Early February 1968
For Paul Jones
Last updated on September 28, 2021
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
Previous session January 20 or 26, 1968 ? • Recording session with Roger McGough & Mike McGear
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Article Jan 30, 1968 • Cilla Black's television series "Cilla" launched in the UK
Session Early February 1968 • "And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides" session
Article Feb 02, 1968 • Paul McCartney completes "Step Inside Love" for Cilla Black
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides" 7" Single.
Early February 1968, Peter Asher made his debut as a producer, to record the new single of ex-Manfred Mann, Paul Jones. He had asked Paul McCartney to join the session, and Paul ended up playing drums on the two sides of the single, along with Jeff Beck on guitar, Paul Samwell-Smith on bass, Nicky Hopkins on keyboards, and Paul Jones on vocals.
Paul McCartney was on drums on that session, It was during the time I used to hang out with Peter Asher and Paul wanted to play drums because he could.
Paul Jones – from the liner notes of The Paul Jones Collection (CD)
Locked into a low-paying contract that forced him to release below-par singles wholly unrepresentative of his undoubted talent or preferred musical direction, and with a band now on the verge of desertion, Beck continued to prop up his income with the odd session. The most notable of these was an inspired contribution to the B-side of ex-Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones’ single ‘And The Sun Will Shine’, cut in the early spring of 1968. Written by the Gibb Brothers – aka the Bee Gees – ‘And The Sun…’ was a fairly innocuous example of late-sixties pop balladry. But its flip side, ‘The Dog Presides’, was much more rewarding to the ear. Cut at Abbey Road’s famous Studio II, ‘The Dog Presides’, featured an all-star cast of musicians and fashionable London faces. Making his debut as a producer was Pete Asher of Peter & Gordon, a singing duo that had already achieved considerable notoriety with four million-selling singles, the best known of which was ‘A World Without Love’. The brother of Jane Asher – then dating Beatle Paul McCartney – Pete had asked McCartney to attend the session at which he ended up playing drums. Also along for the ride was Jeff’s former bandmate and now producer in his own right, Paul Samwell-Smith, who added bass guitar. To give things an extra helping of top-end sheen, Nicky Hopkins brought along his keyboard, leaving Beck to provide some typical fiery runes from the neck of his Gibson Les Paul. The result of all this superstar jamming was a cracking little tune, sung beautifully by Jones, whose panicky harmonica fills were a perfect complement to Jeff’s growling lead lines. For Beck, who reportedly earned a week’s rent from ‘The Dog Presides’, there was only one regret: “Well, all I remember [about it] was hoping Paul McCartney would sing“.
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Recording
AlbumOfficially released on And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides
Written by Paul Jones
Recording
AlbumOfficially released on And The Sun Will Shine / The Dog Presides
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Hazel Fortune • 3 years ago
And on 'The Sun Will Shine' a string quartet of students from the Royal Academy of Music added after the main recording. I was one of the violinists aged 18.
The PaulMcCartney Project • 3 years ago
oh whaou, Thanks Hazel, I didn't know that ! Must be an awesome souvenir !