There's a couple of threads about Paul's compilations that now I want to talk about this one! You like this album? I absolutely love it! Reminds me that wonderful day when I bought it along with 1970's McCartney -- those were my first 2 Paul albums, and then I realize that I needed to buy his entire catalog (I'm in the middle of that ).

Here some nice pictures from the different editions of All The Best!


The UK LP cover


The UK CD cover


The US CD cover


The UK CD back cover


The back for the UK LP


The inner gatefold for the UK LP


The cover of the 7" singles box


The back of the singles box


A very nice poster


Gold disc for "All The Best!"!!


"Once Upon A Long Ago" 7" cover / cassette single cover / CD cover



The "Once Upon A Long Ago" video


"Once Upon A Video"!

The Songs

THE UK EDITION
1. Jet
2. Band on the run
3. Coming up
4. Ebony and ivory (single edit, first time on CD!)
5. Listen to what the man said (single edit, first time on CD!)
6. No more lonely nights (single edit, first time on an album!)
7. Silly love songs
8. Let 'em in
9. C Moon
10. Pipes of peace (single edit, first time on an album!)
11. Live and let die
12. Another day
13. Maybe I'm amazed*
14. Goodnight tonight* (originally a non-album signle, first time on an album!)
15. Once upon a long ago (new song!)
16. Say say say
17. With a little luck*
18. My love
19. We all stand together (originally a non-album signle, first time on an album!)
20. Mull of Kintyre (originally a non-album signle, first time on an album!)

*not on the CD edition

THE US EDITION
1. Band on the run
2. Jet
3. Ebony and ivory
4. Listen to what the man said
5. No more lonely nights
6. Silly love songs
7. Let 'em in
8. Say say say
9. Live and let die
10. Another day
11. C Moon
12. Junior's farm (originally a non-album single, first time on an album!)
13. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (single edit, first time on an album!)
14. Coming up (live at Glasgow) (first time on an album!)
15. Goodnight tonight
16. With a little luck
17. My love

The Charts

UK CHART RUN
Date: 14/11/1987 - Run:  2-2-4-5-4-5-6- (7 wsf)
02/01/1988: 7-9-14-22-25-33-36-44-51-70-82-81-82 (20/9 wks)
Re #01: 11/06/1988 74 (1 wk, 21 wsf)
Re #02: 22/03/1997 162-172 (2 wks, 23 wsf)
Re #03: 24/09/2005 182 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 24-20c (Top 10: 9, Top 20: 10 Top 40: 14 Top 75: 1 [i]

In the UK it was #2 for 2 weeks, knocked-off the top spot in its first week by George Michael's "Faith" and then by Tpaus "Bridge of spies". Certification: 3xPlatinum

US CHART RUN
[i]Date: 19/12/1987 - Run: 120-72-72-*62*-62-62-68-72-82-95-99-109-110-129-140-167-163 (17 wks)

In the US it was #62 and it was knocked-off the top spot by everybody. Certification: 2xPlatinum


The album was released on November 2, 1987 in the UK, the SAME DAY as George Harrison's "Cloud Nine". Isn't it funny? Even more interesting is this fact:
"All The Best!" reached #2 in the UK album charts, and its single, "Once Upon A Long Ago", #10. (Last Paul's Top 10 single...)
"Cloud Nine" did exactly the opposite: it reached #10 in the UK album charts, and its lead single, the huge hit "Got My Mind Set on You" was #2 in the singles charts.
I bet nobody noticed that before.

Coincidence? I'm not sure....

It's a good collection, but I remember standing at the rack in HMV when it came out looking at both the US and UK editions and being cheezed off that neither version had both "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Junior's Farm" on it. Wingspan has both, but "Junior's" is the radio edit version!

The inner gatefold for the UK edition is sweet.

I dont even own it.

I guess it would be ok for a person who was only going to buy one album from Paul and that was it.

Quoted from tkitna

I dont even own it.

I guess it would be ok for a person who was only going to buy one album from Paul and that was it.

I like to buy a greatest-hits collection as my first album for a certain artist, and then, if I like it, I start to buy the rest of the discography.

Quoted from wingsman

I like to buy a greatest-hits collection as my first album for a certain artist, and then, if I like it, I start to buy the rest of the discography.

Don't do it Pauls case...All The Best is poo on the whole and put me right off delving deeper for years. lol

Quoted from An Apple Beatle

Don't do it Pauls case...All The Best is poo on the whole and put me right off delving deeper for years. lol

I agree. I mean, your going to or have heard everyone of those damn songs on the radio anyways. The only time I buy any 'Best Of' cd's is if there's one or two songs offered on it that arent offered any where else.

Quoted from tkitna

I agree. I mean, your going to or have heard everyone of those damn songs on the radio anyways.

I'm from Buenos Aires. Believe me, if I want some Paul material, I need to buy it. The radios don't put his songs as much as they have to.

Quoted from wingsman

I'm from Buenos Aires. Believe me, if I want some Paul material, I need to buy it. The radios don't put his songs as much as they have to.

Noted. Cheers!