GP on (The real Macaw):

My fondest memory of this recording is the eel and pie shop located nearby the South London studio where we cut it. I thought the mashed potatoes were good but producer David Kershenbaum thought they tasted like bum. I guess he should know as he is a bit of a potato fanatic. Incidentially, Kersch was chosen as producer because he is a good three inches shorter than me. Unfortunately, as with many very short people, he was extremely feisty and had his way with practically everything.

I Want You Back was recorded in a mobile studio called The China Shop sometime in 1978 or 1979. I met Michael Jackson not long after and told him I had done a version of the song. He looked at me like I had just spoken to him in an alien language.

Graham Parker April 1991

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