Wednesday, March 11, 1970
The "McCartney" track listing is finalised
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 14, 2025
Wednesday, March 11, 1970
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 14, 2025
Recording studio: Morgan Studios • London • UK
Single Mar 06, 1970 • "Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by The Beatles released in the UK
Session March 7-8, 1970 • Mixing outtakes from the "McCartney" album
Session Mar 11, 1970 • The "McCartney" track listing is finalised
Single Mar 11, 1970 • "Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by The Beatles released in the US
Article Second half of March 1970 • Dispute over the release of "McCartney"
Next session Mar 16, 1970 • Playback of the "McCartney" album
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "McCartney" LP
In late December 1969 and on January 17, 1970, Paul McCartney began recording new material using a Studer J37 4-track tape recorder that had recently been installed at his home in London. Believing these experiments could evolve into his first solo album, he moved to EMI Studios, Abbey Road, to continue the work. He spent time there on January 24, February 7 and 8 and again on February 15.
From February 16 to February 20, Paul relocated to Morgan Studios, where he continued recording the album. On February 21, 22, 24 and 25, he returned to EMI Studios.
On February 26 and 28, he was back at Morgan Studios with engineer Robin Black to mix the last tracks for the upcoming “McCartney” album.
On this day, March 11, Paul and Robin Black finalised the sequencing of the album, as follows:
SIDE ONE
The Lovely Linda
That Would Be Something
Valentine Day
Every Night
Hot As Sun’/Glasses (with a few seconds of Suicide)
JunkMan We Was Lonely
SIDE TWO
Oo You
Momma Miss America
Teddy Boy
Singalong Junk
Maybe I’m Amazed
Kreen-Akrore
At this late stage, “Lovely Linda” became “The Lovely Linda” and “Man He Was Lonely” was changed into “Man We Was Lonely“.
Once this task was complete, Paul and Linda, together with Robin Black, reviewed various photographs from the McCartneys’ recent holidays, as well as images Linda had taken at Cavendish Avenue during the December 1969 sessions, selecting those that would best suit the album’s packaging.
I remember [Linda] throwing down lots of photographs they’d taken on holiday, and I was asked to help point out any pictures I thought would look good on the album. There was one I laughed at, and he said, ‘What’s that?’ And it was a picture of Paul in his swimming costume doing the macho-man arms. And it just made me really laugh.
Robin Black – Interview with Adrian Sinclair, 2016 – From “The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73” by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair, 2022
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