7, 10-12], mellotron [2, 7], piano [1, 3-5, 12], producer, strings [3-4, 6-7, 10-13]
• Ronald B. Benko
  trumpet [4]
• Russell Joseph Bobrowski
  violin [4]
• Steve Howard
  trumpet [10]
• The Sid Sharp Strings
  cello [3, 11-13], double bass [3, 12-13], viola [3, 11-13], violin [3, 11, 13], violin family [12]
• Tom Scott
  saxophone [11]
• Tony Dorsey
  clarinet [1], strings [3-4, 6-7, 10-13]
• Vito Platomone
  clarinet [4]
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Issues

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  Venus and Mars

  12" Vinyl
  30 May 1975
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  Venus and Mars

  12" Vinyl
  30 May 1975
• V
  Venus And Mars

  12" Vinyl
  1975
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  29 February 1984
• V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  21 December 1985
• V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  1987
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  Venus and Mars

  CD
  22 November 1988
• V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  7 June 1993
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  Venus and Mars

  CD
  7 June 1993
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  29 August 1994
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  1994
• V
  Venus and Mars

  CD
  8 November 1995
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  DTS CD
  1998
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  2x CD
  3 November 2014
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  Venus and Mars

  2x CD, Download Card, DVD-Video (Paul McCartney archive collection)
  4 November 2014
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  Venus and Mars

  2x Digital Media
  4 November 2014
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  V
  Venus and Mars

  2x CD (Paul McCartney Archive Collection)
  4 November 2014
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  Venus and Mars

  Digital Media (deluxe edition)
  2014
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  Venus and Mars

  Digital Media
  2014
• V
  Venus and Mars

  12" Vinyl (limited edition red & yellow vinyl)
  17 November 2017
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  Venus and Mars

  12" Vinyl (black vinyl)
  17 November 2017
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  Venus and Mars

  CD
  17 November 2017
• V
  Venus And Mars

  CD
  2017
• V
  Venus and Mars

  SHM-CD
  6 December 2024
• V
  Venus And Mars

  12" Vinyl (50th Anniversary Half-Speed Remaster)
  21 March 2025
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  V
  Venus And Mars

  Digital Media
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