- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Memory Almost Full Official album.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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Let’s talk about some of the Paul records you play on, starting with Memory Almost Full. What stands out in your mind about making that? What songs?
“Only Mama Knows” was cool. That was a fun song. That one had a medley. It was fun to put it together. David Kahne was producing. We were at Abbey Road. Geoff Emerick was engineering. That was the first time I had worked with Geoff. It was tricky since I was trying to get a guitar sound, but I had to play really quietly. At a certain point, we put the drums out. Studios have isolation rooms. At Abbey Road, they used to pull up soundproofed walls to minimize bleed-through.
There was still too much bleed, so we put the drums between the outer door and the inner door, creating this little space. Having space between two rooms soundproofs them. Abbey Road is in a residential/business area. That helped. I could now take my guitars and really get the amp to drive and sound great.
There was a lot of stuff like that, figuring out harmony parts. Paul would be like, “I want you to sing background on this.” And then we’d double it maybe. It was a really fun process.
Rusty Anderson – Interview with Rolling Stone – October 11, 2023
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